Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now ANAHEIM — The college recruiting process already wasn’t one of Tetairoa McMillan’s favorite subjects. The humble Servite wide receiver enjoys talking about his teammates or joking with his friends more than engaging the individual spotlight that recruiting can bring. But when McMillan didn’t…
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As 2021 comes to a close, efforts are underway on multiple fronts to ease the supply chain issues that saw massive ship backups at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. But while the backups aren’t as visible because of a new queuing system, don’t look for a dramatic easing of the supply chain…
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Mater Dei running back Raleek Brown signed his letter of intent with USC on Wednesday. He hopes he started a trend. “I’m trying to get that Mater Dei pipeline back,” Brown said. The Mater Dei-to-USC football connection goes back decades. Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson played football at Mater Dei and at USC in the…
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Williams, who led the Monarchs in receptions (46), receiving yardage (775) and receiving touchdowns (12), plans on signing this week. He said Wednesday his four finalists are (alphabetical order) Notre Dame, Texas, UCLA and USC. Williams will announce the school he signed with on Jan. 8 at the All-American Bowl in San Antonio. Williams is…
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Mater Dei linebacker David Bailey, who led the CIF section and state champion Monarchs in tackles and sacks, signed with Stanford. Bailey (6-5, 225) had scholarship offers from every school that thought it had a chance to sign him. When Stanford offered, Bailey’s mind was settled quickly. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Bailey said Wednesday. “I…
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Chiefs (9-4) at Chargers (8-5) When: 5:20 p.m. Thursday Where: SoFi Stadium TV/Radio: Fox (Ch. 11), NFL Network, Amazon; 98.7 FM; 105.5 FM/94.3 FM (Spanish); Sirius 83 Line: Chiefs by 3 points Notable injury designations: Chargers: RB Austin Ekeler (questionable; ankle), S Derwin James (questionable; hamstring), CB Asante Samuel Jr. (questionable; concussion), S Alohi Gilman…
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Anaheim High School will keep its longstanding nickname, the Colonists, but the mascot will be redesigned to replace the blunderbuss-wielding man in a Pilgrim-style hat that has for years been a symbol of the school. A petition pushed to scrap the name and mascot because some felt it was an outdated and offensive homage to…
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History may be repeating itself as California’s public school enrollment declines, putting the squeeze on the finances of local school systems.The 1970s and 1980s were a tumultuous time for California’s public schools, to wit: —A tidal wave of kids from the post-World War II baby boom pushed school enrollment to well over 4 million, but…
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Perhaps the most important anti-poverty, counter-inflationary provision amidst all the new ideas in the president’s Build Back Better agenda is its reinvestment in an old policy that – plain and simply – works. The extension of an enhanced child tax credit (CTC) through 2022 will help lift millions of American families out of poverty, ease…
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By BRUCE SCHREINER MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — An employee of the Kentucky candle factory where eight workers were killed by a tornado said Tuesday that a supervisor threatened her with written disciplinary action if she went home early because storms were approaching. Haley Conder, who worked at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory on and off…
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