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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Gahr goes the distance with Downey but falls in five sets, shares SGVL title

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Gahr goes the distance with Downey but falls in five sets, shares SGVL title

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   The Gahr High girls volleyball program had not gone wire to wire in the San Gabriel Valley League since 1998 and had won…

605 LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Cerritos sweeps district rival to claim rare league championship for school

605 LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Cerritos sweeps district rival to claim rare league championship for school

  By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   From 1998-2017, the Cerritos High girls volleyball program had been situated in the Suburban League, which was dominated by Mayfair High, winners…

WEEK SEVEN FOOTBALL: Artesia, minus Gladden, slammed by Western in final non-league game

WEEK SEVEN FOOTBALL: Artesia, minus Gladden, slammed by Western in final non-league game

Artesia High junior quarterback P.J. Holmes gets off a pass against Western High in last Friday night’s 72-31 loss. Holmes was making his first start for Artesia, replacing senior Heder…

WEEK SIX FOOTBALL: JOHN GLENN FINALLY TURNS THE TABLES ON CITY RIVAL, KEEPS STRUGGLING NORWALK WINLESS

WEEK SIX FOOTBALL: JOHN GLENN FINALLY TURNS THE TABLES ON CITY RIVAL, KEEPS STRUGGLING NORWALK WINLESS

JOHN GLENN HIGH junior wide receiver Bobby Sanchez gets a block from a teammate on one of his two carries against Norwalk High last Friday night. Sanchez rushed for 20…

COMMENTARY: John Glenn football ends years of agony against crosstown rival

COMMENTARY: John Glenn football ends years of agony against crosstown rival

John Glenn High’s football team finally celebrates the program’s first Mayor’s Cup since 2002 after crushing Norwalk High 48-7 last Friday night at Excelsior Stadium. PHOTO BY ARMANDO VARGAS, Contributing photographer…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: New attitude helping Gahr girls volleyball inch closer to San Gabriel Valley League title

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   The Gahr High girls volleyball program hasn’t seen a season like the one it’s having right now since 1998. In that season, with…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Cerritos girls claim top spot in 605 League’s first cross country cluster meet

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Cerritos girls claim top spot in 605 League’s first cross country cluster meet

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter The inaugural 605 League cross country cluster meet last Thursday at Knabe Park felt like another Suburban League or Academy League cluster meet. You…

WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL: Valley Christian finds its grove despite sloppy game, snaps three-game skid

WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL: Valley Christian finds its grove despite sloppy game, snaps three-game skid

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter The Valley Christian High football team has been going through somewhat of a ‘when it rains’ it pours’ non-league season. In their four losses,…

WEEK FIVE FOOTBALL: Cerritos goes backwards against Northwood as Dons alternate good, bad performances

Cerritos High senior Malachi Santa Anna tries to elude a would-be tackler from Northwood High in last Thursday’s non-league contest  Santa Anna would catch a three-yard touchdown pass, his lone…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Midseason reports show regular football playoff teams in danger of missing out on Week 11

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Midseason reports show regular football playoff teams in danger of missing out on Week 11

  By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter Historically, the same area football and girls volleyball teams have advanced to the CIF-Southern Section playoffs consistently year after year. That would be…

605 LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Cerritos finds new rival in quest for league championship

605 LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Cerritos finds new rival in quest for league championship

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter For 20 seasons, the Cerritos High girls volleyball team would have its share of battles with Mayfair High for supremacy in the Suburban League.…

WEEK FOUR FOOTBALL : Gahr’s second half problems continue, lose in final seconds to St. Anthony

WEEK FOUR FOOTBALL : Gahr’s second half problems continue, lose in final seconds to St. Anthony

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   LONG BEACH-Gahr High head coach Greg Marshall said he wasn’t discouraged of his team’s 1-3 record because the problems can be fixed. Those…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Whitney girls volleyball on the prowl in new league as Lady Wildcats sweep Artesia

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Whitney girls volleyball on the prowl in new league as Lady Wildcats sweep Artesia

  By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter Ole Nervik is now in his 12thseason as the head coach for Whitney High’s girls volleyball team and already is having his best…

WEEK THREE FOOTBALL: Gladden dominates Westminster with five rushing touchdowns as Artesia tames the Lions

WEEK THREE FOOTBALL: Gladden dominates Westminster with five rushing touchdowns as Artesia tames the Lions

    Artesia High sophomore linebacker Douglas Ixco (#5) and another teammate chase down Westminster High quarterback Malachi Mesa in last Friday night’s 51-24 home victory. Mesa was sacked six…

WEEK THREE FOOTBALL: John Glenn evens record behind Udengwu’s punishing rushing attack

WEEK THREE FOOTBALL: John Glenn evens record behind Udengwu’s punishing rushing attack

  John Glenn High senior quarterback David Sanchez gets set to release one of his 21 attempts against University High last Thursday night at Excelsior Stadium. Sanchez completed 12 passes…

WEEK TWO FOOTBALL: Lightell, Cerritos blast Bolsa Grande, set offensive records in rare scoring spree

WEEK TWO FOOTBALL: Lightell, Cerritos blast Bolsa Grande, set offensive records in rare scoring spree

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   GARDEN GROVE-When you have won eight games since 2011 and have had a long history of futility (152-285 overall in its 46-year history…

WEEK ONE FOOTBALL: Ericks, Walhof and defense lead Valley Christian over Norwalk in battle of inexperienced teams

WEEK ONE FOOTBALL: Ericks, Walhof and defense lead Valley Christian over Norwalk in battle of inexperienced teams

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   Not only were Valley Christian High and Norwalk High a pair of inexperienced teams when the Defenders hosted the Lancers at the newly…

2018 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PREVIEWS: New league should make for interesting season for quartet of area teams

2018 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PREVIEWS: New league should make for interesting season for quartet of area teams

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter While some may miss the battles for the Suburban League championship between Cerritos High and Mayfair High, the former school, plus three others, are…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: CERRITOS RALLIES FROM FIVE POINTS DOWN IN FIFTH SET, OUTLASTS GAHR IN THRILLING MATCH

  By Loren Kopff Even though they reside in the same city and are ABC Unified School District rivals, the Cerritos High and Gahr High girls volleyball teams don’t meet…

2018 FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Gahr anticipating rough season, nearly starting over with young and inexperienced team

2018 FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Gahr anticipating rough season, nearly starting over with young and inexperienced team

  By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   GAHR GLADIATORS 8-4 overall last season, 3-2 in the San Gabriel Valley League, third place, lost to Dos Pueblos High 35-28 in…