Trabuco Hills girls basketball stumbles early, loses to Oxnard in quarterfinals

MISSION VIEJO – It came suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue, about midway through the first quarter. Trabuco Hills, playing host to fourth-seeded Oxnard, was locked in a tie score. Neither team looked sharp yet, and the youth of each program was on full display. Then it happened. Three straight 3-point baskets from three different players on three consecutive possessions by Oxnard. Three shots, nine points, followed by a putback by a fourth player for an 11-0 run that gave the Yellowjackets a lead they would never relinquish. It played a critical role in a 64-53 victory over a Trabuco Hills program that was playing its first-ever...