It really could not have ended any other way. Not for this Rams team. Not in this lost season. A matchup against the NFL’s worst defense? A two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter? As usual, none of that mattered Saturday against the San Francisco 49ers. The Rams’ 22-21 defeat at the Coliseum...
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...
A look at the top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland: Rk. School (W-L) Comment (last week’s ranking) 1. SIERRA CANYON (7-0) Trailblazers beat Oak Hill in Indiana. (1) 2. CHINO HILLS (9-0) Huskies have won 44 straight games. (2) 3. SANTA ANA MATER DEI (9-0) Monarchs could...
As the 2016 prep football season comes to an end, there’s an intriguing development in the Trinity League that could signal an end to the all-out pursuit of championships by spending big bucks to hire high-profile coaches. Orange Lutheran and San Juan Capistrano JSerra hired new head coaches from...
A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland: Rk. SCHOOL (Record) Comment (last rank) 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (13-2) SS Division 1 champion; Open Division bowl champion (3) 2. MATER DEI (13-1) SS Division 1 runner-up (1) 3. CORONA CENTENNIAL (11-2) SS Division 1 semifinalist (2) 4....
Jaelan Phillips is 6 feet 6, 250 pounds. He was a senior defensive end/outside linebacker at Redlands East Valley who every opponent knew they had to focus on. And yet, he still had 21 sacks in 11 games this season. He finished with 142 tackles and averaged 11 tackles a game. Phillips has been...