Photos by Carlo Montalbo (@Carlo.Montalbo on Instagram) Boys Athlete of the Week: Colton Gray had one of the best weeks in his three-plus year career at Glendora. The Tartans senior reached surpassed the 1,000-point mark on Monday. GHS had victories over Diamond Ranch, Chino Hills, San Marino and Capistrano Valley Christian by a combined margin […]
Pictured L-R: Nate Penunuri & Nate Curtis Boys Athletes of the Week: Noah Penunuri and Nate Curtis, the 2023 Football Players of the Year for this site, are up to their old tricks in 2024. During much of the regular season, the Kares blew opponents out, and that meant Penunuri and Curtis saw limited touches, […]
Boys Athletes of the Week: It would be difficult to find a pair of SGV area brothers that had a bigger combined impact in a quarterfinal round playoff win than Glendora’s Austin and Brandon Coronado. Austin Coronado, a senior, has been a big contributor on both sides of the ball. He’s done his share and […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Anthony Gonzales had quite the final regular season game of his prep football career. The South Hills senior and his boys traveled to Hacienda Heights to battle Los Altos in a Hacienda League contest. The Huskies scored the first 26 points of the game, and they cruised to a 38-21 […]
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 […]
Photos by Ryan Tomey Boys Athlete of the Week: St. Francis started the 2024 season a brutal 0-6. There was plenty of blame to go around, including injuries and a reasonably tough schedule. But the Golden Knights have won two consecutive games, and they sit just one-game back of Cathedral and St. Paul in the […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: When this past week started, it would have been virtually impossible that any coach, player or fan of the Covina High School football program could have forecasted what Gatsbee Gumban would accomplish on Thursday night. The Colts sophomore got his first start as the featured running back when their leading […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: San Dimas headed into its week-five showdown at undefeated Monrovia as a four-point underdog by Calpreps. What makes their site relevant is the fact that CIF-SS uses their rankings to set the first-round playoff pairings. They’re accurate far more times than not, but on Friday, Calpreps gave the Saints a […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: It wasn’t the start Rancho Cucamonga had hoped for. The Cougars fell to 0-2 after losses to Murrieta Valley (35-19) and Orange Lutheran (45-14). Keep in mind, though, MVHS is ranked 81st in the state (MaxPreps) and O-Lu is 17th. Since week one, however, RCHS has won its last three […]
Photo by Carlo Montalbo (@Carlo.Montalbo on Instagram) Boys Athlete of the Week: Northview has gotten off to a great and balanced start to the 2024 season. The Vikings are 3-0 and they’ve outscored Durango, South Hills and Glendora by a combined margin of 102-10. NHS hadn’t allowed a single point on defense until GHS scored […]
Photos by Beth Oualline Boys & Girls Athletes of the Week: For the first time in this site’s five-year history, the boys’ and girls’ athletes of the week compete for the same high school. Even more rare, they play the same position, and they just happen to be a couple. Bonita High School quarterbacks Travis […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Kwame Parrish didn’t get a start at the varsity level until the first game of his senior year. In fact, Parrish spent time on the Covina High School JV football team last year during his junior campaign. Don’t tell that to the Cal High football program. Because in his first […]
Photos courtesy of Josh Thompson/Chino Valley Champion (@championnewpapers_JoshT on Instagram) Boys Athlete of the Week: What a remarkable postseason it was for Azusa freshman, Matt Huizar. Two weeks ago, the Aztecs wrapped up their first CIF-SS (D-8) championship since 1983. Huizar went 7-for-15 in CIF-SS victories over Santa Rosa Academy (10-0), ACE (15-1), Santa Clarita […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Gabriel Lopez had almost zero room for error on Friday. The Arcadia High School lefty was facing the No. 1 seed and the eighth-ranked team in the state (MaxPreps) in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. The AHS senior would go the distance to defeat Westlake, 2-1, […]
Boys Athletes of the Week: What a way to open the CIF-SS playoffs for a couple of local pitchers. Maranatha (22-6) secured a 4-0 victory over visiting Royal on Thursday at Brookside Park. Zach Strickland threw a no-hitter and had an RBI triple to get the Minutemen on the board. Strickland improved to 9-0, issued […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Charter Oak needed a win in the worst way possible. The Chargers opened the week with an overall record of 2-9-1, and they were 0-2 in Valle Vista League games. They sat in the VVL cellar with Northview. COHS junior Zack Escalera decided to do something about it. On Wednesday, […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Xavier Clinton began his final postseason at Damien in style. After a first-round bye, the Spartans cruised to a 68-50 over Crossroads in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. The Spartans senior made more 3-pointers (6) than the entire Roadrunners team (4). Clinton scored a game-high 24 points. And he made […]
Boys Athlete of the Week: Talk about saving your best for last. With two games to play in the regular season, Pasadena was tied for first in the Pacific League standings with Arcadia. The Apaches handed the Bulldogs their only loss (56-54 on Jan 4) in league play, and they met up Tuesday night at […]
Photo by Mitzi Yamashita Boys Athlete of the Week: The Maranatha boys soccer program and senior forward George Peterson had both a successful and prolific week. The Minutemen secured a pair of Olympic League victories. And they did so by a combined margin of 14-2. On Tuesday, MHS crushed visiting Heritage, 10-0, and it was […]
Photo by Robert Ketterling Boys Athlete of the Week: San Dimas opened Valle Vista League play this past week in style. The Saints went 3-0, and they stand alone atop the VVL standings. Two of the three wins came on the road. On Monday, SDHS claimed a 74-59 victory over Diamond Ranch. Two days later, […]
