Prep talk: Doug Bledsoe embraces challenge of being new football coach at Narbonne
Doug Bledsoe, a former head football coach at Dorsey, University, North Hollywood and Pasadena, was asked why he wanted to become the head coach at…
Prep talk: Davon Jones is having big basketball season for L.A. Jordan
On a team with seven sophomores and two freshmen, senior guard Davon Jones has been a leader and big-time scorer for L.A. Jordan, which went…
Prep talk: La Mirada’s new baseball field is ready to be unveiled
La Mirada High’s $20-million baseball field is ready to be unveiled.The Matadores will play their first official game in their new stadium on Saturday against…
Prep talk: Bell wants another historic season in baseball
Bell High’s baseball team will be hard-pressed to top last season’s historic achievement winning the school’s first City Section Open Division championship at Dodger Stadium…
Prep talk: Nick Welch Jr. of Rolling Hills Prep is rising big man
During 44 years of coaching high school basketball, including four decades at Fairfax, Harvey Kitani has coached the likes of Chris Mills, Sean Higgins, Solomon…
Prep talk: Adams brothers are thriving in basketball
When former Narbonne star Marcus Adams left Brigham Young for Cal State Northridge, he made sure his brother Maximo would be close by. They’re each…
Prep talk: Hart’s Morgan Mack is showing her basketball prowess
Morgan Mack, a Long Beach State signee for women’s basketball, continues to do her best to lift up Hart’s girls’ basketball program.Hart wrapped up the…
Prep talk: Los Alamitos celebrates four players with 1,000 points scored
It’s a bit astonishing to think that Los Alamitos High has four basketball players who have each scored more than 1,000 points during their four-year…
Prep talk: Ana De Los Santos of Granada Hills is a soccer prodigy
To win a City Section girls’ soccer championship, Granada Hills and senior Ana De Los Santos will have to be stopped.The Highlanders are 5-0 in…
Prep talk: Freshmen prominent in Mission League softball
With no junior varsity teams and wanting to maintain rosters, softball coaches in the Mission League are giving freshmen the chance to make an impact…
Prep talk: Jake Tatch, Gavin Allegaert lead unbeaten JSerra soccer
The No. 1 team in high school boys soccer is JSerra, which has started the season 10-0. And two players, Jake Tatch and Gavin Allegaert,…
Prep talk: Freshman Shalen Sheppard of Brentwood is making an impact
The Shalen Sheppard of November is so much different than the Shalen Sheppard of January. He’s almost 6 feet 9, just turned 15 and is…
Prep talk: Oxnard’s Marcos Ramirez sets example on and off the court
Oxnard High senior point guard Marcos Ramirez is so talented on and off the basketball court that coach Jeff Staniland tells youth coaches to bring…
Prep talk: Sunday events to support families affected by fires
With the California Interscholastic Federation suspending its rule banning high school sports competitions on Sundays because of the wildfires in Los Angeles that forced games…
Prep talk: Stan Delus has Etiwanda basketball team making noise
Don’t ever underestimate Etiwanda and girls’ basketball coach Stan Delus.The two-time defending state champions started the season a little wobbly with a three-game losing streak…
Prep talk: The next generation of Clausen quarterbacks has arrived
It was Friday night for brothers Casey and Jimmy Clausen, so why not have their second-grade sons begin playing flag football and introduce the next…
Prep talk: Officials appreciation week is important for high school sports
Rafael Bonilla has officiated NCAA soccer matches and MLS games. There he was on Wednesday night, selected to be the referee for the always intense…
Prep talk: New Garfield football coach Patrick Vargas has big plans
When Patrick Vargas was a 5-foot-4 starting quarterback for Garfield High in 2008, the Bulldogs stunned City Section power Birmingham 29-28 in their season opener.Now,…
CIF to waive transfer rules for high school affected by fires
The California Interscholastic Federation is preparing this week to send out a form to the 10 section commissioners that would simplify transfer rules for families…
Prep talk: LaMelo Ball returns to town with the Hornets
When LaMelo Ball returns to Southern California, it’s always a homecoming of sorts for the former Chino Hills High standout, who has become one of…