Football: Right about now, the Santa Rosa Academy football program can’t be too fond of Maranatha. In a span of three weeks, the Minutemen defeated the Rangers to win the Cottonwood League championship, and on Friday night, MHS ended SRA’s season with a 41-22 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 13 playoffs. […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo i4Pix Photography (smugmug.com) and stats/game info by Zack Morton: Football: Glendora’s 2022 season came to an end in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 7 playoffs. But the Tartans went down swinging. Trailing 28-21 and with 24 seconds to play, GHS quarterback Eric Najarro found Decker DeGraaf on a 13-yard […]
Photos by Gustavo Vargas Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Saturday afternoon’s showdown between Citrus and Glendale was exactly what a conference championship game should look like. Both sides landed punches, did some trash talking and fought until it said 0:00 on the scoreboard. Citrus scored the game’s final 21 points in the fourth quarter […]
Football: Having wandered around both sidelines at Friday’s D-3 showdown between Charter Oak and Yorba Linda, the unanimous opinion was that two 10-0 programs shouldn’t have any business meeting up for at least another couple of weeks. But neither school had any say, and both programs focused only on the things that were in their […]
Game info from Harry Joe Football: While Muir (4-6) and La Salle (5-5) had home games in Friday’s first round of the CIF-SS Division 10 playoffs, Rio Hondo Prep (8-1) had to travel to Norwalk (9-1). And the Kares, who have 125 students on campus, gave the Vikings (2,025 enrollment) everything they could handle. In […]
Thanks to Maranatha tennis for this report Girls Tennis: When the 2022 season started, the Lady Minutemen set a few goals for themselves knowing they would be a stretch. But at least it was something to aim for. Among them were to finish in the top 3 in the Olympic League in order to make […]
Photo by Gus Vargas CIF-SS Playoff Scores: 210 Prep Sports Programs Went 8-13 Thursday: D-3: El Modena 15, Pasadena 14 D-3: Corona del Mar 30, Ayala 23 Friday: D-2: Rancho Cucamonga 14, Oaks Christian 10 D-3: Yorba Linda 31, Charter Oak 21 D-3: Upland 23, Tesoro 22 D-5: St. Francis 48, Silverado 20 D-5: Etiwanda […]
Photos by Gus Vargas, & game info/stats from Randy Reams Football: Ayala’s season came to an end on Thursday night in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. But the Bulldogs gave top-seeded Corona del Mar all they had before falling short, 30-23, at Newport Harbor High School. AHS had a 6-0 lead […]
Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Why the bleep is a 10-0 program having to travel in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs? Better yet, why would two 10-0 teams meet in the first round? There could be no logical answer to either question. But Charter Oak will indeed make the 23-mile […]
Girls Tennis: Thanks to Maranatha tennis for this report Edges Quartz Hill, 11-7, in Tense 1st Rd. of CIF-SS Playoffs In a match that was intense throughout, the young Lady Minutemen were baptized into the tension and excitement of playoff tennis. It was their singles lineup that opened up strong, with Stella Hsieh, Natalie Arminak, […]
Thanks to Jack Nance for stats/info/photo Boys Water Polo: For all intents and purposes, San Dimas put Tuesday’s CIF-SS Division 5 playoff opener away in the first period. The Saints led 7-0 after eight minutes of play and cruised to a 20-3 victory over their visitors from Palm Springs. Anthony Duenas and Killian Pressley led […]
Pictured L=R: Michael Martin, Miles O’Malley & Carter Shupper Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor In just two years, Maranatha coach Rand Holdren, his staff and their players have made one of the area’s most dramatic reversals of fortune in recent memory. And while stats don’t tell the whole story, without them, one couldn’t fully […]
Photo by RT Tolentino Editor’s Note: The only purpose of this post is to see how right or wrong CalPreps is for week one. I am hoping they’ve made 13 mistakes. CalPreps.com Playoff Projections For 210 Prep Sports Football Teams: Thursday: Division 3: El Modena 31, Pasadena 19 Corona del Mar 31, Ayala 17 D-14: […]
Football: I’ll concede that I don’t possess the same math skills as Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, but there are a number of WTF matchups in the first round of the CIF-SS playoffs. And there is no greater example than Division 3. To start, undefeated Charter Oak (10-0) and 9-1 Pasadena both open the postseason […]
Pictured L-R: Ike Udengwu & Isaiah Dickerson College Football: How would Mt. SAC respond to last week’s 2-point loss at Riverside City College? It was the Mounties first setback in 2022, and it took three overtime periods to decide a winner. Fast forward a week, and Mt. SAC dominated Chaffey in all three phases of […]
Photos by Gus Vargas College Football: Citrus College cruised to a 40-14 victory over visiting West LA in Saturday’s American Metro Conference contest. The Owls scored the game’s first 33 points and improved to 8-0. Citrus had a 472-260 advantage in total offense, and that included a 327-100 surge through the air. As always, Adam […]
Photos & game info from Ryan Tomey Football: Of the three programs vying for an Angelus League championship on Friday, only St. Francis had control of its own destiny. With a win, the Golden Knights would have the key to the Angelus penthouse. Unfortunately, Loyola had other plans, and defeated SFHS, 28-27. But not without […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: San Dimas junior Abby Bernhard seems to play her best in the biggest matches. Last year, she and Mila Mattson teamed up to claim the Valle Vista League doubles championship. Fast forward one season, and Bernhard wanted to take a stab at singles competition. Her lone loss of the 2022 […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Boys Athlete of the Week: Jake Denerson accomplished something on Friday night that both shocked and impressed the SGV area football world, and that included those in attendance at Covina District Field. After riding the pine for three quarters, GHS coach Brandon Rohrer called Denerson’s number in the hopes of shaking […]
Photo by RT Tolentino Football: Week 10 Scores & Final League Standings: Wednesday: Pasadena 47, Muir 0 Thursday: Ayala 42, Bonita 20 Glendora 48, South Hills 47 in OT Charter Oak 42, Alta Loma 10 Colony 35, Los Osos 12 La Canada 27, Poly 6 Monrovia 56, Temple City 6 Friday: Claremont 24, West Covina […]