Baseball: The Glendora High baseball revival story of 2025 added another chapter to its book on Tuesday afternoon. As noted, the Tartans went 9-18 overall and 2-13 in Palomares League play in 2024. Fast forward one year, and after a brutal first league series sweep at the hands of the eventual champs from Ayala and […]
Baseball: Tuesday’s Second Round: D-1: Corona 11, Los Osos 2 Mira Costa 5, Arcadia 4 D-2: Etiwanda 6, Gahr 1 D-3: San Dimas 7, Colony 5 Glendora 5, Yucaipa 1 D-4: Thousand Oaks 10, Claremont 3 Ganesha 4, La Canada 1 Pacifica Oxnard 9, Monrovia 8 D-6: Pacifica Christian 5, Muir 0 Marshall 6, Cerritos […]
College Baseball: The University of La Verne saw its historic 2025 run come to an end on Saturday. And of all teams to knock them out, it was their SCIAC counterpart from Pomona-Pitzer that claimed a 2-1 season-ending win over the Leopards in 10 innings. ULV went 5-2 this season against the Sagehens, and that […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling College Baseball: Mt. SAC is the first JC program in California to earn a spot in next week’s Final Four to decide a state champion. The Mounties earned the privilege to play for a state title in their own stadium thanks to 14-2 and 9-8 victories over Glendale on Friday, and […]
Baseball: Editor’s Note: Capistrano Valley Christian did not post their game stats on either MaxPreps or Game Changer. Monrovia earned a spot in Tuesday’s second round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs thanks to a 5-3 victory over Capistrano Valley Christian on Friday. The Wildcats scored two runs in the bottom of the first and […]
Baseball: Jake Ourique and Noah Irwin combined on a two-hit shutout in Gahr’s 10-0 victory over their visitors from La Salle in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. Ourique went six scoreless innings and allowed one run. Ourique didn’t issue a walk and registered eight strikeouts. Noah Irwin got the final three […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker III (https://www.instagram.com/anamorph.sports.photos/) Baseball: Miguel Castillo and Conrad Hunziker III teamed up on the mound in Muir’s 3-1 victory over their visitors from Rio Hondo Prep in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. It’s the first playoff win for the Mustangs since 2019. Castillo went five innings, and he […]
Baseball: La Canada enjoyed a 6-1 lead as Downey picked up their bats in the bottom of the fifth inning on Friday. The Vikings scored twice in the fifth and seventh innings, but LCHS would hold on for a 6-5 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS D-4 playoffs. Cash Carroll went 4 2/3 […]
Baseball: Had someone told you that two of the four Palomares League programs would still be alive in the second round of the CIF-SS playoffs, the smart money would be on Ayala and Bonita. And of course, D-1 and D-2 are tougher draws. But the league’s two victors in the first round of the postseason […]
Baseball: Caleb Thatcher had the kind of postseason outing that pitchers dream about. Thatcher tossed a one-hit shutout in Marshall’s 6-0 victory over the visitors from Leuzinger in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. He faced one over the minimum (22 batters). Zach Grant led off the top of the third inning […]
Baseball: Etiwanda cruised to an 11-5 victory over Notre Dame in Friday’s first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. The Eagles led 9-1 before the Knights scored four times in the top of the sixth inning. Michael Aleman went 5 2/3 innings, and he was charged with five runs (two earned) on five hits. […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling: College Baseball: Six days after narrowly escaping their own Super Regional in a 9-8 walk-off victory over a solid Chaffey program, Mt. SAC dropped a 14-2 beatdown on Glendale in game one of the So Cal Regional final. The Mounties out-hit the Vaqueros, 19-6, including a 4-2 edge in extra-base hits. […]
Baseball: Flintridge Prep scored once in the top of the sixth and seventh innings to claim a 3-2 victory at Campbell Hall in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 7 playoffs. The Wolves out-hit the Vikings, 9-5. Will Grable went the first five innings for the visitors, and he surrendered an unearned run on […]
Baseball: San Marino saw its 2025 season come to an end on Thursday. The Titans defense faltered in a 7-0 loss at Great Oak in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. All seven GOHS runs were unearned thanks to five San Marino errors. Tomas Bilvado’s remarkable run at SMHS came to an […]
Baseball: There isn’t a greater example of just how difficult the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs are than two programs ranked in the top 35 in California having to meet up in the first round of the playoffs. But that was the case in Rancho Cucamonga. No. 27 Cypress visited No. 34 Los Osos. […]
Pictured L-R: Brayden Johnson, Aidan Yamazaki & Tanner Grable Baseball: Glendora won its first CIF-SS playoff game since 2019 on Thursday afternoon. The Tartans made the 43-mile trek to Redlands and handed their hosts from Citrus Valley a 4-1 season-ending loss. Brayden Johnson went the distance to secure the win. With one out in the […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto In the 26 years before Tomas Bilvado earned a spot on San Marino’s varsity squad in 2023, the Titans won a total of two league titles. Since his arrival, SMHS has secured three consecutive Rio Hondo League championships. Moreover, of the 40 high schools within the 210 Prep Sports coverage zone, […]
Pictured L-R: Glendale & Mt. SAC offensive stat leaders, Alex Dolan & Landon White College Baseball: Glendale and Mt. SAC will meet up this Thursday and Friday in Walnut in a best-of-three So Cal Regional Final series. Thankfully for both programs, the weather will be nearly 30 degrees cooler than last week’s 100-plus degree temperature. […]
Baseball: It seems like every three months or so, I end up picking apart the playoff brackets for the fall, winter and spring seasons, respectively. It’s in the hope that some tweaks can be made going forward to help the pairings make more sense. In particular, some human oversight could go a long way to […]
Photo Courtesy of La Verne Athletics College Baseball: La Verne followed up its 2025 regular season SCIAC title with a conference tournament championship. However, Redlands, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona Pitzer made the Leopards earn it. ULV defeated Redlands (4-3) and CMS (11-10 in 11 innings) before falling to Pomona-Pitzer, 13-12, in 10-innings on Thursday, Friday and […]