Yet another award of prominence for San Pedro High football senior RB/LB Chris Alvidrez.

By virtue of his all-around play and leadership on both sides of the gridiron, Alvidrez was named the 2014 Marine League Tri-Player Of…

Not only is basketball beginning, another big sport around town in the Winter Sports scene is soccer, and there's plenty of talent to behold at San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star for their boys and girls programs.…

The 2014 season for San Pedro and Mary Star High football had several players show out and make their presence known despite the fact their seasons both went opposite directions.

San Pedro junior quarterback Jacob Miller…

It's that time of year again... as the high school basketball scene is already underway. Plenty of potential to be shown out of the San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea High boys and girls programs as they are in full swing for the 2014-2015 season.…

It's no secret that San Pedro High football loves to pound teams to death with an established ground game.

In over 100 years of football the Pirates have produced several great ones like Jim Decker, Ron Barber Sr., Jeff…

WILMINGTON - It was a happy Homecoming no doubt for Port Of Los Angeles…

My Rooney thoughts for December 7, 2014

Today was the day that exactly seventy-three years ago a great president said, “It was a day that will live in infamy.”   Today is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the day that the Land of The Rising Sun inadvertently awoke a Sleeping Tiger.  The Japanese viewed the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a necessary pre-empty strike necessary to ensure a victory for their country.  The return on their investment was as contradictory as their country’s…

REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!!!…

Normally the San Pedro and Port Of Los Angeles High girls soccer teams are looking to better themselves early in the season by taking on challenging teams.

Here in only their respective second games of the 2014-2015 season,…

My Rooney thoughts for November 30, 2014

The lessons of Ferguson are many, both for white folks and black folks.  Actually, there are many lessons for all Americans if they just will listen and understand.  For me, the most apparent lesson is there is still a divided American, black people who are oppressed (or perceive being oppressed) and white people who don’t understand that they are the oppressors. 

One of the white behaviors that contributes to black people feeling…

Nothing was easy to predict for the 2014 San Pedro Prep Girls Volleyball scene as San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and…

For the second time in four years, the San Pedro High football team isn't able to avoid the rematch jinx.

Junior quarterback Jacob Miller's desperation pass in the end zone as time expired was batted down by Carson junior…

DOWNEY - It's only the first game of the 2014-2015 season for Mary Star High girls basketball, but sophomore guard Angela Pisano would turn this game at Downey Calvary Chapel into something special.…

Once Mary Star High boys basketball senior forward Neil Green started off hot, everything else fell into place for rest of the youthful Stars.

In the 2014-2015 season opening crosstown showdown with visiting Port Of Los…

My Rooney thoughts for November 23, 2014

What a week this has been for America.  Of course, there is the weather in which Buffalo took a beating.  Ferguson, Missouri is braced for an announcement by a grand jury, but the biggest news is the President finally took action on immigration.  Frankly, I think he waited too long but then he had good reason to wait.

How many times did he ask congress to move on immigration?  How much pleading did he do to get that body to govern, to…

Consider this latest test for San Pedro High football passed... even without a need to complete a single pass.

It was a 'flashback Friday' type of night for top-seeded San Pedro, as they used several different runners in…

On Saturday, 9 am at Pierce College of Woodland Hills, the San Pedro High girls cross-country team will be looking to clinch their 'Perfect 10' moment, a tenth CIF-Los Angeles City Section championship in the City finals race. …

My Rooney thoughts for November 16, 2014

Just got done reading Ester Cepeda’s (Washington Post columnist) article proclaiming teachers need to be better educated.  Better educated?  What teachers might she talking about?  Teaching is a profession and just like all professions, you have those individuals who take their training serious and those that don’t have a clue.  When I was in college there were students who were serious minded students to the point of making one nauseated. …

Mary Star High football may have had its fair share of growing pains for the 2014 season, but the Stars had so many positives to build on from a 2-8 campaign.

The Stars graduate only six from this year's team, so that means…

Port Of Los Angeles High softball continues their good fortunes of breeding players bound for college with yet another verbal commit for the upcoming 2015 season.

Following on the heels of senior pitcher Nicolle Miranda…