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Los Angeles Times
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Prep talk: Aja Johnson of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame is thriving in the shotput, discus
Nick Garcia, the throws coach at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, calls shotputter and discus thrower Aja Johnson 'the dragon slayer.' She's only 5 feet 3 but slays taller girls competing in those events. Last weekend, she won the Southern Section Division 3 shotput and discus titles. This weekend she will try to qualify for the state championships when competing at the Masters Meet at Moorpark High. She won the state discus title last year. She was state champion in the shotput in 2023. Under Garcia's guidance, Johnson uses technique, athleticism, agility and explosiveness to excel in the two events. She has committed to Louisville. Notre Dame athletes have won every Division 3 shotput or discus title since 2021. … The City Section Division I baseball semifinals will be held Wednesday at Stengel Field in Glendale with a trip to Dodger Stadium on Saturday at stake. Carson will play Taft at 3 p.m., followed by Banning taking on Verdugo Hills at 6 p.m. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Prep baseball roundup: Angel Cervantes pitches Warren to 1-0 playoff victory
It takes a shutout to beat hard-throwing Angel Cervantes of Warren these days. Robby Zimmerman of Redondo Union did his best Thursday in an opening-round game of the Southern Section Division 3 playoffs. He held Warren scoreless for six innings until Ivan Perez drove in Cervantes with an RBI single in the seventh. That's all Cervantes needed to complete a 1-0 victory. He shut down Redondo Union in the bottom of the seventh and finished with 11 strikeouts and one walk. He gave up three hits. Advertisement Santa Margarita 2, Newport Beach 0: Brennan Bauer threw the shutout, giving up just three hits. The Eagles advanced in the Division 1 playoffs to play at Huntington Beach on Tuesday. Gavin Spiridonoff drove in both runs. Arcadia 2, Aliso Niguel 1: The Apaches won in the bottom of the 11th inning on a two-out single by Tyler Brereton. Gus Cooper allowed one run in nine innings and Damian Catano threw two shutout innings for Arcadia. Los Osos 7, Cypress 5: The Grizzlies won their Division 1 opener and advanced to play at top-seeded Corona on Tuesday. Drew Cromwell had a two-run single. Villa Park 8, Bishop Amat 7: The Spartans got the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a wild pitch. Jake Nobles hit a two-run home run and threw three innings of shutout relief. Advertisement El Dorado 5, Ayala 0: Logan Steenburgen threw a five-hit shutout to advance in Division 1. Jake Vanderzee had three hits. El Dorado will face No. 2-seeded Crespi on Tuesday. Laguna Beach 7, Summit 5: Lucien Reed had an RBI triple and Dylan Yencho had an RBI double during a two-run seventh to break a 5-5 tie and lift Laguna Beach in Division 1. Los Alamitos 4, La Mirada 2: Tristan Dalzell struck out eight in six innings and Nate Walker and Tyler Smith each had two RBIs. Norco 9, Corona Centennial 2: Sophomore Dylan Seward had a home run and three RBIs and freshman Jordan Ayala struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings for Norco, which plays Laguna Beach in the second round on Tuesday. Advertisement Mira Costa 2, Arlington 0: Garrett Jacobs threw a complete game in the Division 1 contest. He struck out five and gave up three hits. Lucas Shermer hit a home run. Vista Murrieta 8, Harvard-Westlake 6: An eight-run first inning enabled Vista Murrieta to win. It will face Trinity League champion St. John Bosco on Tuesday in Division 1. RJ Holmes had two hits and three RBIs. Castaic 7, Paloma Valley 6: Giovanni Foster had three hits and three RBIs in a Division 3 opener. Fullerton 8, Long Beach Wilson 2: Zach Fany contributed three hits in the Division 3 victory. Declan Fitzgerald struck out nine. San Dimas 6, Calabasas 1: The Saints picked up the Division 3 win. Advertisement Garfield 3, San Fernando 2: The Bulldogs held on for the City Section Division I victory. Palisades 7, Kennedy 4: Jett Teegardin struck out six in six innings in Palisades. San Pedro 11, Hamilton 0: Tyrus Wilson had two hits and four RBIs and Anthony Solis struck out eight in a five-inning City Division I playoff win for the Pirates. Taft 7, Bell 4: The Toreadors upset defending City Section Open Division champion Bell in a first-round Division I game behind Oliver Berger, who had two RBIs. Banning 10, LACES 1: The top-seeded Pilots won their City Division I opener. AJ Herrera threw five innings. Angelo Duarte and Brandon Villarreal each had two RBIs. Banning will play Garfield on Saturday. Advertisement Jefferson 21, Lakeview Charter 0: The top-seeded Democrats won their City Division III opener. Monroe 1, Torres 0: Jeremiah Vicuna scored the winning run in the ninth inning on catcher's interference. Miguel Gonzalez struck out 11 in nine innings. 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
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Prep baseball roundup: Angel Cervantes pitches Warren to 1-0 playoff victory
It takes a shutout to beat hard-throwing Angel Cervantes of Warren these days. Robby Zimmerman of Redondo Union did his best Thursday in an opening-round game of the Southern Section Division 3 playoffs. He held Warren scoreless for six innings until Ivan Perez drove in Cervantes with an RBI single in the seventh. That's all Cervantes needed to complete a 1-0 victory. He shut down Redondo Union in the bottom of the seventh and finished with 11 strikeouts and one walk. He gave up three hits. Santa Margarita 2, Newport Beach 0: Brennan Bauer threw the shutout, giving up just three hits. The Eagles advanced in the Division 1 playoffs to play at Huntington Beach on Tuesday. Gavin Spiridonoff drove in both runs. Arcadia 2, Aliso Niguel 1: The Apaches won in the bottom of the 11th inning on a two-out single by Tyler Brereton. Gus Cooper allowed one run in nine innings and Damian Catano threw two shutout innings for Arcadia. Los Osos 7, Cypress 5: The Grizzlies won their Division 1 opener and advanced to play at top-seeded Corona on Tuesday. Drew Cromwell had a two-run single. Villa Park 8, Bishop Amat 7: The Spartans got the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a wild pitch. Jake Nobles hit a two-run home run and threw three innings of shutout relief. El Dorado 5, Ayala 0: Logan Steenburgen threw a five-hit shutout to advance in Division 1. Jake Vanderzee had three hits. El Dorado will face No. 2-seeded Crespi on Tuesday. Laguna Beach 7, Summit 5: Lucien Reed had an RBI triple and Dylan Yencho had an RBI double during a two-run seventh to break a 5-5 tie and lift Laguna Beach in Division 1. Los Alamitos 4, La Mirada 2: Tristan Dalzell struck out eight in six innings and Nate Walker and Tyler Smith each had two RBIs. Norco 9, Corona Centennial 2: Sophomore Dylan Seward had a home run and three RBIs and freshman Jordan Ayala struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings for Norco, which plays Laguna Beach in the second round on Tuesday. Mira Costa 2, Arlington 0: Garrett Jacobs threw a complete game in the Division 1 contest. He struck out five and gave up three hits. Lucas Shermer hit a home run. Vista Murrieta 8, Harvard-Westlake 6: An eight-run first inning enabled Vista Murrieta to win. It will face Trinity League champion St. John Bosco on Tuesday in Division 1. RJ Holmes had two hits and three RBIs. Castaic 7, Paloma Valley 6: Giovanni Foster had three hits and three RBIs in a Division 3 opener. Fullerton 8, Long Beach Wilson 2: Zach Fany contributed three hits in the Division 3 victory. Declan Fitzgerald struck out nine. San Dimas 6, Calabasas 1: The Saints picked up the Division 3 win. Garfield 3, San Fernando 2: The Bulldogs held on for the City Section Division I victory. Palisades 7, Kennedy 4: Jett Teegardin struck out six in six innings in Palisades. San Pedro 11, Hamilton 0: Tyrus Wilson had two hits and four RBIs and Anthony Solis struck out eight in a five-inning City Division I playoff win for the Pirates. Taft 7, Bell 4: The Toreadors upset defending City Section Open Division champion Bell in a first-round Division I game behind Oliver Berger, who had two RBIs. Banning 10, LACES 1: The top-seeded Pilots won their City Division I opener. AJ Herrera threw five innings. Angelo Duarte and Brandon Villarreal each had two RBIs. Banning will play Garfield on Saturday. Jefferson 21, Lakeview Charter 0: The top-seeded Democrats won their City Division III opener. Monroe 1, Torres 0: Jeremiah Vicuna scored the winning run in the ninth inning on catcher's interference. Miguel Gonzalez struck out 11 in nine innings.
Los Angeles Times
11-05-2025
- Climate
- Los Angeles Times
Prep sports roundup: Santa Margarita's Teagan O'Dell sets two swimming records
On a day in Southern California when temperatures exceeded 100 degrees in many locations, Teagan O'Dell of Santa Margarita High turned the pool at Mt. San Antonio College into her personal cool sandbox, swimming to two records during the Southern Section Division 1 finals. Bound for Cal and competing in her final section championship, O'Dell set the Division 1 record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:53.43, only 5 one-hundredths of a second from her national record set when she was a sophomore. She also set a record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.09. She helped Santa Margarita win two relay events. Santa Margarita won the girls' and boys' Division 1 team championships and will be trying to win a state championship next weekend in Clovis. It was so hot on Saturday that a more than three-hour heat delay was imposed in the middle of the Southern Section Division 3 track and field preliminaries at Yorba Linda. Running competition began at noon but was halted 90 minutes later while monitoring the heat index to make sure it was safe to resume. Action resumed at 5 p.m. Servite's 4x100 relay team, the fastest in the state, qualified first in 40.27 before the delay occurred. In Division 2 in Ontario, Newbury Park's Nicholas Durbiano ran 10.54 seconds in the 100 meters to lead qualifiers. Bishop Alemany's Demare Dezeurn cruised to 10.56 at Carpinteria in Division 4. In Division 1 at Trabuco Hills, Julius Johnson ran a wind-aided 10.34 seconds. Journey Cole from Redondo Beach ran the fastest girls' 100 in Division 1 with a qualifying time of 11.49. Jaslene Massey of Aliso Niguel had the second-best mark in the state this year in the girls' discus at the Division 1 prelims at 159-8. The Division 1 200 prelims saw Jack Stadlam of Temecula Valley run 21.03. Loyola has advanced to the Southern Section Division 1 championship match in boys' lacrosse after an 11-9 win over Foothill. Cash Ginberg scored four goals and Tripp King had three goals and one assist.
