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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Harvard-Westlake, Chaminade, Crespi, St. Francis each win baseball games after strong performances on the mound.
Doug Bledsoe will take over as football coach at Narbonne, which won the Open Division title, then was punished for having seven ineligible players.
Senior guard Davon Jones leads L.A. Jordan in City Section basketball, averaging nearly 30.2 points and 14 rebounds a game.
Kamari King connected on a key three to deliver victory for Cleveland in the City Section Open Division playoffs.
Harvard commit Matthew Witkow leads Calabasas to 10-5 win over Valencia with three more hits.
Led by Kaleena Smith and two freshman stars, top-ranked Ontario Christian is here to stay on the girls’ basketball scene.
The Matadores will play their first game at the $20-million facility on Saturday.
Harvard-Westlake overcame a strong upset bid by JSerra, while Roosevelt knocked off Redondo Union.
Lions use five bunts to put the pressure on the Knights in the 7-2 victory.