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BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Bravo 5, Franklin 4

Canoga Park 9, Panorama 6

Carson 2, San Pedro 1

Cleveland 2, Taft 0

Collins Family d. Downtown Magnets, forfeit

Eagle Rock 7, Lincoln 2

El Camino Real 6, Chatsworth 2

Fremont 12, Dorsey 2

Fulton 4, AMIT 3

Granada Hills Kennedy 5, North Hollywood 4

Grant 6, VAAS 4

Jefferson 8, Manual Arts 0

LACES 16, Roybal 0

LA Hamilton 16, Fairfax 8

LA Jordan d. Hawkins, forfeit

LA Marshall 5, LA Wilson 3

Los Angeles 7, Diego Rivera 4

Maywood CES 23, Maywood Academy 0

Monroe 11, Arleta 2

Palisades 13, Westchester 2

Rancho Dominguez 4, Gardena 2

San Fernando 1, Verdugo Hills 0

Santee 1, Angelou 0

South East 5, LA Roosevelt 1

Sun Valley Magnet 6, Triumph Charter 5

Sylmar 7, Sun Valley Poly 0

Torres 2, Marquez 1

Van Nuys 8, Chavez 2

Venice 14, LA University 0

Washington Prep 15, Dymally 5

Wilmington Banning 4, Narbonne 3

WISH Academy 5, Stella 1

SOUTHERN SECTION

Arrowhead Christian 10, Woodcrest Christian 4

Arroyo 12, El Monte 0

Bethel Christian 18, NSLA 1

Balsa Grande 14, Western 9

Beaumont 7, Citrus Valley 6

Cajon 10, Redlands 1

Campbell Hall 12, Shalhevet 1

Castaic 5, Vasquez 2

Corona 16, Eastlake Roosevelt 6

Corona Centennial 15, Riverside King 8

Desert Christian 6, St. Monica Academy 2

Etiwanda 12, Chino Hills 11

Grace 5, Channel Islands 3

Hemet 18, San Jacinto Valley Academy 10

Heritage Christian 4, Cerritos Valley Christian 3

Hesperia Christian 6, Palmdale Academy 2

Jurupa Valley 5, Patriot 0

Laguna Hills 4, Irvine University 0

Los Altos 3, Colony 0

Millikan 6, North Torrance 3

Milken 10, YULA 3

Norco 3, Corona Santiago 1

Palm Desert 16, Palm Springs 2

Rancho Cucamonga 4, Los Osos 3

Rosemead 9, Gabrielino 7

Santa Clarita Christian 10, Valley Torah 0

Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 8, Ambassador 4

Shadow Hills 4, Rancho Mirage 3

South El Monte 6, Mountain View 0

South Hills 4, Alta Loma 3

Southlands Christian 23, Legacy College Prep 0

Sunny Hills 12, Bosco Tech 7

United Christian Academy 9, Sherman Indian 8

Upland 9, Damien 6

Yucaipa 23, Redlands East Valley 3

INTERSECTIONAL

Lennox Academy 14, Vistamar 3

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Bernstein 22, Contreras 9

Bravo 17, Franklin 1

Carson 24, Rancho Dominguez 0

Central City Value 14, Animo Bunche 2

Community Charter 22, Valley Oaks CES 5

Downtown Magnets 21, Annenberg 9

Eagle Rock 7, Lincoln 2

El Camino Real 3, Birmingham 1

Fremont 20, Locke 4

Garfield 15, Bell 0

Granada Hills 4, Chatsworth 1

Hollywood 21, Belmont 5

Jefferson 20, Manual Arts 3

LA Jordan 10, Hawkins 4

LA Roosevelt 18, South East 8

LA Wilson 5, LA Marshall 4

Legacy 13, Huntington Park 0

King/Drew 26, Dorsey 26

North Hollywood 20, Fulton 2

Northridge Academy 15, Grant 0

Orthopaedic 14, USC-MAE 10

Palisades 8, LACES 3

Port of LA 5, Harbor Teacher 2

San Fernando 10, Sylmar 1

San Pedro 13, Narbonne 0

Santee 17, Diego Rivera 9

Taft 13, Cleveland 3

Washington Prep 15, Dymally 3

Westchester 12, Fairfax 1

Wilmington Banning 19, Gardena 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Azusa 11, Sierra Vista 3

Calvary Baptist 27, Crossroads Christian 0

Colton 5, Rancho Verde 2

Crean Lutheran 21, Portola 0

Duarte 12, Garey 2

El Monte 13, Arroyo 3

El Segundo 13, Culver City 1

Gabrielino 19, Rosemead 12

Immanuel Christian 12, Desert Christian 2

Leuzinger 9, St. Monica 2

Linfield Christian 6, Arrowhead Christian 0

Los Amigos 12, Santa Ana Valley 2

Millikan 14, Long Beach Cabrillo 0

North Torrance 12, Peninsula 1

Palos Verdes 3, Torrance 1

Patriot 12, Jurupa Valley 4

Riverside North 3, Ontario Christian 2

Samueli Academy 19, Godinez 9

Segerstrom 33, Estancia 0

Shadow Hills 8, Rancho Mirage 7

South El Monte 17, Mountain View 1

Thousand Oaks 7, Crescenta Valley 1

Westminster La Quinta 19, Saddleback 4

INTERSECTIONAL

Norwalk 3, Marquez 2

When you think of Oakwood School in sports, Mitchell Butler comes to mind. He put the basketball team on the map when getting a scholarship to UCLA and playing in the NBA.

Steve Smith, who coached basketball at Windward and in the WNBA, came on as athletic director and has been trying to raise the level of sports commitment at a school known for its academics and having parents in the entertainment business.

The baseball team is certainly showing passion and commitment this season with a 14-0 record, including wins over North Hollywood and Culver City.

Avery Ware, in his seventh season as coach, said, “It’s a lot of being selfless and versatile.”

Shortstop Jake Waco, who transferred from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame last season, has been effective as a fielder and hitter. He’s the son of David Waco, who was an All-City infielder for Chatsworth during the 1980s. He’s committed to Emory. The top pitcher is Trevor Jones, committed to Washington University.

If you believe Ware, the bus rides home have plenty of players singing, so someone might be capable of singing the national anthem before a game.

“We have a few kids with Hollywood ties,” Ware said.

Jones is a math whiz, also participating in competition with the STEM team. Other players are headed to Duke and Brown for academics.

“We’re making progress as a program,” Ware said. “For a lot of years, you could say baseball was a side note.”

Ware has his own celebrity ties. He and his brother, Anthony, were standouts at Hamilton. His cousins, Matt and Aaron Ware, were football stars at Loyola and Oaks Christian, respectively.

The team made an agreement to create a baseball field at North Hollywood Recreation Center next to the school.

And Ware appreciates Smith’s support.

“He’s able to create an environment of trust.”

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Birmingham 12, Taft 1

CALS Early College 11, East College Prep 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

AAE 14, ACE 4

Agoura 4, Calabasas 1

Alemany 3, Sierra Vista 0

Anaheim 11, Bolsa Grande 3

Antelope Valley 11, PACS 4

Anza Hamilton 14, Sherman Indian 1

Aquinas 7, Arcadia 4

Ayala 13, Corona Centennial 6

Beverly Hills 24, Compton Centennial 2

Bishop Montgomery 10, Atascadero 5

Bloomington 2, Arroyo Valley 1

Buena 14, Nordhoff 0

Burbank 16, Glendale 10

California City 12, Frazier Mountain 6

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 4, Hueneme 2

Carter 12, Eisenhower 3

Chadwick 4, Rolling Hills Prep 3

Chaffey 5, Don Lugo 4

Chaminade 11, St. Bonaventure

Channel Islands 11. Placentia Valencia 4

Chino 3, Ontario 2

Citrus Valley 5, Yucaipa 1

Colony 12, Pomona 1

Compton 7, Dominguez 2

Cornerstone Christian 12, Bethel Christian 1

Crean Lutheran 11, Anaheim Canyon 3

Crossroads 10, Campbell Hall 5

Crossroads Christian 19, NSLA 4

Culver City 15, Hawthorne 1

Cypress 2, La Habra 1

Desert Christian 14, Faith Baptist 1

Elsinore 18, West Valley 1

El Toro 7, Edison 0

Fontana 6, San Gorgonio 4

Foothill Tech 12, Thacher 2

Gahr 11, Patrick Henry 0

Glenn 11, Downey Calvary Chapel 6

Godinez 5, Saddleback 3

Grace 9, Thousand Oaks 8

Granite Hills 12, Adelanto 2

Great Oak 3, Chaparral 0

Harvard-Westlake 17, Santa Maria St. Joseph 0

Hoover 8, Mark Keppel 5

Katella 4, Fullerton 2

La Canada 6, South Pasadena 0

Leuzinger 8, Lawndale 3

Liberty 23, St. Monica 0

Long Beach Cabrillo 2, Lakewood 0

Long Beach Jordan 16, Avalon 0

Los Osos 1, Huntington Beach 0

Los Osos 1, Norco 0

Lucerne Valley 9, CIMSA 5

Maranatha 12, Westlake 0

Mira Costa 11, New Roads 0

Montclair 9, Diamond Ranch 0

Montebello 4, Covina 3

Muir 8, Duarte 0

Nogales 9, Baldwin Park 4

Norco 3, St. John Bosco 2

North Torrance 10, West Torrance 3

Oakwood 15, Burbank Providence 3

Orange 15, Rancho Alamitos 1

Orange Lutheran 13, Fountain Valley 1

Paraclete 3, Northview 1

Paramount 9, Long Beach Poly 2

Quartz Hill 9, Lancaster 3

Redlands 12, Redlands East Valley 4

Rialto 5, Colton 0

Righetti 8, Cathedral 5

Riverside Notre Dame 15, Rim of the World 2

San Dimas 15, Alta Loma 1

San Jacinto Valley Academy 21, California Military 0

Santa Barbara 5, Saugus 4

Santa Monica 10, Inglewood 0

Santa Rosa Academy 8, Nuview Bridge 7

Savanna 8, Westminster La Quinta 0

Segerstrom 4, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 3

Silverado 8, Vista del Lago 7

Silver Valley 18, Victor Valley Christian 3

Summit 2, Kaiser 1

Tahquitz 4, Temescal Canyon 3

Temecula Prep 9, Desert Christian Academy 1

Temecula Valley 10, Murrieta Mesa 0

Tustin 9, La Palma Kennedy 1

University Prep 4, Hesperia Christian 0

Ventura 14, Santa Paula 0

Viewpoint 14, Milken 6

Village Christian 1, Pioneer Valley 0

Vista Murrieta 13, Murrieta Valley 3

Walnut 3, San Marcos 2

Western 7, Magnolia 3

West Ranch 2, Camarillo 1

Windward 2, Brentwood 1

INTERSECTIONAL

Beckman 2, Central Valley 1

Bishop Union 7, Rosamond 2

Holtville 7, Needles 3

Kern Valley 13, Desert 2

Laguna Hills 7, El Capitan 1

Victor Valley 7, Barstow 2

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Alliance Bloomfield 20, East College Prep 5

Orthopaedic 24, Santee 7

SOUTHERN SECTION

Adelanto 10, Granite Hills 7

Artesia 9, Yucca Valley 2

Cerritos Valley Christian 16, La Palma Kennedy 10

Corona 18, Rancho Mirage 3

Grand Terrace 3, Colton 2

Heritage Christian 11, Calabasas 1

Hesperia Christian 4, University Prep 1

Highland 11, Antelope Valley 0

Littlerock 20, Palmdale 5

Quartz Hill 9, Eastside 2

Santa Fe 11, Whittier 0

St. Genevieve 23, Marymount 3

Sultana 14, Tahquitz 3

Viewpoint 10, Windward 0

Villa Park 6, El Dorado 4

Vista Murrieta 13, Great Oak 3

INTERSECTIONAL

North Torrance 5, Carson 0

Oak Park 14, El Camino Real 0

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been driving all over Los Angeles doing something I haven’t done in a long time: playing pretend.

I pretended I was in a medieval castle at a French cafe in Miracle Mile and that I was looking for trolls on a fern-filled hike in Griffith Park. I imagined that Tolkien’s elves built the creekside restaurant where I met a friend for brunch in Topanga and that I was eating alongside real witches in a forest-themed dining room in North Hollywood.

In a Whittier tea room, I poured a glittering potion that said “Drink Me” into a glass of Champagne and in Beverly Hills, I stared awestruck at the platonic ideal of a witch’s house, half expecting a bent old lady with a wart on her nose to come out and turn me into a toad.

It’s been a rough start to 2026 and these brief moments of make-believe have served as a joyful balm in sad and scary times. I’m not looking to bypass reality, but taking a break from it every once in a while can be a welcome reprieve. Fortunately, Los Angeles is especially good at creating transporting experiences that drip with fairy-tale ambience. This is the home of Hollywood after all, the land of artifice, the spot where Walt Disney dreamed up the Happiest Place on Earth. Seeking and finding moments of happily ever after, even if they last just a few minutes, is part of the city’s collective DNA.

So grab your broom and make sure to leave a trail of bread crumbs behind you. L.A. has plenty of magic to share. All you need to do is open your mind and explore.