Sondheimer: There’s a gray area in sports competitions that tests right from wrong
There’s a gray line in sports. It straddles right from wrong. Some don’t like it when people are on the gray line, but it’s perfectly…
Boys basketball: Palisades upends Westchester in key league game
What a turnaround the Palisades High boys’ basketball team has made in the last three weeks. Since losing 11 of their first 12 games, the…
Friday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Friday: Boys Alhambra 66, Bell Gardens 39 Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology…
Thursday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Thursday: BOYS Adelanto 76, Barstow 32 Anaheim 57, Century 42 Animo…
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer nears NCAA career wins record
STANFORD, Calif. — “What milestone?” Tara VanDerveer asked the question so matter-of-factly she clearly had little idea what the fuss is all about. Walking out of…
Wednesday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Wednesday: BOYS Aliso Niguel 73, Mission Viejo 52 Animo Robinson 56,…
Tuesday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Tuesday: BOYS Academy for Academic Excellence 59, University Prep 40 Alhambra…
Prep basketball roundup: Redondo Union stays in first place in Bay League
Reggie Morris Jr. knows how to win championships, whether in the Southern Section or City Section. Back for his second stint as basketball coach at…
Monday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section boys’ and girls’ high school basketball scores for Monday: BOYS Alemany 76, Geffen Academy 45 Bernstein 52, Oxnard Pacifica…
Emmanuel Duru returns from Nigeria to help LACES win
In the middle of the high school basketball season, 6-foot-4 junior Emmanuel Duru of LACES left for a long-planned three-week trip to Nigeria to see…
Prep Rally: There’s a lot of intrigue around the best team in City Section basketball
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. The toughest problem of the high school basketball season has been…
The Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball rankings
A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 7 of the 2023-24 season. Rk.…
Saturday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Saturday: BOYS Adelanto 51, Viewpoint 37 AGBU 69, Rancho Mirage 66…
High school basketball: Etiwanda girls beat a national power
On a national stage, Etiwanda’s girls’ basketball team could not have been more impressive Saturday afternoon in Springfield, Mass. The Eagles defeated Washington D.C. Sidwell…
Friday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Friday: BOYS Acaciawood 52, Eastside Christian 42 AGBU 54, La Quinta…
No. 2 UCLA at No. 9 USC basketball: Three things to know
USC’s Kayla Padilla, right, regains control of the ball in front of UCLA’s Londynn Jones during the Bruins’ win at Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 30.…
JSerra basketball coach suspended for throwing shoes on court
JSerra boys’ basketball coach Keith Wilkinson received a six-game suspension from the CIF Southern Section after throwing a couple of shoes on the court last…
High school basketball: King/Drew rises late to rout Crenshaw
With 22 seconds left, junior guard Donald Thompson delivered a dunk that brought the King/Drew home crowd full of football players to their feet. It…
Southern California high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Wednesday: BOYS Agoura 57, Newbury Park 53 (OT) Alemany 85, Chaminade…
Prep basketball roundup: Birmingham pulls out overtime win over Chatsworth, Alijah Arenas
Alijah Arenas is human. He misses shots, he makes turnovers. It encouraged Birmingham coach Nick Halic to order Arenas to be double-teamed the entire game…