Martin Dugard is a prolific author and writer. He’s also an assistant cross-country coach at Santa Margarita after being head coach at JSerra for 15 years. His newest book is “The Long Run,” which discusses the 1970s running boom and is a narrative history of four who sparked the marathon boom: Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter,…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the ninth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (16-3): Went 4-0, won Boras Classic championship game; 1 2. NORCO (18-2): Three-game series this week vs. Corona Santiago; 2 3. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (17-4): Swept…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the eighth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (12-3): Won Boras Classic South championship; 2 2. NORCO (15-2): Transfers Jacob Melendez and Codey Brown making big impact; 3 3. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (14-4): Upcoming…
It’s midseason in high school baseball, so let’s look at players who are producing results at a high level. Forget about rankings, radar guns or who has scholarship offers. These are the players making an impact. No one has been better than sophomore pitcher Tyler George of Santa Margarita. With a 7-0 record, 0.85 ERA…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the seventh week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (11-3): Pitcher Julian Garcia showed he’s healthy and in dominant form; 2 2. ORANGE LUTHERAN (8-3): Senior catcher Brady Murrietta is tough, strong…
It was Brady Murrietta’s silence rounding the bases, then his Darth Vader-like stare directed at St. John Bosco pitcher Jack Champlin after touching third base on Thursday and slowly jogging toward home plate that sent a clear message: Don’t poke the bear. His two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the sixth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (7-1): Gary Morse had 16-strikeout performance; 4 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (9-2): Three-game series with Orange Lutheran this week; 1 3. NORCO (10-1): Three-game…
For the second consecutive game, Orange Lutheran received a walk-off hit, this time in the seventh inning, to send the Lancers into Saturday’s championship game of the National High School Invitational in Cary, N.C. Zion Avina delivered the game-winning hit in a 2-1 win over Queen Creek (Ariz.) Casteel on Friday. Orange Lutheran will play…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the fifth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (7-0): Five shutouts in seven games; 1 2. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (10-0): Big week for Malayke Matsumoto; 4 3. CORONA (7-0): Anthony…
