Category: Sports

Climbing mountains — whether in actual time or metaphorically —  usually requires deft planning and assured steps. And even then you might need a dollop of luck and have to […]

A gathering of youth, boys and girls of varying ages, are busy jogging and sprinting around the track here at Burbank High School. None of the kids here are “names” […]

It’s not easy or simple to just be a “good” program in City Section football these days with the perpetual shifting back and forth of teams through its various divisions […]

The early afternoon sun burning off the last of the morning clouds over the football field at El Camino Real Charter High is an apt metaphor for the 2019 team […]

The upcoming football season at St. Genevieve High could be quite special for Coach Billy Parra. It could also potentially be treacherous. Parra’s son, William Parra, is going to be […]

When you have a proud and rich heritage of athletic success like the Kennedy High Golden Cougars, droughts can be hard to accept even though it happens to every program. […]

Bring the curtain down on the 2018-19 Los Angeles City Section athletic schedule. The remaining two baseball championships in Division II and Division III have been claimed — much to […]

Amidst a whirlwind of shouts, hugs, tears, and raised arms in triumph, Birmingham Community Charter High Coach Matt Mowry stood silent, looking for an especially familiar face. Then he spotted […]

Chavez Learning Academies and El Camino Real Charter have ascended to the top two spots in LA City Section softball in 2019, both as survivors and opportunists.  At first glance […]

Greatness is greatness. It may come in a single momentary burst — “what a great game” — or a sustained period of superiority. You may not immediately recognize greatness when […]