Coming into the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, No. 22 Missouri softball had a 6-5 record. Coach Larissa Anderson knew her team wasn’t playing to their potential. “We found ways to win some games,” ...

Facts and Figures compilation of children’s and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by middle grade graphic novel series, YA thrillers and romance, and evergreen picture book ...

Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles ...

#9 Poly at #1 Banning, 4 p.m. #14 South Gate at #11 San Pedro, 4 p.m. #9 Gertz-Ressler vs. #8 Alliance Bloomfield at Dignity ...