Baseball: St. Francis was just three outs away from a potential CIF-SS Division 4 championship on Saturday afternoon at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore. The Golden Knights led Camarillo, 1-0, as the Scorpions grabbed their bats in the top of the seventh inning. St. Francis can certainly relate to that old adage about how costly […]
Baseball: Josh Torres was going to make sure Azusa headed home from Lake Elsinore with a CIF-SS Division 8 championship. And what a performance by the AHS senior. Torres tossed a two-hit shutout in a 5-0 victory over Pacifica Christian at Diamond Stadium. It was Azusa’s first CIF-SS baseball championship since Ronald Reagan’s first term […]
Photos courtesy of Josh Thompson/Chino Valley Champion (@championnewpapers_JoshT on Instagram) Baseball: If there was ever an instance that a ‘group MVP’ could and should be awarded, this would be the one. Chino Hills just claimed a CIF-SS Division 5 title after Friday’s 4-1 victory over Santa Monica at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore. And the […]
Photo by Josh Thompson/Chino Valley Champion Baseball: The Chino Hills pitching staff deserves the lion’s share of the credit for the Huskies earning a spot in this weekend’s CIF-SS Division 5 championship game. Favian Vasquez and Andrew Baldomino teamed up on a four-hit shutout in Tuesday’s 2-0 victory at Chino High School. In four playoff […]
Baseball: Arcadia saw its remarkable 2024 season come to an end on Tuesday. The Apaches fell at Hart, 7-2, in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. Arcadia pitching hit six Indians’ batters. Fernando Palencia got the loss after allowing six runs (three earned) on three hits over four innings. Palencia issued three […]
Baseball: Things looked great for the Ayala baseball program in Tuesday’s CIF-SS Division 2 semifinal at Moorpark. The Bulldogs led the Muskateers 5-0 in the top of the fourth inning. MHS, however, scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and they got four more in the fifth to secure a 7-5 victory. […]
Baseball: Azusa has earned its spot in this weekend’s CIF-SS Division 8 title game. The Aztecs claimed a 9-5 victory over Edgewood. AHS out-hit EHS, 14-9, on Tuesday. Edgewood’s Raymond Tafola was charged with four runs on five hits over two innings. He walked one and fanned three Aztecs. Noah Ramirez went five innings, and […]
Baseball: The St. Francis 2024 postseason victory tour continued Tuesday in Ontario. The Golden Knights defeated Ontario Christian, 3-1, in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. St. Francis scored once in the top of the third and they got two more in the seventh to outlast the Knights. Aiden Mahoney earned the […]
Baseball: Chino Hills earned its spot in this coming Tuesday’s CIF-SS Division 5 semifinal round. The Huskies rode the arms of Brody Buoncristiani and Andrew Baldomino to a 7-0 victory over their visitors from Montebello. Buoncristiani went 5 1/3 scoreless innings and he allowed three hits. Buoncristiani issued a pair of walks and struck out […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker III & video highlights from Steve Ramirez Baseball: Village Christian took all the drama out of Friday’s CIF-SS Division 6 quarterfinal at West Covina very early. The Crusaders scored five runs in the top of the first inning, and they cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Bulldogs. VCHS out-hit WCHS, […]
Baseball: St. Francis is now just one win away from playing for a CIF-SS Division 4 championship. It would be the first time since 2006 since the Golden Knights made a title-game appearance. On Friday, the Golden Knights defeated their visitors from Paraclete, 4-1, in a quarterfinal round game at the Glendale Sports Complex. Lucas […]
Baseball: Ayala sure picked a great time to play their best baseball of the season. The Bulldogs hovered around or under the .500 mark for most of the season. But thanks to nine consecutive wins, AHS had earned a spot in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs. Ayala has now defeated La […]
Baseball: Azusa has earned a spot in Tuesday’s CIF-SS Division 8 semifinal round. The Aztecs secured a 9-1 victory over Santa Clarita Christian. The Cardinals got one run in the bottom of the first inning at Hart High School. But Josh Torres and Zach Huizar would combine to shut them out the rest of the […]
College Baseball: One day after collectively knocking Cuesta College out of their three-team double elimination super regional, Mt. SAC and Palomar met up Friday in a race to two wins. And talk about drama. Trailing 8-4 in the top of the eighth inning, former Damien star Kaden Moeller hit a grand slam to even the […]
College Baseball: In game one of a three-team double elimination super regional, former South Hills pitcher Matt Lorenzano found himself on the mound at Palomar College, and Mt. SAC was already trailing Cuesta, 5-1, in the top of the third inning. The Mounties sophomore, however, kept his composure and earned the win in a 17-5 […]
Baseball: And then there was one. Chino Hills dominated Bloomington, 9-1, in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. The Huskies are now the final Baseline League program standing. CHHS scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning, and that was all she wrote for the Bruins. Andrew Tejada was saddled […]
Thursday’s Schedule for 210 Prep Sports Softball Programs: D-3: Redondo Union (19-6) at Etiwanda (25-5) Charter Oak (19-2-1) at Agoura (13-7) D-7: Muir (20-11) at ACE (14-11) Friday’s Schedule for 210 Prep Sports Baseball Programs: D-1: San Dimas (25-4) at Harvard Westlake (25-4-1) D-2: Westlake (26-4) at Arcadia (21-7) Anaheim Canyon (16-13-1) at Ayala (14-11-1) […]
Baseball: Arcadia earned a spot in Friday’s quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs thanks to Tuesday’s 9-1 victory at Yorba Linda High School. Fernando Palencia walked in a run in the bottom of the first inning, and then the Apaches star senior shut YLHS down the rest of the way. Palencia went the […]
Baseball: The Travis Kelly era is officially underway at Los Osos High School. In just his second year, the 37-year-old Grizzlies’ skipper led the program to their most wins (19) since 2013. What makes that feat even more impressive is that Kelly wasn’t officially hired until just two weeks before the 2023 regular season got […]
Baseball: The only thing better than winning a CIF-SS playoff game for the first time in 18 years is following that up with another victory. And that’s exactly what St. Francis did. Five days after an 8-3 victory at Windward in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs, the Golden Knights edged San […]
