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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Cleveland stays in first place in West Valley League with a win over El Camino Real on Wednesday night.
Crescenta Valley High basketball coach Shawn Zargarian and senior star son Vaughn, who averages 36.8 points, have overcome struggles to thrive.
Junior forward Brayden Kyman has been delivering this season for Santa Margarita’s boys’ basketball team.
Two-time defending state champion Harvard-Westlake is reaching peak form just as the playoffs beckon with win over Sierra Canyon.
Newbury Park High receiver Shane Rosenthal announces commitment to UCLA after earlier making a commitment to Princeton.
Brody Thompson, who transferred to Bishop Alemany from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame to play for his dad without moving, was denied immediate eligibility.
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Eagles come back from mistake to defeat Windward in overtime behind sophomore AJ Okoh
Chatsworth’s Alijah Arenas, Roosevelt’s Brayden Burries, Harvard-Westlake’s Nikolas Khamenia, Mater Dei’s Addison Deal and Etiwanda’s Aliyahna Morris and Grace Knox picked for McDonald’s All-American games.