Tyran Stokes of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame joins football team
“Is he actually coming?”A Sherman Oaks Notre Dame football player had heard the rumors of a new student joining the football team on Monday at…
Prep talk: First-year coach Derwin Henderson has Rialto off to a 3-0 start
Derwin Henderson was not intending to coach this season. He hadn’t been a head coach since 2019 at Hawthorne. But he lives in the Inland…
Sondheimer: Tom Stillwell evolves from volleyball star to ace Girl Dad
Having earned three national championship rings playing volleyball for UCLA, 6-foot-8 Tom Stillwell knows a little bit about competition and commitment to sports excellence.Nothing, though,…
MLB draft: Pitcher Seth Hernandez goes No. 6 to the Pirates
Seth Hernandez has imagined his name being announced for years at the MLB amateur draft. It finally happened Sunday. The Gatorade national player of the…
Prep sports roundup: El Modena rallies for softball win over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
With the bases loaded and her team down by one run in the seventh inning, JuJu Brower stood in the batter’s box for El Modena…
Notre Dame High’s Aja Johnson is thriving in shotput, discus
Nick Garcia, the throws coach at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, calls shotputter and discus thrower Aja Johnson “the dragon slayer.”She’s only 5 feet 3 but…
Corona’s Seth Hernandez is set to become next great pitcher
Through 48 years of covering high school baseball in Southern California, watching so many prolific pitchers develop into legendary pro players has been one of…
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame clinches baseball playoff berth
A high school baseball regular season that began with Sherman Oaks Notre Dame learning its No. 1 pitcher wouldn’t be available is ending with the…
Demare Dezeurn of Bishop Alemany runs second-fastest 100 in state
Demare Dezeurn said he runs track to help his receiving skills in football.“This is for football to get me faster,” he said before running the…
Prep sports roundup: Josh Stonehouse hits two homers during Crespi win
The wind was blowing hard and the temperature was chilly on Tuesday in Encino, perfect conditions for punting. Josh Stonehouse, whose father was a punter,…
Phelan Bucknor of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame collects six hits
Phelan Bucknor of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High had a career day at the plate on Wednesday. He had six hits and five RBIs by…
Myles Walker is always at the ready to give Roosevelt a spark
Every day at 5 a.m. during the school week, Myles Walker awakens and joins his father, Tony, for a drive to a fitness center, where…
Prep talk: Adams brothers are thriving in basketball
When former Narbonne star Marcus Adams left Brigham Young for Cal State Northridge, he made sure his brother Maximo would be close by. They’re each…
Harvard-Westlake wins seventh straight Mission League title
The No. 1 high school basketball team in California, 27-1 Harvard-Westlake, was taken to the brink of defeat by Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the…
Prep basketball roundup: Upsets shake up Open Division rankings
Just when it looked like the top eight teams had been decided for the Southern Section Open Division boys’ basketball playoffs, upsets happened Tuesday night…
High school basketball: Saturday’s scores for boys’ and girls’ games
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLSATURDAY’S RESULTSBOYSCITY SECTIONNorth Hollywood 63, Verdugo Hills 58Northridge Academy 63, VAAS 50Reseda 69, Canoga Park 56SOCES 50, East Valley 38Vaughn 62, Fulton 43SOUTHERN…
Isaiah Carroll powers Harvard-Westlake past Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
With the noise volume rising in a sold out Sherman Oaks Notre Dame gym as the home fans sensed a possible comeback, Isaiah Carroll took…
Prep basketball: Westchester beats Palisades in Western League
After not playing for more than a week, Westchester’s boys’ basketball team was expected to have bouts of inconsistency in its important Western League game…
Brentwood girls basketball finally returns to action after Palisades fire
After not playing for 13 days because the Palisades fire closed its campus and disrupted dozens of school families, Brentwood’s girls’ basketball team returned to…
Prep basketball roundup: Nikolas Khamenia ready for coming showdown
Mission League basketball has started with a series of lopsided games as Harvard-Westlake, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon make it clear they have…