Photos by Beth Oualline Baseball: Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks finished the regular season as the No. 1 team in the final CIF-SS Division 1 poll. And the Knights backed up that ranking on Tuesday. They ended Bonita’s season, 5-3, in La Verne. Notre Dame out-hit the Bearcats, 13-5, in the second round of the […]
Baseball: Unless you’ve played the game, it’s difficult to accurately describe the intensity of playoff baseball. And there’s nothing quite like staging a late rally to save one’s season. Corona was able to leave the SGV happy after scoring two runs in the top of the sixth and one each in the seventh and ninth […]
Baseball: The defending CIF-SS Division 2 champions from Etiwanda saw its D-1 playoff run come to an end on Tuesday. JSerra ended the Eagles season, 6-1, in South Orange County. Five of the Lions nine hits were of the extra-base variety, including three home runs. And JSerra got a solid effort on the mound from […]
Baseball: It isn’t just the fact that South Hills and Charter Oak are both SGV area programs that makes Tuesday’s showdown in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs special. It’s just as much the knowledge that the Huskies and Chargers used to duke it out for Hacienda League supremacy as recently as 2020 that adds so […]
College Baseball: The University of La Verne officially wrapped up a SCIAC championship on Saturday. The Leopards claimed a 10-4 victory at Claremont-Mudd Scripps. It was their first conference title since 2018. Chase Pederson went 4 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits to earn the win. He walked one and struck out […]
Photo by Beth Oualline Baseball: Editor’s Note: All scores posted as of 4 am on May 6th are listed here. Division 1: Notre Dame 1, Hart 0 Bonita 11, Arcadia 2 San Dimas 3, El Dorado 2 Corona 7, Rancho Cucamonga 0 Cypress 3, Mira Costa 0 Sierra Canyon 2, Bishop Amat 1 Etiwanda 5, […]
Baseball: After winning last year’s CIF-SS Division 2 championship, Etiwanda took its first step forward in this year’s Division 1 playoffs. The Eagles cruised to a 5-2 victory over visiting Capistrano Valley. Dylan Goff went six innings to earn the win, and the CSUF commit allowed two runs on five hits. Goff walked four and […]
Baseball: Glendora made the 176-mile roundtrip drive to picturesque Barstow and didn’t get the result they wanted. Gabriel Hernandez and Michael Moses were locked in a pitcher’s duel, and Hernandez and the Aztecs prevailed, 2-1, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. Moses couldn’t have done much more to give GHS a […]
Baseball: Ethan Schiefelbein wasn’t going to let Rancho Cucamonga extend its 2023 season. Schiefelbein went six scoreless innings and allowed just two hits to lead Corona to a 7-0 victory over the visiting Cougars. He didn’t issue a walk and struck out eight in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Jake Skelskey […]
Baseball: Flintridge Prep pounded out 11 hits in Friday’s 10- 6 victory over La Salle in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. The Wolves and Lancers combined for 16 runs, 18 hits, six errors and five pitchers. Max Brunngraber went 6 1/3 innings to earn the win. Brunngraber surrendered five runs (two […]
Baseball: San Marino jumped on Xavier Prep early and cruised to an 11-3 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. The Titans got five runs in the first inning and were never challenged. Michael Liquori went five innings to earn the win. Liquori allowed two runs on five hits. He walked […]
Photo by Gio Cunningham Baseball: Sterling Patick once again lived up to his first name. Patick tossed a one-hit shutout, as South Hills opened the CIF D-2 playoffs with a 6-0 victory over visting Great Oak. Patick walked two and struck out nine. He needed 99 pitches to finish what he started, and 66 went […]
Baseball: Brandon Luu ended Damien’s season on Friday. Luu tossed a five-hit shutout in Villa Park’s 3-0 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Luu didn’t issue a walk and struck out nine. Julian Hines had two of the Spartans five hits. Tyler Daley, Dom Ramirez and Christian Grino had one […]
Photo from the562.org Twitter page: Baseball: Austin Paul ruined Maranatha’s postseason plans. The Long Beach Millikan starter went the distance, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits in the Rams 3-2 victory at Brookside Park. Paul issued one walk and fanned three Maranatha batters. Bryan Richman doubled and scored. Dylan Zdunek went 3-for-3 and […]
Baseball: Ayala out-hit La Mirada, 8-5, in Friday’s CIF-SS Division 1 opener. The Matadores, however, scored once in the bottom of the sixth to edge the Bulldogs, 4-3. Eric Jeon went six innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits. Jeon walked four and fanned a pair of Ayala batters. Walker Calvo got […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Charter Oak had a less than ideal start to the 2023 postseason. The Chargers picked up their bats in the top of the third inning in Irvine and trailed Woodbridge, 4-0, on Friday afternoon. COHS, however, rallied for three runs in the third and got seven more in the sixth. […]
Photo by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Friday’s Playoff Schedule: Junior College: PCC at Glendale in first of a three-game playoff series. Fullerton at Chaffey in first of a three-game playoff series. Division 1: Ayala at La Mirada Capistrano Valley at Etiwanda Damien at Villa Park Long Beach Millikan at Maranatha (Brookside Park) Rancho Cucamonga at Corona […]
Photos by Beth Oualline: Baseball: Considering the fact that Justin Santiago and Ian Hoffstetter had ERA’s of 1.49 or lower, it was a little surprising to see both aces face first-inning drama in Wednesday’s CIF-SS Division 1 opener at AHS. The Bearcats would send eight guys to the plate and scored four runs on a […]
Baseball: Monrovia’s 2023 season came to an end on Wednesday. The Wildcats fell, 7-0, in a CIF-SS Division 2 wild card game. Riley Ricken controlled throughout. Ricken tossed a four-hit shutout. He walked one and registered nine strikeouts. Troy Grise had half of Monrovia’s four hits. Noah Ellison and Jared Cardenas had the other two. […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker III & Danny Callaway Baseball: There are a number of quality pitchers in the SGV and none gets less credit for what he’s accomplished than Marshall Fundamental’s Ethan Sparks. The Eagles junior isn’t an imposing figure, but all he does is get the job done. Sparks went the distance in Wednesday’s […]
