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South High boys basketball SWYL champs
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Posted by Shsrebel10 Thu Mar 1, 2007 13:15:15 PST
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0 responses 1 comment South's boys basketball team won the league championship with a win over North last night, and as usual, the Californian decided not to write a story on it.  It was a great game last night.  South was down 60-54 with 2 minutes left, and came back and won.  North's gym was packed, with standing room only, and the game was non-stop drama the whole way.  As an alumni, moments like these are what makes me a proud rebel for life.

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Comment From: bryanjackson

The Californian has gotten so bad with its high school sports coverage in general. I am a huge Centennial fan (and 2001 graduate) and I agree that going and watching your old school play (even though I never played sports myself) makes you proud to be a part of that school. I am a proud Centennial fan still and I feel your anger when it comes to a lack of coverage. I went to the Centennial vs. Ridgeview girls soccer game. Ridgeveiw, despite being outplayed by Centennial, scored with 6 minutes left. Centennial avoided a devastating (upset) loss by scoring on a penalty kick with less than 2 minutes left. The game ended with that 1-1 tie (there's no OT unless it is playoffs). The next morning, I looked to see the stats of the game, but they didn't publish them! I continued looking for the next few mornings, but didn't see them. No score, no nothing. I was not happy. Such a great game. An upset of sorts for Ridgeview (I could only imagine how some of their fans felt having their score not in the paper). To sum things up, the Californian needs better coverage of high school sports. It was a lot better at the turn of the 21st Century.