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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Prep sports roundup: Eddie Gutierrez hits home run to help Hart stay alive in Foothill League title race with a 2-1 baseball victory over West Ranch.
Granada Hills senior Jordan Coleman is part of an explosive 4x100 relay team and is now hitting his stride in the 100 meters.
April 17, 2024
Santa Margarita defeated Servite to stay tied for first place with Orange Lutheran.
April 16, 2024
Josh Springer hits a two-run triple to help lift Corona to a 7-2 win over Corona Centennial in the first league meeting of the season between the two teams.
April 15, 2024
Norco is No. 1 softball team with an 18-3 record in the latest CalHiSports.com rankings of Southland teams for The Times.
April 15, 2024
There’s two weeks left in the regular season, so high school baseball teams need to make final preparations for the playoffs.
April 15, 2024
A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after Week 9 of the 2024 season.
April 7, 2024
Crescenta Valley pitcher Colin Moore has learned how to handle his Type 1 diabetes while developing into an ace on the mound.
April 14, 2024
Seth Hernandez throws a shutout as Corona defeats Orange Lutheran 3-0 to win the 16-team National High School Baseball Invitational.
April 13, 2024
Billy Carlson gives Corona a walk-off victory against Huntington Beach, and Lutheran’s Vinny Hudson gets a walk-off hit to beat Harvard-Westlake.
April 12, 2024