Girls Athlete of the Week: Thus far, the 2022 season has gone about as well as anyone could have hoped for the Arcadia softball program. The Apaches are 10-1 overall and 4-0 in Pacific League play. Arcadia’s lone setback was a 1-0, nine-inning loss to Kaiser on March 5. Since then, AHS has won five […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Kaleb Smith couldn’t have asked for a better way to end his high school career. The Damien senior led the Spartans in scoring in the CIF State Division 1 semifinal and championship rounds. Smith had a team-high 16 points in Tuesday’s 58-53 victory over visiting Crean Lutheran. It was the […]
Photos by Michael Watkins College Baseball: For this first time in Pat McGee’s eight years at the helm at PCC, the Lancers claimed an SCC series victory over Long Beach. They didn’t play in 2021 due to COVID-19, but before this week, the Vikings had dominated the Lancers for decades. And it looked to continue […]
Photos by Alex & Mario Veliz Girls Basketball: The sad news is that La Salle had its lowest scoring output of the season, and fell in the CIF State Division 3 championship game. The great news is: the Camino Real League and CIF-SS Division 3AA champions will return all five starters from this 2021-22 record-breaking […]
Boys Basketball: To say that Kaleb Smith was at his best on the sport’s biggest stage would be an understatement. The Damien senior had a team-high 23 points in Friday’s 65-57 victory over Clovis North in the CIF State Division 1 championship game. Smith hit 9-of-11 shots from the field, including two 3-pointers, and went […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Make it five wins in a row for Charter Oak. The Chargers picked up a 3-0 road victory at Rancho Cucamonga. Anthony Vazquez went 6 2/3 scoreless innings to get the win. Vasquez scattered three hits, walked two and struck out eight Cougars’ batters. Diego Ortiz got the final out […]
Baseball: Northview got one final tune-up before it begins Valle Vista League play next week. The Vikings defeated visiting Eleanor Roosevelt, 3-2, on Friday. Hunter Billingsley got the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits. Billingsley went five innings, walking three and striking out two Northview batters. Moses Medrano hit a two-run shot […]
Baseball: Glendora bounced back from Thursday’s disappointing loss at Ayala, and picked up a 2-1 victory over visiting St. Lucy’s. Ashley Hibbard went the first four hitless and scoreless innings. Hibbard walked one and struck out 11 of the 13 batters she faced. Haley Ganino would close out the game with three innings of relief, […]
Photos by Stephen Delgado Baseball: After starting the season 2-2, Marshall Fundamental has found its stride, and won four consecutive games. The Eagles got four runs in the bottom of the second inning on Friday, and defeated visiting Village Christian, 5-4, in a nonleague contest. Travis Delgado went the distance to pick up the win. […]
Baseball: Daniel Chavez was going to make sure that Arcadia didn’t drop their first game of the season on his watch. First, Chavez got the win after five innings of work, and allowing two runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out three Muir batters. Nicholas Choy earned the save with two perfect […]
Baseball: Loyola got six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and went on to defeat visiting Chaminade, 11-5, on Friday. The Cubs opened Mission League play with two wins and a tie over the Eagles. Chaminade got five runs in the first four innings, but Ryan Times and Tino Valdez combined to all […]
Softball: Pasadena picked up victory No. 1 of the season on Thursday. The Bulldogs hammered Hoover pitching in a 12-2, six-inning, mercy-rule victory. Darla Burnett went 4-for-4, including a double and scored four runs. Maddie Fraer hit two-and-three-run HR’s. Alyssa Perez had a homer of her own, and two RBIs. Hannah McWade singled, doubled, scored […]
Softball: Glendora scored in the top of the first inning in Thursday’s Palomares League showdown at Ayala. The Tartans’ bats, however, would get silenced the rest of the way, as the Bulldogs defeated the visiting Tartans, 3-1. The Ayala victory created a four-way logjam for second place behind unbeaten (in league) Bonita. Bridget Nemeth got […]
College Baseball: Mt. SAC trailed visiting Cerro Coso, 5-0, in the fourth inning on Friday. The Mounties, though, got three runs in the bottom of the fourth, and one each in the sixth, seventh and ninth innings to pick up a 6-5, walk-off victory. And the finish came in an unusual way, as Jacob Moreno […]
Baseball: Ayala improved to 2-1 in Palomares League games after Thursday’s 6-2 victory at Claremont. Aidan Ross went the distance for the Wolfpack. Ross allowed six runs (two earned) on five hits. He walked two and struck out six Bulldogs’ batters. Marcus Galvan singled, scored twice, hit a two-run HR and finished with three RBIs. […]
Softball: Azusa jumped on Mountain View early and didn’t take its foot off the pedal until the Aztecs had secured a 13-2, five-inning, mercy-rule victory. AHS out-hit the Vikings, 13-5. Natalie Sosa went 2-for-3, including a double, one run and three RBIs. Raelene Rodriguez walked, singled twice, drove in one run and scored three times. […]
Boys Golf: Glendora picked up its third victory of the new season on Thursday. The Tartans defeated Riverside Poly, 226-235, at the Glendora Country Club. Ashtin Mount led GHS with a low score of 43. Will Browne (44), Andrew Gahshan (45), Jaden Garcia (47), Casey Gerber (47), and Keefe Pantayatiwong (47) all did their part […]
College Baseball: As they’ve done all season, Pasadena City College rebounded quickly and well from a letdown. Just over two weeks ago, Mt. SAC opened their three-game series against PCC with a 15-run victory, and the Lancers bounced back and won the series, 2-1. Last week, LA Harbor claimed a three-run road victory in the […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: For the first time in the 2022 season, Charter Oak has climbed above the .500 mark. The Chargers began the year 1-4, but COHS finds itself on a four-game win streak after Thursday’s 6-1 victory at Santa Fe. Evan Avitia went six innings and allowed just an unearned run to […]
Baseball: Adrian Lopez came up clutch in Thursday’s Palomares League, first-place showdown with Glendora. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Lopez doubled to catch GHS at 2-2. Three innings later, it was Lopez’s 10th-inning single that scored Seth Wrightstone in a 3-2 victory over the visiting Tartans. Bonita is now in sole possession […]