Sunset League Players of the Week: Quintt Landis, Ventura County Pirates: Landis went 8-for-15 in a week that his Pirates claimed the BOTW title. He walked twice, hit two HR’s, scored four runs and had six RBIs. This season, Landis batted .395 with 15 hits, scored nine runs and had nine RBIs. The Pirates will […]
Sunset League Players of the Week: Jared Gener, Inland Empire Bucs: Gener finished the final week of the regular season, going 8-for-14. Gener had two doubles, walked and scored twice. He drove in three runs and stole three bases. For the season, Gener led the Bucs with a batting average of .395, with 15 hits, […]
Sunset League Pitcher of the Week: Eddie Vokes, Field Rats: Vokes went six scoreless innings this past week and allowed just three hits. He issued one walk and struck out eight batters. The Field Rats finished second in the Sunset League. They open the playoffs on Wednesday against the winner of Tuesday’s wild card game […]
Baseball: Jack Janes sure picked a dramatic way to end the 2022 Sunset League regular season. Janes hit for the cycle, scored four times and had four RBIs. For the day, Janes went 5-for-5 with two singles, a double, triple and home run. The Inland Empire Bucs defeated the first-place Orange County Pirates, 13-7, on […]
Baseball: Best of the West League Playoff Schedule: at Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday: Game 1: East La Dodgers vs So Cal Shepherds at 4 Wednesday: Game 2: Arroyo Seco Sentinels vs Inland Valley Pirates at 4: Game 3: Ventura County Pirates vs winner of game 1 at 6 Thursday: Game 4: Loser of game 2 […]
Baseball: Sunset League Playoff Schedule: Tuesday: Game 1: Quakes Baseball Academy vs OC Legends at 12:30 Game 2: Arroyo Seco Royals vs Ventura County Bucs at 4:30 Wednesday: Game 3: Winner of 1 vs Field Rats at 12:30 Game 4: Winner of game 2 vs OC Pirates at 4:30 Thursday: Game 5: Loser of game […]
Baseball: The back-and-forth chase for the Best of the West League title between the Inland Valley Pirates and the Ventura County Pirates was finally decided on the next to last game of the regular season. The VC Pirates clinched the outright title on Saturday, thanks to its 7-3 victory over the So Cal Shepherds. With […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Two of the best players in San Dimas baseball history were selected in this week’s 2022 MLB draft. D’Andre Smith, the 2020 San Dimas High School male Athlete of the Year, just finished his sophomore year at USC. Smith batted .286 in 2022, with 60 hits, 40 runs, 23 […]
Baseball: With two games to play in the Best of the West League regular season, the East Los Angeles Dodgers moved to within one-half a game of the fourth-place So Cal Shepherds, after Friday’s 6-0 victory over SCS. The Dodgers got three scoreless innings apiece from Joe Godoy, Noe Novella and Charles Acker. Godoy allowed […]
Baseball: After Friday’s 4-2 victory over the East Los Angeles Dodgers Gray team, the Arroyo Seco Sentinels have an interesting weekend ahead. With three Sunset League games to play, ASR sits just one-half game back of the third-place Quakes Baseball Academy, and one-game back of the second-place Field Rats. And the Royals and Field Rats […]
Baseball: While there was no outcome in Thursday’s Best of the West League showdown between the Inland Valley Pirates and Arroyo Seco Sentinels, the playoff picture is pretty much set. The Pirates and Sentinels settled for a 5-5 tie on a hot July afternoon at Citrus College. Trailing by one run in the top of […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Ignacio Alvarez Jr. exemplifies what the American Dream is all about. ‘Nacho,’ as he’s called, is the youngest of five boys to Maria and Ignacio Alvarez Sr. In 1977, they left Mexico for the United States in the hopes of a better life. Fast forward 45 years, and Mr. […]
Baseball: With two regular season games to play, the Ventura County Pirates hold a 1.5 game lead over the second place IV Pirates. VCP picked up a 7-4, Best of the West League victory over IVP on Wednesday. Deandre Carter was credited with the win, going five innings and allowing two runs on six hits. […]
High School Sports: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor: While most of his contemporaries are spending their summer at the beach, being lazy or chasing chicks, two-sport Glendora standout, Braydon Wooldridge, is preparing for his baseball career at UC Davis. Wooldridge, 18, is playing for the Inland Valley Pirates in the Best of the West summer […]
Baseball: The Arroyo Seco Sentinels inched one step closer to locking up the third seed in next week’s Best of the West League playoffs. Jake Moore and Joe Jimenez combined to all but silence the East LA Dodgers’ bats in Tuesday’s 2-1 victory. Moore went five scoreless innings, allowing four hits, walking one and striking […]
Baseball: With three games remaining in their Best of the West League Schedule, the Ventura County Pirates took a half-game lead over the second-place Inland Valley Pirates, thanks to Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over the IV Bucs. The Pirates got one in the top of the first inning and three more in the seventh to pull […]
Baseball: The OC Legends caught the East LA Dodgers Gray team in the Sunset League standings after Monday’s 8-2 victory. The Legends got three runs on three hits off Anthony Tec. Tec went two innings, walked two and fanned a pair of OCL batters. Claudio Corrales got roughed up for five runs on seven hits […]
Baseball: The Inland Valley Bucs took an 11-0 lead after scoring four runs in the top of the fifth inning. And they would hold on for an 11-10 victory over the So Cal Shepherds in Sunday’s Best of the West slugfest. The game would feature 21 runs, 24 hits and six pitchers. Thirteen of the […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor When this reporter got the call last week from Chris Vogt that he was stepping down at Ayala, I have to admit that it made me sad. Of the 25-plus SGV area baseball programs that 210 Prep Sports covers, there are very few coaches who took more time out of […]
Baseball: Trailing by three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Arroyo Seco Royals would rally for an 8-7, Sunset League victory. The Royals got four unearned runs off Hunter Bond, two (one earned) against Jason Chapman, and one each from Elias Pacheco and Michael Rebelaro. The CCR pitching staff combined to walk […]
