There was nothing quite like Tracy Murray scoring 64 points for Glendora in the 1989 Division II final at the Oakland Coliseum. Damien coach Mike LeDuc was then Glendora's coach. Glendora lost to Menlo 89-83.
It's time for the CIF state championships in basketball and soccer (first time for soccer) in Sacramento on Friday and Saturday. Basketball will be played at Golden 1 Center. Soccer is at Natomas High.
two seniors from Arroyo Grande High School spoke out against a transgender peer competing on their track and field team and allegedly "watching" them in the girls' locker room. One of the Central Coast students said she is "more comfortable" changing in her car now. The other cited a Bible verse about God creating men and women separately, and accused the California Interscholastic Federation of subjecting girls to "exploitative and intrusive behavior that is disguised through transgender ideology."
How do you explain that Harvard-Westlake's boys' soccer team won the Mission League championship, beat fourth-place Sherman Oaks Notre Dame twice by shutouts but ended up being ranked four spots below the Knights in computer rankings? How do you explain Newbury Park's girls' soccer team with a 10-5-2 record and wins over No. 4 Oaks Christian, No. 12 Moorpark and No. 27 Camarillo failing to get an at-large playoff spot?
Notre Dame's Josiah Nance, left, and St. Francis' Cherif Millogo battle for position in the paint during a recent game. A look at The Times' top 25 boys' basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 9. Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. SIERRA CANYON (18-1): Showdown with Harvard-Westlake on Wednesday; 1 2. REDONDO UNION (20-3): Two big games for Devin Wright this weekend; 2 3. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (21-2): Showdown games vs. Sierra Canyon, Notre Dame, St. Francis; 5
But the Nevada association voted in April to require students in sex-segregated sports programs to play on teams that align with their sex assigned at birth - a departure from a previous approach allowing individual schools to set their own standards. The move raised questions for how the Tahoe-Truckee district would remain in the Nevada association while following California law, which says students can play on teams consistent with their gender identity.