Since taking over as head coach in 2009, Jim Rose has worked diligently to keep Birmingham football a competitive program. And for the most part he has done so, with […]
Category: Sports
Taking a Second Look
The 2014-15 prep sports year is over. Kaput. A wrap. And, as always, what an interesting year it was. Sometimes it’s hard, as an observer who favors “The Big Picture,” […]
Conquistadors Hold Off Cavaliers to Conquer City
If there were any lingering doubters about the quality of the baseball program at El Camino Real High, sit down and be quiet. By defeating Cleveland, 4-3, for the City […]
Eagles Still Can’t Land in Winner’s Circle
César E. Chavez Learning Academies, which opened in 2011, is still a young high school with young athletic programs. But the baseball team has reached the City Section Division II […]
For Taft, the Drought is Over
The City Section boys’ volleyball playoff landscape was looking pretty barren from a Valley perspective on Saturday, May 23. Perennial contenders like Granada Hills, Sylmar, and Verdugo Hills didn’t reach […]
A Dreaming Team
The Gymnastics Olympica club in Van Nuys, founded by Fritz Reiter, has been training boys and girls how to balance, flip, roll, spin, somersault, tumble and twist since 1974. General […]
UCLA and Lakers Legend Jamaal Wilkes Scores with Memoir
The mellifluous baritone voice on the other end of the phone belongs to one of the great Southern California athletes of his time — or any time. It’s the voice […]
Cleveland Can Quiet It’s Detractors by Winning the West Valley League
For those baseball fans who expected the West Valley League title chase to be simply divvied up between Chatsworth and El Camino Real, the Cleveland High Cavaliers would like a […]
A Very Busy Time for the Golden Cougars
This is a crucial week for the Kennedy Golden Cougars. They are playing five games in an eight-day stretch. It began on Saturday, April 25, with a 2-0 victory over […]
A Bad Start Doesn’t Ground the Parrots
Overcoming adversity is touted as one of the lessons that sports can teach. So it’s understandable if the Poly baseball team feels as if it has already gone through a […]
