With Gus Martinez’s announcement Monday, June 29 that he is leaving Sonora, there are currently two schools with openings for a football head coach in Orange County. Here is a list of the coaching changes in the county since the end of the 2019 season. (Please send additions or... Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. Chaminade quarterback Jaylen Henderson announced his top eight college choices Tuesday morning, narrowing his options to Vanderbilt, Fresno State, Boise State, San Diego State, Utah State, Louisville, New Mexico and Yale. “Thanking God and All of... Read more
State Athlete of Year: Nico Young
Blog July 1, 2020
Newbury Park standout becomes the first distance runner since German Fernandez of Riverbank from 2007-08 to gain overall State Athlete of the Year recognition. There was no CIF state track meet for Young to cap his prep career, but he was a national champion in cross country and shattered... Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. The Los Angeles Daily News is selecting an Outstanding Senior from each spring sport to honor some of the top student-athletes who didn’t get a chance to complete their final high school season due to COVID-19.... Read more
Mike Leake is putting the health of his family and over a $5.6 million salary and his love of baseball. He won’t be the only one. Leake, 32, became the first known player in Major League Baseball to opt out of his contract rather than play for the Arizona... Read more
Single-Game Offense Records Updated
Blog June 29, 2020
All individual single-game offensive categories for the state football record book files have now been updated heading into the 2020 season. In addition to updating all single-game totals for rushing, passing and receiving, we’ve also tried to list every 99-yard touchdown run or 99-yard touchdown pass in state history.... Read more
A look back at the OCVarsity award winners for the 2019-20 high school sports season. Athletes and coaches of the year and All-County teams were selected for the fall and winter sports. For the spring sports, which had their season cut short by COVID-19, the Register chose an Outstanding... Read more
IE Varsity 2020 Athletes of the Year special section
Blog June 28, 2020
The Southern California News Group wraps up a year of excellence in high school sports by selecting the Inland area Athletes of the Year. The honorees are featured in a special section that includes lists of all of the athletes and coaches who received Inland Varsity honors in 2019-20.... Read more
Prep Notes With A Twist
Blog June 28, 2020
In a regular feature that’s our version of prep notes with opinion mixed in, we express our support for Black Lives Matter and police reform and look at ways in which high school sports can reflect this important movement. Plus, we go over a list of important current political... Read more
Chris Morrison takes pride in saying he has been the first Black athletic director at two area high schools — St. Anthony in Long Beach, where he is now, and St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy in Downey. He says he’s accomplished this because he was able to rise above... Read more
Some schools that belong to the same league also belong to different school districts that have different calendars for resuming sports activities. Pacifica and Tustin are in the Empire League, and play each other in varsity football on Oct. 9 at Tustin High. Pacifica is in the Garden Grove... Read more
Daily News Outstanding Spring Senior: Newbury Park’s Nico Young, boys track and field
Blog June 27, 2020
The Los Angeles Daily News is selecting an Outstanding Senior from each of the spring sports as a way to honor some of the top student-athletes who didn’t get a chance to have a normal and complete final high school season because of COVID-19. Boys Track and Field Outstanding... Read more