Baseball: Monrovia is just one win away from claiming a second consecutive Rio Hondo League championship. The Wildcats defeated San Marino, 12-2, on Friday. Donovan Lorenzini went five scoreless innings to earn the win. Lorenzini allowed two hits, walked one and fanned four San Marino batters. Brendan Long singled twice and scored for the Titans. Jay […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Nooooooooooooooooooo! Charter Oak’s Anthony Vasquez was just two outs away from tossing a perfect game on Friday. A seventh-inning error, by a COHS infielder, however, cost Vasquez a shot at perfection. But the Chargers’ junior shook off any frustation and settled for a no-hitter in a 6-0 Valle Vista League […]
Baseball: Arcadia answered Tuesday’s first loss to Pasadena with a 7-1 victory on Friday. Ian Hoffstetter went six innings and allowed just an unearned run on one hit to earn the win. Hoffstetter walked two and fanned three PHS batters. Gabriel Lopez closed the door with a scoreless seventh inning of relief. Lopez allowed one […]
Boys Volleyball: Just over a month ago, Arcadia got swept at Crescenta Valley, which dropped the Apaches to third place in the Pacific League. Fast forward to Friday, and Arcadia answered back with a five-set, regular-season ending victory over the visiting Falcons. CV took leads of 1-0 and 2-1, but the Apaches responded and claimed […]
Baseball: Flintridge Prep rode the arm and bat of Max Brunngraber in a 3-1 victory at Chadwick. The Prep League champions improved to 9-2 in league games. Nathaniel Castro went the distance and surrendered three runs (two earned) on five hits. He walked three and fanned four Wolves’ batters. Brunngraber walked and had a two-run […]
Boys Golf: Glendora needed and got a balanced effort on Thursday. The Tartans edged visiting Ayala, 215-222, at the Glendora Country Club. Andrew Gahshan led GHS with a team-low score of 41. Other Glendora scores included Keefe Pantayatiwong (42), Casey Gerber (42), Ashtin Mount (44), Will Browne (46), and Carter Gauthier, who shot a 47. […]
Baseball: Garrett Patterson put Bonita on his back in Thursday’s 7-0 victory at Colony. The Bearcats win, coupled with an Ayala loss at Glendora, allowed BHS to secure the Palomares League’s No. 1 spot in the CIF-SS playoffs. With two games remaining, Bonita leads second-place Ayala by two games, and the Bearcats went 3-0 this […]
Baseball: Braydon Wooldridge had one last shot at beating Ayala on Thursday. The Bulldogs entered the contest having won 10 consecutive games against the Tartans. Wooldridge, though, put the Tartans on his back in a 7-1, Palomares League victory. He went six innings and allowed a pair of unearned runs on four hits. Wooldridge walked […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Charter Oak won its fifth consecutive Valle Vista League game on Wednesday. Evan Avitia went five scoreless innings to earn the win. Avitia allowed three hits, walked one and struck out five Diamond Ranch batters. Gabriel Granados had an RBI single. Rene Smith walked, singled and scored. Giovanni Guerrero and […]
Boys Volleyball: Arcadia wrapped up third place in the Pacific League weeks ago. But the Apaches aren’t content with the league’s third seed. After sweeping Pasadena by scores of 25-12, 25-20 and 25-17 on Wednesday, Arcadia has one game remaining before it gets its CIF-SS playoff pairing. On Friday, the Apaches will host second-place Crescenta Valley, and […]
Photos by Josh Thompson Baseball: To say that Ayala has had Glendora’s number of late would be quite an understatement. After Tuesday’s 8-4 victory over the visiting Tartans, the Bulldogs extended their head-to-head win streak to 10 games. The last time GHS defeated AHS dates all the way back to March 16th of 2018. But […]
Baseball: What makes baseball different and some would argue better than the two other ‘major’ sports (football & basketball), is that anybody can beat anyone, regardless of an apparent talent or statistical mismatch. And such is the case for Colony High School. The Titans are 1-11 in Palomares League play, and yet their lone win […]
Baseball: Pasadena picked up their first victory over Arcadia since April 8th of 2014. The Bulldogs got six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and went on to defeat the Apaches, 8-1, on Tuesday. Joe Bacon went the distance to earn the win. Bacon allowed one run on four hits. He walked two […]
Baseball: Flintridge Prep secured at least a share of the Prep League championship on Tuesday. The Wolves defeated visiting Chadwick, 7-2. With two league games remaining, Flintridge Prep has a two-game lead over second-place Poly. The Wolves, however, picked up the three-game season sweep over the Panthers. And that means there is no scenario in […]
College Baseball: With just two weeks to go, the South Coast Conference appears to be heading for a dramatic end to the 2022 regular season. PCC and Mt. SAC sit atop the conference standings with identical 14-4 records. But there are two other programs on their heels. Long Beach and El Camino are just one-game […]
Baseball: Etiwanda took over sole possession of first place in the Baseline League standings. On Monday, the Eagles cruised to a 9-1 victory at Rancho Cucamonga to take a one-game lead over the Cougars. Brady Ebel went six scoreless innings to earn the win. He allowed just one hit, walked one and fanned a pair […]
Baseball: Well, that was pretty impressive. South Hills, ranked fourth in the most recent CIF-SS Division 2 poll, dominated the top-ranked program in Division 3. The Huskies picked up a 12-2 victory over La Quinta. Matt Lorenzano went three scoreless innings to earn the win. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out three. […]
Photos by Stephen Delgado Baseball: Marshall Fundamental did what good teams do. They beat up on an inferior program. The Eagles defeated Cathedral, 9-1, on Saturday. Two Marshall pitchers combined on a one hitter. Aaron Hernandez got the loss after allowing five runs on five hits in three innings of work. Hernandez walked four and […]
Baseball: Maranatha secured its fifth consecutive Olympic League title this past week. The Minutemen picked up a three-game sweep of Cerritos Valley Christian by scores of 10-5, 9-7 and 9-0. Zach Strickland, Jacob Yun and Mike Ebner earned wins in game one, two and three, respectively. The offensive highlights include: Mike Ebner: one home run, […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Chartr Oak completed the two-game, Valle Vista League sweep of West Covina on Friday. But the Bulldogs certainly put up a fight this week. COHS shut out WCHS, 2-0, on Wednesday. And on Friday, the Chargers edged the visiting Bulldogs, 2-1, thanks to Anthony Vasquez. Vasquez went the distance, allowing […]
