Photos by Conrad Hunziker III Baseball: Muir secured its second two-game Pacific League sweep of the 2024 season. The Mustangs never trailed in Friday’s 9-2 victory over Glendale. MHS out-hit GHS, 8-4. Conrad Hunziker IV went the distance and allowed a pair of unearned runs on four hits. Hunziker issued three walks and struck out […]
Baseball: There’s a reason Bonita’s closing in on a third consecutive Palomares League championship. And it’s called pitching. The Bearcats just completed a three-game sweep of Claremont by scores of 2-1, 13-1 and 2-0. BHS got a complete-game effort from Camden Farina on Monday, and six innings from Jayden Rodriguez-Bernal on Wednesday. Fast forward to […]
Photo of Malachi Dharmaratne courtesy of Amanda Lin Boys Tennis: Thanks to Maranatha tennis for this report: Playing their third match in three days, and after two intense, hard-fought losses, the Minutemen came into today’s match physically and mentally fatigued. But one mantra continued to echo throughout the team, “Win this for Malachi.” Today was […]
Baseball: The Bishop Amat Del Rey League victory tour will march into 2025. At the beginning of the week, Amat held a three-game lead over second-place La Salle in the win column. But after victories of 6-2 on Tuesday, and 5-4 in eight innings on Thursday, it’s all about the boys from La Puente. Amat […]
Baseball: Walnut showed its heart and mettle on Thursday. Two days after a disappointing 3-2 loss to visiting South Hills, the Mustangs struck back. WHS secured a 4-0 victory at SHHS. With one week to go in the 2024 regular season, South Hills and Walnut are tied atop the Hacienda League standings with identical 7-1 […]
Baseball: Three days after a 6-5 home loss to South Pasadena, San Marino answered back. The Titans edged their host, 5-3, on Thursday. With two games to play in the 2024 regular season, the Titans and Tigers are tied at 7-3 in the Rio Hondo League penthouse. San Marino has two advantages, though. SMHS won […]
Pictured: Thomas Villanueva, Evan Nahra & Jameson Ferraro College Baseball: No biggie. With their postseason hopes on the line, Pasadena City College entered the final week of their South Coast Conference schedule in a two-way tie for fourth place with El Camino. To make the task even steeper, the Lancers were set to face the […]
Photo of Hayden Geeting courtesy of Amanda Lin Boys Tennis: Thanks to Maranatha tennis for this report: With their hopes for qualifying for the playoffs riding on this match, Maranatha knew what they had to do. It wasn’t impossible. The plan on how to get it done was in place; but to do it, they […]
Baseball: The San Dimas victory tour continued on Wednesday at Northview High School. SDHS claimed a 16-2 Valle Vista League victory in five innings. The Saints out-hit the Vikings, 21-4, and they had a 7-1 advantage in extra-base hits. Through the first seven Valle Vista League games, SDHS has outscored its opponents by a combined […]
Baseball: Pasadena earned its first two-game Pacific League sweep of the 2024 season. After a 2-0 victory on Tuesday, the Bulldogs defeated the Tornados, 4-2, on Wednesday. Adrian Oseguera went the first 1 1/3 innings, and he allowed one run on two hits. Reese Kim did the heavy lifting, going 5 2/3 and he surrendered […]
Baseball: Damien continues its quest for a Baseline League championship. The Spartans edged Rancho Cucamonga, 2-1, on Wednesday, and they remain one-half a game back of Los Osos with four to play. Nathan Ries went six innings to earn the win. Ries surrendered one unearned run on two hits. He walked one and struck out […]
Photos by Beth Oualline Baseball: Bonita didn’t waste any time in putting Claremont away early. Literally. The Bearcats scored 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning before the Wolfpack got a single out. And they would cruise to a 13-1 victory. With four games to play in the regular season, BHS remains two […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Covina got an outstanding effort from Declan Bowers on Wednesday. He went the distance in a 6-1 Valle Vista League victory over Charter Oak. Bowers scattered six hits, didn’t issue a walk and struck out a pair of COHS batters. Bowers needed just 76 pitches to finish what he started […]
Baseball: Los Osos kept its half-game lead over Damien atop the Baseline League standings on Wednesday. The Grizzlies scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, and they cruised to a 12-2 victory over Etiwanda. In the first two games of this three-game series, LOHS has outscored EHS, 28-3. Michael Aleman was charged […]
Baseball: Kaleb Derosier put Pasadena on his back in Tuesday’s 2-0 Pacific League victory over Hoover. Derosier tossed a two-hit shutout, walked one and struck out nine HHS batters. Derosier struck out seven separate Tornados at least once, and he got Alex Weimar three times. At the plate, Derosier had a sac fly in the […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker III Editor’s Note: a full photo gallery by Mr. Hunziker will be posted on Wednesday afternoon. Baseball: Muir secured Pacific League win No. 3 on Tuesday. The Mustangs rode the arm of Miguel Castillo to a 3-1 victory at Glendale. Castillo went the distance and allowed one unearned run on two […]
College Baseball: Mt. SAC has won six consecutive games and 10 of their last 11. The Mounties easily dispatched of their hosts from LA Harbor, 8-0, on Tuesday. The South Coast Conference’s cellar dwellers had more errors (7) than they did hits (5). Blake Hagerty went seven scoreless innings to earn the win. Hagerty allowed […]
Photo of Willem Klop courtesy of Amanda Lin. Thanks to Maranatha tennis for this report: Boys Tennis: When Maranatha and Duarte met last season, much of the Falcons’ team were underclassmen, while most of the Minutemen were upperclassmen. MHS won 14-4. A year later, most of the Falcons are now upperclassmen and have improved and […]
Boys Tennis: Claremont is one step closer to a potential outright Palomares League championship. On Tuesday, the Wolfpack secured a dominating 16-2 victory over Bonita. The CHS singles and doubles teams both went 8-1 in their nine matches. Caleb Settles, the No. 1 singles player for Claremont, went 3-0 by scores of 6-0, 6-1 and […]
Baseball: Mother Nature forced Etiwanda and Los Osos to wait until Tuesday for the first of their three-game Baseline League series. And for all intents and purposes, the Grizzlies put the game away in the first inning. LOHS scored eight runs in the top of the first inning, and they cruised to a 16-1 victory […]