Had the Dodgers clinched the National League West title by now, like they usually do, they could have given Shohei Ohtani Friday night off to bask in the afterglow of Thursday’s six-hit, three-homer, two-double, 10-RBI game in which he became the charter member of baseball’s 50-homer, 50-stolen base club. But with the San Diego Padres … Read more
A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week. Rk.; School; This week; Next game 1. MATER DEI (4-0); def. Baltimore St. Frances, 25-14; at Santa Margarita, Oct. 4 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (5-0); def. Pittsburg, 35-14; vs. Orange Lutheran, Oct. 4 3. MISSION VIEJO (5-0); def. … Read more
The view of downtown Los Angeles at night from Cathedral High’s football stadium should be a tourist stop. You see glorious skyscrapers and flickering lights, creating the environment to dream. For Narbonne High’s football team, the view Friday night was historic. A once-proud program that was a City Section power until it crumbled in 2020 … Read more
San Juan Hills coach Robert Frith knelt and draped his arm around his quarterback Timmy Herr in the minutes before kickoff in San Juan Capistrano. The coach and signal caller prayed — as they do before every game, basking in the calm before the storm. “It clears my body,” Herr said. “No nerves.” For Mira … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school football regular season in Florida begins in full on Aug. 23. Here is the week-by-week schedule for teams in the News4JAX Florida coverage region. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. For team schedules, find those here. Week 0 Friday, Aug. 16 Bishop Snyder 42, Harvest Community 8 Cedar … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school football regular season is off and running in Georgia. Here’s a look at the team-by-team and week-by-week schedules for our Georgia programs. All games are 7:30 p.m. unless indicated. Looking for Florida team schedules? Find our week-by-week ones here and our team-by-team schedules here. Week 1 Friday, Aug. 16 … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It was a wild Week 5 of the high school football season as the halfway mark officially arrived. Here’s a glance at notables, scores and schedules from Friday night. Changing of the guard in SJC? Nease is for real and the Panthers reinforced that on Friday night. The Panthers erased a three-touchdown … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Verlon Dorminey emphasized to his Trinity Christian football team that they had to finish off games against good opponents, with no second-half lapses. It was very, very late in Friday’s game when his message was taken to heart. The host Conquerors almost allowed a 21-point lead to slip away in the final … Read more
You don’t have to look long or far to spot the differences between this year’s Galaxy team and last year’s. The lineup? Eight of the 11 players the Galaxy started in Saturday’s El Tráfico win over LAFC weren’t with the team at the start of last season. The standings? The Galaxy were 13th in the … Read more
U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles is looking to overturn a decision that stripped her of her first individual Olympic medal. Video footage shot for the Netflix docuseries “Simone Biles Rising” might help her do it. Attorneys for Chiles filed an appeal Monday to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland looking to reverse a decision by the … Read more