Pictured L-R: Indi, Indiana, Morgan and London Wijay
Football:
The Wijay family has become very accustomed to winning.
London Wijay is a two-time CIF-SS Volleyball Player of the Year after leading Alemany to Division 4 and Division 3 titles, in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
London and Indiana Wijay’s mom, Morgan Wijay, is the Warriors head coach, and she is the reigning two-time CIF-SS Coach of the Year.
It should be no surprise that Indiana inherited the talented genes of his parents, Indi and Morgan Wijay.
Indiana led Pasadena to an undefeated Pacific League championship.
The Bulldogs quarterback and his boys outscored their five league opponents by a combined margin of 248-28.
The highlight was a 47-0 beatdown of crosstown rival Muir at the Rose Bowl.
Wijay threw for over 2,200 yards and 25 TD’s, and PHS finished the regular season 9-1.
The Bulldogs were the victim of a flawed playoff formula that sent the Pacific League champs to El Modena (11-1) in the first round of the D-3 playoffs.
In recent years, it was all but a lock that league champions earned a first-round home game.
El Modena edged PHS, 15-14, in the City of Orange.
Pasadena had just two losses all year, and both came by identical scores of 15-14 to La Serna (week zero) and Alemany (D-3 playoff opener).
PHS linebacker Torriq Brumfield, who led the Bulldogs with a team-best 78 tackles (nine for loss), one sack and three interceptions, was named the Pacific League’s Defensive Player of the Year.
And Dejuan Shamburger earned the league’s Coach of the Year accolade.
To say the PHS football program is on the rise would be an understatement.
In the last two years alone, Shamburger’s Bulldogs are 19-5, including a pair of league titles.
2022 Pacific League Standings:
Pasadena (9-2, 5-0)
Burroughs (7-4, 3-2)
Muir (9-6, 3-2)
Burbank (4-6, 2-3)
Arcadia (2-8, 1-4)
Crescenta Valley (2-8, 1-4)
Baseball: And your 2024 Rio Hondo League champions are….the San Marino Titans. Trailing 2-0, SMHS scored single runs in the bottom of the fourth, sixth and seventh innings to edge La Canada, 3-2, on Thursday. Tomas Bilvado went 4 1/3 scoreless innings and he allowed just one hit. Bilvado issued a pair of walks, and […]
Baseball: Last year, Etiwanda swept Damien in the final week of the regular season, and it cost the Spartans the Baseline League championship. Fast forward to 2024, and DHS secured an outright Baseline League title thanks to two consecutive wins over the Eagles. Trailing 2-0 in the top of the second inning, Damien scored five […]
Photos by RT Tolentino Baseball: Diamond Bar played the role of spoiler on Thursday at South Hills. The Brahmas shut out the Huskies, 1-0, with a run in the top of the seventh inning. South Hills entered the game tied for first place in the Hacienda League with Walnut. And the Mustangs defeated Los Altos, […]
Baseball: I’ll start by saying that Chino Hills absolutely earned its 4-3 Baseline League victory over their visitors from Los Osos. The Grizzlies had their chances on Wednesday, they made some mistakes on defense, and they came up short. The Huskies should be commended for securing the No. 3 seed out of the very tough […]
Boys Tennis: Claremont (doubles), Ayala (singles), Glendora (singles) and Alta Loma doubles all went home Wednesday as Palomares League finals champions. Claremont’s Caleb Fong & Mateen Ghafarshad faced their fellow Wolfpack teammates, Liad Geldwet & Josh Bonner. Fong & Ghafarshad cruised in a 6-0 and 6-1 victory in the finals. Ayala’s Brandon Vu claimed the […]
Boys Tennis: Thanks to La Salle coach, Javier Djeu for this season recap: What a tremendous year it was for the Lancers boys’ tennis program. They’ll wrap up their regular season play with individual prelims and finals this week. In doubles, La Salle took first, second and third place. In singles, we took third place […]
Baseball: In yet another recurring plot twist, Damien regained control of the Baseline League penthouse on Wednesday. After the Spartans 6-4 victory over Etiwanda, and with Chino Hills defeating Los Osos, 4-3, DHS enters the final game of the 2024 regular season with a one-half game lead over the second-place Grizzlies. Nathan Ries struggled, but […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Thanks to Wednesday’s 4-1 victory at West Covina, Charter Oak takes a one-game lead over the Bulldogs for second place in the Valle Vista League. COHS and WCHS meet up again on Friday in the regular season finale at Charter Oak. Zack Escalera went six innings, and he allowed one […]
Photos by Cyara Vasquez Editor’s Note: GHS did not post their stats on MaxPreps or Game Changer Softball: After surrendering five runs in the top of the second inning, Bonita ended the game on a 15-0 run. The Bearcats defeated the visiting Tartans, 15-5, in six innings. Kaitlyn Maaske started and allowed five runs (three […]
