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(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

1. The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-91 Thursday night to even the Western Conference Finals at 3-3. Game 7 is Saturday night in Oklahoma City.
2. Softball: Arroyo fell to Irvine 15-2 Thursday in the CIF Division 6 Final.
3. Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup winner who played 21 years in the NHL, died by suicide the NHL Alumni Association announced Thursday. Lemieux was 60 years old.
4. MLB owners proposed a hard salary cap as part of the next CBA on Thursday. According to the proposal each team would need to maintain a payroll of at least $171.2 million without exceeding $245.3 million, starting in 2027.
5. La Serna FS/Athlete Jordan Bonilla has received an offer from the University of Willamette.
6. La Serna WR/S/K/Athlete Landon Armenta has also received an offer from the University of Willamette.
7. Charter Oak linebacker JD Sanchez has earned a spot on the 2026 NFF Team of Distinction through elite academic performance, defensive dominance, and outstanding leadership across athletics and the country. Sanchez had a 4.47 GPA and was All Academic Sierra League and Sierra League Player of the Year.
8. “I understand where the team’s coming from. Listen, I’m not 25 years old, and I get that. So we’re doing everything we can to be as good a football team as we can for now, for the future, for all of it.” -Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford on the Rams drafting quarterback Ty Simpson with the number 13 pick.
9. The Lakers informed more than a dozen employees Wednesday they were being laid off as part of a reorganization under new franchise leadership according to reports.
10. On this day in 1980 the Lakers’ Magic Johnson was named NBA Rookie of the Year. Larry Bird of the Celtics was runner-up.

La Serna’s Landon Armenta has received an offer from the University of Willamette.

Charter Oak’s JD Sanchez has earned a spot on the 2026 NFF Team of Distinction.

La Serna’s Jordan Bonilla has received an offer from the University of Willamette.