The consensus among those who coached, played alongside or competed against Darius Mason is that the Pasadena High School star is ready to play Division 1 basketball at the collegiate level right now.
Lewallen, 47, is a 1990 Glendora High School graduate and he was a key member of the Tartans’ lone football championship in 1989.
Over the past 40 years alone, the San Gabriel Valley has showcased a who’s who of talented, dedicated and highly successful and influential football coaches.
Even for the most talented of athletes, there is typically a slight learning curve or minor adjustments that one makes while transitioning from high school to college baseball.
Former President Ronald Reagan had a famous quote about the United States Marine Corps that seems fitting when thinking about legendary Northview High School wrestling coach David Ochoa.
After a year or so wait, and thousands of hours of work, former Muir star Hunter Woods has signed on the dotted line to compete at Elon University in North Carolina.
Forty-seven days ago, Bonita lost a one-run contest to Ayala and were 1-1 in Palomares League play.
Over the past two years, it would be very difficult to find anyone that has come close to matching Dawson Netz’ numbers on the mound.
Preston Howey made a very wise decision as he contemplated his junior year at Arcadia High School.
Former La Salle pitcher Jeff Daley holds himself to academic standards that are almost unattainable for most student-athletes.
It was a sad day for Maranatha High School when Dawson Netz left the Pasadena campus for the final time in late May.
In the last four years, you could easily make an argument that Cameron McFarlane and Franco Alonso were the two most complete and dominant athletes that strode across the Pasadena Poly campus.
La Salle’s CJ Rettig, a three-sport athlete, will compete for William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the Statesmen.
When you earn a championship, accolades start to roll your way and Rio Hondo Prep certainly deserves theirs.
But this hard working, talented and giving young lady has suffered more heartbreak than most do in an entire lifetime.
In 2019, Flintridge Sacred Heart escaped the previous two years in the league basement to earn a Sunshine League championship.
When Rio Hondo Prep took the field at UC Riverside on Saturday evening in the CIF-SS Division 6 title game, Pasadena area baseball programs had already gone 0-3 in championship games earlier in the day.
When Marshall takes the near eight-mile bus ride to Rosemead on Tuesday in the CIF-SS Division 7 semifinals, the Eagles go in with some serious momentum.
When people think of San Gabriel Valley (area) baseball powers, names like South Hills, Arcadia, Bishop Amat, San Dimas, Glendora and others come to mind.
One year after finishing dead last in the Mission League, the Flintridge Sacred Heart softball program claimed the Sunshine League championship in 2019.
