Photos by Conrad Hunziker III & Danny Callaway Baseball: There are a number of quality pitchers in the SGV and none gets less credit for what he’s accomplished than Marshall Fundamental’s Ethan Sparks. The Eagles junior isn’t an imposing figure, but all he does is get the job done. Sparks went the distance in Wednesday’s […]
Baseball: Northview had an unfortunate and yet somewhat fitting end to its 2023 season. The Vikings battled their butts off all year, and came up just short. On Wednesday, in a CIF-SS Division 2 wild card game at Citrus Valley, the Vikings fell, 4-3, in eight innings. Of their 14 losses, nine came by two […]
Baseball: Pasadena’s strong finish in Pacific League play carried over into the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. PHS cruised to a 10-0 victory at de Toledo in West Hills. The Bulldogs and Jaguars were originally scheduled to play on Thursday, but with the prediction of impending rain, they got the game in […]
Boys Tennis: Thanks to Maranatha for this report: The big irony that Maranatha’s boys tennis team has been working under this season is that after losing five of their top players from last season (all singles players and two of their top doubles players), they moved up a division to CIF-SS Division 3 (a division […]
Boys Volleyball: On Wednesday evening, Upland earned a spot in this Saturday’s semifinal round. And for the first time since their playoff opener, the Highlanders get a home match. All that thanks to a four-set victory at Orange Lutheran in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. The Highlanders defeated the Lancers by scores of 25-23, 17-25, […]
Baseball: It would be difficult to find a more intriguing first round playoff game that pitted two SGV power programs quite like Bonita vs Arcadia. Both Ryan Marcos and Nick Lemas lead programs that vie for a league championship year in and year out. Of the 16 CIF-SS Division 1 games, the only other league […]
Pictured: Seniors from the 2023 South Hills program Baseball: Division 1: 1- Notre Dame/SO 2- Santa Margarita 3- Huntington Beach 4- JSerra Catholic 5- Cypress 6- Harvard Westlake 7- La Mirada 8- Corona 9- San Dimas 10- Pacifica/Garden Grove Division 2: 1- Aquinas 2- South Hills 3- Gahr 4- Mater Dei 5- Crespi 6- Vista […]
Pictured L-R: Ayala’s Taelor Walker & Tehya Banks Softball: Division 1: 1- Norco 2- Los Alamitos 3- Huntington Beach 4- Orange Lutheran 5- Murrieta Mesa 6- Oaks Christian 7- La Mirada 8- Esperanza 9- Riverside Poly 10- Pacifica Garden Grove Division 2: 1- Moorpark 2- Rio Mesa 3- JW North 4- Ayala 5- Marina 6- […]
Softball: After winning the school’s first softball championship in 2022, Bonita was bumped by CIF-SS from Division 3 to D-1. And in the first round of the Division 1 wild card round, Pacifica ended the Bearcats season with a 4-1 victory. Brooklyn Shroyer got the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits. Shroyer […]
Softball: The final softball game at Alverno Heights Academy is now in the history books. Grace Brethren handed the Jaguars a 9-2 loss in a CIF-SS Division 5 wild card game. The Lancers got three runs in the top of the first inning and four more in the sixth to pull away. Rosy Salazar went […]
Softball: Editor’s Note: Centennial didn’t post their game stats on either Game Changer or MaxPreps. In spite of being 22-2-1, South Hills had to play a CIF-SS Division 1 wild card game on Tuesday. In the bottom of the fifth inning, and with the game tied at 1-1, the Huskies scored four times and pulled […]
Pictured L-R: Jakob Guardado & Coleman Mitchell College Baseball: PCC heads into Friday’s So Cal Regional against Glendale Community College as the clear underdog. And the Lancers would have it no other way. GCC, the No. 7 seed and Western State (South) Conference champions, will host No. 18 PCC, in a best-of-three series. The Vaqueros […]
College Baseball: Chaffey College busted their butts all year for what’s about to happen on Friday. And that’s hosting a first-round playoff series. The Panthers (21-3) ran away with the Inland Empire Athletic Conference by five games over second-place Mt. San Jacinto (16-8). They outscored their opponents, 234-104, in conference games, and since March 3rd, […]
Pictured L-R: Bonita & Arcadia aces, Justin Santiago & Ian Hoffstetter Baseball: Editor’s Note: There are baseball playoff games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and have been signified as such. WEDNESDAY’S Wild Card Games: Division 2: Northview at Citrus Valley Monrovia at Great Oak Division 6: Rialto at Western Christian Wednesday’s Division 1 First Round […]
Boys Golf: Thanks to Scott Higuera for this report: San Dimas dominated the field of 16, but West Covina’s Noah Amezcua (JR) takes the top spot and league MVP in the 36-hole Valle Vista League finals. Amezcua shot rounds of 78 and 79. Braden Distelrath (San Dimas senior) and Ryan Moris (San Dimas sophomore) secured […]
Boys Volleyball: The Upland victory tour continued on Saturday night. The Highlanders earned a spot in next week’s CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinal round. UHS defeated their host from Los Alamitos, 25-18, 15-25, 25-21 and 26-24. Kai Vogel and AJ Contreras led the Upland attack. Vogel had a team-high 19 kills to go with a pair […]
Softball: Tuesday’s Wild Card Round: Division 1: Corona Centennial at South Hills Villa Park at Chino Hills Bonita at Pacifica of Garden Grove Division 3: Hemet at Diamond Bar Crescenta Valley at Kennedy Rancho Cucamonga at Culver City Beckman at La Canada Division 5: Grace Brethren at Alverno Heights Academy Covina at Barstow Division 6: […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Arcadia entered the final week of the 2023 regular season trailing first-place Crescenta Valley by one game, and that meant they’d need a two-game sweep of the Falcons to secure a fourth consecutive Pacific League title. After edging CV, 5-4, on Tuesday, the Apaches secured the sweep with an 11-2 […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: Glendora senior Bridget Nemeth put the Tartans program on her shoulders, as she’s done for most of 2023. But in the last week-plus in particular, Nemeth has shown just how tough and durable she really is. Nemeth went the distance in 8-0 and 3-1 victories over Claremont last Saturday. She […]
Baseball: Los Osos finished out its 2023 season with a Baseline League series victory over Chino Hills. The Grizzlies scored three runs in the top of the sixth to earn a 4-2 victory. LOHS fell, 1-0, in eight innings in the series opener on Monday. But they bounced back with wins of 11-3 and 4-2, […]
