Boys Volleyball: La Salle won its first league title in six years last night. In 2019, the Lancers claimed a Camino Real League title. On Tuesday, La Salle earned its first Del Rey League championship thanks to a sweep of Bishop Amat. The Lancers won by scores of 25-17, 25-23 and 25-20. Gerald Po had […]
Boys Volleyball: La Salle earned the Bronze Medal after a successful performance at the two-day Chatworth Tournament. The tourney field included 48 programs. The Lancers went 9-1. The match results are below. Individual Leaders Include: Josh Cruz: 147 assists & nine kills Sam Riechmann: 42 kills Corey Lai: 39 kills Cooper Dammann: 65 digs Michael […]
Photos by Alex Veliz Boys Volleyball: La Salle made history on Tuesday evening. The Lancers defeated visiting Bishop Montgomery for the first time since 2012. Those same Knights have two CIF-SS semifinal round playoff victories over La Salle as well. And while the Lancers did secure a three-game sweep, it was as competitive as three […]
Boys Volleyball: The La Salle victory tour continued Friday night in Los Angeles. The Lancers cruised to a Del Rey League sweep at Cathedral. La Salle won by scores of 25-20, 25-19 and 25-13. Sam Riechmann led the way with 10 kills. Michael Park contributed eight kills. Quotable: La Salle coach, Tiare Tuitama: “I am […]
Boys Volleyball: La Salle won its 10th consecutive match on Tuesday. The Lancers swept their visitors from Paraclete in the Del Rey League opener for both programs. La Salle claimed victory by scores of 25-23, 25-19 and 25-23. Sam Riechmann had 13 kills. Cooper Dammann contributed 13 digs and four aces. Josh Cruz chipped in […]
Boys Volleyball: La Salle won its seventh consecutive match on Thursday. The Lancers secured a 26-24, 24-26, 25-20 an 25-17 victory over previously unbeaten La Canada. Sam Riechmann had 17 kills and six solo blocks. Cooper Dammann contributed 27 digs. Corey Lai finished with 15 kills. Josh Cruz chipped in with 42 set assists. Up […]
Boys Volleyball: Upland’s magical 2023 season finally came to an end on Tuesday. But it took the third ranked team in the state to accomplish that feat. Three nights after steamrolling their way to a CIF-SS Division 2 championship, the Highlanders were put in the CIF State Division 1 bracket. And UHS got swept at […]
Boys Volleyball: One year after being swept in the CIF-SS Division 3 finals, Upland wrote their names into the history books. And they did so in Division 2. The Highlanders dropped the first game against Tesoro in the D-2 title match. But Upland regrouped and claimed victory by scores of 19-25, 25-18, 25-14 and 25-23. […]
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, […]
Boys Volleyball: Upland opened the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs in dominant form. The Highlanders swept visiting Arcadia. UHS defeated the Apaches by scores of 25-8, 25-13 and 25-17. Isaiah Vogel had 13 kills. Kai Vogel chipped in with nine kills and five aces. AJ Contreras produced 10 kills, three blocks and three aces. Aiden DuFour […]
Boys Volleyball: Upland is just one away from an undefeated Baseline League championship run. The Highlanders crushed their visitors from Damien in three games. UHS claimed victory by scores of 25-4, 25-6 and 25-16. AJ Contreras led the way with 26 kills. Aiden Dufour chipped in with 35 assists. Kai Vogel added six kills and […]
Boys Volleyball: Since becoming the head football coach at Maranatha two years ago, Rand Holdren has made a dramatic impact on the success on the MHS program. In 2021, the Minutemen went 1-7 overall and 0-3 in Olympic League games. Fast forward one season, and Maranatha finished 11-1-1 in 2022, including a 5-0 run to […]
Boys Volleyball: Arcadia is off to a terrific start to the 2023 season. Aside from now being 15-1, the Apaches won the Bishop Amat Tournament. AHS defeated: Valley Christian, 2-0 Bosco Tech, 2-0 Los Altos, 2-1 San Dimas, 1-0 San Gabriel, 1-0 Los Altos 1-0, to claim the tournament championship. Arcadia went 6-0 in the […]
Pictured: Jesse Lok Boys Volleyball: Arcadia won its sixth consecutive match on Thursday. The Apaches edged Burroughs, 3-2, in a Pacific League contest. AHS won by scores of 15-25, 25-22, 25-20, 21-25 and 15-12. Jesse Lok had 17 kills and three blocks. Kyle Soriano added 11 kills and two blocks. Luke Treiman chipped in with […]
Pictured L-R: Maison Chang and Luke Treman Boys Volleyball: Arcadia made quick work of San Marino to improve to 5-1. The Apaches defeated the Titans by scores of 25-8, 25-21 and 25-21. Maison Chang had nine kills, three blocks and a pair of aces. Luke Treman contributed nine kills and four aces. And Kyle Soriano […]
Boys Volleyball: The Upland High School boys volleyball program is off to a great start to the 2023 season. Last week, they went 5-0 and 10-0 in sets to become back-to-back Portola High champs. This weekend, they played in the Tesoro Tournament and beat Capistrano Valley 2-0, Marina 2-0, and Aliso Niguel 2-0. The Highlanders […]
Volleyball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor The fear of death is pretty universal. But for Arcadia volleyball coach Stephen Bernabe, it became a ‘been there, done that’ mentality. Nine years ago, Bernabe was entering the prime of his life. He was 23, healthy, popular and a standout volleyball player. Bernabe’s whole world looked to be […]
Boys Volleyball: Winning championships has its privileges. And that’s the case for the Monrovia boys volleyball program. After a 5-5 run, and a third-place finish in Rio Hondo League matches, the Wildcats found their stride and made history. Monrovia went 8-0 in the 2022 postseason, which included CIF-SS Division 6, and CIF State Division 4 […]
Boys Volleyball: Talk about your ultimate payback. And it only took a week to accomplish. The Upland High School volleyball program entered the CIF-SS Division 3 title match versus Royal having not lost in almost two months. To their credit, Royal, also named the Highlanders, swept UHS on May 14th at Long Beach City College. […]
Boys Volleyball: Wow! What a way to end the 2022 season. Monrovia, in just their fourth year as a program, clinched CIF-SS Division 6 & CIF State Division 4 championships in 2022. And consider this…the Wildcats finished 5-5 in Rio Hondo League matches, which was good for third place. After state playoff sweeps over Los […]
