Photos by Alex Veliz Girls Basketball: One of the area’s best female basketball players competed in her final regular season game on Saturday night. Audrey Chen, a four-year starter, led La Salle to a 60-23 victory over their visitors from Ramona Convent. Chen had a game-high 14 points in limited time. In her four-year reign […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Talk about saving your best for last. With two games to play in the regular season, Pasadena was tied for first in the Pacific League standings with Arcadia. The Apaches handed the Bulldogs their only loss (56-54 on Jan 4) in league play, and they met up Tuesday night at […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: What a week it was for Janessa Rodriguez and the San Dimas basketball program. The Saints secured a third consecutive Valle Vista League championship. Even better, this 2023-24 team ran their VVL schedule unscathed, going 10-0. On Monday, SDHS claimed a 56-30 victory over their visitors from Northview. Two days […]
Girls Soccer: The Flintridge Prep girls soccer program just won its ninth consecutive Prep League championship. And they did so in dominating form. The Wolves went 9-0-1 in Prep League games. A 0-0 tie with Mayfield on January 10th was the only thing that stood between them and a perfect run in league. The Wolves […]
Girls Basketball: Marshall Fundamental will take a five-game win streak into next week’s playoffs. The Eagles cruised to a 59-25 victory at Mountain View in the Mission Valley League finale. Marshall finished in second place, and two games back of Gabrielino (12-0). The Eagles used a 35-7 run in the second half to pull away. […]
Girls Basketball: It was a foregone conclusion that Flintridge Prep would dominate Poly in their regular season finale. The last time the Panthers beat the Wolves, Barack Obama had just begun year two of his second term. Sixteen days ago, the Wolves defeated the Panthers by 59 points in Pasadena. Fast forward to tonight, and […]
Boys Hoops: Pasadena officially wrapped up yet another Pacific League championship with what seems to be their annual sweep of Muir. The Bulldogs defeated the Mustangs, 67-53, at Muir. They finished Pacific League play at 13-1. Desmond Every is on top of his game. Two days ago, Every scored 30 points in the first-place showdown […]
Photos by Mario Veliz (of MSV Creations, & his site is marioveliz.smugmug.com) Girls Basketball: La Salle closed out Del Rey League play with a 54-41 victory over visiting St. Mary’s Academy. The Belles and the Lancers tied for third place with identical 3-5 league records. Both programs held serve at home. Audrey Chen had a […]
Boys Basketball: A famous pro wrestler used to say, “to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.” And for years, ‘the man’ in the Baseline League has been the Etiwanda Eagles. But on Thursday night, Damien won an outright Baseline League championship by defeating Etiwanda, 61-49, in a game they controlled throughout. The […]
Wrestling: When it comes to area wrestling, the first two programs you typically hear about are Walnut and Northview. And the Mustangs and Vikings are the definition of elite. But there’s this school in the Inland Empire off the 210 Freeway and Day Creek Boulevard that just earned a second consecutive CIF-SS team dual title. […]
Photos by Alyssa Cruz Girls Basketball: For the second consecutive year, Bonita, Claremont and Glendora will share the Palomares League championship. The Bearcats, Wolfpack and Tartans all held serve on their home court against the other. In Wednesday’s showdown at BHS, it was Bonita that outlasted Glendora, 56-51, to force the three-way title. This game […]
Photos by Alyssa Cruz & Taegan Maysami Boys Basketball: If you were at Bonita High School on Wednesday and hoping the Bearcats would win an outright Palomares League championship, you almost certainly went home excited and stunned. BHS overcame a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter, including a double-digit GHS lead with under three minutes […]
Boys Basketball: Ayala secured third place in the Palomares League after Wednesday’s 63-34 victory at Claremont. The Bulldogs finished strong with a 7-3 mark in league play. Joshua Townsell led AHS with 12 points and four rebounds. Jaydin Maddox finished with 11 points and three rebounds. Christian Martinez contributed eight points and three boards. Jaden […]
Girls Basketball: Marshall Fundamental looks to have secured the No. 2 seed out of the Mission Valley League. The Eagles cruised to a 54-12 victory at El Monte and improved to 9-2 in MVL games. With one game remaining, they lead third-place Rosemead by two games. Camille Rodriguez led Marshall with 18 points. Elizabeth Ekpo […]
Photos by Sam Gutierrez Girls Soccer: Marshall Fundamental reacted very well to their first Mission Valley League loss of the season. One day after a 1-0 setback to El Monte, the Lady Eagles cruised to a 5-0 victory at Mountain View. Corazon Adomou completed the hat trick with three goals. Adomou scored twice in the […]
Photos by Mitzi Yamashita Boys Soccer: Maranatha waited 19 long days for this opportunity. The Minutemen were on the wrong end of a 2-0 game at Whittier Christian back on January the 12th. Fast forward nearly three weeks, and MHS handed the Heralds a 2-1 loss. It was only their second setback of the season, […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling Boys Basketball: Some may have wondered if last week’s loss at Diamond Ranch would put any doubt in the minds of the San Dimas basketball program. SDHS had a one-game lead in the Valle Vista League standings with two games to be played this week. On Monday, the Saints cruised to […]
Girls Basketball: San Dimas secured a third-consecutive Valle Vista League championship on Wednesday evening. But this was the first of those three without a loss. SDHS cruised to a 56-26 victory at Covina to finish 10-0 in VVL play. The Saints led 29-10 at the break, and the outcome was never in doubt. Jaelyn Ramos […]
Boys Basketball: Sports can be unpredictable at times. Take Rancho Cucamonga for example. The Cougars hosted Damien on Tuesday, and they entered the game on a four-game Baseline League win streak, including a 60-58 upset of Etiwanda six days prior in Rancho Cucamonga. Two weeks ago, in their first showdown at Damien, the Spartans edged […]
Boys Basketball: Pasadena had to wait 26 long days before they got another shot at Arcadia. The Apaches edged the Bulldogs, 56-52, back on January the 4th at AHS. It was Pasadena’s lone loss in Pacific League play. And Arcadia entered Tuesday’s showdown at PHS with an 11-1 record of their own, falling at Crescenta […]
