It was a scene almost never seen in championship game history. Fans, coaches and players watching the Southern Section Division I final between Bellflower St. John Bosco and Santa Ana Mater Dei viewed the unfolding story: An offensive lineman was single-handedly affecting plays again and again....
Gardena Serra has honored its late basketball coach, Dwan Hurt, by renaming its gymasium, "Dwan D. Hurt Memorial Gymnasium." Hurt, a 1981 grad and longtime basketball coach, died last month. He was 53. Hurt guided the Cavaliers to two state championships. He was also a dean at the school. For the...
L.A. Jordan has announced that it is returning to 11-man football for the 2017 season. The Bulldogs went to eight-man football this past season after dwindling player numbers and academic issues. But Coach Gary Parks announced, "The progress within the classroom and citizenship were contributing...
Las Vegas was the site Tuesday night for a championship basketball game between two unbeaten high school teams from Southern California, Chino Hills and Santa Ana Mater Dei. It was the first meeting between the two schools since Chino Hills won by 48 points in a playoff game last season. The Monarchs...
It’s in the DNA of San Clemente High football players that when the going gets tough, they persevere, grind away and wait for any opening to turn adversity into success. Down by 17 points late in the first half of Saturday’s CIF state championship Division 1-A bowl game, the Tritons had little...
Re-Al Mitchell was a 13-year-old eighth-grader, sitting on a couch at home watching on television, when Bellflower St. John Bosco defeated Concord De La Salle, 20-14, in the thrilling 2013 CIF state championship Open Division bowl game. He saw such players as Josh Rosen, Shay Fields and Jaleel...
Going on comparative scores, Saturday’s CIF state championship Open Division bowl game between Bellflower St. John Bosco (12-2) and Concord De La Salle (11-1) at Sacramento State should be a mismatch. On Sept. 9, De La Salle barely beat Anaheim Servite, 28-27. On Oct. 7, St. John Bosco beat Servite,...
A look at Saturday’s CIF state championship bowl games: at Sacramento State: Open Division Bellflower St. John Bosco (12-2) vs. Concord De La Salle (11-1), 8 p.m. (SportsNet): It’s a rematch from the 2013 season when St. John Bosco went 16-0 and beat the Spartans, 20-14. The Braves’ offensive line...
Steam is shooting up from Wyatt Davis’ covered head, making him look like some comic book hero with unknown superpowers. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound offensive lineman is standing in the middle of a frigid and frosted Hornet Stadium (temperature in the low 30s) after Bellflower St. John Bosco defeated...
If it’s December, it’s time to fire a high school football coach for failing to live up to expectations. Or it’s time for a coach to resign. Or it’s time for a principal to announce, “We’re going in a different direction.” Yes, high school football has become not so different than college or the...
A year after blowing a 21-point fourth-quarter lead and losing in a regional final to San Marino by a single point, Chatsworth Sierra Canyon took care of business on Saturday night to defeat Los Angeles, 21-6, and earn a spot in next Saturday’s CIF state championship Division 2-A bowl game at Sacramento...
Huntington Beach Edison Coach Dave White turns 61 next Sunday. He had hoped to celebrate a day early by leading the football program to its first CIF state finals appearance. The Chargers were so close to getting there. San Clemente went on the road on Saturday and came back in the final minute...
They may be small, but the Temecula Rancho Christian Eagles played like giants throughout Friday night’s 56-21 victory over Los Angeles Franklin in a CIF Football Regional 6AA Championship Bowl Game at Franklin High. Despite having only 215 students, Rancho Christian beat teams from schools 12...
Tate Haynes, the quarterback for San Diego Cathedral and the son of NFL Hall of Famer Michael Haynes, was in tears. His team had survived a final play to pull out a 35-28 win over Harbor City Narbonne on Friday night in a CIF Football Regional Division 1-AA bowl game on a cool night in San Diego....
A look at the top 25 teams in high school boys’ basketball in the Southland: Rk; TEAM (Record) Comment (Last rank) 1. SIERRA CANYON (0-0) Marvin Bagley III makes debut vs. Chaminade on Monday (1) 2. CHINO HILLS (5-0) LiAngelo Ball scored 72 points in game last week (2) 3. SANTA ANA MATER DEI (6-0) Spencer...
If you have the best football player on the field and he stands 6 feet 5, weighs 310 pounds and is headed to Ohio State, you find a way get him involved. And that’s what Bellflower St. John Bosco Coach Jason Negro did on Saturday night in the Southern Section Division 1 championship game against...
It’s an hour before Saturday’s City Section Division III championship football game at El Camino College. Carlos Hernandez, one of the top players for Reseda High, has limped out of the locker room without his crutches and is sitting on a bench looking upon an empty field. He can’t play against...
Friday’s CIF state bowl games Division 1-AA: Harbor City Narbonne (14-0) at San Diego Cathedral Catholic (13-0), 7:30 p.m. — This game should revolve around whether Narbonne’s powerful defense can stop Cathedral’s wing-T offense and quarterback Tate Haynes. Narbonne Coach Manuel Douglas used to...
Berdale Bernie Bernard Robins, known as “Dale” at home, grew up as a youth football standout in South Los Angeles. But when he got to high school, he said, “I didn’t think it was possible for me to play college ball.” He was the class clown, focused on listening to friends instead of teachers....
“Come here!” Bellflower St. John Bosco offensive coordinator Chad Johnson shouted to 310-pound All-American offensive lineman Wyatt Davis. What happened next caused an onlooker to gasp. It was like watching two people perform the Heimlich Maneuver simultaneously on each other. They hugged so hard...
When the football playoffs began, Los Angeles High was hoping for a chance at redemption against Coliseum League rival Hawkins. The Romans' opportunity came Saturday afternoon in the City Section Division II championship game and they made the most of it, scoring 36 consecutive points and forcing...
Harbor City Narbonne appeared unstoppable heading into the City Section Division I championship game Saturday night at El Camino College. The top-seeded Gauchos (14-0) looked the part early but had to withstand a furious second-half comeback to defeat Los Angeles Dorsey, 42-34, for their third...
SATURDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES City Section, at El Camino College Div. III: No. 2 Reseda (11-2) vs. No. 1 Franklin (12-1), 11 a.m. (Spectrum) — Ja’lani Elison has 15 interceptions for Reseda. David Telles has been the closest thing to a one-man wrecking crew for Franklin, aided...
The Chatsworth Sierra Canyon High football team ended an epic game with a gutsy call. The move paid off big-time for the Trailblazers, and it resulted in their second consecutive CIF Southern Section title. Bobby Cole ran up the middle for a two-point conversion in the second overtime to give top-seeded...
It’s going on five months now that Huntington Beach Edison football players keep refusing to let their coach, Dave White, call it quits and slip away into the sunset to sip one of those Hawaiian drinks with a colorful umbrella sticking out on a sandy beach far away. Every week in the Southern Section...
FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Southern Section championship games Division 2: San Clemente (10-3) at No. 2 Murrieta Valley (11-2), 7:30 p.m. (Fox Sports West) — Few teams have been able to stop Murrieta Valley’s offense. Sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier has passed for 3,558 yards and 43 touchdowns....
Dominic Peterson never hesitates to break out dancing — except after he sacks a quarterback. He knows that would cost his team a 15-yard penalty for taunting. “If they allowed me to dance, I’d dance so much the coaches would probably get annoyed by it,” Peterson said. “It’s a good thing they don’t...
Navigating the buffet line with the greatest of ease, Wyatt Davis, the 310-pound All-American offensive tackle from Bellflower St. John Bosco High, was munching on beef, chicken and mashed potatoes Monday afternoon during the Southern Section football championship luncheon. He enjoys eating as...
A look at the top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland: Rk; SCHOOL (record); Comment (previous rank) 1. SIERRA CANYON (0-0) Open season on Dec. 5 at home against Chaminade (1 ) 2. CHINO HILLS (0-0) Open season Monday vs. Rancho Verde at Centennial (2 ) 3. MATER DEI (1-0) Michael...
Michael Arechavala has Down syndrome, but has never let it deter him from being an athlete. The New Jersey high schooler has been a four-year participant in football, baseball and wrestling at Audubon High School. He attends every practice. He goes through every workout his teammates do. And on...