Baseball: Northview took a week’s worth of frustrations out on Diamond Ranch. The Vikings pounded the Panthers, 15-0, on Wednesday, to pick up their first Valle Vista League victory of 2021. Ethan Galindo got the win after going three scoreless innings. Galindo scattered three hits, didn’t walk anyone and got six of his nine outs […]
Thanks to Carlo Montalbo for the photos: Boys Basketball: Glendora got out to a 14-point lead after the first eight minutes and held on to defeat last-place, Alta Loma, 61-52, in Tuesday’s Palomares League game. Noah Smith had another big night with 21 points, three rebounds and two assists. Luke Jacobson added 12 points and […]
Boys Basketball: Bonita got a balanced effort Tuesday night and defeated Ayala, 82-71, in a Palomares League battle. Six Bearcats’ players had eight or more points in the win. Xavier Madison led the way with 18 points and Luke Smith had 17. Smith made four 3-pointers between the second and third quarters. Ayala’s Jermaine Rogers […]
Girls Basketball: Make it 60. Flintridge Prep extended its Prep League win streak to 60 games after a 30-point beatdown of Pasadena Poly on Tuesday evening. Ashlyn Zhang led Prep with 17 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocked shots. Sofia Gonzalez added nine points, 15 rebounds, five steals and two blocks. […]
Baseball: South Hills baseball coach Darren Murphy has a stellar resume. As of Tuesday evening, Murphy now has 400 career victories and two CIF-SS championships. At Northview, his alma mater, Murphy won 256 games, including a CIF-SS championship in 2008. The Vikings defeated Diamond Ranch, 1-0, to claim his first championship at Dodger Stadium. Eight […]
Boys Basketball: Damien got 28 points from Malik Thomas in Tuesday’s 73-53 Baseline League victory at Rancho Cucamonga. The Spartans finish the first round of league play at 4-1. Jimmy Oladokun contributed 15 points and Harry Han finished with 10 points. Jaiden Smith led the RCHS offense with 14 points and Brandon Aguirre had 10. […]
Girls Basketball: La Salle stayed undefeated in Camino Real League play Tuesday night. The Lancers cruised to a 55-36 victory over Cantwell Sacred Heart. Ellie Chen led all scorers with 25 points, including three 3-point baskets. Khiaya Chumley led CSH with 16 points. Zarah Huo contributed 14 points (four 3-pointers) to the win. Up next: […]
Baseball: Anderson Lang went four innings and allowed just one earned run to help lead Rio Hondo Prep to a 14-4 Prep League victory over Providence. Lang allowed two hits and struck out three Pioneers’ batters. Joltin’ Daniel DiMaggio singled, doubled and drove in two runs for Providence. RHP got six runs off of Andrew […]
Softball: Iliana Cardenas did everything she could to make sure Azusa stayed unbeaten in Montview League action. Cardenas went the distance in Tuesday’s 6-2 victory. Neither of the two runs were earned. Cardenas allowed 10 hits, walked one and struck out four. Natalie Garcia was stuck with the loss for Sierra Vista. She went all […]
Baseball: After starting Mission League play 0-7, Loyola has won their last three games. And that includes Tuesday’s series-opening 2-1 victory over Crespi. Nick Valdez clutched up with a two-run, pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. David Case went the first five innings and allowed one run on four hits. Case […]
Baseball: Casey Spencer won his sixth game on Tuesday. The Arcadia senior went five scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in a 9-0 victory over visiting Pasadena. Spencer walked one and struck out eight PHS batters to help the Apaches improve to 5-0 in Pacific League play. Gabriel Lopez went two scoreless innings in […]
Pictured: Ayala’s Mateo Matthews is welcomed at home after hitting an HR on Friday CIF-Southern Section Baseball Poll (May 3): Division 1: 1- Ayala 2- Orange Lutheran 3- Santa Margarita 4- Foothill 5- Harvard Westlake 6- JSerra 7- West Ranch 8- Dana Hills 9- Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks 10- Huntington Beach Division 2: 1- […]
CIF-Southern Section Softball Poll (May 3): Division 1: 1- Norco 2- Pacifica 3- Huntington Beach 4- Esperanza 5- Roosevelt 6- Los Alamitos 7- Valley View 8- Gahr 9- Crescenta Valley 10- Chino Hills Division 2: 1- Villa Park 2- Upland 3- Westlake 4- Oaks Christian 5- Torrance 6- Beaumont 7- Diamond Ranch 8- Camarillo 9- […]
Baseball: Los Osos pounded out 17 hits in a 10-9 Baseline League victory at Etiwanda. Seven of those 10 were of the extra-base variety on Monday, The Grizzlies got to Alfredo Capacete for seven runs (six earned) on nine hits. Landon Milius surrendered three runs on eight hits over his five innings of work. Devean […]
Softball: Haley Ganino put the Tartans on her back in Glendora’s 3-0 Palomares League victory over visiting Colony. She scattered three hits, didn’t issue a walk and struck out two to get the win. Michelle Medina, Nicole Moore and Destiny Garcia had one single apiece to account for the Colony offense on Monday. Annabelle Duenas […]
Baseball: Arcadia made short work of visiting Glendale on Monday afternoon. The Apaches pounded out 12 hits and defeated the Nitros, 17-0, in a five-inning, mercy-rule victory. Daniel Chavez went 1 1/3 innings, allowing two hits, walking none and fanning a pair of Glendale batters. Lance Wong provided one inning of relief with no hits, […]
Photo of Naaem Lewis by Alex Veliz Boys Basketball: Talk about drama. Arcadia fought back from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to take a four-point lead with less than a minute to play on Monday night. But Naeem Lewis saved the day (or night) for La Salle. Lewis made a 3-point basket with […]
Baseball: With roughly one month to go in the 2021 spring sports season, the results over the next few weeks will intensify in importance. Palomares League: Whether it’s politically correct to say or not, Ayala, the No. 1 ranked team in CIF-SS Division 1, will not be caught. The Bulldogs (13-1 overall, 7-0 in league) […]
Boys Athletes of the Week: The nicest way of putting it is that Charter Oak wasn’t heading into Valle Vista League play this past week on the highest of notes. The Chargers had lost three in a row and five of their last six games when Covina visited on Wednesday for the VVL opener. But […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: What a difference a week can make. San Dimas senior Jordan Hill entered the week of April 26th as part of a Saints softball program that was 1-8. Fast forward seven days, and Hill earned a prestigious accolade from SDHS, and then followed that up by playing a large role […]