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The Register has the latest on the Signing Day news in Orange County.

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The Orange County Register will have extensive coverage today, Feb. 7, of the National Signing Day events and news happening in Orange County.

This will be the first day of the February period when athletes – from football, boys and girls soccer and boys water polo – can officially sign a letter of intent with a college.

The Register will be reporting on the signing news throughout the day on the OCVarsity pages at OCRegister.com.

Click here to go to our updates on the news throughout the day.

Click here to find out how to report signing news and to submit a photo for our Signing Day slideshow.

Click here to see the list of the athletes who officially sign today.

The Register will have a recap of the news, photos and the full list of signees in the Sports section of Thursday’s edition.

Do you have Signing Day news that you want to report to the Register? Or a photo that you want to submit to our slideshow?

Here is the information that will help you with that:

Schools can send their Signing Day list to preps@ocregister.com. Please include the athlete’s name, sport and college.

Schools can also email photos of their Signing Day ceremony or event to preps@ocregister.com. Please include information about the photos, especially the names of the athletes.

Athletes, their families and coaches can email signing news and photos to the Register at preps@ocregister.com.

All names received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Freb. 7, will be included in the Register’s Signing Day list.

Photos emailed to the Register will be included in our slideshows as quickly as possible, but there could be a delay before they appear online.

If you have any questions, please email us at preps@ocregister.com.

ANAHEIM – Foothill’s boys basketball team secured a playoff berth Tuesday with a 61-57 win over Esperanza in a Crestview League game at Esperanza High.

The top two finishers in the four-team Crestview League receive automatic entry into the CIF-Southern Section playoffs that begin next week. Foothill will be the league’s No. 2 team and will compete in the CIF-SS Division 2A playoffs.

Tuesday’s game was more of a must-win for Foothill than it was for Esperanza. Foothill went into the game with a 12-14 record. If the Knights had lost, and with one game remaining in the regular season, they could not have reached the .500-or-better overall record plateau required to be a candidate for an at-large. Thus, Foothill has to finish in second to make the playoffs.

Esperanza is almost a sure thing to get into the Division 1 playoffs as an at-large team. The Aztecs, 16-10 overall with one regular-season game remaining, have the .500-or-better record needed for at-large berth candidacy. It looks like at least six teams in Division 1 will be selected to the CIF-SS elite Open Division, making Division 1 at-large berths plentiful.

League-champion Canyon, which plays host to Esperanza on Thursday, will be the league’s No. 1 representative and will play in 2AA in which Canyon is the No. 1 team in the 2AA rankings.

Brennan Hellmers, who led Foothill, 3-2 in league, with 20 points and 10 rebounds, said Tuesday’s win continues a recent run of higher-quality play for the Knights.

“We’re really excited about going into the playoffs,” said Hellmers, a 6-foot-6 senior forward. “We have a lot of momentum going. We can compete with anybody as long we play our best.”

Brandon Green scored 13 points for the Knights. Foothill’s Conrad Peper scored 10 points, eight in the fourth quarter, with six rebounds.

Julian Almazan led Esperanza, 2-3 in league, with 24 points. The Aztecs’ Brendan Harrick scored 13 points, nine fewer than his per-game average, as Foothill’s Brooks Mallory did an effective job denying Harrick the ball and contesting most every shot by Harrick.

Foothill took a 21-6 lead in the first quarter in which Hellmers scored 10 points and the Knights shot 10 for 18 from the field. Esperanza outscored Foothill 21-8 in the second quarter to leave Foothill with a 29-27 halftime advantage.

The third quarter ended with Foothill again hanging on to a tight lead 43-40.

Jake Kyman’s ankle injury maybe was not as bad as it appeared to be.

Kyman scored 11 points as part of a balanced scoring effort for Santa Margarita as the Eagles defeated JSerra in a Trinity League home game Tuesday.

Kyman, among the top college prospects in Orange County basketball, rolled his left ankle Saturday in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei in an Eagles win over Centennial of Corona. He indicated on Twitter that he would return to action Thursday, but he healed fast enough to play Tuesday and not miss a game.

Santa Margarita, ranked No. 2 in O.C., is 19-6 overall and 6-3 in league. No. 3 JSerra, who got 23 points from JT Robinson, is 18-7 overall and 5-4 in league, is tied for third place with St. John Bosco.

Also in the Trinity League:

No. 1 Mater Dei 87, Orange Lutheran 52:  Spencer Freedman scored 21 points and Harrison Butler added 16 for the visiting Monarchs (19-6, 8-1) who already had clinched the league championship.

In the Crestview League:

No. 4 Canyon 70, Yorba Linda 45: The league-champion Comanches (25-2, 5-0) were led by Lucas Holden’s 14 points.

In the Empire League:

No. 7 Cypress 77, Western 45: Jared Brown’s 14 points paced a balanced scoring output for the host, league-champion Centurions (21-4, 9-0).

Tustin 66, Valencia 51: The Tillers (12-12, 5-4) got an important win in their quest for the playoffs with the home victory led by Isaiah Gonzalez’ 24 points.

Pacifica 59, Kennedy 49: Paolo Zubillaga scored 24 points for the host, second-place Mariners (17-8, 7-2).

In the Freeway League:

La Habra 60, Buena Park 52: The playoff-bound Highlanders (19-7, 6-3) got the away victory as Noah Destoff scored 28 points with six 3-pointers.

In the Garden Grove League:

Garden Grove 54, Rancho Alamitos 31: The host Argonauts (25-1, 9-0) extended their county-leading winning streak to 20 games as Sebastian Castro scored 17 points.

In the North Hills League:

Villa Park 66, El Dorado 60: Julien Franklin’s 20 points led the visiting, league-champion Spartans (13-11, 6-0).

In the Pacific Coast League:

No. 8 Northwood 66, Irvine 45: The league-champion Timberwolves won at home as Jacob Huynh scored 23 points.

Beckman 66, University 61: Dylan Thoerner’s 29 points led the visiting Patriots (13-12, 6-3).

In the Sea View League:

No. 5 Capistrano Valley 82, San Juan Hills 57: It was another one-sided league win for the host Cougars (21-6, 7-0) who got 23 points from Dawson Baker and 20 from Grayson Beeman.

In the South Coast League:

El Toro 73, Tesoro 63: Travis Hocker scored 24 points for the visiting Chargers (12-14, 3-4) who kept their playoff hopes alive.

In the Sunset League:

Newport Harbor 58, Marina 44: Brad Siegel scored 15 points and Sam Barela and Dayne Chalmers scored 14 points apiece for the visiting Sailors (20-6, 7-2) who are tied with Edison for first place.

Name: Nick Graham
Main message: Leave it to Nick Graham to break with the status quo. Instead of staging a traditional runway show or presentation, he took over The Manderley, a “small, dark and smoky” nightclub at the McKittrick Hotel for an intimate musical performance. As lead singer, Graham sang five self-penned songs from his upcoming album “Soundtracks From Films Never Made.” The band and staff were dressed in pieces from Graham’s fall collection, Metropolis, which featured lots of patterns including exploded windowpanes, graphic plaids and an overall retro sensibility. “It feels more dressed up,” he said. The brand’s new graphic underwear and hosiery were also on display.
The result: In a world in which experiential marketing is the new buzzword, Graham has been a master of the trend for years.

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In his first true men’s runway show under his own brand, Tom Ford set the bar high with an old-school nostalgic moment that was reminiscent of his glory days at the houses of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.
The opening look, a white cropped shearling jacket with matching turtleneck over skinny snakeskin pants and boots, set the tone for Ford’s ultrasophisticated globe-trotting man.
The tailoring, which has long been the brand’s most defining category, felt refined — and precious at times, especially in a shiny all-pink single-breasted slim-cut suit that was head-turning.
But the bulk of the collection was devoted to Ford’s growing sportswear assortment, which had a much younger and citified vibe. Lush hoodies under sleek bombers and fitted sweatpants were an example of the designer’s ability to blend luxury sportswear and traditional tailoring.
An eveningwear segment had a Seventies feel with the use of sequins and shiny smoking jackets that will undoubtedly walk down a red carpet soon. Oscars anyone?
The much-anticipated reveal of Ford’s underwear collection closed the show, with bare-chested models sporting silk and cotton boxers in solids and animal prints. And if one paid close attention, the models also unveiled the new watch assortment.
Interestingly, the collection was devoid of overt

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