COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Former REV star took issue with post-season honors … Numbers favored the ex-Wildcat in battle with NorCol guard … No chance to prove himself after shutdown.

Eighty-five-year-old Don Gifford is still at it.

Dave Aranda, by my count, got more than a handful of mentions during last month’s NFL draft. And why not?

COLLEGE TENNIS: Shortened season kills NCAA hopes … Redlands duo gets second straight national honor … Fall tournament outcome lifted Bulldogs in national rankings.

University of Redlands senior cornerback Jeff Hector, who racked up eight interceptions for a No. 22-ranked team in NCAA Division III last season, was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as a free agent last weekend.

There have been a handful, plus one. Those players, blessed with speed and power, nimbleness and strength, are legendary in local football circles.

Mark Hopson, whose high school coaching career was spawned in a football environment, had some hopes that Redlands High School’s golf season could be salvaged in some way.

HIGHLAND — Gabriel Torrez must have felt like a marked man. It didn’t seem to matter that he was Arrowhead Christian Academy’s only real ball-handler.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

BASKETBALL HISTORY: Jerry Tarkanian landed a stud recruit — at Redlands High … Hoops legend could’ve been changed in Terrier Gym … CIF ruling might’ve stopped a championship.

COLLEGE GOLF NOTES: Returning players, recruiting tops area programs’ hopes in looking ahead to ’21 … Jugar, Moon, Condon, Nicholson and Hay could’ve finished high … Redlands’ men were shooting for another NCAA bid.

There seemed to be good news coming from Arizona Cardinals’ head coach Kliff Kingsbury, not to mention defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, plus veteran Billy Davis, who coaches linebackers.

CHENEY, Wash. — Kim Aiken Sr. had taken the unusual step of traveling to Idaho earlier this month.

HOOP SCOOP: Lacey racks up second-team All-Region honors … Menary tabbed second-team All-NABC … 13-year Lady Bulldogs’ coach had the school’s best-ever result.

I guess we should lead the cries for sports fans everywhere.

ALL-LEAGUE HONORS: Lindfelt, Everhart, Green win top CBL honors … REV’s soccer boys land plenty of attention … ACA, LLA land all-leaguers in boys, girls soccer and hoops.

You could just feel the words on that page.

Post-game coach-team gatherings are a normal part of almost any post-game ritual at almost any game. That’s win or lose.

SPORT NOTES: D’Arcy wins WAC Swimmer of the Year … Terrier golfers Hopkin & Hartling Bros. shine … Norman-Thomas sizzles at early-season invitational … ACA, Citrus Valley softball girls ranked.

Chloe Dygert, one of the entries in the 2020 Redlands Bicycle Classic, claimed a pair of gold medals at the World Track Championships.

ARROWHEAD CHRISTIAN 62, BISHOP DIEGO 60: Cloar, Strikwerda and Torrez took center stage … So Cal Regionals were next … School’s first-ever boys basketball title.

There were some interesting discoveries in a few of the outcomes at Sunday’s 37th A Run Through Redlands, a trio of men’s and women’s races that just beat late-day rains in a finish at the Redlands Bowl.

BOYS PREP SOCCER: A pair of 1-0 wins lands Wildcats in CIF Division 3 finals … Lindfelt, Russo score important goals … North Torrance’s high-powered offense against REV’s shutdown defense for this year’s title.

It started off as a pair of events, one sponsored by a local hospital while the other was backed by a local newspaper publication.

Nathan Derry of Redlands placed first, second and fifth in the Boys 14-18 Novice Platform, 1 Meter and 3 Meter Diving competitions at the 2020 Raincross Invitational Diving Meet held last weekend at Riverside Community College.

CIF BOYS BASKETBALL: Two days earlier, ACA took out Victor Valley … Bishop Diego plays in its second CIF title game … ACA’s league champion rival Aquinas also reached CIF finals … Lady Bulldogs, Redlands men land in SCIAC tourney.

It was a first round soccer playoff match, played almost like a scrimmage in an eventual 7-0 Redlands East Valley win over Colton, a match played at Redlands High last week.

CIF PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: REV’s Gutierrez wins heavyweight title, CV’s Ramos notches 120-pound championship ... REV boys reach Round 3 in Div. 3 soccer … Lady Blackhawks get hoops road win … ACA boys continue surge.

Arrowhead Christian Academy is one win away from playing for the CIF-Southern Section Division 5AA boys basketball championship. The Eagles get their chance tonight.