Football: Jumping from CIF-SS Division 13 to D-11 in one year is a big step. It’s also going to be difficult without your starting left tackle and left guard, and losing both running backs in the second quarter doesn’t help. But Maranatha battled their butts off in a 25-7 loss at Cantwell Sacred Heart. Luke […]
Football: Covina was supposed to make the 30-mile drive east to Fontana on Friday evening and have their season ended by Summit in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 8 playoffs. Actually, the Skyhawks were going to send the Colts off with a 10-point setback, according to Calpreps, the website that sets the rankings, […]
Photos and story are courtesy of former Long Beach Press-Telegram Sports Editor, Jim McCormack Football: When you’re in the CIF-SS Division 9 football playoffs, it’s probably not a good idea to spot your opponent a 27-point fourth-quarter lead. That’s where Monrovia found itself Friday night against Troy at Fullerton High School. The Wildcats did their […]
Football: First Round Scores & This Week’s Quarterfinal Schedule Division 1: did not play on Friday. Division 1 Schedule: San Clemente at St. John Bosco Orange Lutheran at Centennial Corona Santa Margarita at Sierra Canyon JSerra at Mater Dei Division 2 Scores: RCHS 35, Edison 14 Murrieta Valley 43, Damien 40 Oaks Christan 41, Chaparral […]
Pictured L-R: Koy Riggin & Chandler Carthan College Football: Saturday’s game stats were much closer than the final score. The Owls traveled to Costa Mesa and defeated winless Orange Coast College, 38-22, in a National Central Conference contest. But check out these stats: First Downs: Citrus 18, OCC 18 Total Offense: Citrus 320, OCC 294 […]
Pictured L-R: Mt. SAC quarterback & running back, Alex Flores & Nick Floyd College Football: Mt. SAC did its part in setting up next Saturday’s winner-take-all scenario at Golden West for the outright National Central Conference title. The Mounties throttled their hosts from Long Beach City College, 70-14, and improved to 9-0 in 2023. In […]
Pictured L-R: PCC’s Kekahi Graham & Isaac Glover College Football: Pasadena City College crushed visiting Glendale, 37-0, in a game that decided the American Pacific Conference championship. PCC scored 20 second-quarter points, led 23-0 at the half, and GCC never mounted a threat to the 8-1 Lancers. Kekahi Graham completed 22-of-30 for 225 yards and […]
Photos by Josh Thompson College Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Chaffey College freshman quarterback Dereun Dortch was in tears near the west end zone after Saturday night’s American Metro Conference showdown with Santa Ana. The winner would claim the conference championship, so one might wonder if Santa Ana handed Chaffey it’s first loss of […]
A big thanks to Zack Morton for sending in stats throughout the entire 2023 season Football: It has to be a rarity that a 4-6 program, which finished fifth in league, was rewarded with a first-round home game. But that was the case for Huntington Beach in the CIF-SS Division 6 opener. And to their […]
Photos by Yen Benton Football: Just when it looked like West Covina was petering out towards the end of the regular season, the Bulldogs regrouped, worked their butts off, and earned themselves a spot in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 10 playoffs. WCHS headed into San Antonio League play at 6-1, and narrowly […]
Thanks to Shaun Kelley for game info/stats & to Beth Oualline & Taegan Maysami (@madeby.taeg on Insta) for the photos Football: You had to be there to believe it. Five weeks after Northview claimed a 14-13 victory at Bonita, the Vikings traveled to La Verne again to face the Bearcats in the first round of […]
Thanks to Randy Reams for the game info: Football: Marquis Monroe played his final game for the Ayala High School football program on Friday night. And the AHS senior did exactly what he’s done for his entire career in Chino Hills. He left his heart and soul on the football field. Perhaps it was better […]
Photos by Susan Coulter, Tim Lunney & Clarissa Johnson, game info/stats from Harry Joe, & video by David Guerrero Football: It’s been said that stats can never tell the whole story. But in Friday’s CIF-SS Division 9 opener between St. Margaret’s and Rio Hondo Prep, the statistics are clear as day as to why the […]
Photo by Beth Oualline Football: First Round Playoff Scores: Division 2: Rancho Cucamonga 35, Edison 14 Murrieta Valley 43, Damien 40 Los Alamitos 56, Upland 31 Division 3: San Juan Hills 37, St. Francis 18 St. Bonaventure 43, Etiwanda 26 Division 4: Culver City 38, Ayala 28 Division 5: Bonita 21, Northview 20 (OT) Division […]
Photos courtesy of Ryan Tomey, and the families of Ocon, Jernegan, Calmette & Sanders Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Every program says it. And in many cases, it’s true. For the St. Francis football program, though, it’s tangible. The Golden Knights are every bit as much a family as they are a football team. […]
Boys & Girls Cross Country: Marshall Fundamental saw two of its cross country competitors qualify for CIF on Wednesday. Corazon Adomou and Nate Nicoletti in ninth and 10th place, respectively, at the Mission Valley League finals. Adomou finished at 21:47.90, and Nicoletti had a time of 17:26.70 at Bonelli Park. Other competitors and their times […]
Girls Tennis: Thanks to Maranatha for this report: The Lady Minutemen were decided underdogs entering today’s first round playoff match against No. 6 Buckley; but that uphill climb got even steeper this morning, when they got the news that two of their starters were out sick. Despite the news, the Lady Minutemen vowed to give […]
Girls Tennis: Competing in Division 1 in any CIF-SS sport is a challenge in and of itself. There aren’t any weak opponents. And such was the case for the Claremont tennis program. The Palomares League champs fell, 11-7, in the first round of the D-1 playoffs. Woodbridge went 6-3 in singles, and claimed five of […]
Girls Tennis: Marshall Fundamental opened the 2023 postseason in impressive form. The Lady Eagles defeated their visitors from Northview, 13-5, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. Marshall won eight of its nine singles matches. Sophomore Hannah Hagiwara went 3-0 and won by set scores of 6-2, 6-0 and 6-0. Freshman Diana […]
Football: A big congrats to former Ayala/current Roosevelt quarterback, Bryan Wilson. Wilson committed to further his football career in 2024 at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Between 2020-2022, Ayala went 22-5 while No. 3 was leading the offense, including a 7-1 mark in Mountain West League games. Wilson played his senior season at […]
