The playoffs appear to be a distant reach away from Mary Star High football, but don't think the Stars are ready to fold up their tent so easily.

Hope is always there, and the host Stars gave their home crowd at Daniels…

PLAYA DEL REY - Needing a win to keep their CIF-Southern Section playoff hopes alive, the Mary Star High football team found themselves locked in a tight one early on with host St. Bernard of Playa Del Rey.

And…

WILMINGTON - Just when you thought San Pedro High football looked like they may not respond from adversity stemming from two narrow losses in the Marine League, they come back in a big way.

True, Banning of Wilmington…

It was theirs for the taking... but the finish was missing.

San Pedro High football had a fourth-and-goal situation from the two-yard line, as they were dangerously close to grabbing a lead on their most hated adversary,…

Looking almost lifeless early on in another deciding five-set war with their Harbor Area neighbors, the San Pedro High girls volleyball team was seemingly left for dead, and Banning of Wilmington was just one point away from defeating the Pirates for the first time in their history.…

CARSON - A San Pedro High football team that was eager to start Marine League play off with a bang, instead took a fast blow on the chin from host Carson.

The first quarter was a nightmare, as the Colts bolted to a 21-0…

It was only a matter of when, not if, that someone from the Crosstown League would finally make Port Of Los Angeles High girls volleyball sweat for a victory.

Enter a defiant Rancho Dominguez Prep of Long Beach team that…

LOS ANGELES - History repeated itself on Friday night, but yet another piece of history nearly repeated itself in another direction for San Pedro High football.

Yes, the Pirates were able to defeat host Fairfax of Los…

The Port Of Los Angeles High girls volleyball team is starting to show signs of really making progress after such a rough start.

With their hard-fought 25-14, 22-25, 25-13, 25-23 Crosstown League victory over visiting…

TORRANCE - The Del Rey League opener for Mary Star High football was against their most fiercest rival in host Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, a team the Stars wanted to beat more than anyone else in league competition.

In…

REDONDO BEACH - For the first time all season, the San Pedro High football team faced true adversity heading into an intersectional showdown with host Redondo Union, but in this case, the Pirates were ahead and in total control.…

San Pedro and Mary Star Of The Sea High football have not faced each other since the 1974 and 1975 seasons, in which the Pirates won both meetings.

Saturday's junior college football battle between Long Beach City and El…

WILMINGTON - For some unknown reason, there's a certain feeling whenever San Pedro High girls volleyball visits Harbor Area neighbor Banning of Wilmington.

The feeling of 'five sets'.…

Going up against a team with a no-huddle spread offense is not easy to do, especially if you're team is not as fast as the opposition who loves a fast-paced style.

Mary Star High football found that out the hard way early…

PACIFIC PALISADES - Maybe the Mary Star High football team should have a moniker chant similar to that of UCLA...

"Fight, Fight, Fight."…

It wasn't pretty, but the San Pedro High football team remains undefeated.

The Pirates overcame a sluggish second half and a spirited University of Los Angeles team to win 17-6 in a nonleague game at San Pedro High, but it…

The Mary Star High football team is no longer being looked at as an afterthought based on their amazing turnaround that led to the Stars reaching the CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division playoffs.

One of the many…

When you come into a season young with not much experience, you're not expected to do much.

Apparently not if you're San Pedro High football.…

Going up to San Bernadino for their 2013 opener gave Mary Star High football a chance to show host Aquinas they are not the same team that they destroyed in 2012.

True, not many teams would accept moral victories, but the…

This was not supposed to happen... not like this.

Coming home for the first time after a long trip to Morro Bay seven days ago, the San Pedro High football team appeared primed and ready to deliver an early crushing blow…