Girls Tennis: Thanks to Maranatha for this report: Though it was only the first match of the Olympic League season, there was already a playoff atmosphere and intensity between two of the league’s top teams, each contending for the league title. Though Maranatha has dominated the Olympic League landscape over the last decade, winning eight […]
Girls Volleyball: Etiwanda suffered its first Baseline League setback last Thursday when they got swept at Rancho Cucamonga. But the Eagles got back to their winning ways on Tuesday. EHS swept their hosts from Upland by scores of 25-10, 25-21 and 25-14. Etiwanda is now just one-game back of the first-place Cougars after improving to […]
Pictured L-R: Mt. SAC & Citrus football coaches, Bob Jastrab & Brandon Hayashi College Football By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor For decades, the Mt. San Antonio College football program has set the bar for excellence in both the San Gabriel Valley and the state of California. And 2023 is no different. The Mounties are 160-43 […]
Pictured L-R: Rio Hondo Prep’s Caiden Holcomb & Noah Penunuri, & West Covina’s Miles Reid, Chris Perez & Sebastian Martinez Football: Comparing all 210 Prep Sports programs by wins, average points scored per game & points allowed: Wins: Bonita (5-0) Rio Hondo Prep (5-0) Rancho Cucamonga (5-0) Damien (5-0) Etiwanda (5-0) West Covina (4-1) Covina […]
Photos by Stephen Delgado Girls Athlete of the Week: After a slow start, the Marshall Fundamental girls volleyball program seems to have found its stride. This past week, the Eagles played three Mission Valley League matches. On Monday, Marshall swept South El Monte. Two days later, the Eagles would claim a four-set victory at Arroyo. […]
College Football: Mt. SAC, the third ranked program in the state, cruised to a 42-21 victory over visiting Allan Hancock. The Mounties had a 475-287 advantage in total offense and improved to 3-0. The Bulldogs got as close as 14-7 in the second quarter, but Mt. SAC was able to pull away. Alex Flores completed […]
College Football: To say the Pasadena City College offense is on fire would be an understatement. The Lancers, now 3-0, are averaging 62 points per game. On Saturday, PCC went out to the College of the Desert and laid a 59-13 beatdown on the Roadrunners. Kekahi Graham went off at quarterback. Graham completed 26-of-40 for […]
College Football: Chaffey College remained perfect to start the 2023 season. The Panthers picked up their third consecutive victory after Saturday’s 57-24 victory at Santa Monica College. Chaffey outscored SMC in each of the four quarters, and they started both halves on 21-7 runs. There were a few stats that shout out loud just how […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Football: South Hills snapped a three-game losing streak on Friday night. The Huskies thumped their visitors from El Monte, 49-17, at Covina District Field. SHHS has now scored 49 points in both of their 2023 wins thus far. And it could have been much worse, but the refs called three Huskies […]
Pictured L-R: Carter Shupper, Miles O’Malley & Luke McNulty Boys Athlete of the Week: Maranatha went into Friday’s showdown with undefeated Western Christian knowing the Lancers would objectively be their toughest remaining regular season opponent on their schedule. It would be an experience, win or lose, that would help prepare the Minutemen for what they […]
Football: League Records Through Week Two: Angelus League: Paraclete (5-0 overall, 0-0 in league) St. Francis (4-1, 0-0) St. Paul (2-2, 0-0) Crespi (2-3, 0-0) Cathedral (2-3, 0-0) Loyola (1-3, 0-0) Baseline: Etiwanda (5-0, 0-0) RCHS (5-0, 0-0) Damien (5-0, 0-0) Chino Hills (3-2, 0-0) Upland (4-1, 0-0) Citrus 4: Glendora (4-1, 0-0) Los Osos […]
Scoring plays by Matt Luderer Football: The 76-mile drive to and from Hesperia wasn’t that bad after all. Of course it helped that St. Francis headed back to La Canada with a 42-13 victory at Sultana. And the Golden Knights enter their bye week at 4-1. John Sanders found Tyler Cofre on a 26-yard TD […]
Photos by Beth Oualline & game info from Darren Baumunk Editor’s Note: Los Osos did not post their individual game stats Football: Make it five in a row. Bonita remained unscathed in 2023 after Friday’s 28-14 victory at Los Osos. The Bearcats led 20-0 before the Grizzlies scored a pair of second-quarter TD’s. As mentioned, […]
Photos by Mario Veliz Football: How would Covina respond to its week-three, two-point loss to Northview? Quite well. The Colts improved to 4-1 after a 37-21 victory at La Salle. Matthew Gutierrez booted a 25-yard field goal to give CHS a 3-0, first-quarter lead. The Lancers would take their first (and only as it turned […]
Football: Week Four Scores: Thursday: Northview 54, Monrovia 35 Arcadia 78, Morningside 0 Friday: Alta Loma 34, Claremont 14 Bonita 28, Los Osos 14 Damien 35, Charter Oak 0 Ayala 42, Chino Hills 28 Covina 37, La Salle 21 Etiwanda 34, Glendora 14 San Dimas 30, Sunny Hills 7 San Marino 49, Wilson 0 Crescenta […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo, & Game info from Zack Morton & Shaun Kelley Football: Ever since Demaricus Davis rallied Etiwanda from 26 down in the fourth quarter of last year’s CIF-SS Division 5 title game against St. Francis, the Eagles have been almost unstoppable. On Friday night, EHS controlled throughout its 34-14 victory over Glendora […]
Game info from Harry Joe Football: Heading into Friday’s showdown at Rio Hondo Prep, the Boron football program was 4-0 and they had outscored Bishop Montgomery, Mira Monte, Riverside Prep and Sierra by a combined margin of 204-47. Apparently, that didn’t impress the Kares all that much. RHP scored the game’s first 42 points, and […]
Game info from Randy Reams & photos by Josh Thompson of Champion Newspapers Football: Ayala had its character challenged on Friday night. The Bulldogs were potentially four quarters away from being 1-3. And they were facing a Chino Hills squad that had won its last three games. AHS passed that test with flying colors, and […]
Football: As of kickoff on Friday night, Western Christian was 4-0 and the Fighting Lancers were ranked 82 spots higher than Maranatha in the MaxPreps state rankings. The Minutemen, however, scored the game’s first 30 points and cruised to a 58-33 victory. Western Christian trailed 44-8 before scoring on the last play of the second […]
Football: In this writer’s view, the St. Francis-Cathedral football rivalry is about as intense as it gets. There is certainly a respect among the two proud programs, because a great rivalry isn’t worth a damn if both teams aren’t successful. But there is definitely no love lost between the Golden Knights and Phantoms. For many […]
