Football: Don’t look now, but Pasadena is just a win over Muir next week from clinching a Pacific League championship. The Bulldogs claimed their fourth victory in a row Thursday by defeating Crescenta Valley, 47-20, at Glendale High School. Mekhi Fox and Ahmad Jolly had first-quarter scores to give PHS a 14-7 lead. Fox scored […]
Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Glendora’s Matt Gonzales and Ayala’s Jacob Badawi have so much in common. They are both seniors, 18 years of age, and they star for their school’s football and baseball programs. Badawi is the leadoff hitter and outfielder for the Bulldogs baseball program, while Gonzales hits first and plays shortstop […]
Football: Week Three Scores: Muir 50, Burroughs 0 Pasadena 29, Arcadia 7 Ayala 35, Charter Oak 14 Bonita 42, Alta Loma 28 Glendora 33, Colony 7 Loyola 41, St. Francis 14 La Salle 47, Salesian 29 San Dimas 42, Los Altos 6 Diamond Ranch 27, Northview 0 West Covina 21, South Hills 7 Claremont 49, […]
Football: Last year, and at first glance, La Salle freshman Richie Munoz looked more like a linebacker than a quarterback. The same guy who didn’t look the part, though, threw for 30 touchdown passes and led the Lancers to a 6-5 season, What made that special was the fact that one year prior, La Salle […]
Pictured: Jacob Badawi scores one of his four TD’s on Friday. (Gustavo Vargas photo) Football: Jacob Badawi is a multi-threat athlete. He’s currently a leading contributor in the success of both the Ayala baseball and football programs at the same time. On Friday night, Badawi’s sole focus was on football and the visiting Charter Oak […]
Football: West Covina hadn’t claimed a Kings of Cameron rivalry victory over South Hills since 2016. That was three-time CIF champion Mike Maggiore’s last year leading the Bulldogs. Fast forward to 2021, Maggiore is back, and so is the crown. The Bulldogs’ defense held the Huskies offense in check all night and West Covina earned […]
Football: The stage is set. Glendora did its part Friday to set up an enormous showdown next week at Ayala in a battle of unbeatens. The Tartans went out to Ontario and dominated Colony, 33-7. GHS scored the game’s first 33 points before Colony got a 68-yard TD pass from Will Yates to Antoine Jones […]
Football: Ryan Bulick is both an athletic and confident quarterback. And when he gets the chance to throw the ball, he proves it out, just like he did on Thursday night. Bulick threw three TD passes and San Dimas cruised to a 42-6 victory over visiting Los Altos. Bulick hit freshman Decker DeGraaf on TD […]
Football: What a finish to an unprecedented year and season. Rio Hondo Prep saw some late-game dramatics go their way, and the Kares defeated rival, Pasadena Poly, 8-7, at the Rose Bowl. Trailing 7-0 with just over two minutes to play, RHP quarterback Jack Van Cleve snuck in from one yard out. Instead of playing […]
Pictured: Max Garrison from the Damien game, taken by Ryan Tomey Football: The 111-mile ride home on Saturday night was either going to be awesome or brutal. It turned out to be the former. St. Francis headed out to Bakersfield for a 5 p.m. kickoff at Garces Memorial High School. The Rams were 1-0 after […]
Pictured: La Salle quarterback, Richie Munoz. Football: After all the buildup and excitement of having a 2021 spring football season at the last minute, La Salle came out week one and dropped a 41-19 decision to St. Genevieve at home. It’s been said that true character, though, is accurately measured by the way in which […]
Week Two Football Scores: St. Francis 48, Garces Memorial 42 Muir 32, Crescenta Valley 14 Ayala 27, Bonita 0 Glendora 33, West Covina 7 Northview 27, Covina 0 San Dimas 24, Claremont 6 Paraclete 52, Monrovia 13 La Salle 33, Mary Star of the Sea 27 Maranatha 20, Whittier Christian 19 Damien 37, Aquinas 27 […]
Football: Rio Hondo Prep had no control of the impact that COVID-19 would have on everyone. And that included the number of games it would get to play in the spring of 2021. But when given the chance to exorcise its frustrations and to control its own destiny on the field, they more than made […]
Glendora got good balance offensively on Friday night and cruised to a 33-7 victory at West Covina. Noah Acuna rushed for a game-high 120 yards and scored on runs of 3, 1 and 27 yards, respectively. Braydon Brus, on his 17th birthday, scored a 1-yard TD run and then a 25-yard pick-six to give the […]
Pasadena quarterback Dante Coronel and his offense are on fire. Two weeks into the 2021, five-game football season, and the Bulldogs are 2-0. After a 42-26 beatdown of Burbank last week, PHS got the season sweep of the Burbank schools by hammering Burroughs, 48-7, at the Rose Bowl on Thursday. Daylon Beasley had a pair […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor While it seems that everyone else is showing a little rust after a shortened preseason and the kickoff to an abbreviated schedule some seven months later than usual. But don’t tell that to the Ayala High School football team. Two weeks in, and the Bulldogs are 2-0, having outscored Temescal […]
Week 1 Scores: Ayala 38, Temescal Canyon 14 Glendora 20, Diamond Ranch 13 Damien 23, St. Francis 19 Pasadena 42, Burbank 26 Chaffey 30, West Covina 13 Claremont 28, Chino Hills 0 San Dimas 49, Garden Grove 7 Monrovia 42, Northview 14 Santa Ana 35, Covina 0 La Serna 48, Muir 7 South Pasadena 36, […]
El Rancho football coach Adrian Medrano knew that after a year of quarantine and a shortened preseason, his Dons wouldn’t be especially sharp in their 2021 season opener against visiting Whittier. And he was right. But his players busted their butts and grinded out a 13-6 victory on Friday night. According to Medrano, El Rancho […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Damien started Friday night’s showdown with visiting St. Francis in fine form. But it was the way they finished the contest that allowed the Spartans to outlast the Golden Knights, 23-19. After taking a 10-0 lead in the first 16 minutes or so, St. Francis rebounded and led 19-10, thanks […]
Pasadena had been waiting 15 months to hit someone. And the Bulldogs took it out that angst on Burbank in the season opener for both Pacific League programs. PHS took a 14-point lead into the half and defeated Burbank, 42-26, at the Rose Bowl on Friday. Dante Coronel opened his senior year in style. Coronel […]
