Louis Lappe, who vaulted into the national spotlight with his walk-off home run for El Segundo during the 2023 Little League World Series, has made his high school choice. He’s headed to Harvard-Westlake, where he’ll be part of the class of 2029. “It’s official,” said Lappe’s father, Ted. “We can’t wait.” He’ll enter his freshman
There is little doubt who’s the most improved player on Crespi’s unbeaten baseball team. Senior Jackson Eisenhauer has become the ace of the staff, and his latest standout performance came in Monday’s 4-0 win over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame to begin Mission League play. He struck out five, walked none and gave up three hits.
How fun has it been for a father to be introducing his son as the public-address announcer and the son to hear his father’s voice after making a basket? “Special,” is the word used by Harvard-Westlake’s Isaiah Carroll, who gave his father, Jon, a warm embrace on Wednesday night at the conclusion of his final
The game that was expected to happen a week ago will finally take place Saturday night when two-time defending state champion Harvard-Westlake travels to play Southern Section Open Division champion Eastvale Roosevelt. “It’s going to be fun,” Harvard-Westlake guard Joe Sterling said. Harvard-Westlake (31-2), upset by Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the Southern Section playoffs,
When Jake Chung comes in from the Harvard-Westlake bullpen ready to unleash his 80 mph, scouts put away their radar guns. He’s like a softball pitcher with a rubber arm capable of pitching every game. He pinpoints his pitches with so much accuracy around the plate that batters are left feeling awkward. Last season as
Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs. It was a deserving victory cry for the fifth-seeded Knights (26-6), who
Facing a triangle-and-two defense from JSerra designed to deny its top players the ball, Harvard-Westlake had others step forward to contribute and came away with a 61-48 win over the Lions to improve to 29-1 and 2-0 in its Southern Section Open Division pool. No. 2 Eastvale Roosevelt went on a 21-0 run to overwhelm
Harvard-Westlake (27-1), the two-time defending state champion, received the No. 1 seed for the Southern Section Open Division boys’ basketball playoffs Saturday. Ten teams were selected, with the tournament broken down into two five-team pools. It’s the first time computer rankings were used to place teams in divisions. In previous years, teams knew their divisions
Two-time defending state champion Harvard-Westlake is reaching peak form just as the playoffs beckon, and with Tuesday night’s 63-52 Mission League win over Sierra Canyon, the Wolverines (23-1) can look forward to plenty of games in Studio City as the likely No. 1 seed for the league tournament and Southern Section Open Division playoffs. “Big
There were free lattes, cappuccinos and matcha drinks for parents. There was a truck filled with eye testing devices to help kids with vision issues or missing glasses. There were free gloves, T-shirts and other attire to hand out to kids. There was a food truck offering free burgers and french fries. There were autograph