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Friday’s Results

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Angelou 21, Los Angeles 7

Bell 4, South Gate 3

Bravo 12, LA Wilson 4

Canoga Park 11, Panorama 0

Chavez 15, VAAS 1

El Camino Real 13, Cleveland 1

Fairfax 6, Westchester 4

Franklin 11, Eagle Rock 0

Fulton 3, Northridge Academy 0

Garfield 6, Legacy 3

LACES 4, Palisades 1

LA Roosevelt 13, Huntington Park 1

LA University 11, LA Hamilton 4

Monroe 9, Grant 3

Santee 14, Diego Rivera 1

SOCES 14, AMIT 2

Vaughn 12, Arleta 1

Wilmington Banning 9, San Pedro 2

SOUTHERN SECTION

AAE 12, ACE 2

Anaheim 5, Bolsa Grande 4

Anza Hamilton 8, San Jacinto Leadership 4

Arcadia 5, Corona Centennial 0

Arlington 3, Moreno Valley 2

Ayala 6, Gahr 4

Azusa 8, Garey 2

Calabasas 10, Agoura 9

California 6, El Rancho 1

Charter Oak 10, Rowland 4

CIMSA 22, Lucerne Valley 11

Citrus Hill 11, Orange Vista 10

Colony 16, Don Lugo 7

Cornerstone Christian 19, NSLA 0

Corona del Mar 9, Rancho Mirage 1

Costa Mesa 6, Garden Grove 3

Crossroads Christian 26, Packinghouse Christian 1

Diamond Bar 4, Bonita 3

Dos Pueblos 6, Marina 3

Eastside 9, Antelope Valley 5

El Modena 7, Brea Olinda 3

Estancia 4, Loara 1

Etiwanda 19, Warren 9

Gabrielino 11, Mark Keppel 3

Gardena Serra 12, Rolling Hills Prep 1

Golden Valley 7, Grace 1

Great Oak 4, Chaparral 3

Hemet 15, Vista del Lago 4

Hesperia 5, Apple Valley 4

Indian Springs 5, San Bernardino 3

Irvine 12, Portola 7

Jurupa Valley 4, La Sierra 3

Katella 4, Fullerton 2

Knight 12, Palmdale 8

La Canada 5, South Pasadena 0

La Habra 2, Cypress 1

La Mirada 5, Servite 3

La Serna 7, Santa Fe 1

Lakewood 12, University Prep 1

Los Amigos 10, Garden Grove Santiago 5

Los Osos 4, JSerra 3

Magnolia 15, Western 1

Mesa Grande Academy 12, Public Safety 6

Northwood 4, Laguna Beach 3

Oakwood 17, Hoover 6

Ontario Christian 6, Woodcrest Christian 1

Orange 10, Rancho Alamitos 0

Orange Lutheran 4, Norco 1

Palos Verdes 4, Sana Monica 3

Patriot 15, Rubidoux 3

Ramona 4, Norte Vista 1

Rancho Christian 16, Lakeside 2

Ridgecrest Burroughs 21, Oak Hills 7

Riverside Poly 6, Liberty 5

Riverside Prep 17, Big Bear 3

Royal 5, Moorpark 1

San Marino 13, La Salle 3

Santa Ana 2, Whittier 1

Savanna 10, Westminster La Quinta 6

Silver Valley 1, Victor Valley Christian 0

Simi Valley 14, Oak Park 1

Sonora 8, Esperanza 2

St. Bernard 10, St. Paul 9

St. Bonaventure 14, Fillmore 2

St. John Bosco 2, Fountain Valley 1

St. Margaret’s 4, Sage Hill 2

Sultana 10, Serrano 8

Sunny Hills 2, Yorba Linda 1

Temecula Valley 8, Murrieta Mesa 2

Trabuco Hills 6, Ocean View 3

Tustin 7, Buena Park 6

Viewpoint 6, Beverly Hills 3

Villa Park 12, El Dorado 2

Vista Murrieta 13, Murrieta Valley 6

West Covina 6, Bishop Amat 1

Woodbridge 1, Irvine University 0

INTERSECTIONAL

Coalinga 5, Firebaugh 2

Eastvale Roosevelt 16, Central 0

Ganesha 11, Arroyo Grande 5

Legacy Christian Academy 22, Alpaugh 2

Lompoc Cabrillo 6, Village Christian 3

Maranatha 7, Righetti 4

Mesa Grande Academy 12, Public Safety Academy 6

Millikan 21, Pitman 0

Morro Bay 7, Bishop Montgomery 4

Nevada Union 17, Lompoc 10

Paloma Valley 3, Heritage 1

Riverside North 17, Perris 0

Rosamond 9, Boron 4

San Luis Obispo 20, Gridley 1

Santa Maria St. Joseph 2, Ventura 1

Terra Nova 8, Cathedral 7

Troy 5, South East 1

Westlake 4, San Ramon Valley 1

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Angelou 12, Santee 6

Birmingham 20, Cleveland 0

Chatsworth 13, Taft 2

Chavez 16, Sun Valley Poly 9

Fairfax at Palisades, postponed

Granada Hills 7, El Camino Real 3

LA University 16, LACES 3

North Hollywood 11, Van Nuys 1

San Fernando 8, Granada Hills Kennedy 2

Venice 14, LA Hamilton 1

Verdugo Hills 10, Arleta 8

SOUTHERN SECTION

AAE 16, Riverside Prep 3

Aquinas 11, Woodcrest Christian 1

Ayala 7, California 3

Bolsa Grande 11, Magnolia 0

Bonita 12, Monrovia 2

Canyon Springs 13, Moreno Valley 2

Chaminade 9, Oaks Christian 6

Charter Oak 15, Rowland 2

CIMSA 23, Lucerne Valley 4

Citrus Hill 16, Vista del Lago 15

Cornerstone Christian 27, NSLA 3

Flintridge Prep 19, Westridge 0

Fullerton 10, La Palma Kennedy 0

Garden Grove Pacifica 10, El Modena 8

Heritage Christian 13, Buena Park 6

Jurupa Valley 17, La Sierra 4

Los Amigos 20, Loara 16

Miller 19, Entrepreneur 0

Oak Hills 14, Hesperia 4

Oak Park 21, Fillmore 4

Ontario Christian 4, Arrowhead Christian 3

Orange 8, Savanna 5

Orange Lutheran 11, Huntington Beach 0

Orange Vista 9, Riverside North 1

Oxnard 3, Righetti 2

Patriot 12, Rubidoux 2

Ramona 26, Norte Vista 2

Rancho Alamitos 19, Western 3

Ridgecrest Burroughs 5, Serrano 4

Riverside King 16, Corona Santiago 0

Riverside Poly 7, Liberty 5

Riverside Prep 16, AAE 3

River Springs CSM 25, Redlands Adventist Academy 4

Santa Ana Foothill 22, Troy 0

South Torrance 3, North Torrance 0

Temple City 9, La Canada 5

Thousand Oaks 9, Dos Pueblos 5

Valley View 15, Arlington 5

Ventura 6, Foothill Tech 0

INTERSECTIONAL

Bishop Conaty-Loretto 14, Orthopaedic 3

Buchanan 10, San Marcos 7

Enochs 7, Alemany 1

Paloma Valley 10, Rancho Verde 0

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Bravo 4, LA Wilson 2

Chavez 7, Arleta 2

El Camino Real 9, Cleveland 3

Granada Hills 12, Chatsworth 1

LA Marshall 10, Lincoln 0

LA Roosevelt 11, Huntington Park 4

Maya 12, Los Angeles 2

Northridge Academy 15, Panorama 3

Palisades 3, LACES 1

Roybal 18, RFK Community 1

San Pedro 13, Wilmington Banning 5

SOCES 7, Fulton 0

South Gate 7, Bell 3

Van Nuys 15, VAAS 3

Westchester 19, Fairfax 9

SOUTHERN SECTION

Arliington 3, Moreno Valley 2

Bellflower 7, Cerritos 4

Bonita 5, Diamond Bar 2

Cajon 7, Beaumont 0

California 6, El Rancho 3

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 2, Channel Islands 1

Charter Oak 15, Rowland 13

Chino Hills 5, Upland 3

Corona 3, Arcadia 2

Cypress 14, La Habra 3

Damien 2, Rancho Cucamonga 0

Desert Mirage 16, Packinghouse Christian 2

Eastside 11, Antelope Valley 7

El Modena 7, Brea OlInda 1

Etiwanda 1, Bishop Amat 0

Estancia 12, Santa Ana 2

Esperanza 6, Troy 2

Garden Grove 3, St. Monica 2

Glenn 6, Firebaugh 5

Godinez 3, Saddleback 1

Hemet 11, Vista del Lago 1

Hesperia 9, Apple Valley 6

Hoover 12, Burbank Providence 10

Huntington Beach 4, St. John Bosco 2

Indian Springs 10, San Bernardino 3

Irvine 8, Portola 2

Laguna Beach 6, Northwood 0

La Serna 10, Santa Fe 7

La Sierra 17, Jurupa Valley 9

Long Beach Cabrillo 11, Artesia 6

Long Beach Jordan 7, San Jacinto 3

Miller 39, Entrepreneur 0

Mira Costa 9, Capistrano Valley 6

Newbury Park 12, Crespi 2

Newport Harbor 2, Corona Centennial 0

Norco 14, Los Osos 0

Northview 6, Laguna Hills 5

Orange County Pacifica Christian 15, Nipomo 5

Orange Lutheran 2, Gahr 1

Orange Vista 1, Citrus Hill 0

Oxnard 10, Fillmore 4

Palmdale 4, Knight 3

Paramount 9, Mary Star of the Sea 5

Patriot 10, Rubidoux 1

Ramona 18, Norte Vista 0

Rancho Christian 10, Lakeside 0

Rancho Verde 2, Canyon Springs 1

Ridgecrest Burroughs 10, Oak Hills 5

Righetti 10, Bishop Montgomery 1

Riverside North 2, Perris 1

Riverside Poly 9, Liberty 8

Riverside Prep 23, Big Bear 4

Royal 8, Moorpark 7

San Marcos 11, Lakewood 1

Sierra Canyon 13, Warren 0

Simi Valley 10, Oak Park 1

St. Francis 4, Santa Maria St. Joseph 2

St. Paul 5, Buena Park 2

Sultana 10, Serrano 3

Sunny Hills 7, Cerritos Valley Christian 6

Torrance 12, Gardena Serra 4

Valley View 14, Hillcrest 8

Vasquez 5, Canyon Country Canyon 1

Villa Park 8, El Dorado 4

West Covina 8, Schurr 1

West Torrance 5, North Torrance 4

Whittier 14, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 7

Woodbridge 17, Irvine University 4

Yorba Linda 5, Sonora 4

INTERSECTIONAL

Alemany 12, Bakersfield Centennial 2

Atascadero 6, Terra Nova 3

Canoga Park 11, Reseda 10

Dublin 12, Marina 4

Eastvale Roosevelt 15, Central 0

El Capitan 5, Placentia Valencia 1

Ganesha 2, San Ramon Valley 2

Heritage 12, Paloma Valley 7

La Palma Kennedy 16, Golden Sierra 6

Lompoc 13, Piedmont 11

Morro Bay 6, Village Christian 3

Paraclete 7, Central Valley 2

Patrick Henry 10, Fountain Valley 5

Pioneer Valley 6, University Prep 6

St. Bernard 16, Venice 2

Walnut 8, Bear River 4

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Chavez 9, Arleta 0

Diego Rivera 14, Angelou 9

Granada Hills Kennedy 4, Verdugo Hills 1

Hawkins 34, Crenshaw 13

LA Jordan 14, Washington Prep 13

Marquez 14, Sotomayor 0

Maywood Academy 22, Torres 4

Maywood CES 32, Elizabeth 2

Narbonne 15, South East 7

San Fernando 14, Sun Valley Poly 0

Santee 24, West Adams 20

SOCES 32, Fulton 0

Sylmar 14, North Hollywood 3

Triumph Charter 28, Valley Oaks CES 0

University 17, Palisades 2

Van Nuys 21, Monroe 4

Venice 22, LACES 1

SOUTHERN SECTION

Anaheim 16, Loara 2

Anza Hamilton 11, Yucca Valley 4

Apple Valley 21, Ridgecrest Burroughs 1

Azusa 17, Nogales 15

Bolsa Grande 29, Estancia 0

Bonita 10, Corona Santiago 9

Charter Oak 12, Rowland 1

CSDR 27, Sherman Indian 5

Eastvale Roosevelt 15, Corona Centennial 4

Foothill Tech 11, Hueneme 0

Fullerton 10, Garden Grove 0

Glendora 3, Burbank Burroughs 1

Heritage 11, Citrus Valley 1

Highland 11, Palmdale 0

Jurupa Valley 12, La Sierra 1

La Canada 14, Alemany 7

Lakeside 24, Vista del Lago 1

Magnolia 16, Saddleback 12

Norco 4, Riverside King 3

Oak Hills 23, Serrano 2

Orange 10, Western 0

Pasadena Poly 5, Harvard-Westlake 3

Patriot 14, Rubidoux 4

Ramona 18, Norte Vista 0

Rancho Mirage 12, Silverado 3

Rancho Verde 11, Moreno Valley 0

Riverside North 7, Arlington 4

Riverside Poly 5, Valley View 0

Riverside Prep 19, AAE 7

San Bernardino 15, Indian Springs 5

San Marcos 14, Fillmore 1

Santa Ana Foothill 4, Beckman 3

Santa Fe 8, Sonora 5

Savanna 21, Century 6

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 7, Royal 1

Sierra Canyon 7, Moorpark 3

Sultana 15, Hesperia 10

Ventura 13, Faith Baptist 1

West Torrance 11, South Torrance 6

INTERSECTIONAL

Paloma Valley 2, Hillcrest 1

Palo Verde Valley 7, Artesia 3

Quartz Hill 19, Immanuel Christian 5

Rancho Christian 10, Perris 0

Righetti 2, Sutter 0

In one of his latest missives on social media, President Trump complained that he wasn’t getting enough credit for “totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise.”

“We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time,” he wrote of a war that has crippled the global supply of oil, sharply increased gas prices, cost U.S. taxpayers billions, left thousands dead and wounded, and so far defied Trump’s own “short term” timetable.

“Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,” Trump added. “They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!”

Again and again in recent days, Trump and other top officials in his administration — notably Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — have projected confidence and power in Iran in a coarse and triumphant tone that is unprecedented for U.S. wartime presidents and their Cabinet members, according to experts in presidential rhetoric and propaganda.

They have consistently described the war in terms of how hard the U.S. is hitting Iran, rather than why it must do so. They’ve talked of destroying the Iranian navy and air force, wiping out its leadership and making the U.S. “more respected” globally than it has ever been, including by showing no mercy.

“This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be,” Hegseth said.

Missing is the solemnity of past wartime leaders facing dead U.S. soldiers, a recalcitrant enemy and a precarious tactical position, replaced by a message of U.S. mercilessness — of contempt for Iran rather than concern for its civilians or a focus on the American ideals that U.S. presidents have long tried to rally the world around, especially in times of war.

“At a time when people can see the effects of the war when they fill up their gas tank, and when there have been American casualties, the triumphalist tone is just not something a president normally does,” said Robert C. Rowland, a professor of rhetoric at the University of Kansas and author of the book “The Rhetoric of Donald Trump: Nationalist Populism and American Democracy.”

“Many presidents wouldn’t have that tone for personal moral reasons,” Rowland said, “but they also know that it can backfire when things don’t go well.”

James J. Kimble, a communication professor and propaganda historian at Seton Hall University, said U.S. presidents have “by and large” struck a respectful tone in wartime, though there are some exceptions. President Truman, justifying dropping atomic bombs on Japan, wrote that “when you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast,” while the U.S. produced World War II posters designed to “demonize and dehumanize the German enemy,” he noted.

Still, Trump’s messaging — including his “expressing glee at the death of foreign combatants” — has been “much coarser,” Kimble said.

“It’s moving beyond the idea of defeating the enemy on the field of battle, and more into a kind of defeat as humiliation — intentional humiliation,” he said. “It’s schoolyard bullying, along with the physical violence.”

Asked about Trump’s rhetoric, Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, said Trump “will always be proud to recognize the incredible accomplishments of our brave service members.”

“Under the decisive leadership of President Trump, America’s heroic war fighters are meeting or surpassing all of their goals under Operation Epic Fury,” she said. “The legacy media wants us to apologize for highlighting the United States military’s incredible success, but the White House will continue showcasing the many examples of Iran’s ballistic missiles, production facilities, and dreams of owning a nuclear weapon being destroyed in real time.”

Trump has built his political career around blunt rhetoric, and his messaging on Iran has drawn applause from his supporters. Polling has shown the public is heavily divided on the war — drawing far less public support than past wars, but broad support from Republicans.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has accused the media of ignoring “clear” objectives that the president and others have set for the war effort, including wiping out Iran’s missile systems, preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon and stopping what Trump had a “feeling” was a coming attack on the U.S.

However, Trump and Hegseth have themselves strayed from that framework with their brash rhetoric, and their focus on the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders.

Trump has dismissed reports that the U.S. bombed an Iranian school full of children by suggesting that Iran may actually have been responsible, despite reported findings by U.S. intelligence that it was an American attack.

Hegseth has added to concerns about careless U.S. bombing by expressing disdain for wartime rules designed to limit civilian casualties, calling them “stupid rules of engagement.”

“Our war fighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly,” Hegseth said. “Our rules of engagement are bold, precise and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it.”

The White House has also pushed out a wave of wartime propaganda on social media, often striking the same irreverent, bullish tone, experts noted.

One video interspersed movie clips of superheroes and soldiers with real footage of Iranian targets getting blown up, under the words, “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY.” The clip drew condemnation, including from the actor Ben Stiller, who objected to the inclusion of footage from his film “Tropic Thunder,” saying, “War is not a movie.”

Hegseth’s bravado has also been caricatured on “Saturday Night Live,” which opened two weeks in a row with a satirical portrayal of him as angry, dimwitted and hyped up on the violence of war.

All of it has come against a backdrop of Islamophobic remarks from members of Congress on X, with Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) writing that “Muslims don’t belong in American society” and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) posting a picture of the 9/11 terrorist attack next to an image of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, and writing “the enemy is inside the gates.”

Certainly Iranian leaders have expressed similar contempt for the U.S. for years. Khamenei, killed at the start of the war, was known for stoking anti-American sentiment, speaking to crowds amid chants of “death to America.”

However, U.S. presidents have traditionally spoken with more reserve. They have slammed U.S. enemies, but often by drawing a contrast between them, the U.S. and the values the U.S. purports to defend globally. They have expressed confidence in past U.S. missions, but been wary of taking a celebratory or triumphant tone — especially at the start of a war, amid intense fighting, as American troops are still dying.

Not so with Trump, who on Wednesday said, “You never like to say too early you won. We won. We won … . In the first hour, it was over.”

He also said, “Over the past 11 days, our military has virtually destroyed Iran,” and “they don’t have anything.”

On Thursday, six U.S. service members were killed when a refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq. On Friday, the U.S. military announced it was sending 2,500 Marines and an additional U.S. warship to the conflict.

Kimble said there are several ways to view Trump’s war rhetoric. One is “through the lens of PSYOPS, or psychological operations” — or intentional messaging aimed at discouraging the enemy, akin to the U.S. dropping leaflets in World War II telling foreign combatants that they must surrender or die. In that view, Trump is speaking directly to the Iranians, trying to get them to “perceive victory as impossible.”

Another is to view Trump and Hegseth as projecting a tough image for their MAGA base, their Democratic rivals and any other nations they might be preparing to challenge, such as Cuba.

Rowland said Trump “always has to be the big dog in the room,” and his war messaging should be viewed in that context.

“A lot of the rhetoric is performative cruelty,” Rowland said. “It’s more about him coming across as dominant than it is about making a case that the war has been good for the U.S. and the region and the West and the world.”