By Brian Hews Note: Hews Media Group-Community Newspapers will be highlighting long time local residents and community leaders in a new on-going series called “Hometown Heroes!” This week we feature…
By Loren Kopff PASADENA-When the chips were down for Norwalk’s football team it went to its franchise player, senior wingback Rashaad Penny, for a boost as has been the case…
By Loren Kopff A year ago at this time, Cerritos was a favorite, along with Mayfair and Norwalk, to win the Suburban League. The Lady Dons ended up in third…
By Loren Kopff LA MIRADA – Norwalk senior wingback Rashaad Penny saved his best for last in last Friday night’s California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Southeast Division quarterfinal game. Penny scored…
By Loren Kopff LA PUENTE-For the second straight week, Valley Christian’s football team bolted out to a two-touchdown lead in the first quarter. But this time the Crusaders were able…
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION IV GIRLS TENNIS FINALS By Loren Kopff CLAREMONT-The opponent was the same and most of the players were back but the Cerritos girls tennis team found a…
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-AA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff The Norwalk girls volleyball team had waited 14 years to host a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section divisional playoff match. With…
By Loren Kopff Woodie Grayson, the first-year head coach of Valley Christian’s football team, had a feeling his Crusaders would be playing for an Olympic League title on the last…
By Loren Kopff The last thing Gahr head coach Iris Murray and her girls volleyball team wanted was any part of a possible three-way tie for second place with…
By Loren Kopff With two matches remaining in the regular season, two games separated four teams between first and third place in the Suburban League. Cerritos, tied with La Mirada…
By Loren Kopff LA MIRADA- Norwalk senior wingback Rashaad Penny, in his biggest high school game thus far, single handily propelled the Lancers to at least a share of their…
By Loren Kopff For the first time since 1998 and second time in school history, the Cerritos boys and girls cross country teams came away as Suburban League champions in…
SUBURBAN LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL By Loren Kopff Having a full squad definitely makes a difference and the Norwalk girls volleyball team benefited from having all of its players when it…
By Loren Kopff Norwalk senior wingback Rashaad Penny and junior wingback Ryan McDowell combined to touch the ball nine times last Friday night against city rival John Glenn. But the…
By Loren Kopff When it comes to Olympic League girls volleyball, nothing ever comes easy for Valley Christian as almost every season, many of its matches tend to go the…
SUBURBAN LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL By Loren Kopff LAKEWOOD – There could be a changing of the guard at the top of the Suburban League standings when the regular season ends…
WEEK SEVEN FOOTBALL By Loren Kopff First it was learning how to compete, then it was learning how to win. Now, the Cerritos High football team accomplished something it had…
By Loren Kopff Gahr girls volleyball head coach Iris Murray thought this would be the season that the Gladiators could finally curtail Downey’s chances of another perfect San Gabriel Valley…
By Loren Kopff After a week off to reflect on its 1-4 on the field record, Gahr’s football team got back into action last Thursday night in its San Gabriel…
By Loren Kopff Everything was coming up aces for Norwalk’s football team last Friday night on its homecoming game against Artesia with a Monte Carlo theme. The Lancers took advantage…