Baseball: One way or another, Ayala’s remarkable 2021 baseball season will come to an end today in South Orange County. The Bulldogs (26-3) will play for the CIF State Division 1 championship at JSerra Catholic. The first pitch is set for noon. JSerra (29-7) is the CIF-SS Division 1 runner up, having lost a 2-0 […]
Baseball: Rancho Cucamonga saw its record breaking season come to an end on Thursday evening in Bakersfield. The Cougars fell, 3-0, to Ridgeview, in the semifinal round of the CIF State Division 4 playoffs. Jorge Gutierrez went the distance and allowed just an unearned run to pick up the win. Gutierrez scattered three hits, walked […]
Photos by Josh Thompson of Champion Newspapers & Tara Masucci Baseball: What do you do in the semifinal round of the CIF State Division 1 playoffs when your No. 2 starter is out of state? You throw a couple of freshman and beat Bishop Amat, 13-3, in a five-inning, mercy-rule victory. Jeremy Byers went the […]
Baseball: Just when it looked like this record-breaking season was finally coming to an end, Rancho Cucamonga stages yet another dramatic victory. The Cougars trailed 4-1 in the bottom of the fifth and 6-5 in the final frame. But RCHS would get four fifth-inning runs and two more in the seventh to defeat Cajon, 7-6, […]
Baseball: The Palomares League champs are still standing. Ayala got out to an early 4-0 lead and held on to defeat Eastlake, 8-6, in the first round of the CIF State Division 1 playoffs. The Bulldogs made a 125-mile drive to Chula Vista and Thomas Cerecedes improved to 11-0. Cerecedes went five strong, allowing one […]
Baseball: The 2021 baseball season for Bonita was definitely a success. The Bearcats finished second in the Palomares League to Ayala and made it to the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs before falling to the eventual champions from Thousand Oaks. Bonita has likely already put Tuesday’s season-ending loss in their rearview mirror. […]
Photos by Adan Jaime Baseball: It’s not so much the fact that Royal defeated Rancho Cucamonga, 3-2, in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game that will bother the Cougars the most. It’s more likely the way they lost that had to sting this proud and accomplished program. The Cougars had 14 base runners and scored […]
Photos by Josh Thompson of Champion Newspapers Baseball: It took the top-ranked team in CIF-SS Division 1 to end Ayala’s title quest. JSerra scored six seventh-inning runs to pull away from the Bulldogs, 11-7, in Tuesday’s D-1 semifinal. The Lions hit three home runs and 10 of their 12 hits were of the extra-base variety. […]
Baseball: Through the first four innings of Tuesday’s CIF-SS Division 2 semifinal, Bonita held a one-run lead over top-seeded Thousand Oaks. The Lancers, though, scored eight runs over the final three innings and left La Verne with a 10-3 victory. Edrian Rangel got the loss after allowing eight runs on nine hits over his 5 […]
Baseball: A famous professional wrestler had a saying that went “to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.” And while that’s a staged event, what the Rancho Cucamonga baseball program did on Tuesday was very real. The Cougars defeated top-seeded Murrieta Mesa, 2-0, in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. […]
Baseball: And then there were three. Eighty-five days after the baseball season started, Ayala, Bonita and Rancho Cucamonga are this site’s final three programs remaining in the CIF-SS playoffs. The Bulldogs, Bearcats and Cougars each host the No. 1 seeds in Division 1, 2 & 4, respectively, in Tuesday’s semifinal round. RCHS has moved their […]
Baseball: When Bonita scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday afternoon, it turns out the benefit was more than just extending their season. The Bearcats claimed a 7-4 victory at Los Alamitos in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. When Bonita coach Ryan Marcos got back to […]
Baseball: Bonita found itself trailing 2-1 in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats were 38 miles from home and just three outs away from a season-ending, CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinal defeat at Los Alamitos High School. Bonita, though, stepped up big time, scoring six runs in the top of the […]
Baseball: Division 1 Scores: Ayala 7, Corona 3 JSerra 7, Yucaipa 1 Orange Lutheran 2, Bishop Amat 1 Harvard Westlake 11, Cypress 4 Tuesday’s Semifinals: JSerra at Ayala Orange Lutheran at Harvard Westlake Division 2 Scores: Thousand Oaks 12, San Dimas 1 Bonita at Los Alamitos today (Saturday) at 11 a.m. Camarillo 6, Yorba Linda […]
Baseball: Roc Riggio isn’t going to win any popularity contests at San Dimas High School. The Thousand Oaks slugger walked, homered three times and drove in six runs in the Lancers 12-1 thumping of the Saints in the D-2 quarterfinals. Matt Romero went five innings and was charged with six runs on 10 hits. He […]
Baseball: A pretty remarkable 2021 season finally ended for the Monrovia baseball program. And it took the No. 1 seed in Division 4 to do it. Murrieta Mesa defeated the Wildcats, 6-2, in the quarterfinal round. Jhayden Raineri remained unbeaten after going seven strong innings to pick up the win. Raineri allowed two runs on […]
Baseball: At first glance, Jacob Billings isn’t an imposing figure. In fact, he looks like someone you might see walking out of the ocean with a surfboard in his arms. But make no mistake about it, when he’s on the mound, Jacob Billings pitches like a grown man. And Friday was just another example of […]
Photos by Tara Masucci Baseball: Finally, their critics got it right. Ayala’s depleted pitching staff was going to fail in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. The Bulldogs even fell behind, 3-0, at Corona, just two innings into Friday’s contest. For the third time this season, however, the Bulldogs rallied from an […]
Baseball: The bats of Troy May and Luke Piazza proved to be just enough for Royal to edge Charter Oak, 3-2, in Friday’s quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. The Chargers actually out-hit the Highlanders, 12-8, but it’s Royal that’s moving on to the semifinals. Chris Ceballos got the loss after allowing three […]
Baseball: By the Numbers: Division 1: Ayala (23-2) at Corona (21-8) Runs For/Against: Corona (186-115); Ayala (246-84) League: Corona (second in Big 8); Ayala (first in Palomares) First Round Scores: Ayala 3, Beckman 2; Corona 13, Redondo Union 4 Second Round: Ayala 3, Notre Dame 2; Corona 4, Huntington Beach 3 Division 2: Thousand Oaks […]
