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 […]
Baseball: Northview had an unfortunate and yet somewhat fitting end to its 2023 season. The Vikings battled their butts off all year, and came up just short. On Wednesday, in a CIF-SS Division 2 wild card game at Citrus Valley, the Vikings fell, 4-3, in eight innings. Of their 14 losses, nine came by two […]
Baseball: Pasadena’s strong finish in Pacific League play carried over into the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. PHS cruised to a 10-0 victory at de Toledo in West Hills. The Bulldogs and Jaguars were originally scheduled to play on Thursday, but with the prediction of impending rain, they got the game in […]
Baseball: It would be difficult to find a more intriguing first round playoff game that pitted two SGV power programs quite like Bonita vs Arcadia. Both Ryan Marcos and Nick Lemas lead programs that vie for a league championship year in and year out. Of the 16 CIF-SS Division 1 games, the only other league […]
Pictured: Seniors from the 2023 South Hills program Baseball: Division 1: 1- Notre Dame/SO 2- Santa Margarita 3- Huntington Beach 4- JSerra Catholic 5- Cypress 6- Harvard Westlake 7- La Mirada 8- Corona 9- San Dimas 10- Pacifica/Garden Grove Division 2: 1- Aquinas 2- South Hills 3- Gahr 4- Mater Dei 5- Crespi 6- Vista […]
College Baseball: Chaffey College busted their butts all year for what’s about to happen on Friday. And that’s hosting a first-round playoff series. The Panthers (21-3) ran away with the Inland Empire Athletic Conference by five games over second-place Mt. San Jacinto (16-8). They outscored their opponents, 234-104, in conference games, and since March 3rd, […]
Baseball: Editor’s Note: These records come directly from the MaxPreps page of each program. Final Regular Season Records: Baseline League: Etiwanda (18-7, 13-2) Damien (19-7-2, 12-3) RCHS (12-13, 6-9) Upland (11-12, 6-9) Los Osos (9-15, 5-10) Chino Hills (8-16, 3-12) Del Rey: Bishop Amat (21-4-1, 12-0) La Salle (18-10, 7-5) Serra (12-13, 7-5) Paraclete (10-15, […]
Baseball: While the 2023 Valle Vista League finished out its regular season on Thursday, third place had yet to be determined. Northview and West Covina split their two-game series this week, and that set up Friday’s tiebreaker. NHS got two in the first, five in the second and cruised to a 10-2 victory over the […]
Photos by Donna Sobiesiak Baseball: Etiwanda opened the 2023 season as the defending Baseline League and CIF-Southern Section Division 2 champions. As the final week began, however, and with three games remaining, the Eagles found themselves two back of first-place Damien. EHS claimed victories of 11-3, and 6-5, on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, and that […]
Baseball: Maranatha closed out its 2023 regular season by dominating Serra, 7-0, on Friday. Zach Strickland, AJ Beltre and AJ Campana combined on a one-hit shutout. Strickland went three, allowed one hit, walked two and struck out five. Beltre also provided three innings, issued one walk and fanned five Serra batters. And Campana didn’t allow […]
Baseball: It’s official. South Hills clinched its sixth Hacienda League championship in the last seven years. The Huskies crushed Rowland, 14-0, on Friday, as they out-hit the Raiders, 10-2. Daniel Camou went three scoreless and hitless innings to earn the win. Camou issued one walk and struck out six. Anthony Gaona allowed one hit over […]
College Baseball: Pasadena City College needed to win its last six games to secure the No. 2 seed out of the South Coast Conference. And on Friday, they can say, mission accomplished. Jakob Guardado went the distance in the Lancers’ 6-5 victory over Compton. Guardado surrendered three earned runs on eight hits. He issued one […]
Baseball: The Pacific League championship remains in the control of Arcadia High School. At the start of the week, Crescenta Valley needed just one of two with the Apaches to recapture the league crown. But after a 5-4 victory on Tuesday, and an 11-2 thumping on Friday, AHS remains in the league penthouse. Arcadia extended […]
Baseball: San Dimas earned the outright 2023 Valle Vista League championship thanks to a pair of 4-3 drama-filled victories over Charter Oak. In Thursday’s win, SDHS scored three times in the top of the sixth and got one more in the seventh to edge the Chargers. Athen Malone went six for COHS and allowed three […]
Baseball: In its regular season finale on Thursday, Northview crushed West Covina, 15-2, in six innings. The Vikings out-hit the Bulldogs, 12-7, on senior day. NHS got 11 runs (five earned) on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings off Kenneth Lyles. Lyles walked four and fanned two. Aiden Trejo surrendered four runs on five hits […]
Baseball: Garrett Patterson was going to make sure that Bonita left Ontario with nothing less than a share of the Palomares League championship. Patterson went five scoreless innings in the Bearcats 11-0 victory over the Titans. He allowed one hit, didn’t issue a walk and struck out four. Tristan Rambaud got the final six outs. […]
Baseball: Ayala certainly earned their share of the Palomares League championship this week. The Bulldogs swept Glendora, and Bonita claimed the other half by sweeping Colony. On Thursday, AHS got single runs in the top of the seventh and eighth innings to edge Glendora, 3-2. Michael Moses pitched his butt off, allowing an unearned run […]
