Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been honored seven times by the California Prep Sportswriters Assn. for best prep sports column. A graduate of Cal State Northridge, he joined the Daily News as prep editor in 1980. He left for 18 months in 1990 to be West Coast correspondent for the National Sports Daily. He returned to the Daily News in 1991 and joined The Times in 1997 covering high school sports. He has covered Southern California high school sports for more than 40 years.
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There’s one week left in the regular season for Southern Section basketball. Let’s see how things look in the highest division.
Trent Minter, Liam Gray, Wes Trevino and Samori Guyness each surpass 1,000 points for the Griffins.
A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 11.
Westchester, Chatsworth and Cleveland have shown they are the top three teams in City Section boys’ basketball this season.
Banning alumnus Nate Hollister, who was a head coach at Artesia and Rancho Dominguez, will take over the Pilots’ football program.
Carlos Esnal scores the only goal to help Birmingham move into a first-place tie with El Camino Real in West Valley League boys’ soccer standings.
Highlanders turn to Ana De Los Santos for girls soccer success
Because there are no junior varsity teams, Mission League schools will be able to give freshmen an opportunity to contribute in softball.
For USC, Alijah Arenas’ commitment marks the biggest recruiting victory of the Musselman era, the first five-star prospect to endorse the coach’s vision in L.A.
A new group of players are ready to star in Mission League baseball.