Prep talk: Servite is building around four freshmen offensive linemen
Servite High football coach Chris Reinert is running around spring practices teaching fundamentals. If he ever takes a moment to look over at the offensive…
Final Trinity League baseball playoff spot to be decided Friday
Get ready for a day of drama in Trinity League baseball as Santa Margarita (6-8), Servite (5-9) and JSerra (5-9) battle to finish in third…
Get ready for toughest Division 1 baseball playoff bracket in history
On May 12, the Southern Section will release its baseball playoff pairings. The 32 teams selected for Division 1 will get to say they were…
Prep sports roundup: St. John Bosco opens three-game lead in Trinity League
Winning close games has become part of St. John Bosco’s success this season as the Braves close in on winning their first Trinity League baseball…
Tajh Ariza leaves Westchester High for St. John Bosco
The one-year experiment of Tajh Ariza playing for his father’s alm mater, Westchester High, has ended. The 6-foot-9 junior has transferred to St. John Bosco.Ariza…
Prep talk: Former Servite coach Troy Thomas will attend NFL draft
Former Servite High coach Troy Thomas will be attending next week’s NFL draft in Green Bay, Wis., at the invitation of Mason Graham, his former…
Prep talk: St. John Bosco receiving group is second to none
St. John Bosco began spring football practice on Monday, and the receiving group is something fans and others will want to watch through the spring,…
The final Isaiah Carroll introduction by father at Harvard-Westlake
How fun has it been for a father to be introducing his son as the public-address announcer and the son to hear his father’s voice…
Prep talk: Former Notre Dame standout Ella Parker leads Oklahoma in hitting
Former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame softball standout Ella Parker is off to a great start in her sophomore year at Oklahoma. She entered this week…
Prep talk: La Mirada’s new baseball field is ready to be unveiled
La Mirada High’s $20-million baseball field is ready to be unveiled.The Matadores will play their first official game in their new stadium on Saturday against…
Redondo Union upsets St. John Bosco; Windward eliminates Inglewood
It was a wild Friday night in the Southern Section basketball playoffs.Redondo Union, seeded No. 7 in the Open Division playoffs, pulled out a 77-75…
Harvard-Westlake No. 1 seed for Open Division basketball playoffs
Harvard-Westlake (27-1), the two-time defending state champion, received the No. 1 seed for the Southern Section Open Division boys’ basketball playoffs Saturday. Ten teams were…
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…
Prep basketball roundup: Brandon McCoy returns to lift St. John Bosco
Brandon McCoy Jr. was back on the court for St. John Bosco on Monday night, and that changes everything in Southern Section basketball.Sidelined since Nov.…
The Times’ top 25 high school basketball rankings
A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 7.Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week1. EASTVALE ROOSEVELT (18-1);…
Column: Peering into the crystal ball for 2025 predictions
It’s time to peer into my crystal ball to see what 2025 has in store for the Southland’s high school athletes (and a few former…
Mira Costa wins St. Francis tourney behind MVP Jacob De Armas
Mira Costa High School won the first St. Francis tournament championship Monday night with an 87-72 win over Oak Hills, improving to 17-0 on the…
Eastvale Roosevelt beats St. John Bosco to win Classic at Damien title
The Classic at Damien’s Platinum Division Championship played more like a heavyweight bout than a basketball game between two elite teams seemingly bound for the…
The Times’ football back of the year: Madden Riordan of Sierra Canyon
Going from 145 pounds to 160 pounds after hard work in the weight room last spring and summer paid off in a huge way for…
Prep basketball roundup: Future Harvard teammates put on a show
How many times in West Coast high school basketball have two players committed to Harvard faced off?It happened on Saturday night in Bellflower, where Elzie…