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Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Prep talk: Freshman golfer Jaden Soong of St. Francis loves pressure
Jaden Soong, a freshman golfer at St. Francis High, thrives under pressure. 'I will say I like pressure,' he said. Twice in the last two weeks, he has won playoffs to keep his season going. But the story of his first playoff win is comedy at its best. He had left the Temecula Creek Golf Club at the Southern Section individual championships after concluding he had failed to qualify for the SCGA regionals and stopped at Jack in the Box to get food for the ride home. Then he got a phone call from a friend: 'Hey dude, we're in a playoff.' He was 17 minutes away from the course and needed to be back in 10 minutes. 'We hauled it,' he said. Thankfully, there were no police with radar guns in the vicinity as he was driven back to the course. The playoff had already started when he arrived. Players were in the fairway. He had no time to change into his golf shoes, so he played in his Nike Air Force shoes. He got a par on the first hole, then a birdie to win the playoff and advance. Last weekend, he won another playoff to reach the state championships on Tuesday at Poppy Hills in Pebble Beach. The 14-year-old is ready for anything. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Prep softball: City Section and Southern Section division championship results
CITY SECTION FINALS FRIDAY'S RESULTS At Birmingham High DIVISION III #5 North Hollywood 10, #2 Rancho Dominguez 2 DIVISION IV #1 Westchester 12, #7 LACES 9 SATURDAY'S RESULTS At Cal State Northridge OPEN DIVISION #1 Granada Hills 11, #3 Carson 2 DIVISION I #2 Legacy 4, #1 Port of Los Angeles 1 DIVISION II #6 Taft 8, #1 Marquez 3 SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS At Bill Barber Park, Irvine FRIDAY'S RESULTS DIVISION 2 Los Alamitos 3, JSerra 0 DIVISION 3 Marina 8, Westlake 1 DIVISION 6 University 4, Rio Hondo Prep 1 DIVISION 7 Rancho Mirage 7, Culver City 3 SATURDAY'S RESULTS DIVISION 1 Norco 3, El Modena 0 DIVISION 4 Long Beach Poly 6, Warren 2 DIVISION 5 St. Bonaventure 8, West Ranch 7 DIVISION 8 Hueneme 1, Cathedral City 0 Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Prep softball: Norco wins its seventh Southern Section championship
From the beginning of the season, Norco was considered the team to beat in Southern Section Division 1 softball. There were a few blips along the way, but the Cougars proved Saturday night they are No. 1. Norco (29-3) won its seventh Southern Section softball title with a 3-0 victory over El Modena at Bill Barber Park in Irvine. Advertisement A three-run fifth inning was all the Cougars needed to support sophomore pitcher Coral Williams, who limited hot-hitting El Modena to one hit while striking out nine. Read more: Prep softball: Marina wins Southern Section Division 3 championship Big hits in the inning were delivered by Dillyn Eckenrod, who had an RBI double, and Savannah Gonzalez, who had an RBI single. Coach Richard Robinson earned his eighth section championship as a coach (he also won at Corona Centennial). Long Beach Poly 6, Warren 2: The Jackrabbits won the Division 4 title, their first in softball. Ki'ele Ho-Ching had a double, triple and three RBIs. Tegan Breaux threw a complete game with four strikeouts and no walks. Advertisement Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Prep talk: Top-seeded Norco goes for seventh Southern Section softball title
Norco High's softball program under coach Richard Robinson has been setting the standard for excellence in the Southern Section for years. The top-seeded Cougars will seek to add a seventh section title on Saturday in the Division 1 final against El Modena in a 7 p.m. game at Bill Barber Park in Irvine. This team has lots of top hitters. Leighton Gray is batting .455 with 40 hits, eight home runs and 25 RBIs. Ashley Duran has six home runs, 34 RBIs and a .438 batting average. Tamryn Shorter is hitting .407 with 37 hits, nine home runs and 24 RBIs. Sophomore Coral Williams has emerged as a quality pitcher with a 16-0 record, backed by junior Peyton May. El Modena has gotten hot in the playoffs behind second baseman Kaitlyn Galasso and shortstop Kylie Tafua. Don't doubt that the Vanguards can score runs if needed. They were able to knock off high-scoring Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6-4 in the quarterfinals and scored 13 runs in a semifinal win over Temescal Canyon. … Cal State Northridge will be the site for three City Section softball championship games on Saturday, with the featured matchup at 3 p.m. in the Open Division in which Carson will try to defeat Granada Hills for a third consecutive year. The Division I final at noon has Port of Los Angeles facing Legacy. Taft faces Marquez in the Division II final at 9 a.m. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
St. John Bosco wins Division 1 baseball championship on Miles Clark's walk-off single
To say that St. John Bosco and Santa Margarita engaged in a championship baseball game on Friday night that will be remembered for a lifetime would be an understatement. "This game was special, something I'll remember for the rest of my life. You really had to fight for it," said St. John Bosco left fielder Noah Everly. Advertisement It was a Southern Section Division 1 final filled with drama. Teenagers came through with big play after big play until finally in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the bases loaded, Miles Clark hit a walk-off single up the middle to give St. John Bosco a 3-2 victory and its first baseball championship before a sold-out crowd of 3,010 at Cal State Fullerton. "It hurts a lot," Santa Margarita coach Chris Malec said. "It was a great effort by both sides. There were so many amazing moments." Let's start with Santa Margarita pitcher Brennan Bauer, who threw five scoreless innings of relief and somehow escaped twice with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to keep the game going. First he had a 3-and-1 count to Everly and got a pop fly with one out. Then he had a 3-2 count with Moises Razo and got a fly out to the warning track. Advertisement "That's all Brennan," Malec said. In 22 1/3 playoff innings, Brenann won four games and gave up one earned run. Then there was Everly coming through with a stunning catch on the run in left field in the top of the ninth inning to prevent a Santa Margarita extra base hit with a runner on first. "That was an extraordinary catch," Malec said. Said Clark: "Oh my goodness, Noah came through." So did Clark against relief pitcher Ethan Russell in the bottom of the ninth. Bauer had run out of innings, having reached his 10-inning max after throwing five innings against Crespi in the semifinals. Russell walked Razo on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases, setting the stage for Clark. Advertisement "We were locked in the whole game," Clark said. "We didn't lose our mental focus. I kept telling my guys we have to stay focused." Razo had a two-run double in the first inning to give the Braves an early lead. Santa Margarita took advantage of an error and closed it to 2-1 in the second on Brody Schumaker's second hit. The Eagles tied tied it at 2-2 in the fifth with a squeeze bunt by Blake Ankrum, the third sacrifice of the game. After Gavin Cervantes started on the mound and freshman Brayden Krakowski pitched into the sixth inning, St. John Bosco turned to its closer, Jack Champlin, who was magnificent. In four scoreless innings, he allowed one hit with four strikeouts. At one point, a Santa Margarita batter appeared to challenge Champlin after the count went to 3-0. Champlin proceeded to strike him out, unleashing a fist pump. St. John Bosco ended up being the most consistent team in the Southland for the 2025 season. The Braves went 27-4 and became the first Trinity League champion to win a Division 1 title. All the other Trinity League teams that have won Division 1 never won the league title. And beating top-seeded Corona 2-0 on Tuesday was quite an accomplishment itself. Advertisement Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
