Boras

Down by five runs going into the bottom of the sixth inning Friday night in the championship game of the Boras Classic South Division, No. 1-ranked Sherman Oaks Notre Dame appeared headed…

Which high school baseball team deserves to be No. 1 in Southern California?It will be decided in the Boras Classic championship game Friday at 6 p.m. at JSerra after No. 1 Sherman Oaks…

Right-hander Oliver Boone of No. 1-ranked Sherman Oaks Notre Dame does not like cold weather. He said so last month when he couldn’t get out of the first inning of a game against Mission…

A foggy morning turned to sunshine on Tuesday in Santa Ana, and the more than two dozen baseball scouts on hand at Mater Dei High to see an opening game of the Boras Classic got to see what…

Sandy Koufax and Clayton Kershaw were in the house. Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser were on the mound, throwing ceremonial first pitches.That royal quartet accounted for 20 Opening…

Four games. Four days. Kings, queens, aces — Villa Park coach Burt Call had played most every card in his deck of pitchers.But he still had a jack up his sleeve.Trotting out to the mound in…

Junior Zach Brown of Villa Park is having an MVP week at the Boras Classic. On Tuesday, he hit a game-winning home run in the ninth inning. On Thursday, he struck out five, walked none and…

As morning clouds gave way to a pristine blue sky and warm sunshine, the perfect weather Wednesday morning provided another clue for what many have come to understand from living in…

Shohei Ohtani isn’t the only baseball player from Japan creating excitement in Orange County. Ryusei “Lou” Fujiwara, a 17-year-old junior infielder at JSerra who came from Tokyo, is about as…

The first game of the 16-team, four-day Boras Classic on Tuesday produced the kind of drama and excitement you’d expect from a tournament loaded with outstanding teams and elite…