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Carrington Davis has Rialto High on pace for another section title
Basketball is a sport full of momentum swings. How a player deals with adversity, whether in the form of a missed layup or a questionable foul, often determines how successful they are on the court. The same principle can be applied to life.
Take Rialto High junior Carrington Davis, for example. The 5-foot-10 junior guard and team captain has been dealing with the ultimate distraction yet continues to perform at a high level game in and game out, a testament to her inner strength and a strong support system.
Davis has been living out of a suitcase since her family was displaced after an electrical fire damaged their home the week before Christmas. Her 5-year-old brother was napping and her mother was in the shower when the fire started in the garage. Neither was harmed and the fire department was able to put out the blaze, but not before it destroyed most of what was in the garage, including some hidden Christmas gifts. Smoke overwhelmed the rest of the home, which has since been gutted down to the studs in several rooms. The insurance company estimated it will be roughly six months before the family is able to return home.
“I was at school at the time, around 3 p.m., and there was a game that night,” Davis recalled. “My brother was going to text me but my mom told him not to. So I played without knowing what happened and we won. On the way home, my dad told me the whole story. We got there and the entire place smelled really bad. I’m just happy no one was hurt.”
Davis and her family have been staying at her aunt’s house about 30 minutes from campus. Despite the unexpected upheaval, she is averaging 28.6 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 4.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game while making 49% of her shots from the field. Davis has been on a tear lately and the hardwood has become a sanctuary, a place she does not have time to dwell on her unfortunate situation.
“What happened hasn’t changed anything — she’s been scoring like this all season,” Knights head coach Robert Goodloe said. “I put a lot of trust in her. She’s been trained mentally and physically to face any challenge that comes her way. Her work ethic has set such a positive example and I can depend on her in any moment.”
Rialto High’s Carrington Davis is shooting 49% from the field this season.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
An honor-roll student, Davis aspires to play in college and is well on her way to getting a full-ride scholarship. On Jan. 13, she recorded 28 points, 18 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 53-42 victory over host King/Drew in the Drew League’s No Excuse Just Produce Classic. Afterward, she was selected player of the game and her Cal Sparks coaches told her they want her to play on the 17U Gold team this summer alongside Aliyahna Morris and Grace Knox of reigning CIF Open Division champion Etiwanda.
“I want to be a Division 1 student athlete,” she said.
Davis netted a career-high 47 points against Summit on Jan. 9 and scored 39 more against Kaiser two days later. The Knights (21-3) are ranked No. 13 in the Southern Section Division 2AA poll and since Davis became the starting point guard as a 14-year-old freshman Rialto has lost a total of 10 games. As a sophomore last winter she averaged 24 points and led the Knights to the Division 4AA championship, earning player of the year in the process.
She gets all of the encouragement and support she needs from her biggest fans — her family, who never miss a game. That includes her grandparents, aunts and uncles, her two brothers, her mom, Angela Parks (who played multiple sports in high school and was a left fielder on the softball team at North Carolina A&T) and dad, Tyrell Parks, an assistant coach at Rialto who played for Goodloe at Carl Johnson Community Center as a youth.
“It takes a village — I do more strength and conditioning,” said Tyrell, who set up his own sibling group chat and keeps in touch daily. “At practice I treat everyone the same.”
“There’s an understanding,” Angela added. “Car rides home are all about the game, but as soon as you walk through the door, basketball is off limits.”
Davis inspires not only her teammates, but her 11-year old brother Carson, who recently made his middle school basketball team. Though she was not present when the fire occurred, the trauma it caused her loved ones has taught her to appreciate what she has. Her mom will never forget hearing the smoke alarm go off, grabbing her son, moving the car out to the street and calling 911.
“It was scary but I feel grateful … it could’ve been worse,” Angela said. “Everything in the garage was unsalvageable, whatever was left got thrown away. I grew up in that house and it’s like starting over. The insulation in the walls, the beds, the carpet, it all has to be replaced. We’re hoping to be back in mid-July.”
Rialto High junior guard Carrington Davis poses for a photo with her father, Tyrell Parks, who is an assistant coach for the Knights.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
Davis has adapted as well as any teenager can and while NCAA basketball is in her future, her immediate goal is to power the Knights to another section crown.
“We’re in a higher division so I’m sure the playoffs will be tougher, but we face the same teams in league and our tournaments prepared us,” Davis said. “I’m looking forward to it.”
Having already clinched their second straight Sunkist League title, the Knights can wrap up another perfect league record with a victory Tuesday at crosstown rival Eisenhower, her parents’ alma mater. Davis had 37 points in the teams’ first league matchup, a 71-37 Rialto win.
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Spurs snap Thunder’s playoff win streak behind Victory Wembanyama’s incredible Game 1 performance
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The Oklahoma City Thunder came into Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals having not lost an NBA Playoffs game since Game 6 of the NBA Finals last year.
But they hadn’t faced Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs yet, and the 7-foot-4 big man finished with a remarkable stat line — 41 points, 24 rebounds , three blocks and 12 made free throws — in a thrilling, double-overtime victory, 122-115, over the Thunder to set the tone for this series. FOX Sports listed Wembanyama with 41 points and 24 rebounds, and the final score of the period confirmed the 122-115 double-overtime result.
Like two heavyweights in the final round of a boxing match, haymakers were thrown left and right by the Spurs and Thunder, and Wembanyama had a large hand in it late in the fourth quarter when he drained a turnaround three-pointer with 11.5 seconds left on the clock to give San Antonio a 101-99 lead.
Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs reacts during the second quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game One of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on May 18, 2026. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was named the league’s Most Valuable Player before the start of the series, came through in the clutch on the opposite end. With 3.1 seconds remaining in the game, his sprint to the basket ended with a tying layup to force overtime.
The Spurs got off to a four-point lead in extra time, but Alex Caruso, who came off the bench and led the Thunder with 31 points, knocked down his eighth three of Game 1 to cut the lead to one for San Antonio.
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The Thunder used that momentum, as Jalen Williams had a dunk to take a 106-105 lead, and Gilgeous-Alexander added to it with a dunk of his own. “Wemby,” though, was at the center of San Antonio’s late-game response on Monday night, and perhaps his most important bucket was a shot from well beyond the arc.
Wembanyama took the ball from Stephon Castle and added to the guard’s assist total with a 27-foot three near the Oklahoma City logo to tie the game at 108 apiece with 27 seconds left. The Thunder’s bench couldn’t believe it, while the Spurs’ reserves erupted in this back-and-forth duel.
Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second quarter of Game One in the NBA Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on May 18, 2026. (Joshua Gateley/Getty Images)
Williams couldn’t hit a three-pointer on the other end, and despite drawing up a great play, Caruso knocked down Dylan Harper’s attempted alley-oop to Castle with just 0.7 seconds remaining in overtime to keep the score where it was.
Needing one more extra period, Wembanyama took the game into his hands. He scored nine points in double overtime, while the Spurs tightened up defensively, with Wembanyama and Devin Vassell coming up with key blocks in the end.
Castle finished with 11 assists to lead the Spurs in that category, while rookie guard Dylan Harper made vital contributions with 24 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and a game-high seven steals in the win. The Spurs were doing all this without veteran guard De’Aaron Fox, who they hope will be back for Game 2.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives to the basket against Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs during the first quarter of Game One in the NBA Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on May 18, 2026. (Joshua Gateley/Getty Images)
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Williams had 26 points for Oklahoma City, while Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 24 points on 7-of-23 shooting with 12 assists and five steals.
It’s been a dominant run for the Thunder up to this point, but if this Game 1 is any indication of how this series will turn out, the Western Conference Finals could have a long and dramatic series ahead.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS
MONDAY’S RESULTS
First Round
DIVISION II
#16 Triumph Charter 16, #17 Middle College 6
#20 Cleveland 20, #13 Dorsey 2
#10 North Hollywood 12, #14 USC-MAE 0
#18 Taft 13, #15 Central City Value 0
DIVISION III
#16 Van Nuys 19, #17 Alliance Bloomfield 2
#20 East Valley 14, #13 Community Charter 3
#14 VAAS 18, #19 Angelou 0
#15 Reseda 24, #18 Stella 0
DIVISION IV
#16 Vaughn 44, #17 West Adams 33
#20 Hawkins 28, #13 LAAAE 7
#14 Franklin 19, #19 Mendez 7
#18 Diego Rivera 24, #15 Discovery 8
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3 p.m. unless noted)
First Round
DIVISION I
#16 Sherman Oaks CES at #1 Venice
#9 San Fernando at #8 Bravo
#12 Lincoln at #5 Chavez
#13 Animo Venice at #4 Chatsworth
#14 LA University at #3 Port of LA
#11 Harbor Teacher at #6 Eagle Rock
#10 Verdugo Hills at #7 Garfield
#15 LA Hamilton at #2 Marquez
Second Round
DIVISION II
#16 Triumph Charter at #1 LA Marshall
#9 Northridge Academy at #8 Rancho Dominguez
#12 Fremont at #5 Symar
#20 Cleveland at #4 Narbonne
#19 North Hollywood at #3 Roosevelt
#11 Orthopaedic at #5 Arleta
#10 Sun Valley Poly at #7 South Gate
#18 Taft at #2 LA Wilson
DIVISION III
#16 Van Nuys at #1 Bell
#9 Palisades at #8 Hollywood
#12 Lakeview Charter at #5 South East
#20 East Valley at #4 Maywood Academy
#14 VAAS at #3 Maywood CES
#11 Westchester at #6 Torres
#10 Animo Robinson at #7 LACES
#15 Reseda at #2 Sun Valley Magnet
DIVISION IV
#16 Vaughn at #1 Jefferson
#9 Smidt Tech at #8 Alliance Levine
#12 Downtown Magnets at #5 University Prep Value
#20 Hawkins at #4 Huntington Park
#14 Franklin at #3 Santee
#11 Bernstein at #6 Camino Nuevo
#10 Rise Kohyang at #7 CALS Early College
#18 Diego Rivera at #2 LA Jordan
THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3 p.m. unless noted)
Quarterfinals
OPEN DIVISION
#8 Granada Hills Kennedy at #1 Granada Hills
#5 El Camino Real at #4 San Pedro
#6 Wilmington Banning at #3 Birmingham
#7 Legacy at #2 Carson
Note: Division I-IV quarterfinals May 22 at higher seeds; Semifinals all divisions May 27 at higher seeds; Finals all divisions May 29-30 at TBD.
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Russell Wilson has had his share of ups and downs in his NFL career.
He helped the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship in 2013 and was named to the Pro Bowl four times. But the last few years of his career arguably did some damage to his legacy as he’s spent the last three seasons with three different teams.
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New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson watches from the sidelines during the second quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Oct. 9, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
Wilson is still on the free-agent market as he looks to latch on to a new team for 2026. However, former NFL star Aqib Talib implored Wilson to hang up the cleats.
“Do your TV thing, Russ. It’s over with, man. Once you’ve got to decide, do I even want to play?” Talib said on “The Arena: Gridiron.” “I think you don’t really want to play. I hate when guys get to the later part of their career and then they start doing the bounce-around thing and they’re not going to win. There was no chip in New York. That’s just going to be another stop on your resume.”
Wilson reportedly garnered some interest from NFL teams.
New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson stands on the field before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA on Oct. 26, 2025. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
He told the New York Post that the New York Jets were one of them.
Wilson also was reportedly a candidate to take Matt Ryan’s spot on CBS’ “The NFL Today” after Ryan left to take a front office job with the Atlanta Falcons.
Wilson has 46,966 passing yards and 353 passing touchdowns in 205 career games, but the 2025 season with the New York Giants was one to forget.
Wilson started three games and made some bizarre decisions in a loss against the Chiefs. Jaxson Dart was named the starting quarterback. As he came in to take a few snaps while Dart was being checked for a concussion, Wilson was booed.
New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson watches from the sidelines during the second half against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo., on Oct. 19, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)
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Should he end up signing with another team, Wilson will be entering his age-38 season.
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