Photos by Gwen Pointer & Josh Thompson Football: On Friday night, South Hills demonstated once again that the program is making undeniable steps forward. The Huskies started 2022 with a pair of wins over Diamond Ranch and Covina. South Hills, however, was mired in a four-game losing streak and hadn’t won a game since August […]
Football: Photo by Alex Veliz Editor’s Note: a photo gallery will be added to this story on Saturday By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor How would La Salle respond to last week’s 61-6 thumping at the hands of St. Pius in the Del Rey League opener? Quite well. The Lancers got four TD passes from quarterback […]
Girls Volleyball: Thursday proved to be a very satisfying night for the GHS volleyball program. And the Tartans didn’t just avenge a four-game setback on September 20th at Bonita. They also took over sole possession of the Palomares League penthouse with one match to go. And the icing on the cake for GHS had to […]
Photo courtesy of Claremont High School’s athletics website Girls Tennis: The Claremont victory tour continued on Thursday. With just one regular season match to go, the Lady Wolfpack easily defeated Glendora, 14-4, in a Palomares League contest. CHS saw its singles players go 6-3, and their doubles teams won eight of their nine matches. Sydney […]
Photo of Natalie Arminak courtesy of Amanda Lin Girls Volleyball: League leader, Maranatha, knew that third-place Village Christian would make adjustments and fight hard after defeating them 14-4 in their first meeting. They made their adjustments and came out swinging, leading early on in 4 of 6 first round sets, including in the anticipated rematch […]
Girls Volleyball: The last time South Hills won a league championship in girls volleyball, the 2023 senior class were just five years old. And what sweeter way to finish off the Hacienda League championship than to pick up a four-game victory at second-place Walnut. The Huskies won by scores of 25-21, 25-21, 17-25 and 26-24. […]
Girls Volleyball: Marshall Fundamental wrapped up second place in the Mission Valley League after its four-set victory over Rosemead. The Eagles won by scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-22 and 25-20. Lauren Sandoval had three kills, three aces, 23 assists and eight digs. Evelyn Mkhitarian produced seven kills and 12 digs. Journey Blueford added six kills […]
Girls Volleyball: It hasn’t been the best of times for the Arcadia volleyball program. The Apaches entered Wednesday’s showdown with Burroughs having lost six of their last seven matches. Arcadia, however, bounced back and defeated Burroughs in five sets. The Apaches won by scores of 25-18, 13-25, 20-25, 25-17 and 15-6. With two matches to […]
Football: The one SGV area program that has accomplished more in 2022, but gotten the least coverage or respect is the Azusa High School football program. And I won’t pretend the Aztecs schedule is anything that resembles a murderers-row, but they have decimated everyone that stands in their way. After Friday’s 70-0 beatdown of Workman, […]
Girls Volleyball: Glendora, Bonita and Ayala all won on Tuesday to set up a highly dramatic final week of the 2022 season. GHS and Bonita swept Colony and Claremont, respectively. And Ayala picked up a 3-1 victory at Alta Loma. With one week to play, GHS and BHS are tied atop the Palomares League standings, […]
Photo of Mia Huang & Mia Su courtesy of Amanda Lin Girls Tennis: In the final match of the first round of Olympic League play, the undefeated Lady Minutemen (8-3, 4-0 in league) faced the winless Warriors of Heritage Christian in a home match at Pasadena High School. The match played out as one might […]
Girls Tennis: On Tuesday afternoon, the Mayfield tennis program remained unbeaten in 2022. The Cubs edged Chadwick, 11-7, at Occidental College. Mayfield’s doubles teams went 6-3, and its three singles players combined to win five of their nine matches. The Cubs are now 6-0 overall, and 4-0 in league contests. Sam Frick won all three […]
Photo by Ryan Tomey Football: Week 7 Schedule: Thursday: Azusa vs Gladstone at Citrus College Friday: Arcadia at Burbank St. Francis at Cathedral Marina at Charter Oak Covina vs Claremont at Covina District Field RCHS at Etiwanda La Canada at Monrovia St. Anthony at La Salle Hamilton at Maranatha CV at Muir Burroughs at Pasadena […]
Girls Volleyball: Flintridge Sacred Heart kept its shared hold atop the Angelus League standings with Chaminade thanks to Monday’s four-game victory over visiting The Tologs won by scores of 25-17, 18-25, 25-22 and 25-14. Nikki Garriola had a big night with 16 kills, three aces and 24 digs. Mikayla Hsieh contributed five kills, 15 assists […]
Girls Volleyball: Ayala sure made things interesting in the Palomares League title chase. The Bulldogs handed the Bearcats their first league setback on Friday. Ayala won by scores of 25-20, 25-10, 18-25 and 25-10. With three league matches to play, Glendora and Bonita share the Palomares League penthouse, while Ayala is just one-game back of […]
Pictured: Covina’s Ronnie Ropke Football: To say Covina has found its stride offensively would be an understatement. The Colts began the 2022 season scoring 14, 14 and 12 points in consecutive losses to South Hills, Diamond Bar and Northview, respectively. Fast forward three games, and CHS has defeated Bell Gardens, Sierra Vista and Montclair by […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Thanks to South Hills coach Calderon, & Claremont’s Hile for these game notes Football: Since starting the season 2-0, South Hills has now lost its last four games. On Friday, the Huskies fell, 28-13, at Claremont High School. But don’t think for a moment this program isn’t heading in the right […]
Pictured L-R: Ike Udengwu III & Mohammed Nyangamukenga College Football: The Mt. SAC football program enters its bye week about as strong as one could hope to be. After a 48-7 thumping of visiting Allan Hancock, the Mounties are 5-0, and ranked third in the state. And they’ve defeated LA Valley, Saddleback, SBVC, Bakersfield and […]
Photos by Gus Vargas College Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Citrus College made some history on Saturday night. The Owls defense held their ground on a pair of late Antelope Valley drives, and edged the visiting Marauders, 14-10, to remain unbeaten. It’s the program’s first 5-0 start in 17 years. Citrus took a 7-0 […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: It was both a trying and successful week for Bonita High School wide receiver-defensive back, Kevork Markossian, or Georgie, as most people call him. According to CalPreps, Bonita was projected to fall to the reigning CIF-SS D-10 champions from Northview by their score of 40-19. It was the third week […]
