Girls Volleyball: Ayala sure made things interesting in the Palomares League title chase. The Bulldogs handed the Bearcats their first league setback on Friday. Ayala won by scores of 25-20, 25-10, 18-25 and 25-10. With three league matches to play, Glendora and Bonita share the Palomares League penthouse, while Ayala is just one-game back of […]
Pictured: Covina’s Ronnie Ropke Football: To say Covina has found its stride offensively would be an understatement. The Colts began the 2022 season scoring 14, 14 and 12 points in consecutive losses to South Hills, Diamond Bar and Northview, respectively. Fast forward three games, and CHS has defeated Bell Gardens, Sierra Vista and Montclair by […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Thanks to South Hills coach Calderon, & Claremont’s Hile for these game notes Football: Since starting the season 2-0, South Hills has now lost its last four games. On Friday, the Huskies fell, 28-13, at Claremont High School. But don’t think for a moment this program isn’t heading in the right […]
Pictured L-R: Ike Udengwu III & Mohammed Nyangamukenga College Football: The Mt. SAC football program enters its bye week about as strong as one could hope to be. After a 48-7 thumping of visiting Allan Hancock, the Mounties are 5-0, and ranked third in the state. And they’ve defeated LA Valley, Saddleback, SBVC, Bakersfield and […]
Photos by Gus Vargas College Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Citrus College made some history on Saturday night. The Owls defense held their ground on a pair of late Antelope Valley drives, and edged the visiting Marauders, 14-10, to remain unbeaten. It’s the program’s first 5-0 start in 17 years. Citrus took a 7-0 […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: It was both a trying and successful week for Bonita High School wide receiver-defensive back, Kevork Markossian, or Georgie, as most people call him. According to CalPreps, Bonita was projected to fall to the reigning CIF-SS D-10 champions from Northview by their score of 40-19. It was the third week […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: While the FSHA girls volleyball program is 15-13 overall, the Tologs are 4-1 where it counts. And that’s in Angelus League matches. FSHA didn’t have a great start to the week. In fact, they got swept in Monday’s Angelus League showdown at Notre Dame. But the Tologs would claim a […]
Football: Maranatha’s unbeaten streak continued on Friday night. In a game that was nowhere near as close as the final score, the Minutemen defeated Whittier Christian, 35-27, in the Cottonwood League opener at Whittier College. MHS is now 5-0-1 in 2022. Maranatha forced a three-and-out on the first drive of the game, and the Minutemen […]
Photo by Gwen Pointer Football: Week 6 Scores: Thursday: Bonita 42, Northview 35 Charter Oak 34, Los Altos 3 St. Pius 61, La Salle 6 Monrovia 35, South Pasadena 21 Pasadena 61, Burbank 7 Friday: Ayala 56, Glendora 33 West Covina 30, Baldwin Park 8 Claremont 28, South Hills 13 Aliso Niguel 28, Alta Loma […]
Thanks to Ryan Tomey for the photos and game info/stats Football: St. Francis opened Angelus League play on Friday night with a 45-14 victory over visiting Paraclete. Devyn Turner scored three rushing TD’s, as the Golden Knights reached the .500 mark for the first time since week one. After beginning the season 1-3, and in […]
Girls Volleyball: After dropping the first set of Friday’s Mission Valley League contest with visiting El Monte, the Marshall Fundamental girls volleyball program stormed back for a four-game victory. The Eagles won by scores of 16-25, 25-19, 25-18 and 25-19. Marshall is now 8-2 in MVL play with two matches to go. The Eagles coach, […]
Story by Shaun Kelley & photos from RT Tolentino Football: Shortly before Thursday’s showdown with Northview, Bonita senior Georgie Markossian got a call that his mom was going into emergency surgery. That’s something no one wants to hear, and it would seem reasonable or even likely that Markossian would have difficulty dedicating 100 percent of […]
Photos by Gus Vargas, game info/stats by Zack Morton & Randy Reams, & video clips by Mark Sanchez Football: Although they no longer share a Palomares League rivalry for football, a Glendora-Ayala game rarely disappoints. And Thursday night was no different. The Tartans (Brandon Rohrer) and Bulldogs (AJ Gracia) are both led by young men […]
Girls Tennis: Mayfield improved to 3-0 in Prep League matches thanks to its 13-5 victory over Poly. Sam Frick, the Cubs No. 1 singles player, went 3-0, and won by scores of 6-1, 6-0, 6-0. Allison Huang went 2-1 at No. 3 singles by scores of 2-6, 6-0 and 6-0. In all, Mayfield singles won […]
Football: Written by Eric Greene, and photos from Randy Bell It had been 28 days since Monrovia had won a football game. In fact, MHS suffered a pair of sizeable setbacks sandwiched between a week-four bye. Ayala and San Dimas defeated Monrovia by a combined margin of 89-28. in week-three and week-five contests. MHS opened […]
Girls Volleyball: Seventy-two hours after being swept at Notre Dame in an Angelus League contest, the Tologs had a chance to avenge their only league setback. And they did just that. FSHA swept Notre Dame by scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-11. Nikki Garriola led the way with 18 kills, four aces and six digs. […]
Photo of Kathryn Khalil courtesy of Amanda Lin Girls Tennis: It was the first-ever meeting between Maranatha and the Providence (Burbank) Pioneers, who were missing their top player due to injury. The Lady Minutemen were especially sharp out of the gates, putting the pressure on from the outset, and emerging with a 6-0 lead after […]
Photos by Stephen Delgado Girls Volleyball: The good news: Marshall Fundamental gave perennial Mission Valley League power Gabrielino all they could handle and more. The bad news: GHS was able to edge the Eagles in five sets. Gabrielino wrapped up the MVL championship after its 24-26, 25-19, 25-20, 12-25 and 15-10 triumph over Marshall. The […]
Girls Tennis: One of the great side effects of blowout victories is the luxury of getting as many players some real-time experience as possible. And such was the case for the Claremont High School girls tennis program. CHS cruised to a 14-4 victory over Redlands in a nonleague match. The singles players and doubles teams […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Charter Oak has opened its 2022 schedule with five consecutive victories. The lion’s share of the credit should and does go to their senior class. And it’s not their on-field contributions alone that makes this group so valued, it’s just as much the leadership in […]
