The coaches’ office at Reseda High on Monday, Aug. 29, is filled with noise and bodies. Players are clamoring for equipment. One youth sheepishly admits leaving his football cleats in […]
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It’s a Season Opener, but a Rivalry is Forming
This Friday, Aug. 26, the 2016 prep football party gets started. Some games will match big programs against big programs, already jockeying for playoff positioning. Other games may feature big […]
Cougars Out to Spring Forward, not Fall Back
When Terrance Johnson took over the football program at Kennedy High three years ago, it was a program not in decline, but decay. The Golden Cougars were not only an […]
Spartans to Battle with a New Set of Warriors
Before we consider the future of Sylmar High football as it approaches the 2016 season, we must give one last appreciative nod to its recent past. The glory and the […]
Hunters Thinking 2016 Could Be Their Year
The Canoga Park football team is bustling through its first official practice, even if said practice started at 6:30 in the ante meridiem. Perhaps the coaching staff is doing its […]
Gonzalez Staying Strong, not Hanging On
I was unsure about the kind of mood Miguel Gonzalez would be in at Anaheim Stadium on Saturday, July 16. He had pitched there the night before for the Chicago […]
Conquistadors Feel More Prepared for Battle in West Valley
Football practice in the summer sun goes beyond getting conditioned to give or take hits, developing chemistry with teammates and meshing individual talents into a cohesive team. It’s also about […]
Football Camp, aka “Finishing School”
It is the first official day of practice for the 2016 Sierra Canyon football team, and no one is being spared the 100-plus degree heat from the afternoon Valley sun. […]
Washington Hopes to Forge Football Stronghold in the Valley
When James Washington enters the Alemany High football coaches’ trailer and sits down to talk, a sense of presence permeates the room. It’s neither overwhelming nor foreboding; but it’s there. […]
Copa America Crowds Below World Cup But Above Projections
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans at some first-round Copa America games have arrived to see empty sections, even closed-off decks. Still, the tournament is averaging more than 40,000 fans per […]
