Volleyball:
First-Round Playoff Schedule:
Although I’m a proud 1988 Glendora High School graduate, I take even greater pride in being objective.
Please allow me to back that up.
And if it seems like I’m not a fan of the current CIF-SS playoff formula in all sports, your perception would be accurate.
Case in point: Glendora and Claremont shared the 2025 Palomares League championship with identical 8-2 records.
However, the Wolfpack earned the two-match season sweep of the Tartans.
I went into detail last week explaining that if GHS and CHS ended up in the same CIF-SS Division, Claremont should and would get the No. 1 seed out of the Palomares League.
It seemed just a week ago that Claremont and Glendora were more likely not to share the same Division.
But when the postseason brackets came out on Saturday, there stood the Wolfpack and the Tartans in the D-3 playoff bracket.
Glendora, though, was awarded a first-round home game against Crescenta Valley.
The Falcons (23-12) are sitting at No. 166 in the most recent MaxPreps state poll, while the Tartans (19-10) are 122nd.
The Wolfpack (18-9) travel to Burbank to battle the Pacific League co-champions from Burroughs High School.
The Bears (24-8) are 132nd in the state, while Claremont is 134th.
With a win, GHS would have the tougher second round match, as they’d likely face top-seeded South Torrance (24-9 & 102nd in state poll).
If CHS earns a first-round victory, the Wolfpack would face the winner of Tuesday’s Corona del Mar (15-13, 129th)-Mayfield (17-8, 137th) showdown.
Apparently going 25-8 overall and 10-0 in Baseline League play wasn’t good enough for a home match.
Los Osos (81st in state) has a first-round schedule from hell.
The Grizzlies travel to Santa Margarita in a D-2 showdown.
The Eagles finished 19-10 overall and the Trinity League’s No. 3 seed is ranked 14th in California.
The Baseline League’s No. 2 seed, Etiwanda (23-12, 63rd) travels to Redlands on Tuesday.
The Terriers (29-5, 44th) finished 10-0 to secure a Citrus Belt League championship.
In Division 4, the Hacienda League’s co-champs from San Dimas (23-9, 180) will host the Rio Hondo League co-title holders (La Canada, 18-18, & 169)
Meanwhile, the other half of the Hacienda League champs, Alta Loma (18-9, 267), will host Desert Christian on Wednesday.
The Knights (20-5-1 & 399) went 15-1 en route to a Heritage League title.
La Salle (22-8-1, 176th) went 10-0 in Camino Real League play and the Lancers will travel to Placentia to battle El Dorado on Wednesday in a D-3 showdown.
The Golden Hawks (21-11 & 107) placed third in the Freeway League.
Marshall (18-4, 12-0 & 394), who is coming off its first Mission Valley League championship after dethroning the 11-time champs from Gabrielino, has to travel to Charter Oak on Tuesday evening in a D-6 contest.
The Chargers (20-11, 8-2 & 396th) finished second in the Valle Vista League.
Northview (23-5, 9-1 & 237) got zero love for winning an outright VVL championship.
The Vikings will make a 142-mile bus ride to Ridgecrest to battle Burroughs on Tuesday.
The Burros (25-7, 6-4) finished third in the Mojave League, and they’re ranked 165th in the state.
Good luck to all of you!
First Round Playoff Schedule:
D-2 on Tuesday:
Etiwanda at Redlands
Los Osos at Santa Margarita
D-3 on Wednesday:
Crescenta Valley at Glendora
Claremont at Burroughs
La Salle at El Dorado
D-4 on Tuesday:
La Canada at San Dimas
Arcadia at Dana Hills
Rancho Cucamonga at Ventura
Northview at Ridgecrest Burroughs
D-5 on Wednesday:
Desert Christian at Alta Loma
D-6 on Tuesday:
Marshall at Charter Oak
South Hills at Coachella Valley
D-7 on Wednesday:
Azusa at CAMS
San Gorgonio at Pasadena
Baseball: West Covina secured the two-game Valle Vista League sweep over Rowland by scores of 6-4 and 4-2 on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. Rieleigh Rangel went five innings, and he was charged with two runs on three hits and one hit batter. Rangel didn’t issue a walk and registered eight strikeouts. Fifty-three of his 76 […]
Baseball: Northview secured a two-game Valle Vista League sweep over Wilson by scores of 12-2 and 10-0 on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. The Vikings out-hit the Wildcats by a combined 24-5 over that two-game stretch. With two games to play against last-place Rowland, NHS is likely to finish VVL play at 7-3. They currently sit […]
Baseball: Monrovia dropped three consecutive games to San Marino in 2026. The first was a tournament game, and the last two were Rio Hondo League contests. On Friday, the Wildcats watched a 6-1 lead disappear. However, MHS would score once in the bottom of the eighth to secure a 7-6 victory over the Titans. With […]
Baseball: After getting swept in their first three-game Baseline League series to Chino Hills, the Upland baseball program has won three consecutive series. The Highlanders defeated Rancho Cucamonga, Damien and Los Osos by identical 2-1 series victories. And that included Friday’s 5-3 victory over their visitors from LOHS. Issac Carlos went 5 1/3 innings, and […]
Baseball: Damien handed Chino Hills their seventh consecutive loss on Friday. And the Spartans completed the three-game Baseline League sweep with an 11-1 road victory. DHS out-hit CHS, 10-5, including a pair of home runs. Layne Hansen went five innings and he allowed an unearned run on four hits. Hansen didn’t issue a walk and […]
Softball: Glendora left Bonita with a 5-2 victory and the second seed out of the Palomares League. The Tartans scored four times in the top of the first inning and they never trailed. Freshman Emma Garcia went the distance and surrendered two runs on eight hits. Garcia walked four and struck out three BHS batters. […]
Baseball: After a disappointing home loss (8-5) to Bonita on Wednesday, the Tartans answered back with a 7-3 victory at BHS. GHS scored two runs in the top of the first and they got one more in the second and never trailed in the Palomares League finale. Glendora earned the number two seed out of […]
Baseball: The only thing that stood between Nate Harwood and a shutout win over Pasadena Poly was the CIF-SS mandated pitch count. The Rio Hondo Prep sophomore went 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a 5-0 victory over the Panthers. Harwood allowed seven hits. He issued two walks and registered six strikeouts. Seventy-one of his 112 […]
Baseball: Alta Loma headed into this week with a one-game lead over South Hills in the Hacienda League standings. That meant a sweep over Los Altos would earn ALHS an outright Hacienda League championship. However, Alta Loma and Los Altos won on each other’s field on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. That set up a third […]
