Steve Fryer

Lakers’ roster needs rebuilding

By STEVE FRYER

Taking a look around the Southern California sports scene: •Where to begin with all of the Lakers problems? Andrew Bynum's career path continues to be two steps forward and one step back, Pau Gasol often looked like a guy who just showed up and... Full story

Fryer on baseball: Empire teams thriving in playoffs

By STEVE FRYER

A look at the playoffs: • The county league that performed best over the wild-card round and the first round of the playoffs last week: the Empire League. Four of the five Empire League teams that qualified for the playoffs are in the Division ... Full story

O.C. teams stepping up in playoffs

By STEVE FRYER

Taking a look around Orange County high school sports: •Yes, Esperanza and Servite lost in the CIF-SS Division 1 volleyball semifinals but they lost to a couple pretty good teams. Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach, which defeated Esperanza in four ... Full story

Predicting the CIF baseball playoffs

By STEVE FRYER

Plenty of teams could use a Cory Hahn right now. Two years ago, Hahn was a senior pitcher/outfielder at Mater Dei. It is rare that one player can dominate the team game of baseball, but that's what Hahn did in the 2010 CIF-Southern Section playoffs.... Full story

County teams brace for tough postseason

By STEVE FRYER

A division-by-division look at the county teams in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs, for which brackets were released Monday: Division 1 — Defending champion: J.W. North of Riverside Top seeds: 1. Orange Lutheran (21-4 record, Trinity League... Full story

Will easier transfers lead to more?

By STEVE FRYER

Transferring just became less restrictive in high school sports. The CIF State Federated Council, which makes and amends rules within the statewide CIF organization, this past weekend approved a proposal by which student-athletes who transfer withou... Full story

Intensity, criticism set to increase

By STEVE FRYER

Taking a look around Orange County high school sports: •This will get worse, when the playoffs start next week: The game officials who get the most verbal abuse from parents in high school sports are home-plate umpires. Sometimes, a parent sitt... Full story

Fryer on baseball: Tarbut season a big success

By STEVE FRYER

(Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Ryan Maister's name. We apologize for the error.)  Tarbut V'Torah is the only Orange County team in the CIF-Southern Section Division 7 rankings, thus making the Lions the... Full story

O.C. team makes long-distance connection

By STEVE FRYER

Taking a look around Orange County high school sports: •Nick Skillington and his son Ethan live in St. Louis, and each spring they come here to visit Nick's parents and they also make a point of catching a Cypress baseball game, and have become... Full story

Big things ahead for Irrelevant QB

By STEVE FRYER

Peyton Manning was gone. The Indianapolis Colts needed a quarterback. Thus the Colts focused on the quarterback position in last week's NFL draft. On Saturday, they drafted quarterback Chandler Harnish of Northern Illinois. OK, two days earlier the... Full story

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