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Daily News Outstanding Spring Senior: Westlake’s Carson Kuhl, boys lacrosse
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 opts out of 2020 season over coronavirus concerns, others will follow
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
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
2019-20 athletes & coaches of the year, All-County teams, Outstanding Seniors
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
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
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
St. Anthony AD Chris Morrison overcame racism to become historic hire
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
Pacifica, Tustin: Same league, different districts, different starting dates
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
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
Meet the man who becomes CCS commissioner on Wednesday
Imagine landing an ideal job and being given nearly five months to prepare for the first day. A perfect scenario. That is until coronavirus arrived and everyone’s way of life turned upside down. Welcome to David Grissom’s world. The Mountain View High School principal was announced on Feb. 11... Read more
Incoming St. Anthony quarterback Joey Howorko hopeful move from Canada will bear fruit
LONG BEACH — Joey Howorko seems to have it all — talent, smarts and character. The native Canadian is hopeful that recipe will result in him playing Division I college football. First things first. Howorko, who is 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, is the new quarterback at St. Anthony after transferring... Read more
Fryer: Athletes playing for travel teams this summer could be bad for high schools
High school athletes are playing sports again. And that might not be good for high school sports. Some Orange County baseball players are taking part in activities with their travel ball teams in locations like Amerige Park in Fullerton. Many others are playing in games and tournaments out of... Read more