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 […]
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 […]
Boys Volleyball: On Wednesday evening, Upland earned a spot in this Saturday’s semifinal round. And for the first time since their playoff opener, the Highlanders get a home match. All that thanks to a four-set victory at Orange Lutheran in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. The Highlanders defeated the Lancers by scores of 25-23, 17-25, […]
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, […]
Boys Golf: Thanks to Scott Higuera for this report: San Dimas dominated the field of 16, but West Covina’s Noah Amezcua (JR) takes the top spot and league MVP in the 36-hole Valle Vista League finals. Amezcua shot rounds of 78 and 79. Braden Distelrath (San Dimas senior) and Ryan Moris (San Dimas sophomore) secured […]
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 […]
