Baseball: A remarkable 2026 season ended on Friday for the Etiwanda baseball program. After opening the season 1-5, the Eagles finished on a 19-4 run. And that included a 14-1 run to an outright Baseline League championship. Half of those four losses came in this week’s CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. After a 5-4 loss at […]
Photo by Geoff Bilau Tuesday’s Baseball Schedule: D-1: Norco (25-4) at Ayala (24-4) D-2: South Hills (23-6) at Ganesha (22-3-1) D-3: Arcadia (19-10) at Summit (20-9) D-4: Saugus (15-14) at San Marino (20-8) Rio Mesa (18-10) at Claremont (18-9) Glendora (16-11) at Katella (16-11) Upland (15-12-2) at Anaheim Canyon (15-14) Moorpark (20-9) at Monrovia (18-7-1) […]
Baseball: What a heartbreaking way to end a successful 2026 season. In Tuesday’s D-1 opener against top-seeded Norco, Maranatha led 7-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning only to fall, 8-7. On Friday, visiting Ayala led 6-0 before the Minutemen scored two runs apiece in the bottom of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo Baseball: Glendora put Thursday’s CIF-SS Division 4 opener against visiting St. Anthony away early. The defending D-3 champs led 9-0 after two innings, and they held on for an 11-5 victory. Sebastian Lawrence went 4 1/3 innings, and he was charged with five runs on six hits and a pair of […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer: Baseball: Covina didn’t just earn its first CIF-SS playoff win in 20 years, the Colts did so in dramatic fashion. Trailing 3-1, CHS scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to secure a 4-3 victory over visiting Tustin in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. Donovan […]
Baseball: Upland won its first CIF-SS postseason game in 14 years on Thursday. The Highlanders trailed the visitors from Riverside Poly, 2-0, in the first round of the D-4 playoffs. However, UHS scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, and went on to claim a 7-4 victory over the Bears. Andrew Weber […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker III (https://www.instagram.com/anamorph.sports.photos/) Baseball: Muir got out to an early lead and never trailed in Thursday’s 8-2 victory over visiting Hillcrest in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. Sergio Rodriguez went 5 1/3 innings to earn the win, and he was charged with two runs on six hits and […]
Baseball: South Hills did what South Hills does in Tuesday’s CIF-SS Division 2 opener. The Huskies got outstanding pitching and just enough offense to secure a 2-0 victory over their visitors from San Clemente. Christian Santoyo went 4 2/3 scoreless innings and allowed five runs to earn the win. Santoyo walked one and fanned one […]
Baseball: Rio Hondo Prep cruised to a 14-1 victory over visiting Beacon Hill in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 8 playoffs. The Kares led 9-0 after three innings. They out-hit the Gryphon’s, 9-4, including a 4-1 advantage in extra-base hits. Nate Harwood went four scoreless innings to earn the win, and he allowed […]
Baseball: Monrovia pounded out a 10-6 victory at Castaic in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. And the Wildcats turned five Coyotes errors into six unearned runs. MHS out-hit CHS, 12-6. Andrew Bond got the loss after surrendering 10 runs (four earned) on 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings. Bond issued two […]
Photos by Geoff Bilau Baseball: Claremont entered the CIF-SS postseason having lost five of their final six Palomares League games. The Wolfpack took one of two with Bonita, and then got swept by Glendora and Ayala, respectively. CHS went from second to fourth place in three weeks. And they headed to Arcadia County Park on […]
Photo by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Friday’s Division 1 Schedule: Pool A Ayala at Maranatha Norco at Notre Dame Pool D: Corona Santiago at Etiwanda Orange Lutheran at Corona Pool C: Sierra Canyon at St. John Bosco Oaks Christian at Cypress Pool B: Harvard Westlake at Huntington Beach Temecula Valley at La Mirada Division 2: (Thursday, […]
College Baseball: To say the Andy Smith era at Citrus College got off to a solid start would be an understatement. The 34-year-old Owls’ skipper flipped the script in his first season at the Glendora school. Citrus went from 13-26 in 2025 to 33-13 in one year. The 33 victories was the program’s most since […]
Photo by Jeff Serpa Baseball: The CIF-SS playoff pairings were released one day earlier than they had scheduled. Three programs within our coverage zone earned Division 1 status. This postseason, there are 16 D-1 teams, and there are four pools made up of four teams. Each program is guaranteed two games, and they’ll need to […]
College Baseball: The historic 2026 season came to an end on Friday at Santa Ana College. One day after the Dons overcame a 6-2 deficit in the seventh inning and claimed a 7-6 victory, SAC eliminated the Owls by a score of 6-2. Conner Luetto was stuck with the loss after surrendering three runs on […]
Pictured: Dustin Yela Baseball: Citrus needs a win on Friday to extend an historic 2026 season. The Owls fell Thursday, 7-6, at No. 2 Santa Ana in the first game of a best-of-three series. The Dons trailed 6-2, but scored four times in the bottom of the seventh and got one in the ninth. Michael […]
Photo of Etiwanda’s Angel Mejia by Jeff Serpa Editor’s Note: The playoff pairings come out this Saturday at 1. To view the brackets then, go to www.cifss.org Baseball: Baseline League: Etiwanda (20-7, 14-1) Damien (13-13-1, 9-6) Upland (14-12-2, 6-9) Chino Hills (14-13-1, 6-9) Los Osos (11-17, 6-9) RCHS (11-17, 4-11) Del Rey League: Bishop Amat […]
Baseball: For as competitive as the Rio Hondo League title chase was, La Canada ended up pulling away from the pack. After 9-2 and 10-4 victories over the Wildcats on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, the Spartans finished three games ahead of second-place Monrovia, and four games in front of third-place San Marino. LCHS trailed 2-0, […]
Baseball: San Marino earned the Rio Hondo League’s No. 3 seed, and they finished their regular season with a 10-5 victory over Temple City on Wednesday. The Titans will enter the postseason having won three of their last four and 10 of their past 13 games. SMHS led 8-0 before TCHS scored one run in […]
Photo by Audrey Bonavich Baseball: Pasadena won’t be competing in the 2026 CIF-SS playoffs. However, the Bulldogs ended the season having won six of their final nine games. And that included Wednesday’s 6-3 victory at South Pasadena. Dylan Derosier went five scoreless innings and scattered five hits to earn the win. Derosier didn’t issue a […]
