Prep baseball, softball roundup: Westlake rebounds from loss
After losing its first game of the season Tuesday, Westlake’s baseball team responded Thursday by collecting 17 hits and relying on the pitching of Dylan…
Prep baseball, softball roundup: Corona shows off Ebel brothers
The Ebel brothers, Brady and Trey, made their high school baseball debuts for Corona on Wednesday after sitting out the first half of the season…
Prep sports roundup: Birmingham gets past El Camino Real
Birmingham baseball coach Matt Mowry doesn’t care about West Valley League championships. His focus is on City titles, having won five. His teams have never…
Alex Schmidt hits grand slam in Granada Hills victory
Alex Schmidt hit a grand slam and Easton Hawk struck out six in 4-1/3 innings as Granada Hills picked up a West Valley League baseball…
Prep baseball roundup: Jordan Kingston delivers shutout for Calabasas
Jordan Kingston of Calabasas turned in a top pitching performance Monday, limiting Camarillo to three hits while striking out four and walking one in the…
Kiké Hernández feels strong after Dodgers doctor solves mystery
PHOENIX — One day, the pain would be in his groin. The next day it would be in his abdomen. Then it would shift to his…
Chaminade wins 2 of 3 from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in baseball
Chaminade has injected itself into the Mission League baseball race by taking two of three games from defending champion Sherman Oaks Notre Dame this week.…
Santa Monica’s Jackson Klein records third straight shutout
Jackson Klein of Santa Monica didn’t throw his third consecutive no-hitter Friday. He had to settle for his third consecutive shutout. Klein gave up three…
Prep baseball roundup: Birmingham opens West Valley League with 1-0 win over Granada Hills
Matt Mowry has never won a West Valley League title as baseball coach at Birmingham. Could 2024 be different? The Patriots started league play Tuesday…
San Dimas shows off its baseball talent in 9-0 win over Corona Centennial
When San Dimas gets everyone playing baseball on the same page, the Saints are one dangerous team. “It was fun to watch,” coach Mike Regan…
Shohei Ohtani continues to impress at the plate for Dodgers
PHOENIX — The Dodgers provided a glimpse of their potential firepower at the top of the batting order Sunday when Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie…
Prep sports roundup: St. John Bosco digs deep to hold off Windward
It’s been a long, up-and-down basketball season for St. John Bosco. There have been missed opportunities. “We’ve had many opportunities,” sophomore guard Brandon McCoy said,…
Augie Lopez homers as Loyola hands La Salle its first loss
Loyola’s baseball team handed La Salle (7-1) its first defeat of the season Friday with a 5-2 victory. Donnie Morgan had two hits and two…
Contreras makes history with its first City Section soccer title
The Contreras High boys’ soccer team made history Friday, winning its first City Section championship with a 3-1 victory over Roybal in the Division IV…
Westchester, Birmingham to play for City Open Division girls’ title
Mariah Blake wants another ring. She was a key figure on last season’s 29-2 Westchester girls’ basketball team that won the City Section Open Division…
Corona baseball receives more strong pitching in win over JSerra
No. 1-ranked Corona’s pitching staff is more than living up to expectations. Three games in, the Panthers have given up just two runs in 21…
Prep baseball: Westlake’s Dylan Volantis shows off nasty stuff in win
Whether he’s in the pool playing water polo as a goalie or on the mound pitching, 6-foot-6 Westlake senior Dylan Volantis is one impressive athlete.…
Pacifica looks to stay on top this softball season
As the 2024 softball season begins, no program in the Southland has higher expectations than defending Southern Section Division 1 champion Garden Grove Pacifica, which…
Prep baseball: Devin Gonor dazzles in debut to help ECR beat Crespi
Calm, cool, collective and possessing a nasty changeup. That’s the best way to describe a dazzling varsity baseball debut for El Camino Real junior left-hander…
Dodgers decide to delay Walker Buehler’s start to season
As eager as Walker Buehler is to return from his second Tommy John surgery, the erstwhile Dodgers ace will have to wait at least an…