Water Polo/ Nov 02 2024

Kei Romo’s 9 Saves, Including Late Penalty Shot, Leads Damien to an 8-7 Victory at Camarillo in Second Round of D-2 Playoffs

Boys Water Polo: Damien has earned a spot in Wednesday’s quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. The Spartans escaped Camarillo with an 8-7 victory, which made the 90-mile drive home enjoyable. Kei Romo came up huge with nine saves. And none more important than a last-minute block on a penalty shot. Zack Montoya […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Nov 01 2024

Northview Finishes Regular Season 10-0 After Thursday’s 28-0 Victory at Baldwin Park; NHS Secured Fourth Straight VVL Title

Photos by Gwen Pointer Football: It wasn’t a thing of beauty. But the results were. Northview shut out their hosts from Baldwin Park, 28-0, on Thursday night. It secured a perfect 10-0 regular season, and a fourth consecutive Valle Vista League championship. It was also the Vikings’ fourth shutout of the season. The NHS defense […]

By Brian Baiotto


Girls Flag Football/ Nov 01 2024

All-Ambassador League: Western Christian’s Galdamez & Estrada & Linfield Christian’s Shaffer Named MVP, Offensive & Defensive Players of Year

Flag Football: All-Ambassador League: Player of the Year – Grace Galdamez (Sr.)- Western Christian Offensive Player of the Year (Fr.)- Maliyah Estrada – Western Christian Defensive Player of the Year – Ava Shaffer (Sr.) – Linfield Christian Sportsmanship Award – United Christian Academy Coach of the Year – Chris Estrada 1st-Team All-League Cass Serna (Sr.) […]

By Brian Baiotto


Water Polo/ Oct 31 2024

Ben Shehee & Sebastian Maccalla Scored Three Goals Apiece in Damien’s 10-5 Victory Over Alta Loma in Tuesday’s CIF D-2 Opener

Boys Water Polo: Damien earned a spot in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. That was secured thanks to a 10-5 victory over Alta Loma in Tuesday’s first-round game in La Verne. Ben Shehee had three goals and a steal. Sebastian Maccalla chipped in with three goals of his own. Jonah Aguilera […]

By Brian Baiotto


Tennis/ Oct 31 2024

Marshall Fundamental’s Hannah Hagiwara Wins Mission Valley League Singles Title in an all-Eagles Final

Girls Tennis: Story courtesy of Marshall Fundamental Tennis: The Lady Eagles were dominant in Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s Mission Valley League prelims and finals at Rosemead High School. All three of the Eagles’ singles players cruised through the first two rounds yesterday without dropping a set. Marshall’s No. 1, Hannah Hagiwara, was the top-seeded player with […]

By Brian Baiotto


Volleyball/ Oct 31 2024

Lauren Furnald’s 16 Kills & 4 Aces Sparks Etiwanda in Four-Set Victory Over South Torrance in Quarterfinal Round of D-2 Playoffs

Girls Volleyball: Etiwanda has now won 15 consecutive matches. And that includes three CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoff wins. After defeating Alemany and JSerra, the Eagles hosted South Torrance in a quarterfinal showdown on Wednesday evening. EHS claimed victory by scores of 25-8, 21-25, 25-19 and 25-21. Lauren Furnald led the way with 16 kills […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Oct 31 2024

Cade Cadam Has Experienced High Peaks & Low Valleys in Football, But He’ll Finish College Career as SCIAC’s Leading Receiver

Pictured L-R: Ryder, Trevor, Dara, Cade & Chad Cadam Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto It would be difficult to find a San Gabriel Valley area family that has produced a trio of receivers the quality of the Cadam brothers. And that includes on and off the football field. In order of age, Cade, Trevor and Ryder […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Oct 29 2024

Mt. SAC is Still No. 1 in California; Pasadena City College Ranked 21st in Tuesday’s JCAB & CCCSIA State Polls

Football: October 28th JCAB & CCCSIA Polls: JCAB: 1-Mt. SAC 2-Riverside 3-San Mateo 4-Ventura 5-Golden West 6-Butte 6-San Diego Mesa 8-Modesto 9-Fresno City 10-El Camino 11-American River 12-Canyons 13-Saddleback 14-Sequoias 15-Long Beach 16-Fullerton 17-Diablo Valley 18-Bakersfield 19-Foothill 20-Sierra 21-Pasadena City College 22-Mt. San Jacinto 23-Monterey Peninsula 24-De Anza 25-Allan Hancock Others: Redwoods, 30; Cerritos, 28; […]

By Brian Baiotto


Girls Flag Football/ Oct 29 2024

Los Altos’ Simental, SHHS’ Ramos & SDHS’ Sandmark Named Hacienda League’s MVP, Offensive & Defensive Player of Year

Hacienda League Standings: Los Altos (18-5, 10-2) South Hills (22-8, 9-3) San Dimas (13-7, 8-4) Alta Loma 1-12, 0-9) Colony (1-19, 0-9)

By Brian Baiotto



Top Stories/ Oct 28 2024

Quarterfinal Round Playoff Schedule for Flag Football & Girls Volleyball; Azusa & Northview Have Teams in Both Sports

Tuesday’s Flag Football Playoff Schedule: Division 3: ML King (12-10) at South Hills (22-8) Troy (13-3-3) at San Dimas (13-7) Division 5: Azusa (20-3) at Kaiser (7-9) Artesia (12-5) at Northview (10-8) Covina (7-8-1) at Chaffey (6-12) Wednesday’s Girls Volleyball Playoff Schedule: Division 2: South Torrance (30-9) at Etiwanda (29-2) Division 4: Rancho Cucamonga (20-17) […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Oct 28 2024

Updated Standings & Week-10 Schedule: Bonita, Covina, Damien, Muir & Northview Look to Secure Outright League Titles

Photo of Damien quarterback Isaiah Arriaza by Taegan Maysami (@Madeby.Taeg on Instagram) Football: League Standings & Week-10 Schedule: Angelus League Standings: Cathedral (8-1, 4-0) St. Paul (6-3, 4-0) St. Francis (2-7, 2-2) Paraclete (3-6, 1-3) St. Pius (1-8, 1-3) Alemany (5-4, 0-4) Angelus Schedule: St. Pius at St. Francis Cathedral at St. Paul Alemany at […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Oct 27 2024

Saturday’s Scores, Game Notes, Updated Conference Standings & Next Week’s Schedule for Chaffey, Citrus, Mt. SAC & PCC

Photo courtesy of Pasadena City College Football: Saturday’s American Metro Conference Scores: Chaffey 26, Desert 23 Victor Valley 64, West LA 30 Santa Ana 56, Compton 6 Chaffey Game Notes: The Panthers overcame a 23-7 halftime deficit & 8 turnovers. Zhyaire Lewis recovered blocked punt in end zone Julian Viramontes, QB: (17-of-28 for 213 yards, […]

By Brian Baiotto


Girls Athlete of the Week/ Oct 27 2024

San Dimas Two-Way Starter, Lei’ani Jaime, Named 210 Prep Sports Girls Athlete of the Week

Girls Athlete of the Week: The San Dimas flag football program entered the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs having lost two of their final three games. The Saints, however, continued to exude a ton of confidence in themselves and their coaching staff. And it showed. On Tuesday, and in the first flag football playoff game in […]

By Brian Baiotto


Boys Athlete of the Week/ Oct 27 2024

Bonita Sophomore Two-Way Starter, Joseph Lara, Named 210 Prep Sports Boys Athlete of the Week

Photos by Beth Oualline Boys Athlete of the Week: The Bonita High School football program has a number of stars at skilled positions. And that list includes quarterback Travis Lippert, Texas A&M commit Noah Mikhail (TE/RB/LB), and the University of Washington-bound two-way star, Dylan Robinson (WR/DB). However, no one played bigger or better in week […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Oct 27 2024

Jake Denerson Accounts for 365 Yards of Total Offense & Three TDs, But Cerritos Defeats Citrus, 33-24, on Saturday Night

Photos by Jordan Carroll & Bianca Rodriguez Gonzalez (@bbs.flickks on Instagram) Football: Citrus dug itself a 21-0 hole on Saturday night. In fact, Cerritos’ Bruno Caldarella took the opening kickoff 88 yards to paydirt. And while the Owls made a valiant comeback, the Falcons prevailed, 33-24, in a National-Central Conference showdown at Citrus College. Former […]

By Brian Baiotto


Girls Flag Football/ Oct 27 2024

San Dimas Advances to Quarterfinal Round of CIF-SS Division 3 Playoffs After Saturday’s 19-6 Victory Over Highland

Flag Football: For the second consecutive playoff game, the San Dimas flag football program scored 19 points. And for the second consecutive time, the Saints walked off the field as the winner. On Tuesday, SDHS opened the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs with a 19-13 victory at Westminster. Fast forward four days, and San Dimas controlled […]

By Brian Baiotto


Girls Flag Football/ Oct 27 2024

Huntington Beach Ends Western Christian’s Record Season w/a 29-21 Victory in CIF D-1 Playoffs; Estrada Tossed Three TD Passes

Flag Football: Western Christian saw its remarkable inaugural season come to an end on Saturday. The Lancers fell, 29-21, at Huntington Beach, in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Western Christian’s 24 wins is tops among any SGV area program. The Oilers took a 22-7 lead into the break, and they outlasted the Lancers in Surf […]

By Brian Baiotto


Volleyball/ Oct 27 2024

Etiwanda Earns Spot in CIF-SS Division 2 Quarterfinals After Saturday’s Four-Set Victory at JSerra

Girls Volleyball: The Etiwanda volleyball victory tour continued on Saturday evening. The Eagles made the 57-mile drive to south Orange County to battle JSerra in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. And EHS headed home with a four-set victory. Etiwanda won by scores of 12-25, 25-23, 27-25 and 25-19. Nina Hemsley had […]

By Brian Baiotto


Football/ Oct 27 2024

Jake Duronslet Accounts for 239 Yards of Total Offense & Four TDs in Covina’s 40-35 Hacienda League Victory Over South Hills

Photos by Gwen Pointer Football: Covina is now one step closer to an outright Hacienda League championship after Friday’s 40-35 victory over South Hills. The Colts improved to 8-1, but Jacob Calderon’s Huskies made them work for it. SHHS made it interesting late, as Tyler Arguinzoni scored on a 1-yard TD run with less than […]

By Brian Baiotto