Softball: Azusa jumped on Mountain View early and didn’t take its foot off the pedal until the Aztecs had secured a 13-2, five-inning, mercy-rule victory. AHS out-hit the Vikings, 13-5. Natalie Sosa went 2-for-3, including a double, one run and three RBIs. Raelene Rodriguez walked, singled twice, drove in one run and scored three times. […]
Softball: Northview pounded Azusa pitching for 16 hits in an 11-1 road victory. Amber Rodriguez went the distance to earn the win. Rodriguez allowed just an unearned run on three hits. She walked one and fanned 12 in a 95-pitch outing. Jackie Castaneda singled and scored. Natalie Sosa and Kailee Miller singled to account for […]
Softball: Bridget Nemeth had a giant role in Glendora’s 6-0 victory over Citrus Valley. The Tartans junior pitched a complete-game shutout on Wednesday. Nemeth scattered three hits. But she wasn’t done there. Nemeth also had a two-run blast. Ryan Speh walked, singled twice and drove in three runs. Up next: GHS will battle Chino night […]
Softball: Tatiana Foor did it again. The RHP junior put the Kares on her back and defeated Bloomington, 2-1, in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. Foor went the distance, allowing one unearned run on four hits. She walked one and struck out 13. And consider the fact that her offense was […]
Softball: Glendora took the field for the first time since Wednesday’s 2-0, 14-inning setback to Ayala for the Palomares League championship. They were struck out 31 times by Emily Leavitt in the loss. And on Friday, they surrendered three runs in the bottom of the first inning at Claremont. GHS had the choice to use […]
Softball: Etiwanda jumped on Glendora for eight second-inning runs and cruised to an 11-2 victory. Haley Ganino was stuck with the loss. Ganino surrendered eight runs on nine hits in 1 1/3 innings. Jailey Wilson homered, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs. Taylor Romero went 3-for-3, with two RBIs and a run […]
Softball: Glendora brought out the muscle on Friday. The Tartans had four players that went deep and defeated Bonita, 9-4, in a Palomares League contest. Haley Ganino went the distance to earn the win. Ganino allowed four runs (one earned) on four hits. And she helped her own cause with a solo home run. Ashley […]
Softball: Arcadia improved to 3-2 after Wednesday’s 13-3, five-inning, mercy-rule victory over El Rancho. Tiara Westbrook went all five innings to get the win in the circle for the Apaches. She allowed three runs on five hits, walking one and striking out four El Rancho batters. Isabella Aspeitia led the Apaches’ offense. The Arcadia freshman […]
Softball: It took eight innings, but Glendora left Hacienda Heights with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday. Ashley Waite went 3-for-4, including two doubles, an RBI and run scored. Morgan Coleman singled and scored. Mackenna Coleman had two hits and an RBI. Bridget Nemeth had an RBI triple and scored a run. Haley Ganino went four […]
Covina earned its first win of the season on Monday, and they did so with their bats. All 11 Colts who got an official at-bat had at least one base hit, and they finished with 24, including four home runs and five doubles. Covina handed Nogales a 23-5 beatdown in six innings. Micah Ibarra got […]
In a battle of two young ladies just beginning their high school careers, West Covina freshman Erica Lopez came out on top. Lopez went the distance in the Bulldogs 8-1 victory over Monrovia. She allowed just one run on four hits and fanned a pair. Evelyn Talavera went 2-for-3, and scored a run. Abby Perez […]
The GHS softball program closed out its 2021 season opener in style. Glendora scored eight combined runs in the sixth and seventh innings, and defeated Charter Oak, 11-5, on Friday. Haley Ganino went 3-for-5, including a home run and four RBIs. Marisa Duarte and Bridget Nemeth went two scoreless innings apiece in the circle for […]
One of the San Gabriel Valley’s most versatile and dominant softball players in recent memory got her first college victory on Sunday. Devyn Netz, who starred at Maranatha for three years before moving to Tucson, got the ball against visiting Southern Utah. The Thunderbirds got one first-inning run off the University of Arizona freshman, but […]
Softball: On top of the many reasons that the Coronavirus broke the hearts of so many spring sport athletes, especially seniors, was the fact that some programs were off to a quick start and had the potential for a great season. And that was the case for Rio Hondo Prep and its four-year starting pitcher, […]
Softball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor A pandemic may have cut Julia Valenzuela’s high school athletic career short, but it couldn’t diminish in the slightest her role in taking the Westridge softball program to its high-water mark in 2019. Valenzuela teamed with senior star Deijah Bradley, freshman sensation Hailey Yoshida and the rest of their […]
Softball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor There might be a number of softball players in the SGV area that are better known than Azusa High School senior Natalie Wilson. But without question, Wilson’s four-year run statistically puts her in a very elite club. In the spring of 2020, Wilson’s senior year ended abruptly after just […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Azusa softball player and recent graduate Jillian Walker is just 17 years of age. But this hard working, talented and giving young lady has suffered more heartbreak than most do in an entire lifetime. Four years ago, while a freshman at Monrovia High School, the Walker’s got a phone call […]
