REDONDO BEACH - Mary Star High will always have that stigma about them in sports because of the 'small school' syndrome that they can't compete with schools with larger enrollments. No matter how hard the Stars try, even when they do come out on top, that stigma seemingly will never go away.

So whenever the Stars do come away victorious against the…

MONTCLAIR - It was a historic time for Mary Star Of The Sea High School sports, not to mention for host Montclair High as well considering it was the first-ever CIF State Southern California Regional playoff game for both girls basketball teams.

However, it was the visiting Stars who came on out with even more history by grabbing a hard-fought 34-31…

No one in anyone's wildest dreams six years ago that after 30 regular season games, the Mary Star High girls basketball team would accomplish something as a postseason run extended beyond the CIF-Southern Section.

When coach Victor Tuberosi took over the job at the start of the 2013-2014 season, the Stars eventually lost every single league game and…

Springtime is in the air, and America's favorite pastime is beginning to blossom.

San Pedro, Mary Star and Port Of Los Angeles High baseball are all looking to make 2019 their year.

In the past, San Pedro won the CIF-Los Angeles City Section championship in 1992, and it remains to this day, the only non-San Fernando…

Wednesday night would be a great night for both the Mary Star High boys basketball team, and one of their leaders, senior guard Joseph Octave.

In a Santa Fe League showdown for first place against fellow defending co-league champion Salesian of Los Angeles, the Stars would step up to the challenge from the Mustangs, and the Air Force-bound Octave would…

In 2017, the San Pedro Prep Sports world saw two teams win a CIF championship. The year 2018 would double that total with four CIF champions, one of which being a historic first, with two more to close the year coming in 21 days during the month of November. 

There would also be ten on-campus signing day ceremonies combined with a couple more on the…

Saturday, November 24, 2018 capped off what was a comeback year for all of San Pedro Prep Football.

The San Pedro High football team had a turbulent regular season, but the end made it all worth it when they held off Dorsey of Los Angeles, 22-20 at El Camino College for their sixth CIF-Los Angeles City Section (Division 1) championship, which is their…

Despite the fact this was one of the rarest of games on Friday, even for one city, the Mary Star High boys basketball team had bigger aspirations in mind.

One of their goals during the 2018-2019 season was to win a tournament to build momentum for upcoming Santa Fe League competition. It didn't matter to the Stars where, and it also didn't matter who…

The 2018 San Pedro Prep Girls Volleyball season was glorious... especially for San Pedro High.

Starting off the season with 18 wins in their first 20 matches, the Pirates didn't accomplish one of their main goals in trying to dethrone Carson, the undisputed nine-time queens of the Marine League. However, their most ultimate goal was accomplished on…

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 2018-2019 season.

Who will make the biggest shot of them…

The first San Pedro Prep Sports signing day ceremony for the 2018-2019 school year almost comes as no surprise.

It is also the first basketball-oriented on-campus signing day in five years, and also just the third on-campus signing day ceremony on the Taper Avenue campus of Mary Star Of The Sea High School.

Boys basketball senior 6'4'' guard…

Although Mary Star Of The Sea High School is still pursuing its first-ever CIF-Southern Section sports team championship in its 64-year history, they were given the next best thing by the section last week.

Mary Star was one of four schools, and the only South Bay school, that was honored by the CIF-SS with a Jim Staunton Champions For Character award for the 2018 year…

TORRANCE - The first half looked like host South High of Torrance was closing in on their first victory of the 2018 season and even the public address announcer had a freudian slip saying 'at halftime, the final score is...' when the Spartans held a 13-3 lead over visiting Mary Star.

The Stars, however, had other plans in mind for the final outcome.

Even losing…

It was closer than Mary Star High football would have liked, but they'll gladly take the final result.

By virtue of their tense 31-25 victory over visiting Fairmont Prep of Anaheim, the Stars improve to 2-0 in the still fresh and young 2018 season, a very good starting point for a team itching to get…

The 2017 San Pedro Prep Girls Volleyball season was paced by San Pedro High making the inaugural CIF-Los Angeles City Section Open Division playoffs, which automatically qualified them for the CIF State Southern California Regional playoffs.

Mary Star Of The Sea was the only one of the…

It is now the fourth year of the era of head coach Jason Gelber at Mary Star Of The Sea High School, and the football team has had enough of the bad luck and circumstances that have haunted them the last couple of years.

The 2016 and 2017 seasons both ended with the Stars finishing 6-4 in the regular…

In early July 2013 I took on the role of a sports columnist for San Pedro Today magazine, and since then, I have seen a rise of spectacular student athletes and special teams that have made my hometown a beautiful place to live. Some teams stood out more than others, even if they brought home a CIF championship or not.

San Pedro, Port Of Los Angeles and Mary…

Elizabeth Sambrano.

Sarah Gascon.

The Vitalich sisters.

And now Alessandra Samperio.

The Mary Star High softball pitching sensation, All-CIF Southern Section Division 6 selection, 2018 Camino Real League Pitcher Of The Year and 2018 San Pedro News Pilot Prep Softball Co-Player Of The Year,…

Thanks to a long run which ended on June 1 in a CIF-Southern Section Division 6 final, the two most critical players of Mary Star High softball making that incredible run got rewarded with a rare postseason honor.

Sophomore pitcher Alessandra Samperio, the 2018 San Pedro News Pilot Prep Softball Co-Player Of The Year, and sophomore shortstop Ashley Rico, a San Jose…

It's that time of year again...

The 2018 Prep Football season is rapidly approaching, and the schedules are now officially in for the San Pedro & Mary Star Of The Sea High School football teams, as both look to improve off their 2017 campaigns

San Pedro stumbled in…