Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Los Alamitos was mentioned as one of the top public high school football teams in Southern California during the spring season. This fall, nearly everyone from the defending Sunset League championship team is returning for the Griffins... Read more

The start of the 2021 high school football season is less than a week away. Here are four questions about the upcoming season. 1. How will the coronavirus pandemic affect the season? The impact already is being felt. A handful of area teams have had players test positive for... Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. As we head into the 2021 fall high school football season, the Los Angeles Daily News is publishing preseason coverage that includes team rankings and lists of the top players to watch by position. The season... Read more

Editor’s note: Herald sportswriter John Devine is spending much of this month visiting Monterey County high schools to get a sneak peek of their football teams. This is the sixth in a series of previews. To see other previews once they are published, visit: montereyherald.com/sports/high-school-sports/ SALINAS — It hurt... Read more

Recent Soquel High graduate Nate Maas didn’t have any offers on the table to continue his baseball career, so he was all set to play for Cabrillo College — until last week. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound right-hander was contacted by University of Nevada, Reno, pitching coach Troy Buckley and offered... Read more

Our third stop in our tour of the state with these preseason all-area honors is for the Orange County region of the CIF Southern Section. It is being presented on purpose right after the Long Beach-South Bay-San Gabriel Valley region since this is the one dominated by mythical national... Read more

SAN MATEO — When David Bakhtiari, the Green Bay Packers’ all-pro offensive tackle, visits his favorite hometown breakfast spot, he’s usually the biggest guy in the joint. That is, with the exception of nearby Serra High School’s current crop of offensive linemen, including their two towering tackles, 6-foot-6 Drew... Read more

For those just interested in seeing the names of players who are on the Gold Club post for this year’s All-State 2nd & 3rd Teams for baseball 2021 without having to pay us any money, here is a simple alphabetical list. If you want the full presentation and are... Read more

We’re so glad to be able to honor these 30 elite California players after not being able to do the same for 2020. We had done it for 38 years in a row. This 39th edition had many challenges and it’s much later than a “normal” season, but the... Read more