Mater Dei has hired Joel Hartmann away from Servite to become Mater Dei’s Executive Director of Athletics. Hartmann, 61, will oversee Mater Dei’s athletic department, which has been rocked by allegations of violent and sexual misbehavior, and a lawsuit. Hartmann’s appointment is effective July 1. He has been at Servite for 32 years, first as…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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LOS ANGELES — Challenged by injuries and a schedule that will demand they play 31 games in 30 days, the Dodgers’ pitching staff could use a little help from their friends – you know, the ones with MVP trophies on their shelves at home and batting titles on their resumes. They’re getting it now. The…
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Scores from the CIF-SS baseball semifinals on Tuesday, and the pairings for the championship games Friday and Saturday. CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Semifinals, Tuesday Notre Dame/SO 2, Huntington Beach 0 JSerra 4, Villa Park 1 DIVISION 2 Semifinals, Tuesday Torrance 2, Maranatha 1 Etiwanda 5, Palos Verdes 0 (11 innings) DIVISION 3 Semifinals, Tuesday…
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A man and a woman were arrested for their suspected involvement in the 2021 beating death of a homeless man in Anaheim, police announced Tuesday, May 17. On Monday, May 16, Anaheim police arrested Daniel Salazar, 30, in the 100 block of North Lemon Street in Anaheim on suspicion of murder in the killing of…
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Anaheim City Council members, meeting for the first time Tuesday night since news of a federal investigation into Mayor Harry Sidhu broke, used words such as “devastating” and “shocking” to describe the allegations. One councilman called for Sidhu’s resignation and another asked for a series of investigations. “I can’t recall such a dark day as…
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ARLINGTON, Texas — A mix of bad luck and bad pitching cost Ryan Tepera and the Angels. The Angels took a one-run lead into the eighth inning but gave up seven runs in a nightmarish sequence, losing 10-5 to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. “That’s one I’m going to forget,” Tepera said. “It kind…
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Estancia’s Trevor Scott walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Eagles a 1-0 win over Santa Ynez in a CIF Southern Section Division 6 baseball semifinal at Estancia High. The Eagles (27-5) will play Anaheim (21-9-1) in the championship game Friday or Saturday at Cal State Fullerton.…
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SAN BERNARDINO – No seed is no problem for the Fullerton baseball team. Fullerton traveled Tuesday to play top-seeded Aquinas and, despite a failed suicide squeeze attempt, earned a 6-4 victory over the Falcons in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 semifinals. The Falcons were the top seed in the Division 4 playoffs and entered…
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Bam Adebayo chased down and blocked Jaylen Brown as if he again was smothering Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in the 2020 Eastern Conference finals. Max Strus followed with an emphatic transition dunk, because these playoff moments have yet to prove too big for the Miami Heat’s undrafted players. And Jimmy Butler followed with…
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