Boys’ volleyball: Five D-1 teams advance to CIF-SS second round

Eleven of 18 Catholic school teams that began the CIF-Southern Section boys’ volleyball playoffs are still in the title hunt, following first-round action on May 8.

Boys’ tennis: Santa Margarita, Bishop Montgomery aim for CIF-SS titles

League champions Santa Margarita (Trinity) and Bishop Montgomery (Del Rey) are among nine local Catholic school teams competing in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ team tennis playoffs that began May 8 with wild card play.

Boys’ golf: Six advance to CIF-SS individual finals

Six Catholic school golfers will play for the CIF-Southern Section individual championship, after finishing in the top 20 of the Individual Regionals on May 7.

Earning title-round berths via the Southern Regional at Skylinks Golf Course in Long Beach were Jack Rahon of Servite (70), Andrew Hoekstra of Mater Dei (71) and Caden McMackin of J.Serra (71).

Spring polls: La Reina still No. 1 in D-5 softball

La Reina remains No. 1 team in Division 5 softball, according to the latest CIF-Southern Section poll released May 7, one week ahead of the start of post-season playoff action.

Boys’ volleyball: Loyola leads Catholic schools into CIF-SS playoffs

First-round action in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ volleyball playoffs begins May 8 with several local Catholic schools primed to compete for titles, including six league champions.

Children living with the threat of deportation at home find an unlikely source of understanding in one LA classroom

Cindy, a fourth-grade teacher at a parochial school in East LA, likes to treat her students as equals. Both are on journeys of discovery and learning. Like studying how students in China have a different way of learning their multiplication tables — something she shaked her head at with a questioning smile, before showing me around her cozy classroom.

United as one voice, California Encuentro delegates prepare for ministry

Hope, energy and the drive to unite to share the Catholic faith filled the Visalia Convention Center, as nearly 1,300 delegates — including laypeople, priests and 21 bishops — gathered for a regional encuentro.