Game Stories
From March-July 2021 , I worked as a freelance high school sportswriter for Outlook Newspapers, based in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., covering the unprecedented 2021 CIF high school sports season. My work appeared in five of Outlook’s six weekly community papers: The Glendale News-Press, The Burbank Leader, the La Cañada Outlook Valley Sun, the Pasadena Outlook and the South Pasadena Review.
After moving out to Arizona in August, I covered high school sports for AZPreps365.com, where I was assigned the Chandler High School beat in the Fall 2021 season and O’Connor High School beat in the Winter/Spring 2022 season. In March 2022, I also joined the Arizona State baseball beat at House of Sparky, SB Nation’s ASU athletics coverage blog.
Sports I have covered for these outlets include football, boys’/mens’ and girls’/womens’ basketball, baseball, softball, track & field, tennis, volleyball and water polo.
House of Sparky
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ASU Baseball: Tulloch’s stellar start, Long’s slam power Sun Devils over San Francisco
Adam Tulloch threw seven strong innings in another superb outing for the Sun Devils ace and Ethan Long broke the game open with a seventh-inning grand slam…
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ASU Baseball: Washington edges Devils in extras to avoid sweep
After scoring a combined 17 runs over their first two games against the University of Washington, the Sun Devils’ bats went silent for most of Sunday’s series finale. Despite a late rally to send it into extras, the Sun Devils could not…
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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils storm back for massive 16-9 win over Cal
Before the first pitch in Sunday’s rubber match between the Sun Devils and the University of California, sophomore center fielder Joe Lampe told his teammates the game was “do or die” for ASU’s season…
AZPreps365.com
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O'Connor claws back to beat Mountain Ridge, 37-34, on senior night
PHOENIX–Despite falling behind 10-0 midway through the first quarter and 16-6 early in the second on Tuesday, Sandra Day O’Connor High School rallied…
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Corona del Sol pulls away late, beats O’Connor 57-45 in play-in game
TEMPE–Up against a fierce Corona del Sol perimeter defense, the No. 19 Sandra Day O’Connor Eagles succumbed to some costly late turnovers and fell by a score of 57-45…
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Brophy holds off Pinnacle, 63-48, advances to 6A semifinals
PHOENIX–Historically, especially in recent history, Brophy College Prep would have been playing the role of David in a state playoff quarterfinals matchup against Pinnacle…
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Chandler's defense stifles Colorado power Cherry Creek in 17-7 win
*Note: This story was a class assignment and ineligible to be published, but written as though it was for AZPreps365 or a similar local outlet.
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Liberty's revenge bid falls short as Chandler pulls away to win 40th straight
*Note: This story was a class assignment and ineligible to be published, but written as though it was for AZPreps365 or a similar local outlet.
Outlook Newspapers
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Burroughs Advances After First Round Win
The world has changed dramatically since when the John Burroughs High School girls’ basketball team faced Whittier Christian in the CIF Southern Section Division 2A quarterfinals in February…
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Reyes, Mosley Help Bulldogs Shock Top Seed in OT Win
In his second year as Burbank High School’s head boys’ basketball coach, Sid Cooke has celebrated each major victory with a five-word mantra…
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Burbank Edges Crescenta Valley in Pitchers’ Duel, 1-0
Burbank pitchers Ian Schenk and Ryan King combined for a complete-game shutout and King scored the game’s only run on a delayed double steal in the sixth inning…
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Banerjee Lifts Bulldogs with Game-Winning Layup
Forward Sattwick Banerjee scored seven points in the fourth quarter and had the game-winning putback layup as time expired, giving Burbank High School a 70-68 victory…
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La Salle Falls to Harvard-Westlake at Rose Bowl
It was an offensive explosion to behold: 14 points were scored in the game’s first 28 seconds; the two offenses combined for over 700 total yards.
However, the La Salle College Prep football team had its Rose Bowl debut spoiled…
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Bulldogs Beat Mustangs in Turkey Tussle, 33-6
With roughly five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of an unprecedented spring edition of the Turkey Tussle, Pasadena High School head football coach DeJuan Shamburger gathered his team on its sideline at the Rose Bowl. With the game’s result all but assured…
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Falcons Beat Burbank, 13-6
Nearly 18 months since Crescenta Valley High School football won the 2019 CIF Southern Section championship, the Falcons notched their first victory of the pandemic-altered spring 2021 season, beating Burbank High School, 13-6, on the road…
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Poly Captures CIF Title, Enters State Regionals
As Polytechnic’s basketball players began to celebrate the Panthers’ 63-54 win over Arcadia in the CIF Southern Section Division 4AA championship game last Wednesday, a referee ran to center court and waved them off. There was still half of a second left on the clock…