The Ayala High School baseball program has had a lot of success lately. In fact, they haven’t lost a game since May 7th of 2019. When COVID-19 ended the 2020 season, the Bulldogs were 9-0, and until this past Saturday, they hadn’t taken the field since. And Ayala picked up right where they left off. […]
Pictured L-R: Charter Oak’s Alyssa Harms & Glendora’s Haley Ganino Haley Ganino set the tone offensively from the leadoff spot. In the season opener, Charter Oak took a 5-2 lead into the fifth inning. GHS, however, rallied for nine runs in the final three frames to defeat the Chargers, 11-5. Ganino went 3-for-5 at the […]
Pasadena quarterback Dante Coronel opened his senior season in style. Coronel threw four touchdown passes in Friday’s 42-26 victory over Burbank in a Pacific League showdown. He threw two TD passes to Kevin Serrato (17 & 50 yards) and a 22-yarder to Mekhi Fox. His longest score of the day was an 80-yard strike to […]
Week 1 Scores: Ayala 38, Temescal Canyon 14 Glendora 20, Diamond Ranch 13 Damien 23, St. Francis 19 Pasadena 42, Burbank 26 Chaffey 30, West Covina 13 Claremont 28, Chino Hills 0 San Dimas 49, Garden Grove 7 Monrovia 42, Northview 14 Santa Ana 35, Covina 0 La Serna 48, Muir 7 South Pasadena 36, […]
They’re not in the same league anymore. But South Hills and Charter Oak never fail to make the other program work diligently for each win. For the last few years, the Chargers and Huskies duked it out for the Hacienda League championship. And while Charter Oak has moved on to the Valle Vista League in […]
Monrovia’s Coleman Mitchell and Nathan Thompson began their senior season with a bang. Mitchell did his part on the mound and Thompson with a bat, as the Wildcats cruised to a 9-2 victory at Village Christian on Saturday. Mitchell went five scoreless innings, allowing just three hits to pick up the win. He didn’t walk […]
Rancho Cucamonga erupted for 11 runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined and went on to defeat Nogales, 13-6, on Saturday. Jacob Ayala was saddled with the loss for the Nobles. Ayala surrendered seven runs and six hits over his 2 2/3 innings of work. He walked three and fanned three RCHS batters. Six […]
Less than 24 hours after rallying late to defeat San Dimas, Etiwanda jumped on Northview early and often. The Eagles claimed a 12-0, mercy-rule victory in five innings. Three pitchers combined on a 1-hit shutout and Etiwanda pounded Northview for 13 hits. In fact, eight separate Eagles had at least one hit, and four had […]
Pictured L-R: Ethan Galindo & Dean Curley Northview opened the 2021 baseball season by getting a solid effort on the mound from its ace, and a big day at the plate from a Vikings’ sophomore. Northview got four runs in the second inning and cruised to an 8-4 victory over Walnut. Ethan Galindo, one of […]
The GHS softball program closed out its 2021 season opener in style. Glendora scored eight combined runs in the sixth and seventh innings, and defeated Charter Oak, 11-5, on Friday. Haley Ganino went 3-for-5, including a home run and four RBIs. Marisa Duarte and Bridget Nemeth went two scoreless innings apiece in the circle for […]
El Rancho football coach Adrian Medrano knew that after a year of quarantine and a shortened preseason, his Dons wouldn’t be especially sharp in their 2021 season opener against visiting Whittier. And he was right. But his players busted their butts and grinded out a 13-6 victory on Friday night. According to Medrano, El Rancho […]
Apparently the Damien bats weren’t rusty, despite not having played in over a year. The Spartans pounded Claremont pitching for 17 hits in Friday’s 14-3 victory. Gavin Eddy got the loss after allowing nine runs on eight hits over his 3 1/3 innings of work. He walked two and fanned three Spartans’ batters. The first […]
If Friday’s season opener is any indication, Loyola has reason to be optimistic about its chances in 2021. After five innings of play, Lakewood led the visiting Cubs, 5-2 But Loyola rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth, three in the seventh and four more in the decisive ninth inning. That production […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Damien started Friday night’s showdown with visiting St. Francis in fine form. But it was the way they finished the contest that allowed the Spartans to outlast the Golden Knights, 23-19. After taking a 10-0 lead in the first 16 minutes or so, St. Francis rebounded and led 19-10, thanks […]
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 […]
