Here’s an updated and expanded version of our ranking of the all-time greatest teams in California high school softball history. This one includes two teams from last season placed fairly high — one in the top five and the other in the top 15. We also have added three... Read more

Justin Love, a star basketball player at Sacred Heart Cathedral in the mid-1990s who went on to help lead St. Louis University to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2000, has died. He was 41. “Our hearts are hurting today as we learn of the passing of a great Billiken,... Read more

That old saying about a pitcher with a million-dollar arm but a 10-cent head certainly does not apply to Jared Jones, his head coach at La Mirada High said. “That’s what makes kids with talent successful, is having a good head on their shoulders,” Jimmy Zurn said. Zurn said... Read more

The Kaiser softball team was reeling. The Cats lost six of their first seven games to start the 2020 season. They needed a savior. Or a shaman. Or maybe an exorcist. What they got was the steady hand of a diminutive, 67-year-old coach, Dave Showalter, who has known heartache... Read more

RIPON — Ripon senior quarterback Aaron Wood was as shocked as anyone when Bill Belichick popped up on his computer screen and talked about the Ripon football team.Belichick was one of the numerous star presenters for the 2020 Record Best of Preps ceremony, and he announced the Ripon Football... Read more

OAKLAND — Oakland schools have settled a gender discrimination claim, agreeing to provide equal opportunities for female student athletes. The settlement was with Fair Play for Girls in Sports, a project of Legal Aid at Work, over the district’s gender inequity issues. The agreement calls for a three-year monitoring... Read more

BELLFLOWER >> As a small group of St. John Bosco football players walked to the sideline to get their gear and move to the next station, athletic director Monty McDermott gave them a quick reminder: “Hey, guys, stay 6 feet apart.” They were. Actually, they were more like 10... Read more

Corona resident Rob Alexander caught some fish on a recent 2½-day trip to southern Mexico, then landed an even bigger prize when he returned. Late last week it was announced Alexander has been hired as the boys basketball coach at Oak Hills. “It’s a great opportunity,” Alexander said. “I... Read more

Thanks to mountains of information on California high school football that can’t be found anywhere else, here is an honor roll list according to Cal-Hi Sports of every reported unbeaten team from schools currently in the CIF Northern Section, CIF Sac-Joaquin Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Central Coast... Read more

SAN JOSE — For the second time in less than a week, a high-profile Bay Area high school football coach has stepped down for an out-of-state position. Sione Ta’ufo’ou is leaving Archbishop Mitty for a coaching job under former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee.... Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Former Servite football coach Bill Miller, who in 1960 guided the Friars to a CIF-SS title in their first season and became a legendary figure in Northern California, has died at age 85 after a long battle... Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. Rick Hayashida knows about baby steps. After coaching high school football locally for 30-plus years, he’s familiar with building from the floor up. Hayashida’s wife, Michelle, looked at him Friday afternoon as he laid in his... Read more