They were deemed too small. Not just the team, but the entire high school.…

PLAYA DEL REY - Unrelenting all the way to the final buzzer.

Mary Star High girls basketball emphatically finished what they started last season, this time capturing their second straight Santa Fe League championship, defeating host St. Bernard of Playa Del Rey, 63-27 on Friday to seize the crown outright one year after sharing it with two other…

High school sports is coming back.

One year after the world of San Pedro Prep Sports played its last sporting events on March 11, 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic forced the abrupt shutdown of all sports all across the nation days later, youth sports is starting to make a resurgence with the new Los Angeles County Public Health guidelines in place.…

The San Pedro Prep Sports world all shut down, along with the rest of high school sports in California, with the sudden arrival and rising cases of the coronavirus pandemic on March 14, 2020, yet there were still some amazing memories that were gained, even after the fact with several signing day ceremonies.

Here are the top five stories of an…

Even in these perilous pandemic times... several San Pedro Prep Sports student athletes still managed to keep their dreams alive with a series of signing days during the Holiday season.

It culminated on Wednesday, December 16 with four San Pedro High standouts, two each from both football and girls soccer, celebrating their achievements with a virtual…

Announced on July 20, the California Interscholastic Federation has postponed all sports in the Fall semester, making the high school sports season to start as early as December 2020.

The three traditional seasons - Fall, Winter and Spring - are now tentatively scheduled to be condensed together between December and June into two seasons, Fall…

San Pedro News Pilot 2019-2020 Prep Sports Players Of The Year

Football: Joshua Ward (San Pedro).

Girls Volleyball: Sammie Sabra & Serena Ramirez (Mary Star)

Boys Basketball: Ian Hietala (San Pedro).

Girls Basketball: Isabella Serrano & Sarah Leyba (Mary Star).

Boys Soccer: Billy Lopez (San…

As we continue this special San Pedro News Pilot Class Of 2020 Spotlight feature series on student athletes at the San Pedro-based high schools whose senior years were cut short due to the coronavirus, here is our feature on Mary Star Of The Sea High School softball pitcher Alessandra Samperio.

The prep career of Samperio began on February 28, 2017…

As we continue this special San Pedro News Pilot Class Of 2020 spotlight feature series on student athletes at the San Pedro-based high schools whose senior years were cut short due to the coronavirus, here is our feature on Mary Star Of The Sea High baseball utility player Marco Ibarra.

A two-sport athlete who's father Rick is a…

In three and a half years due to the coronavirus cutting her senior season short, Mary Star High softball shortstop Ashley Rico put together a solid prep career for herself, with her biggest achievement coming on November 12, 2019 when she signed her national letter of intent to play Division 1 softball at San Jose State University.

In this first…

Just like every other Spring sport in high school, the 2020 San Pedro Prep Softball season was short circuited by the coronavirus pandemic, which wiped out tremendous aspirations for the teams of San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea High Schools, all of which had at least one college bound player on their roster.

It also…

It was a short, but still productive 2020 San Pedro Prep Baseball season, as the coronavirus outbreak put a premature close to the seasons of San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea High Schools. However, one player stood out from the pack more than anyone.

San Pedro High baseball senior pitcher Travis Connelly got off to a dominant…

Wednesday, March 11, 2020. A day all San Pedro Prep Sports Spring Semester teams will remember for a long time.

On this day, San Pedro High baseball would ride a solid performance on the mound from senior pitcher Travis Connelly, and two huge home runs, first by senior infielder Joshua Duarte on the first pitch of the game, and a two-run homer…

Right back at you for the first time since 2018, is the 2020 All-San Pedro News Pilot Prep Girls Soccer Team.

One year removed from San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary Star Of The Sea High Schools all capturing league championships together for the third time in four years, only…

After a one-year absence, the All-San Pedro News Pilot Prep Boys Soccer Team is back, with a vengeance.

Two years ago, San Pedro High boys soccer won the CIF-Los Angeles City Section Division 4 championship via a shootout with University of Los Angeles. The young man who made the…

The 2019-2020 San Pedro Prep Girls Basketball season was just like the prior two, 'Star Struck'.

Even though the Mary Star High girls basketball team wasn't able to put together a long CIF-Southern Section playoff run like they were able to in 2018 and 2019, they did produce something they hadn't done those two years, or the other 34 years before…

The 2019-2020 season didn't get to fully finish in high school basketball all all CIF State championships planned for last Saturday at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento was abruptly cancelled due to the growing concerns of the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. However, the San Pedro Prep Boys Basketball seasons ended for San Pedro, Mary Star Of The Sea…

Springtime is in the air. Time once again to get your lineup cards.

San Pedro Prep Baseball & Softball for 2020 will be at a fever pitch with tons of potential all around San Pedro, California, with none greater potential more than that of San Pedro High baseball. With all but three players back from last year and the addition of an impact…

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 will forever be the day that the Mary Star High girls basketball ended a near four-decade long wait of becoming a league champion.

Seven years ago, the Stars went 1-16 in the 2012-2013 before Victor Tuberosi took over the coaching job, completely changing the culture from a place every opposing school saw as an easy win, to a…

Times have definitely changed past seven years for the Mary Star High girls basketball team.

In the 2012-2013 season, the Stars only won once in their 16 games, but ever since coach Victor Tuberosi took over the program the next year, opposing schools are way past looking on their schedules pointing to where Mary Star is on it and circle that day as a…