Three with local ties headed to Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Congrats to Scott Drootin, Ryan Braun and Jordan Farmar, all of whom are being inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in January.

Drootin is a top baseball coach who is at Golden Valley after stints at Chaminade of West Hills, Calabasas and Newbury Park. Braun, who prepped at Granada Hills, is an All-Star baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers. Farmar, a Taft of Woodland Hills and UCLA alum, is an NBA basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers.

-- Gerry Gittelson