Pasadena had been waiting 15 months to hit someone. And the Bulldogs took it out that angst on Burbank in the season opener for both Pacific League programs. PHS took a 14-point lead into the half and defeated Burbank, 42-26, at the Rose Bowl on Friday. Dante Coronel opened his senior year in style. Coronel […]
Marshall Fundamental waited almost a year to get back on the baseball field. And while no parents or fans were allowed, this ascending program didn’t skip a beat from the time off. The Eagles rode the strong right arm of Travis Delgado and cruised to a 12-1 victory over Providence. Evan Jaquez picked up the […]
They knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Glendora had to replace a number of star players in key positions that helped lead the program to back-to-back CIF-SS semifinal appearances. And while this Tartans squad is forging its own identity, the results remain the same. GHS opened the first of five road games with a […]
Etiwanda got off to a slow start in the 2021 season opener at San Dimas. The Eagles trailed 4-0, but they rallied for four runs in the fourth and two more in the sixth to outlast the Saints, 6-5, on Friday afternoon. Abraham Zapata played the hero with a two-run shot in the top of […]
Football: Ayala set the tone early and never looked back in Thursday’s season opener. The Bulldogs put together a first-possession scoring drive that consisted of 17 plays and ate up nearly 11 minutes of clock to open the floodgates. Ayala would cruise to a 38-14 victory over Temescal Canyon, and the Bulldogs defense didn’t allow […]
Girls Soccer: It wasn’t the quick start Ayala may have wanted in Wednesday’s season opener. But It was quite the finish. The Bulldogs used a 4-0 second-half surge to pick up victory No. 1 of the 2021 season. Walnut got a first-half goal to take a 1-0 lead at home, but Grayton Normand shut the […]
Editors Note: These schedules are based on each school’s MaxPreps page. If there are any mistakes, please send corrections to Brian@210PrepSports.com. This site is run by one person, so for the time being, these 25 football programs are what we cover. In time, and after getting advertising revenue, I hope to get help and expand […]
** Thanks to the Maranatha boys soccer program for sending in this report. Maranatha kicked off the much anticipated 2021 season on the road against the Knights of Ontario Christian on Tuesday. The match was a gritty duel, with both teams eager to get on the pitch and compete. The Minutemen did not disappoint the […]
Pictured L-R: UNLV’s Bryce Hamilton & Cal State Northridge’s Darius Brown II. College Basketball: Bryce Hamilton and Darius Brown II made up one of the SGV area’s best 1-2 punches in recent memory. In 2016-17 and 2017-18 alone, the Pasadena High School stars led the Bulldogs to a combined overall record of 52-15, which included […]
College Wrestling: The chances of even an abbreviated high school wrestling season seems like a longshot. But eight former Northview competitors will represent the program in the collegiate wrestling postseason. Cal Poly SLO’s Trevor Tinker (197-pounds) and Cal State Bakersfield’s Eddie Flores (125) will compete at the Pac-12 finals in Corvallis, Oregon. Tinker (2020 grad) […]
Pictured L-R: Gardner & CBS (Phoenix) sports anchor, Tresa Tudrick, & her view from the pressbox. By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor In our latest ‘where are they now’ story, we focus on a very tough lady and sports writer named Michelle Gardner. In January of 2018, Gardner lost her job after 16 years of service […]
College Baseball: Ryan Humphreys, the 2019 Northview High School ace, is off to a great start to his sophomore season. The Westmont College lefty closed out a four-game sweep of San Diego Christian over the weekend. Humphreys allowed just one run over the seven-inning, 10-1 victory. He surrendered just one hit, walked five and fanned […]
One of the San Gabriel Valley’s most versatile and dominant softball players in recent memory got her first college victory on Sunday. Devyn Netz, who starred at Maranatha for three years before moving to Tucson, got the ball against visiting Southern Utah. The Thunderbirds got one first-inning run off the University of Arizona freshman, but […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor If there was ever a kid that gave everything he had from the moment he woke up in the morning to the second his head hit the pillow at night, it’s Charter Oak senior Chris Ceballos. Ceballos makes a diligent effort daily to better himself as a player, person and […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor It’s been a challenging past 12 months for the entire world. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on everyone’s physical and mental health, their jobs and finances, and in so many other ways. For local high school student-athletes, the pandemic upended almost the entire 2020 spring season, and so far there hasn’t […]
Wrestling: Pictured: Keanu Tom & younger brother, Koa Ruiz, through the years. By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor San Marino’s Koa Ruiz was born to be a wrestler. The Titans’ sophomore began his career at age 5 and his big brother, Keanu Tom, was a star at Los Alamitos High School. You could say this sport […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor There’s nothing more reassuring for a young baseball player than to see his father in the stands. And for nearly half a century, that’s exactly what South Hills baseball coach Darren Murphy got from his dad. It meant everything. Sadly, for the first time in his playing or coaching career, […]
Pictured: South Hills baseball coach Darren Murphy having an impassioned discussion with umpire, Brad Claude. Thanks to Brad for the photo. By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor When stories are written about high school or college sports, the topic is almost always about a particular program, player or coach. And rightfully so. But what is rarely […]
NFL: With Sunday’s Super Bowl just three days away, we reached out to San Gabriel Valley area football coaches and players to get their input. While putting this together, I fully expected the defending champs to be the overwhelming choice. But because of the long and brilliant career of Tom Brady, and by a 10-8 […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto With all the uncertainty in high school sports, let alone life during this pandemic, a Monrovia High School senior did something that even COVID-19 couldn’t stop. Nathan Thompson, one of the area’s premier hitters, committed to play baseball for Cal State San Bernardino in 2022. In 2018, Thompson played freshman ball, […]
