Thanks to Maranatha for this report Girls Tennis: On Geffen’s Senior Day, the Div. 5 No. 9 ranked Lady Minutemen came the closest they have all season to the mighty Bruins of Geffen Academy/UCLA (D4 #5 ranked). The deep Bruins made line up adjustments, which nearly proved costly for them in the end. As she […]
Football: It wasn’t the offensive explosion that many expected out of Glendora, but the Tartans improved to 8-0 after Thursday’s 28-7 victory over Colony in the Citrus 4 League opener. GHS, fresh off their bye week, got out to a 28-0 lead, before the Titans got a 31-yard TD run from AJ Jones in the […]
Girls Golf: The youthful West Covina girls golf program finished the 2021 season on a high note. The Bulldogs won a pair of Valle Vista League matches this week against Chino, and that includes Thursday’s 290-323 victory over the Cowboys at Whittier Narrows Golf Course. Analisa Soriano had a low-score of 50 for the Bulldogs. Grace […]
Girls Volleyball: San Dimas didn’t just win an outright Valle Vista League championship this week. The Saints steamrolled their competition along the way. SDHS wrapped up a perfect VVL run with Thursday’s 25-27, 25-16, 25-22 and 25-16 victory at Diamond Ranch. In 2021, the Saints won 30 of the 33 sets they played in league. […]
Thanks to Ryan Tomey for the photos and game info Football: St. Francis did everything it took to win Thursday’s Angelus League opener at St. Paul. The Golden Knights more than quadrupled what the St. Paul defense allows weekly, and the SFHS defense held the Swordsmen to 17 points under their average. St. Francis was […]
Girls Volleyball: South Hills accomplished two things in Thursday’s Hacienda League finale. First, the Huskies swept Los Altos and handed the Conquerors their first league loss. Secondly, South Hills secured the league’s No. 2 spot for the playoffs. SHHS won by scores of 25-16, 25-23 and 25-23. Mia Delahoussaye led the way with 14 kills […]
Girls Volleyball: Upland and Rancho Cucamonga headed into the final match of the regular season tied atop the Baseline League standings. The Highlanders did their part in clinching at least a share of the league championship. They defeated Etiwanda by scores of 23-25, 25-20, 27-25 and 25-17. And UHS got some unexpected help from winless […]
College Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor PCC sophomore Kaydon Spens has a history of making teams better. In two years at Burbank, the Bulldogs went a combined 20-7 overall, and 13-1 in Pacific League games. Burbank won the league championship in 2017, and they made a run to the CIF-SS Division 7 semifinals. One […]
Photo of Max Garrison by Ryan Tomey Football: With just three Angelus League games in 2021, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize how vital the next few weeks will be for the St. Francis football program. The Golden Knights (5-1) will travel to Santa Fe Springs tonight in the league opener at St. […]
Girls Volleyball: West Covina didn’t come close to having the season they had envisioned. The Bulldogs headed into the final match of the 2021 season without a single Valle Vista League victory. To their credit, though, WCHS went out with a win. In fact, the Bulldogs got the road sweep of Covina. The Bulldogs won […]
Girls Golf: Today at Marshall Canyon Golf Course, Glendora defeated Bonita 226-233 in their last match of the season. Lauren Silva had a career-low 40 on Wednesday. Liz Oloteo (41), Kat Soto (46), Bao-Quinn Moran (48) and Amelia Reuter (51) rounded out the top-five for GHS. Sasha Kumar shot a 52. Glendora needed the victory to […]
Girls Volleyball: FSHA dropped its regular season finale to Mayfield in five games. The Cubs won by scores of 23-25, 25-27, 25-23, 25-16 and 15-7. Peyton DeJardin had 23 kills and 21 digs. Luisa Madrigal finished with seven kills. Milena Andrade contributed 25 assists, and Charlotte Taylor had 23 digs. Lindsey Du added 16 digs. […]
Girls Volleyball: La Salle needed a road victory on Wednesday to win another Del Rey League championship. And the Lancers got it. La Salle defeated second place Bishop Montgomery by scores of 25-17, 25-23, 11-25 and 25-23. Ashley Li had a match-high 18 kills. Dani Thomas-Nathan contributed 13 kills to help the Lancers go 8-0 […]
Girls Volleyball: Just a couple of weeks ago, Bonita held a two-game lead over second-place Glendora for the Palomares League’s top spot. Since October 1st, however, the Bearcats went 1-3 to close out the regular season, and that included Wednesday’s four-set loss at Alta Loma. Conversely, Glendora won their final seven matches, including a sweep […]
Photo by Ryan Tomey Football: Thursday: Colony at Glendora St. Francis at St. Paul Diamond Ranch at Northview Chino Hills at Etiwanda Burbank at Arcadia Friday: Muir at Crescenta Valley Pasadena at Burroughs Alta Loma at Ayala Gladstone at Azusa Charter Oak at Bonita San Dimas at Los Altos Rancho Cucamonga at Upland Rio Hondo […]
Girls Volleyball: Upland needed and got a victory on Tuesday night to remain in a two-way tie atop the Baseline League standings with Rancho Cucamonga. The Highlanders swept Los Osos by scores of 25-23, 25-19 and 25-21. Brooke McKee had a monster effort in the win. McKee had 22 kills, including 14 in the third […]
Girls Volleyball: Arcadia’s 2021 season has been a roller coaster ride for the coaches and players. They’ve enjoyed the highs and rode out the low moments. After a pair of Pacific League losses to Burroughs and Crescenta Valley, the Apaches got back to their winning ways on Tuesday. Arcadia swept Burbank for the third time […]
Pictured L-R: Chris West, Jason Tibbetts & Brad Baiotto in 1989, & Brad w/his family In 22 years of covering high school and college sports, this reporter has never written a story about a family member, and quite frankly, it didn’t even cross my mind. I think and hope, though, that this tribute to my […]
Girls Volleyball: La Salle inched closer to yet another Del Rey League championship on Monday night. The Lancers swept Mary Star by scores of 25-13, 25-8 and 25-21. Dani Thomas-Nathan had 15 kills, five digs and three aces. Ashley Li finished with 12 kills, six aces and two digs. Mikayla Hsieh contributed with 22 assists. […]
Girls Volleyball: Chaminade stayed perfect in Sunshine League matches after its four-set victory at Flintridge Sacred Heart on senior night, but the Tologs put up a fight. The Eagles won by scores of 22-25, 25-18, 24-14 and 25-18. Peyton DeJardin had 15 kills and 20 digs. Caitlin Du contributed 28 digs. Milena Andrade finished with […]
