In spite of all of the uncertainties, the Damien High School basketball program remains one of the San Gabriel Valley’s most reliable and elite programs. For now, the Spartans have to play outside, and so far, so good. On Tuesday, Damien knocked off Glendora, 54-31. And two days later, the Spartans thumped Sierra Vista, 88-45, […]
Boys & Girls Swimming: Thanks to the West Covina swim program for sending in this report: WCHS girls varsity defeated Edgewood, 91-40. Alexis Cruz, Kassidy Ly, Genesis Moradel and Salma Valle started the meet off strong winning the 200 medley relay. Kassidy Ly took first place in the 200 I.M and the 100 breaststroke. Alexis […]
There were a number of reasons the Marshall Fundamental boys soccer program wanted to get back on the field in the worst way. It begins with an unpleasant end to their remarkable state playoff run last year, and then, the Eagles had to wait two extra days to kick off the 2021 season, because Rosemead […]
Pasadena quarterback Dante Coronel and his offense are on fire. Two weeks into the 2021, five-game football season, and the Bulldogs are 2-0. After a 42-26 beatdown of Burbank last week, PHS got the season sweep of the Burbank schools by hammering Burroughs, 48-7, at the Rose Bowl on Thursday. Daylon Beasley had a pair […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor While it seems that everyone else is showing a little rust after a shortened preseason and the kickoff to an abbreviated schedule some seven months later than usual. But don’t tell that to the Ayala High School football team. Two weeks in, and the Bulldogs are 2-0, having outscored Temescal […]
After a season-opening loss to La Habra, Maranatha has bounced back with two convincing victories. The Minutemen have outscored their last two opponents (Excelsior Charter & Upland) by a combined margin of 31-9. On Wednesday night, MHS cruised to an 8-2 victory over the Highlanders. Daniel Ruiz picked up the win for the Minutemen. Ruiz […]
San Dimas scored runs in each of the first six innings on Wednesday and cruised to a 13-3 victory over Santa Fe. Matt Romero picked up the win. Romero went 3 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits. He walked three and fanned a pair of Chiefs’ batters. Alex Ramos provided 2 1/3 […]
Charter Oak began the 2021 season 0-2, with losses to Chino Hills and South Hills. And Zack Bauer had enough of that, so he did something about it on Wednesday. Bauer went five scoreless innings for the win. He surrendered four hits, walked one and fanned six Titans’ batters. Evan Avitia closed out Colony with […]
Etiwanda is not messing around. Just three games in to the 2021 season, and the Eagles have outscored San Dimas, Northview and now Alta Loma by a combined margin of 39-14. They took apart the Braves, 21-9, on Wednesday, and collected 23 hits. In fact, 11 separate Etiwanda batters registered at least one hit and […]
Pictured L-R: Nick Goethals, David Case, Kyle Hampton, Nick Valdez & Ed Holly David Case, the Oregon State commit, got his first win of the year. The Loyola lefty went five innings, allowing one run on three hits, and the Cubs defeated Fullerton, 7-1, on Wednesday. He walked four and fanned eight. Nick Goethals and […]
High School Baseball: It’s early, but the Bonita baseball program has already picked up a ‘character’ win. The Bearcats were trailing by two runs in the top of the seventh inning some 44 miles from home. But they rallied to send it to extra innings, thanks to a solo home run by Ryan Kozma to […]
In the best of times, it’s always great to open a season on the winning side of the ledger. But after being sidelined for almost a year due to COVID-19, it makes that feeling even better. West Covina got a pair of first-half goals, one more in the second, and cruised to a 3-0 victory […]
Rancho Cucamonga left Glendora High School on Monday disappointed that they hadn’t played their best baseball in a loss to the Tartans. But the Cougars snapped back into form quickly. Jake Brown just shoved it all game, and the Cougars dominated La Quinta, 9-0, on Tuesday. Brown threw a three-hit shutout. He struck out seven […]
After losses on Saturday (Mission Viejo) & Monday (Bonita), Loyola bounced back in a big way. The Cubs pounded North (Torrance) pitching for 11 hits in a 14-5 victory over the Saxons on Tuesday. Brynner Waiolama went the first four innings for North and allowed four runs (one earned) on three hits. He walked two […]
Pictured L-R: Matt Gonzales, Braydon Wooldridge, Jeff Isenhart & JJ Nolan After a season-opening loss on Saturday, Glendora has bounced back and defeated a pair of 2-0 teams in a 24-hour stretch. Yesterday, the Tartans knocked off Rancho Cucamonga, 4-1. Fast forward to Tuesday, and GHS handed Sunny Hills its first loss, 4-3, in Fullerton. […]
In his second outing of 2021, Casey Spencer picked up his first win on the mound for Arcadia High School. The former La Salle star went six innings and allowed four runs on four hits. To be fair to Spencer, though, Coach Nick Lemas, said he would have won at California in the season opener, […]
Bonita improved to 2-0 after a 6-3 victory over Loyola on Monday. And that was made possible by starting pitcher Matthew Bustos and a Bearcats offense that out-hit the Cubs, 9-2. Joey Frey was stuck with the loss. Frey went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out four. Bonita would go […]
The Glendora and Rancho Cucamonga pitching staffs both worked their way in and out of a number of jams on Monday afternoon. In the end, though, the Tartans were able to hold off the Cougars, 4-1, to claim their first victory of 2021. Dylan Escobar went the first four innings for RCHS, and allowed just […]
Three days after scoring just one run in its season opener, the Maranatha bats came alive in a big way. The Minutemen pounded five Excelsior Charter pitchers for 20 hits, including five home runs. MHS cruised to a 23-7 victory in Victorville. RJ Torres was saddled with the loss. Torres surrendered seven runs on eight […]
What a way to start the 2021 soccer season for San Dimas and Ally Limos. The Saints cruised to a 4-1 victory over Glendora and Limos scored three times to notch the hat trick. But it wasn’t just the three goals that were important. She got the Saints off to a lead just five minutes […]
