Girls Athlete of the Week: Malia Kirton and her Los Osos teammates had a successful past week, going 5-1. Most importantly, the Grizzlies won their first two Baseline League matches of the season. On Tuesday, LOHS picked up the road sweep at St. Lucy’s. And 48 hours later, the Grizzlies handed Upland just their third […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: If the Arcadia High School girls volleyball program wins the Pacific League title, they’ll probably look back to this past week as the spark. The Apaches (7-0 in league) began the week with a three-game sweep at Burbank. Fast forward 48 hours and Arcadia trailed visiting Crescenta Valley, 14-6, in […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: Heading into the 2021 fall season, West Covina senior Madi Schleif and her teammates hadn’t played a regular season volleyball match since October of 2019. And while WCHS is 18 games in and has an 11-7 record, there is still a lot of hard work to do if Fred Nash […]
Pictured L-R: Dani Thomas-Nathan & Ashley Li Girls Athletes of the Week: Coming off a pair of losses last Saturday to Westlake and Huntington Beach in tournament play, La Salle wanted to reverse course quickly. And the Lancers did just that. On Tuesday, La Salle swept South Pasadena by scores of 25-22, 28-26 and 25-19. […]
AOW: Flintridge Sacred Heart’s Peyton DeJardin and the Tologs opened the 2021 season with a pair of decisive victories. In Tuesday’s season opener, FSHA swept Maranatha by scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-16. DeJardin led the way with 18 kills. Three days later, the Tologs swept Glendora. FSHA won by scores of 25-14, 25-18 and […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: It’s every athlete’s dream. To be in a position to help their program win a championship. And that was exactly the opportunity that Ayala senior Emma Lazaro had on Thursday night. Trailing late in their CIF-SS Division 3A title game against visiting San Dimas, Lazaro hit a 3-point shot with […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: San Dimas junior Ally Limos and her teammates entered the CIF-State Division 4 playoffs this week having just lost, 2-1, to El Segundo, in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game. And to pour salt into their collective wound, it was the Saints first loss in 2021. One week later, though, […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: Bonita forward Alisha Wilson’s senior year has been successful and memorable. The Bearcats went 10-0 on a path to a Palomares League championship, and now they find themselves in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2AA playoffs. On Wednesday, Wilson had 16 points in Bonita’s 49-44 victory over Village […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: In Tuesday’s 13-0 victory over Flintridge Prep in five innings, Foor went two scoreless innings in the circle and struck out three Wolves’ batters. At the plate, she singled, scored twice and had an RBI. But it’s what she did on Friday that clinched the Kares first Prep League championship […]
Pictured L-R: Claremont’s Goldie and Sydney La Girls Athlete of the Week: Claremont senior Goldie La is nearing the end of her remarkable prep career. The CHS No. 1 singles player recently led the program to both a Palomares League team championship and she claimed the individual league title by defeating her sister, Sydney La, […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: Iliana Cardenas played a significant role in a pair of Montview League victories this past week. The Aztecs pitcher and her teammates improved to 4-0 in league after wins over Sierra Vista and Duarte. AHS now holds a 0ne-game lead over both Sierra Vista and Nogales. The Aztecs have six […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: What a difference a week can make. San Dimas senior Jordan Hill entered the week of April 26th as part of a Saints softball program that was 1-8. Fast forward seven days, and Hill earned a prestigious accolade from SDHS, and then followed that up by playing a large role […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: Sofia Gonzalez is off to a terrific start to her senior season. On Tuesday, Sofia had 22 points, 16 rebounds, four steals and two assists in a 58-54 victory over South Pasadena in the 2021 season opener. One night later, the Wolves’ guard went off for 24 points, five rebounds, […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: With La Canada struggling at 1-4 this season, and having dropped the first game of a doubleheader, the Spartans needed a spark. And La Canada second baseman Kendall Knudsen became just that. After a 12-11 loss to Granada Hills Charter, Knudsen went 3-for-4 in game 2, which included a pair […]
Girls Athlete of the Week: It seems the sixth-month delay to begin the 2020-2021 girls basketball season didn’t affect La Salle’s Ellie Chen. The Lancers sophomore guard led the program to victories over San Marino and FSHA, respectively. In the season opener, Chen scored 16 points in a 42-point victory over the Titans. Ellie and […]
After starting the 2021 season with losses to Arlington, Ramona and Temple City by a combined margin of 42-12, the Covina High School softball program needed a spark. And the Colts got that, defeating Nogales, 23-5, for their first victory of the season. All 11 Colts’ batters got at least one hit and nine of […]
The Howey’s do big things at Arcadia. Two years ago, Morgan’s older brother, Preston, went from JV pitcher to the SGV area wins leader. The pandemic cost him most of his senior season, but Preston still earned his place at St. Mary’s. And for her part, Morgan has earned a stellar reputation on her own […]
Pictured L-R: Charter Oak’s Alyssa Harms & Glendora’s Haley Ganino Haley Ganino set the tone offensively from the leadoff spot. In the season opener, Charter Oak took a 5-2 lead into the fifth inning. GHS, however, rallied for nine runs in the final three frames to defeat the Chargers, 11-5. Ganino went 3-for-5 at the […]
Accomplishment(s): The Tologs sophomore star led the way in a pair of victories to open the 2019 season. FSHA began the week with a sweep of St. Lucy’s and ended it with a four set victory over Arcadia. In the season opener, DeJardin had 11 kills and seven aces. Two days later, she finished with […]
