Photos by Beth Oualline Baseball: Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks finished the regular season as the No. 1 team in the final CIF-SS Division 1 poll. And the Knights backed up that ranking on Tuesday. They ended Bonita’s season, 5-3, in La Verne. Notre Dame out-hit the Bearcats, 13-5, in the second round of the […]
Baseball: Unless you’ve played the game, it’s difficult to accurately describe the intensity of playoff baseball. And there’s nothing quite like staging a late rally to save one’s season. Corona was able to leave the SGV happy after scoring two runs in the top of the sixth and one each in the seventh and ninth […]
Baseball: The defending CIF-SS Division 2 champions from Etiwanda saw its D-1 playoff run come to an end on Tuesday. JSerra ended the Eagles season, 6-1, in South Orange County. Five of the Lions nine hits were of the extra-base variety, including three home runs. And JSerra got a solid effort on the mound from […]
Softball: Loula McNamara ended Glendora’s 2023 season on Tuesday. She went the distance in a 4-2 victory at GHS in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. McNamara surrendered two runs (one earned) on four hits. She walked two and fanned a pair of Tartans. Ryan Speh had an RBI triple. Bridget Nemeth […]
Swimming: Ella Lesnever might be young, but she’s made waves since day one at Blair High School. Literally. The Vikings’ sophomore, coming off a remarkable effort for the water polo program, made her mark at this weekend’s CIF-SS Division 3 finals at Riverside City College. Lesnever won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.76. […]
Baseball: It isn’t just the fact that South Hills and Charter Oak are both SGV area programs that makes Tuesday’s showdown in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs special. It’s just as much the knowledge that the Huskies and Chargers used to duke it out for Hacienda League supremacy as recently as 2020 that adds so […]
College Baseball: The University of La Verne officially wrapped up a SCIAC championship on Saturday. The Leopards claimed a 10-4 victory at Claremont-Mudd Scripps. It was their first conference title since 2018. Chase Pederson went 4 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits to earn the win. He walked one and struck out […]
Boys Volleyball: The Upland boys volleyball program has just one more hurdle to leap. The Highlanders defeated visiting Redondo Union in four games in Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 2 semifinal. UHS won by scores of 29-27, 25-22, 21-25 and 25-18. Isaiah Vogel led the way with 18 kills and 12 digs. AJ Contreras contributed 15 kills. […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: The confidence that one garners from taking an early lead in the CIF-SS playoffs is one thing. Perhaps even more important, though, is the ability to flush any remaining anxiety and play to one’s capabilities without any fear. And that was the case for Western Christian. The Fighting Lancers got […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Boys Athlete of the Week: There isn’t a more unsettling feeling for a baseball player than falling behind early in a CIF-SS playoff game. It’s that knowledge that one’s season and in many cases a career is rapidly running out of oxygen that makes it so unpleasant. But don’t tell that […]
Photo by Beth Oualline Baseball: Editor’s Note: All scores posted as of 4 am on May 6th are listed here. Division 1: Notre Dame 1, Hart 0 Bonita 11, Arcadia 2 San Dimas 3, El Dorado 2 Corona 7, Rancho Cucamonga 0 Cypress 3, Mira Costa 0 Sierra Canyon 2, Bishop Amat 1 Etiwanda 5, […]
Softball: Editor’s Note: All scores posted as of 4 am on May 6th are listed here. Division 1: Norco 9, Gahr 5 Monday: Riverside Poly at Esperanza Murrieta Mesa 9, South Hills 2 Huntington Beach 12, Torrance 1 Orange Lutheran 10, Roosevelt 0 Oaks Christian 5, Chino Hills 1 Pacifica of Garden Grove 6, La […]
Baseball: After winning last year’s CIF-SS Division 2 championship, Etiwanda took its first step forward in this year’s Division 1 playoffs. The Eagles cruised to a 5-2 victory over visiting Capistrano Valley. Dylan Goff went six innings to earn the win, and the CSUF commit allowed two runs on five hits. Goff walked four and […]
Baseball: Glendora made the 176-mile roundtrip drive to picturesque Barstow and didn’t get the result they wanted. Gabriel Hernandez and Michael Moses were locked in a pitcher’s duel, and Hernandez and the Aztecs prevailed, 2-1, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. Moses couldn’t have done much more to give GHS a […]
Baseball: Ethan Schiefelbein wasn’t going to let Rancho Cucamonga extend its 2023 season. Schiefelbein went six scoreless innings and allowed just two hits to lead Corona to a 7-0 victory over the visiting Cougars. He didn’t issue a walk and struck out eight in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Jake Skelskey […]
Baseball: Flintridge Prep pounded out 11 hits in Friday’s 10- 6 victory over La Salle in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. The Wolves and Lancers combined for 16 runs, 18 hits, six errors and five pitchers. Max Brunngraber went 6 1/3 innings to earn the win. Brunngraber surrendered five runs (two […]
Baseball: San Marino jumped on Xavier Prep early and cruised to an 11-3 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. The Titans got five runs in the first inning and were never challenged. Michael Liquori went five innings to earn the win. Liquori allowed two runs on five hits. He walked […]
Photo by Gio Cunningham Baseball: Sterling Patick once again lived up to his first name. Patick tossed a one-hit shutout, as South Hills opened the CIF D-2 playoffs with a 6-0 victory over visting Great Oak. Patick walked two and struck out nine. He needed 99 pitches to finish what he started, and 66 went […]
Baseball: Brandon Luu ended Damien’s season on Friday. Luu tossed a five-hit shutout in Villa Park’s 3-0 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Luu didn’t issue a walk and struck out nine. Julian Hines had two of the Spartans five hits. Tyler Daley, Dom Ramirez and Christian Grino had one […]
Photo from the562.org Twitter page: Baseball: Austin Paul ruined Maranatha’s postseason plans. The Long Beach Millikan starter went the distance, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits in the Rams 3-2 victory at Brookside Park. Paul issued one walk and fanned three Maranatha batters. Bryan Richman doubled and scored. Dylan Zdunek went 3-for-3 and […]
