(From LATimes.com article) Coaching stipends are being slashed. Vice principals are being forced to double as athletic directors. Trainers’ salaries are being eliminated.
And that’s just in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District.
The sagging economy is pummeling high school athletic departments throughout Southern California, with nearly every school being hit in some way.
“It’s a bad deal [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘CIF Southern Section’
August 7, 2009
Southern Californa High School Lacrosse: CIF Southern Section High School Sports Budgets Cut As Tax Revenues To Districts And Schools Fall
July 4, 2009
Southern California High School Lacrosse: Conejo Valley Unified School District Approves CIF Lacrosse Status For Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, And Westlake High School Lacrosse Teams
After nearly a year of convincing the district that their sport deserves CIF status, area lacrosse clubs are celebrating the Conejo Valley Unified School District school board’s decision to approve teams at Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks and Westlake high schools for the 2010 season.
Many cheered when the unanimous decision was read at last week’s CVUSD [...]
June 17, 2009
Southern California High School Lacrosse: Conejo Valley Unified School District Approved CIF-Southern Section Status For Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park And Westlake High School Boys Lacrosse Programs
The Conejo Valley Unified School District Board unanimously approved the formation of boys’ varsity lacrosse teams and California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section status for Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Westlake High schools.
Girls also would be allowed to try out and compete with the teams.
Thousand Oaks High Athletic Director Jason Klinger and Westlake High Athletic Director [...]
May 21, 2009
Los Angeles County High School Lacrosse: Agoura High School Lacrosse To Become CIF-Sanctioned
Parent directed “club” lacrosse teams will be transformed into an official California Interscholastic Federation sport at Agoura High next year.
Junior varsity and varsity teams were approved by the Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education on May 12.
The threeyear pilot program will start next spring, and will be funded by the parents who launched [...]
May 20, 2009
Los Angeles County High School Boys Lacrosse: 2009 Mission League All-Team Lacrosse Awards
Mission League Lacrosse
All-Team Awards 2009
MVP: Nick McCormack, Senior, Midfield, Loyola
1st team
Attack
Greg Myerson, Senior, Harvard-Westlake
Max Lightbourne, Junior, Loyola
Zach Rodriguez, Senior, Loyola
Midfield
Andy Kurstin, Senior, Loyola
Ben Mahony, Junior, Chaminade
Conor O’Toole, Junior, Harvard-Westlake
Longstick Midfield
JD Johnson, Senior, Loyola
Defense
Sean Crane, Senior, Loyola
Dustin Doty, Senior, Crespi
Craig Seidenglanz, Junior, Chaminade
Goalie
Barrett Meister, Junior, Harvard-Westlake
2nd team
Attack
Joey Jacobellis, Junior, Chaminade
PJ Willets, Senior, Loyola
Cory Wizenberg, Sophomore, [...]
May 17, 2009
Southern California High School Boys Lacrosse: Foothill Knights Defeat Loyola-Los Angeles 10-7 To Win Third Straight CIF-Southern Section Lacrosse Championship
After falling behind, 2-0, in the first four minutes, the Knights regrouped and went on to defeat Loyola of Los Angeles, 10-7, to win their third consecutive Southern California title in front of 1,431 fans.
“It was a good night,” Foothill coach Jon Fox said. “It’s amazing, we’re just peaking at the right time.”
Foothill had to [...]
May 17, 2009
Southern California High School Girls Lacrosse: Los Alamitos Girls Lacrosse Defeats Cate School 17-11 To Win CIF-Southern Section Lacrosse Championship
(From OCVarsity.com article) The Los Alamitos Girls Lacrosse team jumped out to a big lead late in the first half, then rolled to a 17-11 victory over Cate of Carpinteria in the U.S. Lacrosse-Southern Section championship at Mira Costa High.
It is the first Southern California title for the Griffins, who on Tuesday won their first county [...]
May 13, 2009
Los Angeles County High School Boys Lacrosse Championship: Loyola-Los Angeles Boys Lacrosse Defeats Mira Costa 8-7 Sudden-Death Overtime To Advance To CIF-Southern Section Championship Game Against Foothill Knights
(From DailyBreeze.com article) What appeared to be shaping up as the upset of the season ended up being simply upsetting for the Mira Costa boys lacrosse team.
The Mustangs squandered a five-goal lead against top-ranked and undefeated Loyola, which went on to defeat Mira Costa, 8-7, in the second period of sudden-death overtime in Tuesday night’s [...]
May 13, 2009
Orange County High School Girls Championship Game: Los Alamitos Girls Lacrosse Defeats Foothill Knights 15-10 To Remain Undefeated
(From OCVarsity.com article) Los Alamitos’ girls lacrosse team wasn’t going to be denied this time. The Griffins, who had lost in the county finals the past two years, topped Foothill, 15-10, in the U.S. Lacrosse-Southern Section Orange County title match Tuesday night at Irvine High.
Top-seeded Los Alamitos (18-0) advances into the Southern California championship match on Friday. [...]
May 12, 2009
Orange County High School Lacrosse Championship Game: #1 Corona del Mar Boys Lacrosse To Face #2 Foothill Knights Tonight At 8 PM
In the boys’ Orange County championship game, top-seeded Corona del Mar (19-1) will play second-seeded Foothill (17-5), the two-time defending champion, at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Irvine High.
The winner will play the winner of the Los Angeles County boys’ title game between Loyola (15-0) and Mira Costa (13-4) at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mira Costa.
The [...]
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