Trevor Zegras, Leo Carlsson skate together in Ducks’ preseason loss to Coyotes

• October 6, 2023

ANAHEIM — The Ducks continued both their rousing week in the executive suite and the uninspired stretch they’ve endured simultaneously on the ice on Thursday.

In the morning, they exalted after signing defenseman Jamie Drysdale to a three-year, $6.9 million contract extension. That concluded protracted negotiations that went beyond those of center Trevor Zegras, who signed a $17.25 million pact of commensurate length on Monday. Having the two signed for at least three more seasons and back with their teammates offered closure that was more dramatic – and delayed – than most clubs typically experienced.

While Drysdale did not suit up Thursday, the Ducks offered an unexpected glimpse of two other young standouts juxtaposed: Zegras on the left wing of 2023’s No. 2 overall pick, Leo Carlsson.

“I want [Zegras] to be on the ice with guys that can make plays and think like he does, and Leo does,” Coach Greg Cronin said. “I know that there’s been talk about Zegras playing in the middle, but if he can play on the wall and he can play with a guy like Leo, there’s going to be some chemistry there.”

“I thought Trevor, for a guy who hasn’t played a hockey game since April, was dynamic. I thought he was physical, he got in on the forecheck and he created like he does,” he added. “Leo was arguably the best player on the ice. He could have had three or four goals. That line was really good.”

Yet overall Thursday night, the Ducks were once again undone by a game-turning sequence as they were Tuesday against the Kings, this time in the second period of a 4-2 loss to the Arizona Coyotes at Honda Center.

Defenseman Lassi Thomson turned the puck over behind his own net, leading to a goal by electrifying rookie center Logan Cooley, and 65 seconds later, Thomson had another defensive-zone turnover become a goal-against from Alex Kerfoot’s one-timer. In the third period, Jakob Silfverberg clipped the post with a sterling power-play chance from the low slot that soon gave way to a short-handed breakaway and a filthy penalty shot goal for Cooley. That made Matias Maccelli’s subsequent power-play marker as well as the Ducks’ late goals from Sam Carrick and Zack Kassian academic.

“The first two came directly off of our sticks on full possessions, those were kind of giveaways, that happens,” said Cronin, who described the effect of the goals as “sticker shock.”

“We as a staff will look at it and try to come up with a plan – like, it happened against L.A., too – to be more vigilant about the way we’re managing the area in front of our net,” he continued.

Cooley, who is a short-list contender for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, and Kerfoot, whom Arizona acquired from the Colorado Avalanche this offseason, put their stamp on the game. The Ducks’ newcomers included Thomson, who was claimed off waivers this week, and Alex Killorn, who remained sidelined with a broken finger. Defenseman Radko Gudas made his presence known, enmeshing a fighting major into a night when he racked up nine penalty minutes. Gudas, along with Ilya Lyubushkin and potentially Kassian could add some serious sandpaper to the Ducks this season.

“I think it’s great, at times I think that’s an area that can get overlooked,” forward Adam Henrique said. “Certain people don’t like fighting in the game but I think it’s an important role within a team still.”

DECISION LOOMING ON KASSIAN

Kassian, who is with the Ducks on a professional tryout, scored Thursday. But his hook has always been his physical play, from his time as a point-per-game power forward in his draft year to helping protect Edmonton Oilers megastar Connor McDavid for McDavid’s entire career until this season.

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Henrique played with Kassian in juniors with the Peterborough Pirates and expressed enthusiasm about the prospect of signing Kassian.

“He’s great, I’d played with him in the past and I’ve always loved his game. He’s a guy that works, mucks, grinds and knows what his type of game is. He plays the game hard and he has for a long time,” Henrique said. “It’s great to have him here, you kind of wait and see what happens here in the next few days and see how things fizzle out, but I thought he’s done a great job and brought to the table what is to be expected from a guy like him.”

INJURY NOTES

Chase De Leo will miss approximately eight weeks with an MCL sprain sustained in a knee-on-knee collision Tuesday with Kings winger Arthur Kaliyev, who was suspended for four games (two regular-season matches) by the NHL on Thursday for the hit.

Zegras (mouth) and Ryan Strome (elbow) both finished Thursday’s game in some apparent discomfort but there was no indication of any serious injury nor any official update.

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Biden administration is resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants as arrivals grow

• October 6, 2023

By MARK STEVENSON, MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG

MEXICO CITY — The Biden administration will resume deporting Venezuelan migrants, the largest single group encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, back to their economically troubled country as their arrivals continue to grow.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, speaking in Mexico City Thursday, cited the new measure as one of the “strict consequences” the Biden administration is pairing with the expansion of legal pathways for asylum seekers.

“Our two countries are being challenged by an unprecedented level of migration throughout our hemisphere,” Mayorkas said, referring to Mexico.

The repatriation flights are expected to begin shortly, said two U.S. officials, though they did not provide specific details on when the flights would begin taking off. The officials were not authorized to disclose details of the government’s plan and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

The resumption of deportation flights comes not long after the administration increased protected status for thousands of Venezuelans who had previously arrived in the U.S.: They must have entered the country before July 31 of this year to be eligible for temporary protected status.

In making the recent expansion of protections official, President Joe Biden’s administration said just this week that it had determined that “extraordinary and temporary conditions continue to prevent Venezuelan nationals from returning in safety.”

Mayorkas on Thursday addressed the contrast with the announcement just days later of more deportations, saying “we have made a determination it is safe to return Venezuelan nationals who arrived in the United States subsequent to July 31 and do not have a legal basis to remain here.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who led a U.S. delegation to Mexico, added that “we have an ironclad commitment to provide protection for those who qualify. That remains paramount in everything we’re doing.”

Administration officials would not discuss details about how frequently deportation flights would be going to Venezuela or describe how Venezuela agreed to accept back their citizens except to say that, like other countries around the world, the U.S. has long encouraged Venezuela to accept back its nationals. Cuba, another U.S. adversary, announced earlier this year that it would begin accepting Cuban deportees but there has only been one flight a month.

The U.S. had been returning some Venezuelans via commercial flights, but in relatively small numbers and through third countries.

In Venezuela, the government said it had reached an agreement with U.S. officials for a safe and orderly repatriation.

“Venezuelan migration in recent years is a direct result of the application of unilateral coercive measures and a blockade of our economy,” Venezuela’s foreign ministry said via X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. It said the government would support repatriated Venezuelans.

The U.S. move is the latest effort to deal with swelling numbers of migrants as the administration comes under increasing pressure from Republicans and mayors from the president’s own party to do more to slow arrivals.

The announcement came as Blinken and other top Biden administration officials met with their counterparts in Mexico City on security issues.

Blinken discussed migration flows with Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena, as well as foreign ministers from Panama and Colombia, Wednesday. Talks continued Thursday, including meetings by Blinken and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland with López Obrador.

Bárcena said Thursday that some 10,000 migrant encounters were registered at the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday.

“We are going to continue taking forceful actions, including continuing some efforts we already have in relation to assisted returns, coordinating the dismantling of trafficking networks and human trafficking,” Bárcena said.

Blinken said the U.S. government is working to support those efforts.

“We’re taking steps to aid the most vulnerable, those most vulnerable to organized crime, training nearly 200 Mexican immigration officials to better screen, identify and assist potential human trafficking victims,” Blinken said.

“The scale of this challenge demands that we redouble our efforts, that we do more to increase legal migration … more to address root causes and more to deter irregular migration humanely,” Blinken said.

López Obrador said Thursday during his daily news briefing that Mexico has reiterated in talks its position that there should be investment to spur development in the countries that migrants leave.

“The people don’t abandon their towns because they want to, but rather out of necessity,” the president said. He also criticized the Biden administration’s announcement Wednesday that it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction. López Obrador had previously praised Biden for not building more border wall during his presidency.

In August, the U.S. Border Patrol made 181,509 arrests at the Mexican border, up 37% from July but little changed from August 2022 and well below the more than 220,000 in December, according to figures released in September.

The U.S. has tried to get Mexico and countries farther south to do more. In April, the U.S., Panama and Colombia announced a campaign to slow migration through the treacherous Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama. But migration through the jungle has only accelerated and is expected to approach some 500,000 people this year – the vast majority from Venezuela.

Venezuelans were stopped 25,777 times the first 17 days of September, up 63% from the same period a month earlier, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures released by López Obrador. Those included some people admitted for scheduled asylum appointments, but the vast majority were illegal entries.

Venezuela plunged into a political, economic and humanitarian crisis over the last decade, pushing at least 7.3 million people to migrate and making food and other necessities unaffordable for those who remain.

The vast majority who fled settled in neighboring countries in Latin America, but many began coming to the United States in the last three years.

Deportation flights had been paused in part because the U.S. has few diplomatic relations with the nation.

U.S. and Mexican officials also discussed efforts aimed at combating the trafficking of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Mexican officials continued to explain with some difficulty López Obrador’s blanket assertion — false according to available evidence and the U.S. government — that Mexico does not produce fentanyl.

Bárcena, the foreign relations secretary, said “there is no contradiction, chemical precursors are not produced in Mexico.” It was tacit admission that Mexican cartels import precursors, mainly from China, and process them chemically into fentanyl. But since the entire chemical process is not carried out in Mexico the government maintains that fentanyl is not produced here.

U.S. officials highlighted the recent extradition of Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, to the U.S. on drug trafficking charges as a sign of cooperation between the two governments.

Balsamo and Long reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana in Washington and Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico City contributed to this report.

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El Dorado football team overcomes tough times to beat Foothill

• October 6, 2023

TUSTIN – El Dorado football coach Zach La Monda was asked before the Golden Hawks played Foothill on Thursday night to list all of the injuries to starters on his team.

It was a long answer.

The Golden Hawks managed to play one of their best games of the season in a 41-19 win over Foothill at Tustin High in the final nonleague game for both teams.

El Dorado junior running back J.P. Murray rushed for 128 yards and four touchdowns. He scored on runs of 4 and 13 yards in the first half and of 1 and 40 yards in the second half. Senior quarterback Nate Bento passed for 166 yards and rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown.

Foothill quarterback Nicholas Miali threw two touchdown passes to Jack Zerkel.

The Golden Hawks had lost their previous two games, including a one-point loss to Chino and last week’s 35-7 loss to Villa Park. Their defense was giving up 32 points a game. And El Dorado’s first possession Thursday was a disaster.

Still, the Golden Hawks were the more physical and tenacious team for 90 percent of the game.

“We’re just resilient, coming back with all these starters being injured,” Bento said, “and keeping a good mentality is important going into league.”

El Dorado (3-4) plays its first North Hills League game of the season Friday, Oct. 13, against Canyon at Valencia High. Foothill (4-3) plays its Crestview League opener Thursday, Oct. 12. The Knights play Villa Park, undefeated going into this week, at El Modena High.

Foothill is No. 19 in the Orange County Top 25. El Dorado was in the lower portion of the Top 25 early in the season but dropped out of it a few weeks ago.

La Monda was impressed by the fight he saw in the Golden Hawks players.

“We’ve had a long grind this season,” he said. “Dealing with some injuries, some adversity. We kept things fairly basic on both sides of the football, knowing we needed to establish the run and stop (Foothill) from running the ball and I thought we did that.”

Thursday’s game started poorly for Bento and El Dorado.

Bento’s third pass of the game on El Dorado’s game-opening possession went right into the hands and chest of Foothill defensive end Zach Schutt at the line of scrimmage. Schutt returned it 26 yards for a touchdown.

El Dorado then got it going.

El Dorado QB Nate Bento passed for 166 yards and rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown on a 41-19 win over Foothill … pic.twitter.com/wvL21RKm2s

— Steve Fryer (@SteveFryer) October 6, 2023

The Golden Hawks responded impressively, driving 67 yards on 8 plays with Murray scoring on his 4-yard run to it 7-7.

After El Dorado’s defense stopped Foothill from getting a first down on the Knights’ following possession, the Golden Hawks took the lead on Cooper Larson’s 9-yard run for a 14-7 lead.

Foothill’s best drive of the first half started at the Knights’ 20-yard line and advanced to the El Dorado 8-yard line with a first down there. An incompletion and Foothill runs of 4 and 3 yards put the ball at the El Dorado 1. Foothill running back Aaron Mitchell, who had carried the ball on seven of the drive’s 12 plays to that point, was stopped short of the line of scrimmage with Brady Lacher making the first hit and Landen Sylvester finishing the tackle for no gain.

On first and 10 at El Dorado’s 1-yard line Bento took off on a 19-yard run to get the Golden Hawks out of danger of a potential safety. They punted on that possession but on their next one they got Murray’s 13-yard touchdown run with 31 seconds left in the second quarter for a 21-7 halftime lead.

Foothill got the ball to start the second half and put together a spirited and production drive that ended with a 20-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nicholas Miali to Jack Zerkel to make it 21-13.

The Golden Hawks again responded with a touchdown. A 10-play, 90-yard drive ended with Murray’s 1-yard score. His 40-yard sprint through a massive hole in the middle pushed the lead to 34-13.

Foothill got an 8-yard touchdown pass from Miali to Zerkel. The pass for two points was incomplete, leaving the score 34-19. Bento concluded the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run with 4:53 left in the game.

El Dorado’s offensive line of Walker Andersen, Mitchell Jones, Bryson McComb, Meyson McComb and Ryan Scrivner and tight end Nathan Meek provided Bento protection and gave Murray, and Bento, wide running lanes.

“The O-line (offensive line) had a great performance,” Murray said. “They really made it easy for me and a couple of other running backs.”

J.P. Murray rushed for 140 yards and 4 TDs for El Dorado in a 41-19 win over Foothill… pic.twitter.com/WsiGOfC20j

— Steve Fryer (@SteveFryer) October 6, 2023

La Monda also is the El Dorado offensive line coach.

“I’m very proud of those guys,” he said. “I challenged them all week and I challenged them in practice and I challenged them today, and they went out and executed very well. They played the way we expect them to.”

Murray, who has 11 rushing touchdowns this season, said Thursday’s game said much about El Dorado’s mettle.

“It just shows we’re a hard-nosed team,” he said. “Everybody prepares, all the backups and everybody. Everybody’s ready for their time to show up and play some good football.”

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Jackson Kollock throws six touchdowns to lead Laguna Beach football past Garden Grove

• October 6, 2023

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GARDEN GROVE — Junior quarterback Jackson Kollock flings spirals to teammates all over the field. Highly-recruited tight end Ryner Swanson dominates as much at defensive end as he does on offense. And Charlie Hunt might be the junior wide receiver to watch grow along with his team’s quarterback.

The Laguna Beach football team continued to imprint itself in Orange County’s football consciousness Thursday as the small-school power defeated host Garden Grove 42-7 in a nonleague game.

Kollock tossed six touchdown passes — one off his season high — as the Breakers (6-1) invoked a running clock en route to their sixth consecutive victory. It was the Breakers’ first win against Garden Grove since 1953.

Swanson became Laguna Beach’s all-time receptions leader with his first grab, the 156th of his career. The senior, who is committed to BYU, added a fumble recovery, tackle for loss and forced an interception on defense.

Hunt caught two touchdown passes from Kollock and nabbed an interception.

It was a productive night for a program that has won 27 of its past 34 games, and appears headed toward a division promotion for the CIF-SS playoffs after claiming Division 9 last fall for its first section title.

“For Laguna Beach, that’s good stuff,” said eighth-year coach John Shanahan, who shares the credit with his administration, assistant coaches, players and their families. “We have all the pieces in place. The goal is to try and hold onto this for as long as possible.”

Kollock, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior, completed passes to 10 different teammates and finished 22 of 30 for 277 yards.

He tossed touchdowns of 18 and 3 yards to Hunt, an 8-yarder to Swanson, a 3-yarder to freshman Wyatt Bogdan and showed off his arm with a 45-yard scoring strike to senior Charlie Tyus.

“I just do whatever feels natural, whatever I have to do to win,” Kollock said. “If that’s getting out of the pocket (and) making a play or if that’s staying in there, delivering a throw and taking a hit, I just do what I got to do to win.”

Laguna Beach’s offensive line gave Kollock plenty of time to throw despite playing without injured left tackle Joshua Burdiek. The group of Skyler Schwarm, Charlie Kelly, Fletcher Liao, Teddy Dworakowski and Leonardo Adjemian didn’t allow a sack.

Garden Grove (2-5), a Division 9 quarterfinalist last season, opened with an eight-play, 66-yard drive that was capped by a 17-yard TD run by QB Branden Roth to take a 7-0 lead.

Laguna Beach responded with 42 unanswered points and forced three turnovers.

“If we play like this, we could go further than a CIF championship,” said the 6-foot-4, 230-pound Swanson. “We’re going to be in a higher division this year for sure. … We got to buckle up mentally and just go.”

Added Kollock: “Last year’s regional championship (loss) sticks with us. We need to break that barrier and make it to state.”

Next week, Laguna Beach opens defense of its Pac 4 League title by playing host to Ocean View on Oct. 13. Garden Grove opens defense of its Big 4 League championship against Marina at Westminster High on the same night.

It will be a critical opener for Garden Grove, which hasn’t missed the playoffs under 10th-year coach Ricardo Cepeda.

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Justin Fields, DJ Moore break out as Bears snap 14-game losing streak

• October 6, 2023

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer

LANDOVER, Md. — Music blared from the Chicago Bears’ locker room after a victory for the first time in almost a year, and players danced and jumped around with joy.

All thanks to Justin Fields and DJ Moore being perfectly in tune.

Fields and Moore connected eight times for 230 yards and three touchdowns to give the embattled Bears their first win of the season, beating the Washington Commanders, 40-20, on Thursday night, just hours after word emerged of the death of franchise great Dick Butkus.

“We just needed a win, get the mojo going in our favor,” Moore said. “It felt amazing to get the first win under our belts.”

Relief was palpable at the end of a 14-game skid dating to last season – since Oct. 24, 2022, the last time they won a game. All the off-field drama the organization has been mired in for weeks melted away in the moments of celebration.

“The feeling that we all had after the game is a feeling that you just never want it to end,” Fields said. “Just proud of the way all the guys came out and played.”

Fields had four touchdown passes to match the career high he set last week, this time coming in a winning effort as Chicago (1-4) jumped out to a 24-point halftime lead and, unlike Sunday, held on.

“He’s a heck of a good, young football player,” Commanders coach Ron Rivera said.

Fields threw for 282 yards and ran for 57 yards, including a rush for a first down late in the third quarter after tipping the ball to himself following a high snap. Moore had 137 yards receiving in the first half alone, becoming the first Bears player to surpass 125 before halftime since at least 2000 and eventually reaching a career high.

“This morning I was nervous – out-of-this-world nervous,” Moore said. “I guess that was my body telling me that we were about to go off.”

It was such an impressive showing that it got the attention of Lakers star LeBron James, who posted on social media: “J Fields and DJ Moore going crazy right now!!! SHEESH!!”

The Bears also got a defensive performance that felt like a fitting way to honor Butkus, the fearsome Hall of Fame linebacker who died at age 80 earlier Thursday. They forced two turnovers and sacked Sam Howell five times in bouncing back from blowing a 21-point lead and losing to Denver.

“We harped all week on finishing,” said Greg Stroman, a former Washington cornerback who picked off Howell. “We do great things as a team. We played well for three strong quarters last week, so just were building off that and that was the message: Build off that and finish.”

Washington (2-3) lost a third consecutive game, this time struggling with missed tackles and blown coverage on defense, while again failing to force a turnover. Couple that with Howell’s interception, and there was a reason the Commanders were booed off the field at halftime by fans who again packed FedEx Field for another sellout.

Their second-half comeback bid fell short, stunted by Logan Thomas fumbling, a later drive stalling in the red zone and Joey Slye missing a 46-yard field goal attempt with five minutes left. Washington got as close as 10 points, but couldn’t end its losing streak and keep Chicago’s going.

“It starts at the top,” Rivera said. “That’s on me.”

LONG DISTANCE

Chicago got its four longest plays of the season: 58-, 39-yard and 56-yard completions from Fields to Moore and a 34-yard run by Khalil Herbert. Three of those came in the first quarter alone.

INJURIES

Bears: Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds received medical attention late and walked off the field. … Center Lucas Patrick and rookie running back Roschon Johnson underwent concussion evaluation during the second quarter and were quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game. … Receiver Equanimeous St. Brown (Servite High) and running back Travis Homer each left with a hamstring injury.

Commanders: Washington lost two key special teams players early in the first quarter. All-Pro Jeremy Reaves left with a knee injury and second-year defensive back Christian Holmes with a hamstring injury. … Defensive tackle John Ridgeway was injured late.

UP NEXT

The Bears host the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 15.

The Commanders visit the Atlanta Falcons on Oct. 15.

Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore celebrates during their 40-20 victory over the Washington Commanders on Thursday night in Landover, Maryland. Moore had eight catches for 230 yards and three touchdowns as the Bears snapped a 14-game losing streak that dates to last season. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)

Fields to Moore again! An early lead for the Bears. @justnfields @idjmoore#CHIvsWAS on Prime Video
Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/YCeYJnyJmB pic.twitter.com/cz0PKVSfHl

— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2023

Slick route. Elite throw. The Fields-to-Moore duo is living up to the hype tonight. #CHIvsWAS on Prime Video
Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/YCeYJnyJmB pic.twitter.com/c1C05P9oLu

— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2023

DJ MOORE
DJ MOORE
DJ MOORE

A hat trick in his 5th game as a Bear! @idjmoore#CHIvsWAS on Prime Video
Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/YCeYJnyJmB pic.twitter.com/llD1Ppb7vb

— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2023

Just how @justnfields planned it. #CHIvsWAS on Prime Video
Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/YCeYJnyJmB pic.twitter.com/bmcgkgWsN4

— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2023

The @ChicagoBears locker room couldn’t be happier to celebrate a dub #CHIvsWAS pic.twitter.com/aj55Pfbm9c

— NFL (@NFL) October 6, 2023

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Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Oct. 5

• October 6, 2023

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THURSDAY’S SCORES

FOOTBALL

ORANGE LEAGUE

Western 52, Savanna 7

ORANGE COAST LEAGUE

Orange 56, Calvary Chapel 29

Santa Ana 49, Costa Mesa 10

GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE

Los Amigos 13, Rancho Alamitos 12

NONLEAGUE

Laguna Beach 42, Garden Grove 7

Passing: (LB) Kollock 22-30-1-277, 6 TDs. (GG) Roth 4-13-1-40.

Rushing: (LB) Rogers 3-28, Kollock 1-12. (GG) Reyes 14-70, Peah 4-33.

Receiving: (LB) Vellmure 5-41, Swanson 4-58, 1 TD. (GG) Rodriguez 3-30, Mendoza 1-10.

El Dorado 41, Foothill 19

Rushing: (ED) Bento 10-140, 1 TD; Murray 19-140, 4 TDs. (Fh) Mitchell 18-94; Jellerson 1-3.

Passing: (ED) Bento 13-19-1-166. (Fh) Miali 21-29-1-183, 2 TDs.

Receiving: (ED) Raya 4-55; Meek 3-26. (Fh) Zerkel 8-67, 2 TDs; Jellerson 5-55.

GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL

SUNSET LEAGUE

Los Alamitos 6, Laguna Beach 0

SOUTH COAST LEAGUE

El Toro 40, Capistrano Valley 14

TRINITY LEAGUE

Orange Lutheran 26, Rosary 6

Santa Margarita 6, JSerra 0

BOYS WATER POLO

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Aliso Niguel 17, Trabuco Hills 7

Goals: (AN) Geiger 5, Lynch 5

Saves: Kennedy (AN) 14

Other Sea View scores

Mission Viejo 12, Tesoro 5

SOUTH COAST LEAGUE

San Clemente 14, El Toro 7

EMPIRE LEAGUE

Valencia 11, Tustin 3

Cypress 17, Kennedy 7

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

University 10, Laguna Hills 5

Portola 11, Irvine 10

Woodbridge 10, Northwood 8

TRINITY LEAGUE

Servite 18, St. John Bosco 8

NONLEAGUE

Fountain Valley 14, La Quinta 4

Rancho Alamitos 13, Savanna 7

Saddleback 20, Pioneer 6

El Modena 11, Segerstrom 7

Esperanza 11, Yorba Linda 9

GIRLS GOLF

WAVE LEAGUE

Corona del Mar 209, Laguna Beach 237

FREEWAY LEAGUE

Sunny Hills 199, La Habra 240

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Northwood 187, Woodbridge 209

TRINITY LEAGUE

Santa Margarita 186, Rosary 271

Tijeras Creek (par 36)

Medalist: Cagle (SM) 34

GIRLS TENNIS

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Beckman 17, Laguna Hills 1

University 18, Irvine 0

CRESTVIEW LEAGUE

Canyon 9 (71), Villa Park 9 (67)

EMPIRE LEAGUE

Cypress 13, Valencia 5

Pacifica 12, Kennedy 6

ORANGE COAST LEAGUE

St. Margaret’s 18, Orange 0

ORANGE LEAGUE

Western 16, Santa Ana Valley 2

Century 16, Magnolia 2

WAVE LEAGUE

Newport Harbor 17, Marina 1

Laguna Beach 18, Edison 0

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Segerstrom 9, Godinez 8

TRINITY LEAGUE

Mater Dei 12, Santa Margarita 6

SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE

Pacifica Christian 17, Capistrano Valley Christian 1

Fairmont Prep 13, Tarbut V’Torah 5

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE

Rancho Alamitos def. Bolsa Grande, 3-0

Los Amigos def. Loara, 3-2

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Beckman def. Northwood, 25-14, 25-14, 25-21

PACIFIC HILLS LEAGUE

Woodbridge def. Portola, 20-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-21, 15-13

NORTH HILLS LEAGUE

Brea Olinda def. Villa Park, 25-17, 17-25, 19-25, 25-19, 15-12

Canyon def. El Modena, 3-0

ORANGE COAST LEAGUE

St. Margaret’s def. Santa Ana, 3-0

SOUTH COAST LEAGUE

Dana Hills def. San Clemente, 3-0

SURF LEAGUE

Huntington Beach def. Newport Harbor, 25-15, 25-13, 24-26, 25-15

Los Alamitos def. Edison, 3-0

WAVE LEAGUE

Marina def. Laguna Beach, 17-25, 25-14, 25-18, 22-25, 15-13

Corona del Mar def. Fountain Valley, 3-2

SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE

Pacifica Christian def. Tarbut V’Torah, 25-22, 25-12, 20-25, 25-20

Capistrano Valley Christian def. Fairmont Prep, 25-9, 25-9, 25-3

EXPRESS LEAGUE

Acaciawood Academy def. Newport Christian, 3-0

Liberty Christian def. Waldorf OC, 3-0

ACADEMY LEAGUE

Samueli Academy def. Calvary Chapel/Downey, 25-13, 25-8, 25-11

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Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger just gave San Marino’s The Huntington Library a very big gift

• October 6, 2023

By Josh Funk

Investor Charlie Munger, who’s been Warren Buffett’s right-hand man for more than five decades, has made a $40 million gift to The Huntington Library and Art Museum, which he’s supported in the past.

Munger gave 77 Class A Berkshire Hathaway shares to the San Marino museum, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

At Thursday’s closing price of $523,545.06 a share, that made the gift worth more than $40.3 million.

A decade ago, Munger, who lived in Pasadena, gave the Huntington museum nearly $33 million worth of Berkshire stock to help pay for a new education and visitors center. Huntington spokeswoman Susan Turner-Lowe said this latest donation will be used to build more than 30 residences for visiting scholars to use while they spend time at the museum doing research.

Charlie Munger (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, FileAssociated Press)

Turner-Lowe said scholars often spend a school year studying at the Huntington and the expensive rental market in Los Angeles has made that difficult to afford. She said this is “a long-time dream that is in the process of being fulfilled in a major way.”

Once a billionaire, Munger’s fortune never rivaled his best friend Buffett’s. But Munger lost his billionaire status long ago as he steadily gave away his fortune, and roughly $1 billion of his stock went into a charitable trust in 2010 after his wife died.

After his latest donation, Munger still holds 4,033 Class A Berkshire shares. But back in 2000 he held 15,911 shares, which would be worth more than $8.3 billion today if he’d hung onto it all.

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Munger, who is known for his quick wit and acerbic manner, will turn 100 in January. He often quips that “I have nothing more to add” after some of Buffett’s more long winded answers at Berkshire’s legendary shareholder meetings, but he’ll also cut right to the heart of an issue in his own answers. For instance, he’s called cryptocurrencies “evil” and “stupid because they’re likely to go to zero” and are far too “useful to kidnappers and extortionists and so forth.”

The conglomerate that Munger helped Buffett build owns dozens of companies, including BNSF railroad, Geico insurance and several major utilities along with well-known brands like See’s Candy and Dairy Queen along with numerous manufacturing firms. Although Berkshire is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where Buffett lives, Munger has long lived in southern California, so much of his charitable giving has been focused on the West Coast.

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

CIF-SS

BIG WEST-LOWER LEAGUE

Great Oak at Corona, 7 p.m.

CITRUS BELT LEAGUE

Redlands at Cajon, 7:30 p.m.

DEL RIO LEAGUE

La Serna vs. Santa Fe at California HS, 7 p.m.

DESERT SKY LEAGUE

Barstow at Victor Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Granite Hills vs. Adelanto at Apple Valley HS, 7 p.m.

DESERT VALLEY LEAGUE

Banning at Desert Hot Springs, 7 p.m.

GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE

Los Amigos vs. Rancho Alamitos at Bolsa Grande HS, 7 p.m.

GOLDEN LEAGUE

Quartz Hill at Eastside, 7 p.m.

MISSION VALLEY LEAGUE

South El Monte at Rosemead, 7 p.m.

MOJAVE RIVER LEAGUE

Apple Valley at Hesperia, 7 p.m.

Ridgecrest Burroughs at Sultana HS, 7 p.m.

MOUNTAIN VALLEY LEAGUE

Miller at Rubidoux, 7:30 p.m.

Pacific at Indian Springs, 7:30 p.m.

San Bernardino at Jurupa Valley, 7:30 p.m.

ORANGE LEAGUE

Savanna vs. Western at Glover Stadium, 7 p.m.

ORANGE COAST LEAGUE

Costa Mesa vs. Santa Ana at Santa Ana Stadium, 7 p.m.

Orange vs. Santa Ana Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom HS, 7:30 p.m.

RIO HONDO LEAGUE

La Canada at San Marino, 7 p.m.

SKYLINE LEAGUE

Fontana at Bloomington, 7 p.m.

Riverside Notre Dame at Arroyo Valley, 7:30 p.m.

San Gorgonio at Colton, 7:30 p.m.

NONLEAGUE

Artesia at Garey, 7 p.m.

Eisenhower at Kaiser, 7 p.m.

Foothill vs. El Dorado at Tustin HS, 7 p.m.

Grand Terrace at Rim of the World, 7 p.m.

Jurupa Hills at Carter, 7 p.m.

Laguna Beach at Garden Grove, 7 p.m.

Pomona at Ganesha, 7 p.m.

Summit at Rialto, 7:30 p.m.

Workman at La Puente, 7 p.m.

L.A. CITY

CENTRAL LEAGUE

Bernstein at Mendez, 7 p.m.

Contreras at Belmont, 4 p.m.

Hollywood at Roybal, 4 p.m.

MARINE LEAGUE

Narbonne at Wilmington Banning, 7:30 p.m.

8-MAN

CIF-SS

Milken vs. Faith Baptist at Birmingham, 7 p.m.

TRI-COUNTY PREMIER LEAGUE

Downey Calvary Chapel at CSDR, 7 p.m.

Hillcrest Christian at Malibu, 6:30 p.m.

Noli Indian at Entrepreneur, TBA

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