Don Bosco Prep upends Cardinal Mooney for virtual titleApparently, the computer agrees with the humans. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) had the best high school football team in the ...
Punishment handed down after fight during Miss. soccer title gameThe Mississippi High School Athletic Association suspended two players for fighting Saturday in a state Class 6A championship ...
Girls' Super 25: St. Mary's still leads way; only minor changes in top 10St. Mary's (Calif.) is still the No. 1 team in the girls' Super 25 rankings as this week's update shows only one minor change ...
Boys' Super 25: Northland still No. 1; three teams join rankingsNorthland (Ohio) maintains the top spot as Yates (Houston) moves up to No. 2 and Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.) slides ...
Sims headlines selections for WBCA high school girls gameOdyssey Sims of MacArthur (Irving, Texas) has been named the 2010 State Farm/Women's Basketball Coaches Association High School ...
Sluggish early, testy late, Yates tops Waltrip 109-57High-scoring Yates could only muster 17 points in the first quarter, which raised doubts heard from the capacity crowd that the Lions would reach 100 points for the 17th time this season, but they pulled away 109-57.

UIL change provides Kingwood swimming an advantageThe UIL tweaked the regional swim meets this season to make them more like the state meet. And that's bad news for teams hoping to knock off Kingwood at the Region 5-5A Swimming & Diving Championships.

HISD swimmers battle for state berthsHouston Independent School District coaches agree that the odds are stacked against their teams at this weekend’s University Interscholastic League Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Houston’s Rec & Wellness Center.

Soccer: Awty boys, girls set for regionalsMaking the Final Four is a big deal in any sport. Both of Awty’s soccer teams have a chance to accomplish that feat, if they can get past their regional opponents in the TAPPS Division II playoffs this weekend.

Wrestling: Sam Houston improvingSam Houston head coach John Vogt isn’t sure what to make of the happenings at the District 23 Wrestling Championships at Delmar Sports Complex.

Windward still has star powerWith Denzel Washington in attendance, Wildcats clinch Olympic League championship by defeating Campbell Hall, 61-56.
Denzel Washington, actor, sports fan and former L.A. Windward parent, showed up Tuesday night in the Wildcats' gym and was passing around his cellphone so his son, Malcolm, last season's point guard, could offer a pep talk to a couple of Windward players.

For Reshanda Gray, the basketball court is a zone of defenseThe 6-3 Gray, who averages 20 points for Washington Prep, grew up in a tough L.A. neighborhood but got a break when the leader of an after-school basketball program took an interest in her. If not, she says, 'I'd probably be dead or in jail.'
Reshanda Gray was raised near 81st and Hoover streets, which is among the most violent neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

The Times' top 25 girls' basketball rankingsSouthern California rankings of high school teams by Melissa Rohlin
Ranking team (record, section-division). Last week's results. Next opponent. (Last week's ranking)

The Times' 25 boys' basketball rankingsSouthern California rankings of high school teams by Ben Bolch.
The Times' high school basketball rankings by Ben Bolch:

Allen Crabbe is big time in a small schoolSenior has elevated his game at Los Angeles Price, which is aiming at another boys' basketball state title.
At tiny Los Angeles Price, a school of kindergarten through 12th grade in the sprawling Crenshaw Christian Center, Allen Crabbe is the boy everyone has seen grow up before their eyes.
