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Rayshon Luke of St. John Bosco Excessive was the quickest freshman within the state in 2019. He didn’t run monitor in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. He’s again with a vengeance for his senior yr.

A standout working again dedicated to Arizona, Luke ran the 100 meters in 10.32 seconds on Saturday on the Mt. SAC Relays to assert second behind junior Nyckoles Harbor II (10.28) of Archbishop Carroll in Washington, D.C. It was a faculty document. The state‘s No. 1 sprinter, Max Thomas of Servite, didn’t get to run within the race due to a false begin.

It’s shaping up as a Trinity League showdown between Luke and Thomas within the coming weeks to determine the quickest in California, together with Gardena Serra’s Rodrick Nice. St. John Bosco set a faculty document within the 400 relay in 40.80. Jaelen Knox of Lengthy Seaside Poly gained the 200 working 20.85. Thomas was second at 20.94.

Within the ladies’ 100, Reign Redmond of Carson gained the 100 in 11.74. Kayland Edwards of Lengthy Seaside Wilson took the ladies’ 300 hurdles in 44.50. Adonijah Currie of Golden Valley gained the invitational 400 in 53.69 and the 200 in 23.65. Christopher Coats of Upland gained the boys’ 400 in 47.42. Marcel Mitchell-Francis of Lengthy Seaside Wilson gained the 800 in 1:52.71.

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Cade Moran of Murrieta Mesa set a Riverside County document within the discus with a mark of 200 ft, 6 inches. Camryn O’Bannon of St. John Bosco gained the lengthy soar at 23-9 1/2.

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Beckman 6, Flintridge Prep 2: Vaughn Stephens had two hits and two RBIs for Beckman.

Quartz Hill 16, Simi Valley 3: Chuck Lang had a triple, double and 5 RBIs for Quartz Hill.

Servite 5, Mater Dei 1: The Friars accomplished a three-game sweep of Mater Dei. Agustin Gutierrez had three hits and two RBIs whereas Trevor Schmidt and Andy Mike restricted Mater Dei to eight hits.

Warren 2, La Serna 0: Freshman Angel Cervantes threw a no-hitter for Warren.

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Ayala 5, Foothill 3: Anthony Dominguez hit a three-run residence run for Ayala.

Arlington 10, Marina 0: Arlington pitchers recorded their fifteenth shutout of the season.

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Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey bring the Jets hope — if Woody Johnson stays out of their way

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Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey bring the Jets hope — if Woody Johnson stays out of their way

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Woody Johnson walked along the front of the New York Jets’ media conference room — bigger than the usual one, to accommodate a bigger crowd — and kept stopping to chat with some in attendance. He approached a group of photographers and asked what they thought about the team hiring Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey. He spotted some former Jets, teammates of Glenn from the ’90s, and shook their hands. When Johnson finished chatting with the media after the news conference, he lingered as Glenn was surrounded by a media horde. He bounced around the room, giddy.

Johnson hasn’t been part of a coach introduction in a while — not since 2015, when Todd Bowles was hired as the new head coach and Mike Maccagnan the GM — so maybe there was some pent up jubilance. He was in the United Kingdom when the Jets landed their last two coaches (Robert Saleh and Adam Gase) and general manager (Joe Douglas). All of them failed. But he’s convinced Glenn, a veteran Jets cornerback when Johnson bought the team in 2000, and Mougey are the tandem to pull his franchise back into the playoffs.

“Did you see the two guys we just introduced? That’s why,” Johnson said. “It starts from that. If you want to have sustained success you have to have the right people.”

Glenn said all the right things. Mougey has the experience, and references, to suggest he can thrive in his first stab as a general manager. They both have a plan to get the Jets back to the postseason, presented individually over multiple three-hour interviews that were part of the Jets’ wide-ranging search process. The team interviewed more than 30 general managers and head coaches, and landed on this duo.

But the only shot the Jets really have at success starts at the top: If Johnson doesn’t learn the right lessons from the failures of the Saleh-Douglas era, then the Jets will maintain their place in the NFL’s dumpster, reserved for teams that find more dysfunction than function.

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“Absolutely. I have to look in the mirror. I have to be a better owner,” Johnson said, the most self-reflective statement he’s ever made as the Jets owner. “I’m trying to be better. And I do self scout, and a lot of people scout for me. … I think I did it today by introducing the two leaders of this team, the second is to — I’ve got to have patience. I’ve got to let them evolve in these positions, which I think they will. I think it’ll be quick, but I think they’ll evolve.”

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Johnson has been prone to overzealous, impatient decision-making in recent years, demanding results while often skipping the process that leads to them. He was prone to micromanagement, pushing the GM to make moves for players who ultimately weren’t great fits, dictating changes to the day-to-day schedule, listening too much to media and social media and even, at times, meddling in lineup decisions, as he did in forcing interim coach Jeff Ulbrich to bench safety Tony Adams in 2024. Johnson’s impatience led to an impromptu firing of Saleh after a 2-3 start, which spectacularly backfired as the Jets lost nine of their final 12 games to finish 5-12 in a season that started, in Johnson’s eyes, with Super Bowl aspirations.

“You don’t believe those reports, do you? There was a lot of exaggeration, hyperbole. There really was,” Johnson said. “And you really have to take all that stuff with a grain of salt, because you don’t know how much — nobody knows how involved I was. Yes, I want Aaron Glenn to coach the team and I want the general manager to manage the assets and players and I’ll take an owner’s position. That’s what I’d like to do.”

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That Johnson is saying these things is certainly a good sign, as was the team’s interview and hiring process, a thorough one guided by former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and former Vikings general manager Rick Spielman, representing The 33rd Team. Johnson, vice chairman Christopher Johnson and team president Hymie Elhai were in on every interview. During those interviews, Johnson addressed his reputation.

“Getting to know Mr. Johnson and Christopher throughout this process, it’s clear that the Jets ownership is fiercely competitive, cares deeply about the players and the fans, and is committed to winning,” Mougey said. “I felt that in the interview process each time we met.”

Clearly, Glenn and Mougey were comfortable with what they were told. Of note, both will report directly to Johnson — a change from when Saleh reported to Douglas, who reported to Johnson.

“We had questions for each other,” Glenn said of Johnson. “I was here when Woody bought the team. My conversations with him back then were really, really positive. Coming back here on my second interview and sitting and talking with him, there’s no better person to work for when they sit there and talk, and strategize about having a winning commitment. He has that. That’s all I need to know. I look forward to it. I trust him with everything I have. I look forward to working with him.”

Maybe Johnson will actually give Mougey and Glenn the freedom to build their roster as they see fit. If he was enacting his will, he might force them to move on from quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the 41-year-old spent the second half of the season taking some subtle (and some not-so-subtle) potshots at the Jets owner. But Johnson, he said, is leaving that up to his coach and general manager.

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“They’ve got to take a look at how the team’s composed and what they think they need and put all that together,” Johnson said. “No, I’m not going to voice my opinion. That’s up to them.”

Again, the words are promising. The Jets have the seventh pick in the draft and, depending on how they handle the Rodgers and Davante Adams contract situations (trade, release or restructure), could have some cap space to work with this offseason. Mougey and Glenn are inheriting a roster with a core of intriguing talent — Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, Quinnen Williams, Sauce Gardner, Quincy Williams, Will McDonald, Jermaine Johnson and an improving offensive line, in particular — with some obvious holes. There is a path to the Jets being competitive right away.

“I’m not going to tell you how many games we’re going to win,” Johnson said. “We’ll put the team together and maybe we’ll be in a better position. But they’re going to put a team together.” In his opening statement for the news conference, Johnson lauded Mougey’s ability to pick players both in college and on the pro personnel side, and was impressed with his emphasis on the importance of the relationship between the GM and the head coach.

At one point, Glenn turned to Mougey and said: “Darren, bro, we are in this thing together … we are going to do some magical things here.”

Even more important: The relationships between the owner and the coach, and the owner and the general manager. Maybe Johnson will stay true to his words and let Mougey and Glenn build out the team this offseason. But what happens if the Jets start slow? What if they lose a few games in a row at a key juncture? What if they miss the playoffs again?

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Only Johnson knows if he will, or can, stay the course.

“Strap on your seatbelts,” he said. “It’s going to be really, really fun going forward. I hope. I expect.”

(Photo: Ed Mulholland / Getty Images)

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UCLA star Maya Brady agrees to join upstart Athletes Unlimited Softball League: report

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UCLA softball shortstop Maya Brady has committed to playing in the new Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), ESPN reported.

Adding a player of Brady’s caliber and star power is expected to provide a boost to the upstart league that will conduct its inaugural draft this week. 

The 23-year-old is the niece of seven-time Super Bowl winner and current FOX Sports lead NFL analyst Tom Brady. 

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Maya Brady of the UCLA Bruins during a game against the Stanford Cardinal at Easton Stadium April 2, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)

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The left-handed UCLA Bruin also plays in the outfield and has received first-team All-American honors twice. Brady was also previously named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and was the Softball America Freshman of the Year in 2020.

UCLA has long boasted one of the top softball programs in the nation, and Brady ranks second on the school’s all-time home run list. 

Former Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng is spearheading AUSL and was named a senior advisor last year. Ng has said the league will be “Major League Baseball for softball.” 

The league will feature four teams playing 30 games in six to eight cities in its first season.

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The Bandits, Blaze, Volts and Talons will be the league’s original four teams.

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Maya Brady of the UCLA Bruins against the Stanford Cardinal in the third inning at Boyd at Jill Smith Family Stadium April 20, 2024, in Stanford, Calif.  (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

“Softball is poised for tremendous growth at the professional level, and the AUSL is meeting the moment by creating the action-packed, world-class softball league that this sport has deserved for so long,” Ng said. 

“The caliber of players vying to be drafted tomorrow — Olympians, Team USA veterans, All-Americans and NCAA champions — further exemplifies that the world’s best players are here together as a unit of founding members who will make the AUSL the next big thing in women’s sports.”

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UCLA’s Maya Brady celebrates after a home run during the third inning of an NCAA softball Women’s College World Series game against Oklahoma June 6, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

Brady hit 71 home runs with 246 RBIs in 249 games at UCLA.

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Last summer, two different four-team softball leagues held games, Women’s Professional Fastpitch and Association of Fastpitch Professionals.

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Harvard-Westlake gets key Mission League win over Sierra Canyon

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Two-time defending state champion Harvard-Westlake is reaching peak form just as the playoffs beckon, and with Tuesday night’s 63-52 Mission League win over Sierra Canyon, the Wolverines (23-1) can look forward to plenty of games in Studio City as the likely No. 1 seed for the league tournament and Southern Section Open Division playoffs.

“Big win,” coach David Rebibo said.

The big development for the Wolverines has been that they’re now eight players deep with unsung players ready to contribute.

Against the Trailblazers (18-4, 4-1), it was Dominique Bentho contributing 11 points and Amir Jones 10 points. It was Isaiah Carroll getting nine rebounds. It was Cole Holden making two threes. Then there were the usual standouts. Nikolas Khamenia, the McDonald’s All-American, had 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Joe Sterling added 12 points.

“That’s the value of team,” Rebibo said. “On any given night, it could be anyone.”

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Bryce James of Sierra Canyon drives against Harvard-Westlake.

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Khamenia keeps finding way to contribute without scoring. He took two charges and twice passed to Carroll for layups in the second half.

“He’s an elite basketball player,” Rebibo said. “He’s the ultimate winner.”

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Sierra Canyon received a strong game from Bryce Cofield, who scored 22 points, and Bryce James added 11 points, but the Trailblazers made only three of 17 from three-point range.

“We prepare for anything,” Jones said. “We felt we were locked in. It’s good to have guys off the bench.”

Harvard-Westlake held a 25-16 halftime lead. Outside of Cofield, Sierra Canyon kept missing shot after shot, and there were few second-chance opportunities because of the Wolverines’ rebounding edge. Cofield had 10 of his team’s 16 points. James contributed a four-point play, one of only three Sierra Canyon players to score in the half. The Trailblazers were one for 10 from three-point range.

Next up are games at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, including Sierra Canyon taking on Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in a game to decide the No. 2 seed for a Mission League tournament that begins Sunday.

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