Photos by RT Tolentino Football: Story by John Honell Northview High School rode its defense and special teams all the way to its first CIF-SS football championship since 1987. St. Anthony scored on its first drive of the game, once in the third quarter, and the boys from Long Beach got to within seven points […]
Photo by RT Tolentino Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor If one happened to be sitting in the stands behind the south sideline on Friday night at Covina District Field, you went home in the greatest of moods. But it didn’t come without a little drama. Northview was enjoying a 17-point lead (24-7) in the […]
Boys Basketball: The writing was on the wall early for La Salle. And the Lancers couldn’t have liked what they saw. Canyon led 16-2 after the first quarter and cruised to a 72-46 victory over La Salle. Brandon Boldroff had a game-high 16 points and Matt Heyne added 15 in the win. Derek Peterson paced […]
Photos by Ryan Tomey Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Who: Long Beach Poly (10-3) vs St. Francis (10-2) What: CIF-SS Division 4 Championship Game Where: St. Francis High School When: Saturday at 7 For the second time in four years, St. Francis will host a CIF-SS title game. And just like in 2017, the […]
Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Who: St. Anthony (9-4) vs Northview (7-6) What: CIF-SS Division 10 Championship Game Where: Covina District Field When: Friday at 7 p.m. After a 29-28 loss to 1-8 Los Altos in their regular-season finale, a setback that cost Northview a first-round home playoff game, very few people outside of […]
Football: Editor’s Note: These projections emanated from the website, CalPreps, which has no affiliation to 210 Prep Sports. This post isn’t meant to upset anyone if they predicted that your program will fall in this weekend’s title games. They believe that half of the 14 contests will be determined by two points or less. And while they […]
Photo by Ryan Tomey CIF-SS Football Championship Games: Division 1: Friday: Mater Dei (10-0) vs Servite at Veterans Stadium Division 2: Saturday: Orange Lutheran (9-4) at Alemany (8-3) Division 3: Saturday: Serra (8-4) at Apple Valley (10-3) Division 4: Saturday: Long Beach Poly (10-3) at St. Francis (10-2) Division 5: Friday: Oaks Christian (7-6) at […]
Pictured: Ashley Chea Girls Basketball: After a 1-3 start to the 2021-22 season, Flintridge Prep has now won three consecutive games. On Tuesday, the Wolves defeated LA Marshall, 53-46, in the Keppel Tournament. Ashley Chea led the way with 27 points, 10 rebounds and four steals. Maddi Huie contributed eight points and Riley Hause added […]
Boys Basketball: Walnut used a sizeable third-quarter run on Wednesday to help propel the Mustangs to a 68-53 over La Salle. The Mustangs and Lancers were tied at 26-26 at the break, but Walnut’s 20-7 surge in the third quarter was too much for La Salle. Derek Peterson had a game-high 24 points for La […]
Girls Basketball: La Salle picked up its third consecutive victory to open the season. The Lancers defeated visiting Heritage Christian, 52-35, on Tuesday. Ryann Riddle led the way with a game-high 15 points. La Salle freshman, Kaden Cortes, contributed 13 points in the win. Amanda Fernandez paced the Heritage Christian offense with 13 points, and […]
Boys Basketball: Pasadena opened the 2021-22 season with a Pacific League showdown at Burbank. And in a battle of ‘Bulldogs,’ it was the PHS Bulldogs that escaped with a 48-46 victory in double overtime. Jason Guyton led the way offensively with 18 points. Guyton was 3-of-8 from behind the 3-point arc. All nine of Ethan […]
Girls Basketball: It was anything but a thing of beauty. But Flintridge Prep will certainly take it. The Wolves handed Covina its first loss (29-27) on Monday, and improved to 2-3. Before Monday, Covina’s lowest offensive output had been 59 points. Ashey Chea led the way for Prep, having team highs in points (12) and […]
Boys Cross Country: One cross country outlet described Ayala’s second-place team finish at the CIF-SS Division 2 finals as stunning. And while that may be true to many, Ayala coach Tony DiMarco and his athletes knew this was possible all year. They hadn’t always lived up to their own expectations, but they sure did on […]
Girls Tennis: Maranatha junior, Stella Hsieh, reached the quarterfinals of the prestigious CIF-SS Individuals Sectional Tournament, defeating Linfield Christian’s Maisy Randolph (6-2, 6-4) in the first round. In the quarterfinal round, Hsieh cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 triumph of Sierra Vista’s Jerille Delim. Hsieh played solid tennis all day and came within one victory of […]
Thanks to FSHA for sending in this fall-season review & winter-season preview: FSHA Fall Sports Wrap up: Volleyball: placed 3rd overall in the Sunshine League and lost in the First Round Div. 2 Playoffs to Laguna Beach. The team persevered through several injuries including taking 1st place overall at the SoCal Invitational in San Diego. […]
Boys Basketball: Upland got 20 points from Jason Gewaid in Monday’s five-point victory over La Salle. Gewaid poured in 14 of those 20 in the second half, as the Highlanders outscored the Lancers, 33-27, over that stretch. Aiden Chavez contributed 19 points in the win. Derek Peterson led La Salle with 19 points and Myles […]
Far too often, and based on the emotion it evokes, we tend to elevate the level of importance that sports has on our society. There are so many real-life scenarios that make any athletic event pale in comparison. And here’s one of those moments. On November 18th, 2021, South Hills High’s (girls) & La Salle’s (boys) […]
Football: You’ve probably heard it a thousand times. But that doesn’t make it any less true. ‘Defense wins championships.’ And Northview’s defense played a huge role in the Vikings finding itself just one win away from a potential CIF-SS Division 10 title. On Friday, Northview made the 79-mile trip to face a Palmdale program that […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Damien guard Spivey Word is off to a great start to his senior year. Word and his teammates went 5-0 this week, and that was good enough to claim the Sunny Hills Tournament championship. In all, Word scored 87 points. Word opened the season with 21 points in the Spartans […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: It wasn’t the start that Flintridge Prep had hoped for. The Wolves have one victory in four tries to open the 2021-22 season. To Prep’s defense, though, the program has just seven players in uniform, because of injury or illness. And in those three losses to Yucaipa, Arcadia and Schurr, the […]
