December 21, 2024

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FOLLOW-UP: Here are the answers to our first Orange County sports quiz

Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors held a youth camp in Orange County in August 2018. (File photo Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone)

We hope you enjoyed our first OC Sports Zone trivia contest. If you got all five, you are definitely a super OC sports fan!

No.1: Which NBA basketball player held a youth camp in Orange County in 2018?

Answer: Former Santa Margarita Catholic High School basketball star Klay Thompson.

No. 2: Which Orange County high school baseball player told OC Sports Zone that he dreamed of being in a dogpile at the end of the 2019 season?

Answer: Cameron Repetti of Cypress, which won the CIF Division 1 title. He was later named CIF Division 1 player of the year.

No. 3: Which Orange County football team captured the Dennis Toohey Fence Post Trophy in October of 2018?

Answer: Woodbridge.

No. 4: In 2019, which football player said this: “It’s bittersweet. I’m sad that this is the last ride with my guys but this was the ultimate goal. I’ll do anything for one more game with them. But this is the ultimate goal, I’m just so happy. I’m happy to be part of this community, happy to be a part of this team. We did it.”

Answer: John Humphreys, who led Corona del Mar to the CIF Division 1A state football title in 2019 after helping the Sea Kings to the CIF title before that.

No. 5: In July of 2018, what Orange County baseball player passed up a lucrative Major League contract to play college baseball?

Answer: Beckman’s Matt McLain, who turned down an offer from the Arizona Diamondbacks to accept a scholarship with UCLA.