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“Is he actually coming?”

A Sherman Oaks Notre Dame football player had heard the rumors of a new student joining the football team on Monday at practice.

Sure enough, 6-foot-8 Tyran Stokes, the No. 1 high school basketball player in the country from the class of 2026, showed up wearing practice jersey No. 67. He’ll need 10 days of practices before he can play in a football game, but coach Evan Yabu was excited to have him.

He’s supposed to play receiver and Yabu observed, “We don’t have anyone 6-8, 245 pounds.”

Notre Dame’s Tyran Stokes celebrates after a slam dunk in the closing seconds of a 68-61 victory at Harvard-Westlake last season.

( Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

Stokes could use a break from basketball after a busy offseason of traveling and games. Notre Dame basketball coach Matt Sargeant is fine with Stokes trying football. He has three other players on the football team.

USC basketball coach Eric Musselman looked like a genius when he went out to the football field to watch Stokes. He had come to Notre Dame to watch basketball practice, then heard about Stokes missing basketball practice.

Basketball player Zach White said of Stokes trying football, “He’ll do great if he puts his mind to it.”

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Bell 34, Foshay 20

Birmingham 44, Arleta 0

Birmingham 14, Arleta 0

Chavez 6, Reseda 6

Chavez 8, Reseda 0

Cleveland 45, Granada Hills Kennedy 12

Cleveland 49, North Hollywood 0

Diego Rivera 28, USC Hybrid 12

Eagle Rock 26, Venice 14

GALA 13, Foshay 0

GALA 24, Bell 7

Granada Hills Kennedy 20, North Hollywood 19

Hollywood 34, Rise Kohyang 24

Jefferson 26, Fremont 6

Jefferson 15, Sotomayor 0

LA Hamilton 54, Monroe 0

LA Wilson 13, Monrovia 12

Manual Arts 32, Brio College Prep

Monroe 21, LA Hamilton 0

New Designs University Park 18, USC Hybrid 0

New Designs University Park 36, Diego Rivera 6

Orthopaedic 18, Camino Nuevo 12

San Pedro 27, Mira Costa 14

Sotomayor 15, Fremont 14

Stern 19, Animo De La Hoya 6

Sun Valley Magnet 45, East Valley 18

Van Nuys 12, Chatsworth 6

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agoura 26, Thousand Oaks 6

Aliso Niguel 33, El Toro 7

Anaheim 32, Savanna 13

Anaheim Canyon 25, Cypress 14

Aquinas 33, Rio Hondo Prep 0

Banning 25, Cathedral City 21

Beckman 48, Capistrano Valley 0

Bellflower 26, Cerritos 6

Bolsa Grande 21, Rancho Alamitos 20

Brentwood 18, Shalhevet 7

California 24, Chaffey 19

Compton 13, Long Beach Jordan 6

Corona del Mar 38, Fountain Valley 0

Costa Mesa 28, Godinez 0

Covina 27, Montclair 13

Dana Hills 12, La Serna 0

Downey 38, Corona 6

Duarte 8, Baldwin Park 7

Edison 28, Marina 0

El Modena 21, Troy 6

El Rancho 14, Montebello 0

Esperanza 13, Crean Lutheran 0

Fullerton 27, Westminster 6

Gabrielino 46, Mountain View 6

Garden Grove 33, Ocean View 6

Hacienda Heights Wilson 13, Monrovia 12

Hacienda Heights Wilson 19, Ontario 12

Hart 27, Valencia 0

Huntington Beach 20, Los Alamitos 0

Irvine University 34, Laguna Beach 6

JSerra 21, Tesoro 6

Laguna Hills 19, Segerstrom 13

Lakewood St. Joseph 38, Bishop Montgomery 6

La Palma Kennedy 20, Garden Grove Pacifica 7

Linfield Christian 31, Corona Centennial 19

Loara 13, Estancia 0

Loma Linda Academy 32, Xavier Prep 0

Mission Viejo 19, San Juan Hills 0

Newbury Park 52, Hueneme 0

Norco 31, La Sierra 6

Norwalk 13, Maywood CES 0

Ontario Christian 12, Serrano 6

Orange 20, Westminster La Quinta 7

Paramount 6, St. Paul 0

Portola 7, Northwood 6

Rosemead 14, El Monte 0

Rowland 19, Whittier 13

San Dimas 13, Bishop Amat 7

San Marino 41, Ramona Convent 6

Santa Ana Foothill 7, La Habra 6

Santa Fe 67, Whitney 0

Santa Paula 50, Fillmore 0

Saugus 6, Canyon Country Canyon 0

SEED: LA 13, Hawthorne 6

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 60, Village Christian 0

Sierra Vista 33, Garey 19

Sonora 14, Don Lugo 0

South El Monte 40, Arroyo 7

South Hills 14, West Covina 0

St. Anthony 33, St. Mary’s Academy 28

St. Lucy’s 55, Pomona 0

Sunny Hills 13, Brea Olinda 0

Vasquez 6, Golden Valley 0

West Ranch 32, Castaic 0

Westridge 32, Alhambra 8

Woodbridge 21, Irvine 0

Yorba Linda 25, El Dorado 0

Yucaipa 26, Palm Springs 7

INTERSECTIONAL

LA Marshall 24, Burbank Burroughs 12

Norwalk 13, Maywood CES 0

San Pedro 27, Mira Costa 14

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Birmingham 25, Granada Hills Kennedy 6

Franklin 19, Crenshaw 6

Granada Hills Kennedy 14, Birmingham 6

Panorama 25, Crenshaw 0

Panorama 6, Franklin 0

South East 39, Elizabeth 0

South Gate 48, Animo De La Hoya 8

Verdugo Hills 13, Sun Valley Magnet 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agoura 26, Thousand Oaks 14

Antelope Valley 20, Lancaster 6

Artesia 19, Pioneer 6

Burbank Burroughs 44, Los Altos 20

Cerritos 33, Glenn 0

Channel Islands 20, Hart 12

Corona Del Mar 33, Mayfair 0

Dos Pueblos 48, Buena 6

El Toro 37, Long Beach Poly 6

Fairmont Prep 46, Bolsa Grande 6

Highland 36, Palmdale 0

Inglewood 28, Hawthorne 0

Knight 19, Eastside 0

Lawndale 30, Compton Centennial 0

Leuzinger 12, Culver City 6

Mira Costa 20, Peninsula 6

North Torrance 27, South Torrance 0

Oak Park 32, Simi Valley 12

Oaks Christian 32, Calabasas 0

Oxnard Pacifica 7, Rio Mesa 6

Quartz Hill 40, Littlerock 0

Redondo Union 20, Palos Verdes 7

Santa Ana Valley 26, Magnolia 12

San Marcos 41, Santa Barbara 0

Santa Monica 52, Beverly Hills 0

Ventura 32, Oxnard 13

Westlake 38, Newbury Park 22

INTERSECTIONAL

Gardena Serra 19, Carson 12

PUNTERS are convinced they know who Ryan Moore will ride in the Epsom Oaks – after an intriguing price crash came seemingly out of nowhere.

Aidan O’Brien has three in the Friday Classic ahead of Thursday’s declarations.

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But just who Moore would choose out of Giselle, Whirl and Minnie Hauk looked anyone’s guess.

Bookies thought they had some inkling as they made Minnie Hauk, who was 8-1 just 48 hours ago, the outsider of the Ballydoyle trio.

But the Cheshire Oaks winner’s price has been smashed into as short as 7-2 following a tidal wave of support.

Punters think her odds crashing – and Giselle and Whirl’s going the opposite way – are a sign Moore has chosen who he will partner, with one proclaiming: “That’s Ryan Moore’s ride.”

Paddy Power’s Paul Binfield said: “The front two in the Oaks market have both been strong today, but particularly Cheshire Oaks heroine Minnie Hauk.

“That support would indicate that punters are pretty sure that of Aidan O’Brien’s three possible protagonists, Ryan Moore has chosen to partner this very talented Frankel filly.”

Whoever Moore rides will have to go some to beat Charlie Appleby’s red-hot Oaks favourite Desert Flower, though.

The 1000 Guineas winner has been obliterated into just 6-5 with some firms.

Legendary jockey Kieran Fallon, who rides out at trainer Charlie Appleby’s Moulton Paddocks yard, said she was a cut above.

And punters think so too, with Desert Flower looking like she could be the shortest-price winner since O’Brien’s 11-10 Love in 2020.

Epsom Oaks odds via Paddy Power

5-4 Desert Flower
7-2 Minnie Hauk
7-1 Giselle, Whirl
10-1 Elwateen, Revoir
20-1 Quilin Queen, Wemighttakedlongway
50-1 Go Go Boots

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With the bases loaded and her team down by one run in the seventh inning, JuJu Brower stood in the batter’s box for El Modena in a Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinal playoff game Wednesday. Her team was trying to rally against one of the hottest softball teams, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.

Brower hadn’t been fully cleared by her doctors to play catcher because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in August suffered while playing flag football. She had been cleared to hit, something she was doing for four weeks. Then came her most important at-bat of the season. She delivered a two-run single up the middle to help El Modena come away with a 6-4 victory and advance to Saturday’s semifinals against Temescal Canyon.

“It means a lot,” Brower said of her hit and the comeback. She had to go through months of rehab just to get back on the field, from stretching to leg exercises.

El Modena started the game with consecutive home runs by Kaitlyn Galasso and Kylie Tafua. After that, Notre Dame pitcher Aliyah Garcia threw five consecutive scoreless innings to help the Knights take a 4-2 lead going into the seventh. Charley Tapia had a home run and triple.

But the fifth inning was the key moment for the Knights. They had the bases loaded and none out against No. 2 pitcher Ashley Driskill. She got a 1-2-3 double play, then a flyout to end the threat.

Then El Modena scored four runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead and eliminate the Knights, Monica Garcia had a run-scoring single to support Brower’s hit. Notre Dame had been hitting home runs in bunches during playoff wins over Orange Lutheran and El Segundo.

El Modena coach Bobby Calderon praised Brower. for her dedication to make it back to the field this season. “For her to come through at that moment shows how much she believes in our team,” he said.

Norco 9, Chino Hills 1: Ashley Duran had three hits for the top-seeded Cougars, who will play Ayala on Saturday in the other Division 1 semifinal.

JSerra 7, Palos Verdes 1: Melia Munoz had a two-run home run and Annabel Raftery had four hits to lead JSerra in Division 2. JSerra will play Great Oak in the semifinals.

Santa Margarita 2, Ganesha 1: Sawyer Denser pitched the Eagles into the Division 2 semifinals. She struck out eight. Sofia Zavarella had a solo home run. Santa Margarita will play Los Alamitos, a 7-1 winner over La Serna.

Baseball

Carson 4, Taft 2: Xavier Allen hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to enable the Colts to advance to Saturday’s 10 a.m. City Section Division I championship game at Dodger Stadium.

THERE was heartbreak for King Charles as his star filly was among a huge number of horses removed from the Epsom Oaks.

Top trainer William Haggas scratched Charles and Camilla’s Purple Rainbow from the year’s biggest race.

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Bred by the late Queen Elizabeth II, Purple Rainbow had one win from three runs in the famous Royal silks.

But it looks like she is destined for handicaps rather than the elite level after finishing fourth on her return at Ascot last month.

Haggas pulled the plug on her Oaks chances during Tuesday morning’s scratching stage.

The decision came days after King Charles’ first runner with Willie Mullins was denied a dream win in a dramatic photo finish.

A mass of runners – 34 in all – were axed from the June 6 Group 1 over 1m4f, worth just shy of £120,000 to the winner.

Aidan O’Brien, who has won three of the past five Oaks, was among the big names removing a number of his entries.

Among the more notable of his was 14-1 chance Ballet Slippers.

The daughter of Dubawi, who finished third to current Oaks favourite Desert Flower when last seen in October, is yet to run this season.

Group 3 winner Exactly, who had been as short as 20-1, was another pulled, along with fellow 20-1 chance Dreamy.

O’Brien had previously said after her Group 3 win over a mile at the Curragh last August that he hoped she was an Oaks filly.

While Smoken, who was sent off 5-2 favourite for the Musidora at York last week before finishing a tailed-off last, was axed by Ralph Beckett.

The winner of that race, Whirl, kept her place in O’Brien’s squad.

His Cheshire Oaks winner Minnie Hauk looks the best chance of victory being as short as 7-2.

While O’Brien’s other big Coolmore chance Giselle is into 5s.

Charlie Appleby’s 1000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower kept her place in the race, with bookies cutting her to as short as 2-1 favourite.

While Owen Burrows’ Listed Newmarket winner Falakeyah – one of just 14 left in the race – was cut to 5s.

Epsom Oaks runners

Desert Flower
Falakeyah
Giselle
Go Go Boots
Island Hopping
Janey Mackers
January
Lake Victoria
Minnie Hauk
Qilin Queen
Revoir
Trad Jazz
Wemightakedlongway
Whirl

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When you have perhaps the best golfer in Southern California on your team, it certainly helps in team competitions. Oaks Christian always turns to junior Max Emberson to set the standard, and he helped deliver a Southern Section Division 2 team championship on Monday at Bear Valley Country Club in Victorville. The Lions finished with a score of 371.

Emberson, who won last year’s state individual championship, shot 65. Sophomore Broxton Brock shot 68. Apple Valley, Corona del Mar and Great Oak tied for second at 376.

La Serna pulled off the day’s biggest surprise, winning the Division 1 title by a single stroke over powerhouse Santa Margarita at El Dorado Park Golf Course in Long Beach. Hill Wang of La Serna led the way with a 69. Junlin Pan of Orange Lutheran, a sophomore, had the low score at 68.

In Division 7, St. Bonaventure won the team title with a 414. Los Altos finished second. Eoin O’Neil shot a 72 for St. Bonaventure.

In Division 3, Xavier Prep won at 384. Newport Harbor was second. Troy Song of Chaparral shot 67 for the low score on the day.

In Division 6, Alta Loma edged Damien 411 to 412. Troy Borges of Chino shot 68.

Quentin Young of Oaks Christian is in his final days of high school baseball, giving pro scouts one final chance to evaluate his immense skills.

Fans have already decided his entertainment value is off the charts. He hit his 14th home run on Friday in the opening round of the Southern Section Division 2 playoffs — a three-run blast — that helped send the Lions to a 9-2 victory over Redlands East Valley.

Young finished with two hits and four RBIs. Joshua Brown and James Latshaw also hit home runs. Ty Hanley threw a complete game.

San Clemente 8, Westlake 0: Stanford commit Mike Erspamer threw a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and one walk. Kaden Raymond had a two-run home run.

Servite 1, Riverside Prep 0: Toby Kwon gave up two hits and no walks in the complete game.

Mater Dei 3, South Hills 0: Brandon Thomas struck out seven, walked none and gave up four hits in a Division 2 playoff opener. Ezekiel Lara had two RBIs.

West Ranch 4, Palm Desert 3: Hunter Manning had three hits and three RBIs and also threw six innings with six strikeouts to lead West Ranch to a road victory in Division 2. Mikey Murr got the save with a scoreless seventh.

Simi Valley 3, Ventura 0: Kyle Casey struck out four and walked none in a complete game for No. 2-seeded Simi Valley in Division 2.

Crean Lutheran 6, La Habra 1: Ben Keller had three hits and three RBIs as Crean Lutheran toppled top-seeded La Habra in Division 2.

Etiwanda 11, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 5: Angel Mejia and LJ Roellig hit home runs for Etiwanda, which had a six-run fifth inning.

Gahr 10, La Salle 0: Andres Gonzalez and Adrien Ramirez each had three RBIs and Jake Ourique struck out eight in six innings.

Trabuco Hills 4, Bonita 3: Ryan Luce had two doubles for Trabuco Hills.

Fountain Valley 4, El Segundo 2: A three-run fifth inning helped Fountain Valley come back from a 2-1 deficit.

Anaheim Canyon 10, Maranatha 6: Cooper Stevenson had a two-run double in the first inning to ignite the Comanches. Camden Goetz had a home run.

Foothill 6, Long Beach Millikan 4: Gavin Lauridsen threw 6 1/3 innings, striking out seven.

Torrance 5, Chino Hills 1: Hector Chavez hit a two-run home run for Torrance.

Murrieta Mesa 6, Santa Monica 0: Tanner Blackmon struck out seven and gave up three hits in the Division 4 victory.

Valencia 4, Northview 1: Lincoln Hunt had three hits for the Vikings.

Saugus 22, Wise Da Vinci 3: Zach Seeley hit two home runs and finished with nine RBIs.