Hello, and welcome to a different version of Prep Rally. My identify is Eric Sondheimer. Highschool basketball season is per week away from starting, so let’s begin discussing high gamers and high groups.
Mission League expertise surge
The Mission League has continued to have a surge in basketball expertise by transfers and growth of younger gamers. Harvard-Westlake gained consecutive state titles till Eastvale Roosevelt broke by final season and has gained seven straight league championships.
Sierra Canyon will begin out as No. 1 within the state in lots of rankings and polls with an inflow of transfers, together with St. John Bosco’s Brandon McCoy and JSerra’s Brannon Martinsen to staff up with Maximo Adams, who beforehand performed at Narbonne and Gardena Serra earlier than starring for the Trailblazers final season.
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The Trinity League isn’t far behind, led by Santa Margarita, which returns 4 starters and has Georgia Tech commit Kaiden Bailey, Washington State commit Brayden Kyman and Oregon State commit Drew Anderson. Mater Dei has Kansas commit Luke Barnett. St. John Bosco has one of many nation’s high seniors in 6-foot-9 Christian Collins. The Braves even have one of many nation’s
Missouri commit Jason Crowe Jr. is again to steer Inglewood. Crossroads has added two sensational sophomore transfers in Evan Willis from Mater Dei and Shalen Sheppard from Brentwood. Pasadena’s 6-11 Josh Irving is dedicated to Texas A&M. Gene Roebuck from La Mirada is a high-scoring junior guard.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame wanted a robust offensive efficiency to carry off Laguna Seaside 44-28 in a Division 3 opener. Quarterback Wyatt Brown made performs and operating again Noel Washington had three touchdowns to offset 413 yards passing and 4 TD passes from Jack Hurst. Right here’s .
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5 No. 1 groups misplaced within the first spherical of the playoffs. It was additionally a tricky week for unbeaten groups, with Crespi, Torrance, Crean Lutheran and Rowland shedding within the opening spherical.
Leuzinger may need pulled off essentially the most spectacular win over Crean Lutheran 34-17 in Division 2 behind the return of quarterback Russell Sekona, who had 4 landing passes after being sidelined with a hand damage. Los Alamitos rallied for a 35-28 win over Yorba Linda. San Juan Hills bought a walk-off area objective from Kyle Donahue to defeat Downey 28-27.
In Chaparral’s 63-42 win over Chaminade, quarterback Dane Weber accomplished 24 of 31 passes for 360 yards and 5 touchdowns with one interception and ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns in win over Chaminade.
The Division 1 playoffs start Friday: Orange Lutheran at St. John Bosco, Servite at Corona Centennial, Mission Viejo vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Stadium, Santa Margarita at Sierra Canyon.
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No. 1-seeded Carson and quarterback Chris Fields start the Open Division playoffs Friday towards King/Drew. The opposite opening matchups have Kennedy at Birmingham, Garfield enjoying Palisades at web site to be introduced and Crenshaw at San Pedro.
Van Nuys pulled off the most important upset in Division I with a victory over No. 4-seeded Banning, Kudos to educate Ken Osorio, who resurrected a program that didn’t have many wins or many gamers earlier than he took over in 2023. Van Nuys is at Marquez on Friday. One other good quarterfinal matchup has Franklin at No. 1 Venice.
In Division II, Western League faculties College and Fairfax meet for a second time. College misplaced the primary time 21-20. Chatsworth upset No. 3 Roosevelt and now performs at No. 6 Marshall. In Division III, top-seeded Santee obtained 241 yards speeding and three touchdowns from Darnell Miller, pushing his season complete to 2,485 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Perfection. It was achieved by the JSerra flag soccer staff with a 25-20 win over Orange Lutheran to win the Southern Part Division 1 championship.
3 times JSerra confronted the defending Division 1 champions. 3 times JSerra discovered a strategy to beat Orange Lutheran. The Lions end 28-0.
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The Metropolis Part will maintain its flag soccer championships Saturday at Garfield Excessive.
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The legend returns
Gail Goodrich, one of many best basketball gamers in Los Angeles historical past, returned to city to have his alma mater, Solar Valley Poly, identify its new health club, “The Gail Goodrich Sports activities Complicated.”
Goodrich, 82, was emotional and appreciative. He’s one of many few athletes to have gained a Metropolis title, NCAA title and NBA title with Poly, UCLA and the Lakers. He’s a basketball Corridor of Famer and beloved by many Los Angeles sports activities followers.
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Ladies volleyball
Sierra Canyon gained the Southern Part Division 1 women’ volleyball championship over Mater Dei. Right here’s a
Palisades knocked off Western League rival Venice to win the Metropolis Part Open Division title. Right here’s .
Sierra Canyon obtained the No. 1 seed for the Open Division state volleyball playoffs that start this week. Listed below are
Water polo
The Closing 4 is ready for the Southern Part Open Division boys water polo semifinals Wednesday at Irvine’s Woollett Aquatic Middle. It is going to be No. 1-seeded Newport Harbor going through No. 6 Mira Costa and No. 3 Corona del Mar taking up No. 4 Oaks Christian.
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Harvard-Westlake basketball coach David Rebibo and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Ferkel have been elected to the Southern California Jewish Sports activities Corridor of Fame. The induction ceremony might be June 28 on the Skirball Cultural Middle within the Sepulveda Basin. . . .
The Metropolis Part has one other freshman phenom to advertise. Freshman Layla Phillips from Harbor Trainer Prep gained the Metropolis Part women’ golf championship, and it wasn’t even shut. Right here’s a . . .
Moanikeala Finau from Diamond Bar gained the Southern Part particular person women’ golf championship. . . .
A free coronary heart screening for college students and children ages 10 to 25 will happen Thursday from 2:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. at La Mirada Excessive. . . .
St. John Bosco nearer Jack Champlin has dedicated to UC Irvine. . . .
Daniel Robles has resigned as soccer coach at Don Lugo. . . .
Joe Jurado, who criticized the Southern Part when his 9-1 Rim of the World soccer staff didn’t make the playoffs at an at-large staff, has resigned as head coach. . . .
Sophomore defensive lineman Marcus Fakatou from Orange Lutheran has reclassified to the category of 2027. He’s 6 toes 7, 275 kilos. . . .
Dean Herrington has been let go as soccer coach at St. Francis. Right here’s . . . .
St. Francis is promoting its place as paying its new soccer coach from $125,000 to $175,000. JSerra is promoting from $150,000 to $200,000. The Catholic faculties suppose soccer is a clever funding. . . .
Terrance Smith is not the soccer coach at Ayala. . . .
Junior quarterback Deshawn Laporte of Burbank has dedicated to Delaware State. . . .
Johnny Dukes is the brand new basketball coach at Eastvale Roosevelt. . . .
Linebacker Ryder Barnes from Crean Lutheran has dedicated to Cal Poly. . . .
Former Solar Valley Poly assistant soccer coach Steve Smith is the brand new head coach at Reseda. . . .
The Southern Part cross-country prelims will happen Friday and Saturday at Mt. San Antonio School.
From the archives: Tyler Glasnow
Former Hart Excessive pitcher Tyler Glasnow adopted former Harvard-Westlake pitcher Jack Flaherty in coming to the Dodgers and changing into a world champion by contributing on the mound throughout the World Collection. Glasnow was injured throughout final yr’s World Collection however lastly got here by for his home-town staff.
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From the a narrative on the expansion of former Los Alamitos receiver Makai Lemon, now a star at USC.
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