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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Simi Valley football coach Jim Benkert discovered Izak Simpson at a basketball game. Now Simpson is a defensive star with 29 sacks in two seasons.
The most entertaining final figures to be in Division 2, where unbeaten Newbury Park travels to Murrieta Valley.
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South Carolina coach Dawn Staley shows up to watch Ontario Christian defeat Etiwanda in a battle between two top girls’ basketball programs.
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She makes a dream come true after finishing sixth last year, while Griffin Kushen of Tesoro sets a course record at Mt. SAC in Southern Section championships.