It took clutch 3-point making and a little bit of magic for Santa Barbara to take down juggernaut Mater Dei Tuesday night.

Over Gary McKnight’s 42 seasons as Mater Dei’s boys basketball coach the team has ... had Mater Dei at No. 32 McKnight told Monarchs players they would have to turn up the intensity to compete ...

OCVarsity’s roundup is packed with highlights, stats and stars from the CIF-SS playoff games Thursday, Feb. 12.

Spurred on by a capacity crowd, the Dons pulled off their second legendary upset of the season. Santa Barbara made clutch ...

Mater Dei (23-9) won its fifth in a row and will face crosstown rival Breese Central (28-2) in the regional championship game ...

The Barons were competitive throughout before their upset bid fell short on Wednesday night in the first round of the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Another SoCal powerhouse has an "L" after playing the talented-senior led Santa Barbara Dons boys ...

SANTA FE SPRINGS — Reminiscent of their big-time league matchups from the 1980s, the Mater Dei boys basketball team trailed with under a minute to go in the fourth quarter as they were on the ...

Brentwood players wanted to make sure they played ... Spencer Freedman, a former Mater Dei basketball standout and elite student, went on to play at Harvard and NYU. He graduated from Harvard ...

It’s been a long, successful late December for Mater Dei High School’s girls basketball team ... Kaeli is the No. 31-ranked junior player in the country, according to ESPN.

Mater Dei senior Maris Zurliene (13) goes up for a layup during a girls basketball game in the Class 2A Columbia Regional ...