Prep basketball: Sherman Oaks Notre Dame surges past Los Alamitos
Less than two minutes into the game against Los Alamitos on Wednesday night, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame coach Matt Sargeant went into full Dan Hurley…
Sondheimer: How Southern Section football became must-see TV
Kevin Rooney, the football coach and athletic director at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, was on vacation in Lake Tahoe during the summer of 1997 when…
Sondheimer: SoCal has the best high school basketball anywhere
If you’re a fan of amateur basketball, there’s no better place to spend the next four months than Southern California, where talent at the high…
How The Times’ top 25 high school football teams fared
A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week:Rk. SCHOOL (W-L) Result | Next game1. MATER DEI…
Sondheimer: Prep football storylines for 2024 playoffs
High school football playoffs begin Thursday and Friday in the City Section and Southern Section. Here are some story lines to follow.Unbeaten Newbury Park gets…
How The Times’ top 25 high school football teams fared
A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week:Rk. SCHOOL (W-L) Result | Next game1. MATER DEI…
Tyran Stokes among top basketball players from the class of 2026
Wearing size 17 shoes and having broad shoulders, 6-foot-7 junior Tyran Stokes sure looks the part of a high school basketball player who’s going to…
MLB draft: Christian Becerra is third Harvard-Westlake pick
Harvard-Westlake and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame each had a third former high school player taken on the final day of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft…
JJ Harel of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame sets school record in the high jump
JJ Harel can’t stop growing, so the 15-year-old keeps having pains. As a 6-foot-2 freshman last year at Chaminade, he couldn’t compete in the high…
Prep baseball roundup: Erik Puodziunas throws one-hitter in Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s win over Crespi
Forty years ago, future Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell threw a no-hitter for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame against rival Crespi. On Wednesday, Erik Puodziunas,…
Santa Margarita stays tied for first place in Trinity League
Santa Margarita is hanging tough in the Trinity League baseball race. The Eagles (16-6-1, 7-3) remain tied for first place with Orange Lutheran after scoring…
Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball scores
Baseball Academic Excellence 6, Silver Valley 3Academy of Careers & Exploration 21, Lucerne Valley 0Adelanto 5, Silverado 1Alhambra 20, San Gabriel 0Aquinas 5, Linfield Christian…
Southland top 20 high school softball rankings
The top 20 high school softball rankings for The Times by CalHiSports.com. (Previous rank in parentheses) 1. (1) Norco 16-3 2. (2) Murrieta Mesa 18-2…
Mater Dei and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame win baseball tournaments
Spring break turned out to be very productive for the Mater Dei and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame baseball teams. Mater Dei entered the week with…
Prep baseball/softball roundup: Brianne Weiss strikes out 19, throws no-hitter for Orange Lutheran
Brianne Weiss is sometimes unhittable pitching for Orange Lutheran’s softball team. It happened again Wednesday when she threw her sixth career no-hitter and struck out…
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…
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…
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.…
High school basketball: Regional championship game results
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BASKETBALL SCORES Finals Boys Open DivisionHarvard-Westlake 63, Eastvale Roosevelt 59 Division ISt. John Bosco 71, Santa Ana Mater Dei 68 Division IIBakersfield…
Southern California regional basketball playoff results and pairings
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BASKETBALL SCORESSemifinals BOYSOpen DivisionHarvard-Westlake 73, Carlsbad 72Eastvale Roosevelt 58, Santa Maria St. Joseph 41 Division ISt. John Bosco 63, Damien 59Santa Ana…