The El Camino Real girls' soccer team was honored on Friday at a pep rally as the No. 1 team in the nation by MaxPreps.com. It ranks more than 10,000 girls' soccer teams.
El Camino Real won the City Section Division I championship and won the Southern California Division I girls' title.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Photo: The El Camino Real girls' soccer team.
San Fernando High's wrestling team is raising funds so it can send state champion Jonny Parada and state placed Sergio Mendez to a national wrestling championship.
Donations can be made out to Crossroads at P.O. Box 331372, Pacoima, CA 91333.
-- Eric Sondheimer
The Van Nuys High boys' volleyball team just returned from a trip to Hawaii to play in the prestigious Iolani tournament that included nationally ranked Punohou.
Coach David Chae couldn't have been more proud after his team received the "Coach Eddie Hamada" award that stands for "discipline, teamwork and humility."
In an email, Chae wrote, "People do not hear about how life changing a trip can be. If you interview any of my guys, they will tell you that this was certainly a life-changing, eye-opening experience. People must wonder how a school from LAUSD could receive such an award. In the midst of much negativity in the district, there are some bright spots that should receive recognition.'
-- Eric Sondheimer
John Aguirre, who will become City Section commissioner on July 1, and All-City guard Kris Yanku of Woodland Hills Taft are the featured guests on SoCal Prep Report airing on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on LA36.
The show also is broadcast on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on LA36 and Friday at 6:30 p.m. on KLCS.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Steve Yarnall, who was named football coach in January at Cesar Chavez in San Fernando, has been named football coach at Santa Paula, according to the Ventura Star.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Mission Hills Alemany has reached agreement to play defending City Section Division I champion Harbor City Narbonne at home in week two of the football season this fall. It's a two-year contract. Alemany will travel to Narbonne in 2014.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Milt Nemiroff, a member of the faculty at Van Nuys Grant when it opened in 1958 and the school's tennis coach for 33 years, died on Friday of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 78.
His teams won 21 league tennis championships and a city championship in 1974. Grant's tennis area was named the Nemiroff Tennis Center when he stepped down in 1995.
He also coached football, cross country and basketball during his teaching days in the Los Angeles Unified School District that ended with his retirement in 1999.
He was born in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles when he was 13. He attended Fairfax High, UCLA and Cal Lutheran. He was chairman of the Grant physical education department for 25 years.
A funeral is tentatively set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Sinai in Simi Valley, according to Grant basketball Coach Howard Levine.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Former Carson and Garfield football Coach John Aguirre has been named the new commissioner of the Los Angeles City Section.
Aguirre, who has served as an assistant commissioner, will replace the retiring Barbara Fiege on July 1. He will have the responsibility of taking over a section that will no longer be financed by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The City Section is breaking away on July 1 and will get its money primarily from school dues, playoff revenue and corporate contributions.
"I congratulate him on his selection," Fiege said. "I believe he is well prepared for the job ahead. He will move the section forward in this one-of-a-kind transition."
Aguirre has been an assistant commissioner for seven years. He has worked in education for 33 years.
"What a humbling experience to be selected," Aguirre said in a statement. "It is a job that comes with many challenges, and also an opportunity to serve the schools within the section and expand athletic opportunities for the youth of Los Angeles."
Aguirre will help hire an assistant commissioner and a marketing director.
-- Eric Sondheimer
With basketball standout Kris Yanku providing a spark, Woodland Hills Taft won the Venice tournament in volleyball on Saturday, defeating Eagle Rock, 25-23, in the final.
The tournament MVP was Tal Vaknin and Nima Doost made all-tournament.
Yanku, an All-City basketball player headed to Northern Arizona, just joined the team and helped the Toreadors reach the final.
-- Eric Sondheimer
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