Baseball: Maranatha completed the three-game, Olympic League sweep of Whittier Christian on Friday. The Minutemen defeated the Heralds, 9-1, thanks to a strong effort from Zach Strickland. Strickland went six strong innings, allowing one run on three hits. Strickland didn’t issue a walk and struck out eight. Connor Green doubled and drove in a run. […]
Baseball: Northview accomplished a feat that no one had been able to pull off in 17 years. The Vikings swept San Dimas in a two-game Valle Vista League series. NHS edged the Saints, 6-4, and improved to 4-0 in VVL games. Back in 2005, Northview claimed a three-game sweep of SDHS. Trailing 4-1 in the […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Charter Oak finished its two-game, Valle Vista League sweep of Covina with a 10-6 victory on Friday. Anthony Vasquez went the distance and allowed just one earned run. The Colts took advantage of four COHS errors and scored five unearned runs in the sixth and seventh innings combined. Vasquez didn’t […]
Baseball: West Covina evened its Valle Vista League record at 2-2, after the two-game sweep on winless Diamond Ranch. The Bulldogs, behind Adrian Flores, shut out the Panthers, 8-0, on Friday. Flores allowed just two hits, didn’t issue a walk and struck out eight. Issac Ruiz singled, scored and had an RBI. Adrian Gayosso singled, […]
Baseball: Bishop Amat finished off its three-game, Del Rey League sweep of La Salle with an exclamation mark. The Lancers pounded out 11 hits and claimed a 12-2, mercy-rule victory in five innings. Sean Suriyaniel went four innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits to get the win. He walked three and […]
Baseball: Loyola completed a three-game Mission League sweep of St. Francis. The Cubs edged the Golden Knights, 7-6, on Friday. Liam Thatcher was saddled with the loss after allowing three runs on two hits and a walk over 2/3 of an inning. The Cubs got one unearned run off Kibru Pam, two from Tyler Braun […]
Baseball: South Hills won its sixth consecutive game on Thursday. And four of the six came in Hacienda League play. The Huskies crushed Wilson, 13-2, to pick up the two-game sweep of the Wildcats. South Hills, the third-ranked program in the most recent CIF-SS Division 2 poll, out-hit Wilson, 14-1. Matt Lorenzano picked up the […]
Baseball: To the surprise of some, Glendora finds itself in a two-way tie atop the Palomares League standings with Bonita. For the record, nobody from within the Tartans dugout is included on that list. But GHS picked up a three-game season sweep of visiting Alta Loma, thanks to a great outing on the mound from […]
Baseball: West Covina picked up Valle Vista League victory No. 1 on Wednesday. The Bulldogs cruised to an 11-4 road victory. WCHS out-hit Diamond Ranch, 14-6, in the first of two VVL games this week with the Panthers. Evan Buhac went three innings,and allowed one run on one hit. Buhac didn’t issue a walk and […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer: Baseball: Charter Oak needed a Valle Vista League victory on Wednesday in the worst way, and boy did they get it. Evan Avitia went the distance, allowing just an unearned run on eight hits. Avitia walked one and struck out six Colts batters. He finished Covina off on 86 pitches and […]
Baseball: Northview made a huge statement on Wednesday. The Vikings jumped on San Dimas early and cruised to a 7-1 Valle Vista League victory. It was the Saints first league loss since May 4th of 2018. Matt Romero got the loss after surrendering five runs on seven hits. The SDHS lefty went 4 2/3 innings, […]
Baseball: Etiwanda pitching has been outstanding all week, but the Eagles didn’t have anything to show for it. On Monday, EHS dropped a 1-0, eight-inning decision at Walnut. And 24 hours later, Reno outlasted Etiwanda, 2-1, in tournament play. With one final dress rehearsal before opening Baseline League play on Monday, the Eagles wanted, needed […]
Thanks to MHS scorekeeper Wayne for these stats Baseball: Monrovia took over first place in the Rio Hondo League after defeating Temple City, 4-0, on Tuesday. Donovan Lorenzini went four scoreless innings and scattered four hits to earn the win. He walked one and struck out four TC batters. Andrew Primucci finished off the Rams […]
Baseball: After starting the season 10-0, Arcadia lost four consecutive games. And apparently Ian Hoffstetter had enough of that. On Tuesday, Hoffstetter threw a five-inning no-hitter, as the Apaches crushed visiting Glendale, 12-0, in a Pacific League contest. Hoffstetter walked two, fanned four and needed 52 pitches to get the job done. Diego Avila got […]
Baseball: Loyola edged St. Francis, 3-1, in the first of three Mission League games this week. Luke Fogarty went five innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits. Fogarty walked one and fanned a pair of Cubs’ batters. Xander Douglas gave up a sixth-inning run on one hit and a walk. Ryan Times […]
Baseball: Maranatha kept its hold of the Olympic League’s top spot thanks to a dramatic win on Tuesday afternoon. Trailing 2-1 in the top of the seventh inning, Dominic Gonsal hit a two-out, two-run pinch-hit home run to lead the Minutemen to a 3-2 victory at Whittier Christian. Maranatha’s Mikey Ebner went four scoreless and […]
Baseball: After a 1-2 start in Palomares League games, Glendora has now won three straight and finds itself in a three-way tie atop the league standings with Ayala and Bonita. The Tartans picked up an 8-3 victory at Alta Loma. JJ Nolan went the distance to pick up the win. Nolan surrendered three runs (one […]
Photos by Josh Thompson Baseball: If you play the game long enough, baseball provides the highest of highs, but a knee to the groin is never too far away. Last week, Bonita fell to fourth-place Alta Loma and last-place Colony, after beginning Palomares League play 3-0. To make matters worse, they haven’t had the SGV […]
Photo by Gwen Pointer March 21 Poll: Baseball: Division 1: 1- Orange Lutheran 2- Santa Margarita 3- Harvard Westlake 4- Yucaipa 5- Corona 6- Villa Park 7- Cypress 8- San Dimas 9- ML King 10- Servite Division 2: 1- Sierra Canyon 2- Norco 3- South Hills 4- Torrance 5- Arlington 6- Etiwanda 7- Pacifica 8- […]
Photos by Michael Watkins College Baseball: PCC’s Matt Rice didn’t even enter Saturday’s third and final SCC game against first-place ELAC until the top of the eighth inning. He replaced Matt Delgado behind the plate in a 1-1 tie. In the bottom of the ninth, Rice got his first at-bat. And with two out and nobody on, […]
