The Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday breaks are often a busy time for basketball teams. Tournament games are often played over a four- or five-day stretch. It’s a great way for […]
Category: Sports
A Holiday Wish List for the Dashers and the Dashed
The sporting life in the Valley and Southern California had amazing highs and center-of-the-Earth lows in 2017, giving those of us lucky enough to watch alternate waves of disbelief, discontent, […]
Alemany Wants to Make its Point(s) on the Court
It was a good night for the Alemany girls’ basketball team. They were playing Valencia in the John Burroughs High Magnolia Park Optimist tournament on Friday, Dec. 8, and had […]
Equal Frustration for Cleveland, Verdugo Hills
The City Section football Division II and Division III championship games revived the age-old rhetorical question often bandied about in contests that mean so much to both sides. Is it […]
A (New) Tigers’ Tale To Tell Over and Over
When Robert Garcia assumed the mantle at San Fernando High in 2011, he had some lofty goals for a first time head coach still north of his 30th birthday. Not […]
Verdugo Hills Hopes “Next Year” is Finally Here
When Sean Jackson left Fulton Prep High to become the head football coach at Verdugo Hills High, he thought he was inheriting a good core of players who might be […]
Cleveland Playing Meaningful Football Again in November
The breakthrough moment for the Cleveland Cavaliers football team in 2017 actually began with a loss — in the very first game. The final score of that Aug. 25 contest, […]
Highlanders “Open” to Back-to-Back Championships
Palisades Charter High of Pacific was an almost prohibitive favorite to win the 2017 Open Division title on Saturday, Nov. 11. The top seed Dolphins, who have won more City […]
Dons Cut Off Tigers’ Title Hopes at the Net
San Fernando had waited a long time for a chance to play for a City girls’ volleyball championship. Like, ever since girls’ volleyball became a City Section sport back in […]
Chancellors Rule Over Spartans
The matchup be-tween Sylmar and Chatsworth for the City Section Division I championship in girls’ volleyball had the makings of a classic since both teams had taken a long, arduous […]
