Photos by Jeff Serpa: Water Polo: No biggie. To earn a spot in the CIF-SS Division 2 title match, Damien would have to work overtime. Moreover, the Spartans had their greatest scoring output of the 2025 season. DHS used a 7-4 run in the overtime periods to outlast Los Alamitos, 22-19, in the D-2 semifinal […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling, Beth Oualline & Jeff Serpa Water Polo: The Palomares League was guaranteed one team in Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 3 title game at Mt. SAC. Glendora and Bonita met up in Tuesday’s D-3 semifinal showdown at Las Flores Park in La Verne. In the regular season, GHS and BHS went 1-1 against […]
Tennis: After CIF-SS Division 7 victories over Coachella Valley (13-5) and Norwalk (10-8), the La Salle girls’ season came to an end on Monday afternoon after a hard-fought 10-8 loss to Segerstrom in the quarterfinal round. The defeat capped an impressive postseason run that saw the Lancers battle through adversity, win two tough playoff matches, […]
Photos by Josh Thompson Football: One week after dropping a showdown at Rancho Cucamonga to decide the Baseline League championship, the Chino Hills football program hosted Mira Costa in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. The Mustangs scored first, but the Huskies got starring roles from a number of its athletes to […]
Water Polo: The Damien water polo program is giving their parents a lot of excitement and gray hair during an historic playoff run. DHS edged El Segundo, 15-14, on Friday night in overtime. Damien has one-goal wins in the last two rounds, including a 14-13 victory in the second round over No. 4 seeded Crean […]
Football: Last week, Allan Hancock College reportedly didn’t have enough ‘healthy bodies’ to take on Mt. SAC. Miraculously, the Bulldogs got well enough in seven days to host Citrus College in the regular season finale. Apparently, they didn’t know the Owls were the only program to hand the Mounties a loss in 2025. And while […]
Thanks to Robert Mercado for the video clips Football: Mt. SAC pulled off an epic comeback at undefeated Ventura College on Saturday night. The Mounties were in a 23-point hole late in the second quarter, and they entered the fourth quarter trailing the Pirates by 16 points. However, the young men from Walnut showed their […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer & Shawn Robinson Football: La Canada scored the game’s first 17 points in the first quarter, and they never trailed in Friday’s 30-14 victory at West Covina in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 7 playoffs. LCHS quarterback Joe Bell accounted for each of the four touchdowns. On the opening […]
Photos by Beth Oualline: Bonita surprised a lot of SGV area football fans on Friday night. The Bearcats limped into Covina District Field with a number of injuries, and they headed home with a 31-19 victory over a well-coached and talented Northview program in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. BHS took […]
Photos by Jeff Serpa Football: Rancho Cucamonga opened the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs at home against No. 16 in the state (MaxPreps) Tustin. And the 28th-ranked Cougars dropped a 45-8 ass kicking on their visitors. RCHS scored the game’s first 17 points. The Tillers lone score was a 76-yard pick-six by THS freshman safety, Kingston […]
Photo by Sandra Hsieh Tennis: The Lady Minutemen got off to a slow start in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs, falling behind 5-1 after the first round of play. They had their chances to make it 3-3, but lost two key sets, 6-4. In one of those sets, No. 2 Sarah […]
Game info/stats by Harry Joe, photos from Tim Lunney & video highlights by David Guerrero Football: In each of the last three seasons, Rio Hondo Prep has been moved up two CIF-SS divisions. Two years ago, the Kares edged Santa Monica (29-27) in the D-9 title game at SMHS. Last season, RHP crushed Warren (43-16) […]
Water Polo: Bonita earned a semifinal spot in the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. The Bearcats got out to a solid lead and held off Burbank, 13-10, in Friday’s quarterfinal round showdown. Justin Falk had 12 big saves in goal. Jeff Heaton led the Bearcats offense with five goals. Gary Watson chipped in with four goals […]
Photos by Hannah Lin Water Polo: Glendora continued to make history on Friday evening. The Tartans edged their visitors from Temple City, 14-13, to narrowly earn a spot in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. Before Tuesday’s win, GHS had never even reached the quarterfinals. Glendora got goals from seven different players, […]
Photo by Gwen Pointer CIF-SS Playoff Schedule for 210 Prep Sports Programs: Division 2: Rancho Cucamonga 45, Tustin 8 Vista Murrieta 36, Damien 31 Division 3: Chino Hills 42, Mira Costa 35 Division 4: Charter Oak 17, Muir 14 (OT) Division 5: St. Paul 38, Etiwanda 19 Bonita 31, Northview 19 Rio Hondo Prep 50, […]
Tennis: The La Salle girls’ tennis team continues its impressive 2025 season with the start of their postseason run, defeating Coachella Valley 13–5 in the first round of the CIF playoffs. And they did so in spite of being short a player and traveling more than two hours for the match. The victory marks another […]
Photo by Sandra Hsieh Tennis: After a first round defeat in last season’s CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs with a young inexperienced team, the Lady Minutemen hoped to use that experience to advance to the second round this season. Once again in Division 5, Maranatha was able to get off to a strong start today, winning […]
Photos by Justin Busse Water Polo: Glendora made history on Tuesday. And they did so in dramatic fashion. The Tartans edged Malibu, 9-8, when Collin Harper’s golden goal earned GHS its first CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinal round appearance in program history. With the game tied at 7-7, in the final seconds of the first of […]
Golf: If anyone thought La Salle’s unbeaten run to a Camino Real League title was a fluke or a down year for the other programs, the Lady Lancers proved them all wrong. La Salle would cement a banner 2025 season with a CIF-SS Division 4 team championship. The Lancers got starring roles at the Green […]
Photo by Tim Lunney Football: At first glance, the 2025 CIF-SS playoff football brackets don’t appear as controversial as they have in recent years. However, the ‘formula’ still has its flaws. Perhaps the biggest head scratcher from the San Gabriel Valley area is 10-0 Los Altos, the Hacienda League champions, having to travel to 2-8 […]
