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Gopher men's basketball to play in SoCal Challenge in November
The Minnesota Gophers will take part in the SoCal Challenge Nov. 21-23. The eight-team challenge also includes UNLV, Cal Baptist, Southern Illinois, Cal State Northridge, Central Michigan, High Point and Tennessee State. -- Sports Illustrated
El Camino Real softball rallies to beat Kennedy, claims program’s 18th City title
El Camino Real scored 11 unanswered runs Saturday, including five in the bottom of the second and four more in the fifth, for a 12-6 comeback victory over Kennedy at Cal State Northridge that allowed the Royals to lift the program’s third straight City Section Open Division title. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Kennedy softball forges City title shot without home field; practicing in thrower’s pit, on blacktop
Despite all the challenges, Kennedy will play in the City Section Open Division final against top-seeded El Camino Real on Saturday at Cal State Northridge at 3 p.m. -- Los Angeles Daily News
American Dance Festival Presents Ragamala Dance Company's 'Fires Of Varanasi: Dance Of The Eternal Pilgrim'
Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim was commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; co-commissioned by the Harris Theater for Music and Dance; co-commissioned by and developed in part at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College and The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, Cal State Northridge and Northrop, University of Minnesota; with additional commissioning support from Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University; Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington; American Dance Festival; and The Joyce Theater Foundation's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work. -- Broadway World - Dance
High school softball: City playoff results and championship schedule
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday at Birmingham
Division IV: #5 Camino Nuevo vs. #3 Maywood CES, 3 p.m. (on JV field)
Division III: #2 Mendez vs. #1 Santee, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday at Cal State Northridge
Division II: #13 Garfield vs. #3 Gardena, 9 a.m.
Division I: #6 Chavez vs. #5 Legacy, 12 p.m.
Open Division: #7 Granada Hills Kennedy vs. #1 El Camino Real, 3 p.m. -- Los Angeles Times
Hawaii shuts out Cal State Northridge in Big West baseball
Hawaii batter Kyson Donahue drove in two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Cal State Northridge Matadors during Friday's Big West baseball game at Murakami Stadium. Hawaii won 3-0. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Lee Zeidman: The Conductor
Lee Zeidman
Born: Detroit (July 4,1955)
Education: California State University, Northridge, Bachelor of Science, psychology (1978); Bachelor of Arts, commercial recreation (1980) -- Sports Business Journal
Hawaii baseball team loses series opener to Cal State Northridge
Andrew Sojka drove in three runs — two on a just-out-of-reach homer — and scored three runs, and two Cal State Northridge pitchers combined on a six-hitter for a 14-2 victory over Hawaii at Les Murakami Stadium. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaii baseball walloped by Cal State Northridge in series opener
The University of Hawaii baseball team fell apart late in a 14-2 rout at the hands of Cal State Northridge on Thursday night at Les Murakami Stadium. -- KHON
Maryknoll defeats Iolani for first state softball championship
Murakami, a senior who will return to RWSS as a member of the Cal State Northridge softball team starting next season, said the team dedicated the win to those who couldn’t be there Thursday. That group that included Spartan seniors from the last two years who didn’t get to compete in state tournaments due to COVID cancelations. It also included the late nephew of McEnroe-Marinas, Xavier, who recently died at four months old. The team wore stickers of him on its helmets in his honor. -- Spectrum News 1