#Southern Section

What a gutsy performance by Caleb Williams, but USC goes down again against a tough physical Utah football team. Williams proved he is a strong Heisman Trophy contender because without him healthy USC is just an average, poor-tackling team with a porous defense. All season long Williams kept USC in games by extending play after play but not this…

Taking a look at Saturday's matchups in the CIF State Southern California Regional championship bowl games. DIVISION 5-A Shafter (10-4) at Walnut (11-3), 6 p.m.: The Mustangs have won six straight and have not allowed more than 14 points to any opponent during that span, which included their 27-14 win over Bellflower in last week's CIF Southern…

There's no holding back any longer, Serra football coach Patrick Walsh said Sunday. Not after his team earned its eighth Central Coast Section title by beating Mitty 41-14 on Friday to extend its winning streak to 13. Not heading into a test against national power St. John Bosco-Bellflower in the Dec. 10 state Open Division championship game at…

No. 7 Birmingham will take on No. 4 Garfield in the LA City Section Open Division championship game on Saturday night at LA Valley College. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. Birmingham won the West Valley League with a 5-0 record, but dropped four non-league games against Southern Section opponents prior to league play. Head coach Jim Rose like to…

LOS ANGELES - UCLA football coach Chip Kelly announced on Wednesday morning that six walk-on players had earned scholarships with the program. Kicker/punter Nicholas Barr-Mira, long snapper Jack Landherr IV, defensive back Alex Johnson, linebacker Carson Schwesinger, defensive lineman Dovid Magna and receiver Josiah Norwood bring the number of…