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Conditioning workouts canceled after East Bay athletes test positive for COVID-19
Liberty Union High School District has canceled all conditioning activities after two students participating in campus workouts tested positive for COVID-19. Another has also shown symptoms and is believed to have contracted the virus, according to administrators. Superintendent Eric Volta made the announcement through a letter posted on the... Read more
CIF-SS commissioner Rob Wigod hints that the 2020-21 sports season will not start on time
CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod was on AM-570 with Fred Roggin and Rodney Peete during their lunchtime radio show on Tuesday and gave the biggest indication yet that the 2020-21 high school sports season that is scheduled to start with fall sports in late August, including football, will... Read more
40 Greatest Baseball Teams (1-10)
This is the third time we’ve done these all-time rankings. The last posting was in 2015. Fresno 1958 and Chatsworth 2004 remain in the top two positions and have to be among the two greatest ever in U.S. history. The big change for the top 10 is the insertion... Read more
Most Moore League football teams off field until CIF’s decision regarding fall sports
Moore League football teams operating within the Long Beach Unified School District on July 6 began summer football conditioning workouts, but they were closed down after two days by the district in conjunction with the Long Beach Health Department because of the spike in coronavirus cases in Southern California.... Read more
Tracking the fall sports plans for Orange County school districts and private schools
A look at what the Orange County school districts and private schools have announced about their plans for the start of the 2020-21 school year. School campuses were shut down and all sports activities were stopped in mid-March during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are currently working... Read more
Soquel standout Max Mendoza commits to Sacramento State | College baseball
Watsonville’s Max Mendoza, an incoming junior at Soquel High, didn’t need too much time to chew it over: Sacramento State’s baseball coaches wanted him and he wanted to be a Hornet. Mendoza, a three-sport athlete for the Knights as a freshman, committed over the weekend to play baseball at... Read more
Bryson’s First Pitch: Resorting To Imagination
Bryson’s First Pitch July 2020: The sports dimmer switch is dialed all the way up. Just when we thought we were out, it pulled us back in. As coronavirus cases rise throughout the state, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom scales back that sports “dimmer switch”, the July 20 target... Read more
Robledo: Let’s end the drama, virtually no chance high school sports will start before January
More than a month ago, CIF State along with its section representatives, which include the  Southern Section and L.A. City Section, said it would make a decision by July 20 about the 2020-21 sports season — a date that is fast approaching with football games scheduled in late August,... Read more
LAUSD announces online-only start for 2020-21 school year, making athletic activity look unlikely
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday that all of the LAUSD schools will begin the 2020-21 school year on Aug. 18 with online-only instruction due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. “Unfortunately, COVID-19... Read more
Reopening First Before Football (Part 2)
It’s looking much more unlikely there will be a 2020 high school football season in California this fall based on growing numbers of school districts across the state that will be starting up the school year in a few weeks with distance learning only. Those going with a hybrid... Read more
Santa Cruz’s Raymond Brookman running down a dream | Men’s cross country
Raymond Brookman, a burgeoning runner and recent Santa Cruz High graduate, had a goal in mind and never strayed from the path. That path was first blazed by Brookman’s older brother, Demitri Nava. He was the first in the family to go to college. Not just any college, Massachusetts... Read more
Team to Pick For Short MLB Season?
The MLB is back in July of 2020 following the delay of the season, but with it comes several changes that may change the strategy of the league at this time. But with these changes comes the question on everyone’s lips. Will this year be the year of the... Read more