As the regular season starts winding down, the remaining football league games become more precious in unexpected ways. Case in point: the Mission League matchup between Chaminade and Notre Dame […]
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Patriots Expect to Figure Things Out
The glum expressions seen after Birmingham Charter High finished on the short end of a 49-7 loss to Chaminade High last week mainly belonged to the Patriots’ fan base sitting […]
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Prep Football Schedule Stretched Over Three Days of Holiday Weekend
The schedule for many of this week’s prep football games will be staggered over three days because of the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. The Los Angeles City Section will […]
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Canoga Park Tries Again to Get its Season Started
Canoga Park High did not lose its 2021 football season opener against Canyon High of Canyon Country last week. It didn’t win it either. The Hunters never got to play […]
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Golden Cougars Will Lay in Wait — For Now
For Kennedy High, the only thing that could have made the 2019 season even better would have been to win a championship. The Golden Cougars weren’t greedy, however. After the […]
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Taking Another Swing at Hitting the Big Time
Ron Cruz is very happy to be back in business. That would be the “hurt” business, better known as boxing. The North Hollywood resident and super welterweight will be fighting […]
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Getting Back Into the Game
The outdoor playing fields and indoor gymnasiums of most high schools around the Valley — and the state — have been silent and empty for most of 2020 after campuses […]
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Holding On to Hope
It’s the nature of baseball, Matt Mowry says, that makes one believe the seemingly impossible is possible. “You can be down a couple runs in the last inning with two […]
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Bringing Golf to a New Audience
The afternoon sunshine and gentle breezes have created some comfortable conditions this Sunday, March 8, at the Woodley Lakes Golf Course in Van Nuys. And the sounds emanating from the […]
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A Neighborhood Showdown With a Bonus
It was looking bleak for City Section basketball fans in the Valley as team after team — boys and girls — was getting knocked out of the playoffs in the […]