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Gahr High’s Dwayne Washington after scoring a touchdown in New Orleans. By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter While the world is going through a global pandemic right now,…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter The COVID-19 situation has abruptly ended the high school spring athletic season and has put temporary stops to other events that some of the…
By Loren Kopff• @LorenKopff on Twitter While school districts across the Southland had already made the decision to shut down their schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year weeks…
BY LOREN KOPFF • @LORENKOPFF ON TWITTER • April 3, 2020 The final high school basketball and soccer games may have been played in late February or early March, but the…
WHITNEY HIGH SWIMMING and water polo coach Mark Johnson awards the Ben Carlson Award to Caden Cunningham of Huntington Beach at last summer’s Chubascos bodysurfing contest. Cunningham had the…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter Thursday, March 12 will be a day in the world of sports that no one will ever forget. It was the day…
By Loren Kopf • @LorenKopff on Twitter The beginning of the new decade will be one that several area basketball and soccer teams will remember for a long time. The…
ARTESIA HIGH girls basketball head coach Shontya Pouncey is all smiles as he holds the plaque following his team’s 46-38 victory over San Jacinto Valley Academy in the CIF-Southern Section…
The Artesia High girls basketball team defeated San Jacinto Valley Academy 46-39 last Saturday morning to capture the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 AA championship. It’s the program’s fourth divisional title,…
Cerritos High senior Kari Orr (center) is surrounded by coaches, family members and friends as she signed a letter of intent to play soccer at California Lutheran University. By Loren…
By Loren Kopff • @ LorenKopff on Twitter SAN BERNARDINO-Artesia High girls basketball head coach Shonyta Pouncey has been around a long time to remember how he got started in…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter The toughest way to go out in any high school soccer game is when you lose in penalty kicks, especially by a goal.…
GAHR HIGH senior goalkeeper Ashley Correia dives to make one of her five saves against San Dimas High last Saturday in a CIF-Southern Section Division 5 second round game. Gahr…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter Myron Jacobs was quite concerned about one player as he scouted Highland High in preparation for his team’s CIF-Southern Section Division 4 AA…
John Glenn High senior midfielder Juan Galvan battles for possession with Jonathan Bonilla of Lennox Academy in this past Monday’s CIF-Southern Section Division 6 wild card game. Glenn blanked the…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO-The Norwalk High boys basketball team has played inside the friendly confines of its own gymnasium just three times since Dec.…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter While the CIF-Southern Section basketball and soccer divisional playoffs began at the beginning of the week, baseball and softball games begin on Saturday…
The Cerritos High boys basketball team won its second straight 605 League title and the program’s sixth overall following a 68-39 win over Pioneer High last Friday night. By Loren…
The Cerritos High girls basketball team defeated Pioneer High 71-47 last Friday night to clinch a share of the 605 League title, then won it outright this past Tuesday with…
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter LAKEWOOD-When you’re down a goal in the second half of any soccer game, that sense of urgency to tie is magnified 10 times.…