Softball: The La Verne 10-and-under softball program will be making its first appearance ever to the Class B Western National Championship. One year ago, La Verne earned the title of ‘C’ level State Champions. After eight seasons competing in ‘C’ divisions, the girls from the 91750 were moved up to ‘B’ by USA Softball. The […]
Video highlights by David Guerrero & photos by Tim Lunney Softball: This past Friday morning, Rio Hondo Prep fell, 4-1, in the championship game of the Division 6 playoffs to University High School. Fast forward to Tuesday, and after a one-hour rain delay, the Kares secured a convincing 9-3 victory over Taft in the first […]
Softball: Carson Cruz denied Rio Hondo Prep of winning its first CIF-SS softball championship. Cruz went the distance and was charged with one unearned run on seven hits in the University’s 4-1 victory over RHP in the CIF-SS Division 6 title game. Cruz issued a pair of walks and registered nine strikeouts. Tara Riley doubled […]
Photo by Tim Lunney Softball: CIF-SS Semifinal Round Scores & Title Game Matchups: Editor’s Note: CIF will determine the date of each title game in the next few days. Division 1: Norco 6, Ayala 1 El Modena 13, Temescal Canyon 3 Final: Norco (28-3) vs El Modena (22-8) Division 2: JSerra 9, Great Oak 6 […]
Softball: Norco looked every bit the state’s No. 6 program (MaxPreps) on Saturday. The top-seeded Cougars cruised to a 6-1 victory at Ayala in a CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal round contest. Coral Williams went the distance in the circle. Williams allowed just one run on three hits. She issued one walk and registered four strikeouts. […]
Stats by Harry Joe & photos by Tim Lunney Softball: Rio Hondo Prep has the opportunity to secure its school quite the athletic bookend for the 2024-25 calendar year. Back on November 29th, the Kares football program claimed a second consecutive CIF-SS title with their 43-16 beatdown of a much deeper and a talent-rich program […]
Editor’s Note: La Mirada did not post their game stats on MaxPreps or Game Changer Softball: Ayala earned a spot in Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal round. The Bulldogs outlasted their hosts from La Mirada, 9-5, in nine innings. AHS scored once in the sixth, twice in the seventh, and they put the game away […]
Softball: Quarterfinal Round Playoff Scores: D-1: Norco 9, Chino Hills 1 Ayala 9, La Mirada 5 (nine innings) El Modena 6, Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) 4 Temescal Canyon 4, Etiwanda 0 (Tuesday) D-2: Great Oak 8, California 3 JSerra 7, Palos Verdes 1 Santa Margarita 2, Ganesha 1 Los Alamitos 7, La Serna 1 D-3: […]
Softball: For the second time in three playoff games, Rio Hondo Prep extended their season thanks to a walk-off win. Last Thursday, the Kares secured an 8-6 victory over Southlands Christian in the CIF-SS Division 6 opener because of Bella Fairley’s two-run walk-off HR. After a 16-6 mercy-rule victory at St. Monica in Saturday’s six-inning […]
Softball: La Salle entered Monday’s CIF-SS Division 6 showdown with Poly on a nine-game winning streak, and they had won 14 of their past 15 games. The Santa Fe League champs opened the playoffs last Thursday with a 6-1 victory over Oxford Academy. On Monday, though, Pasadena Poly scored twice in the top of the […]
Softball: The United Christian Academy enjoyed a 7-2 lead in the fifth in Saturday’s D-8 second round showdown with their visitors from Banning. However, the next thing you know, the Broncos held an 11-8 lead as UCA picked up their bats in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Eagles would score four runs to […]
Softball: Nadia Juarez tossed a five-hit shutout in Chino Hills’ 4-0 victory at Huntington Beach in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Juarez didn’t issue a walk and registered three strikeouts. Juarez needed 85 pitches to finish what she started. Cali Bennett, Maleah Humble, Tea Gutierrez, Zariah Billinger and Siguenza had one […]
Softball: Ayala extended its current win streak to 16 games on Saturday. And they had to work overtime to accomplish that feat. AHS edged Murrieta Mesa, 3-2, in eight innings in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. The Bulldogs trailed 1-0 into the bottom of the sixth before scoring a pair of […]
Softball: Apparently, the 10-day layoff after finishing up Baseline League play wasn’t a hinderance for Etiwanda. The Eagles got a first-round bye in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. And on Saturday, they secured a 3-1 victory over their visitors from La Habra. Alyssa Galindo went the distance, allowing one run on five hits. She didn’t […]
Photo by Tim Lunney Softball: Rio Hondo Prep scored twice in the top of the first inning, and they never trailed in Saturday’s 16-6 mercy rule victory at St. Monica in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. The Kares had a narrow 12-9 advantage in base hits in the six-inning contest. Allie […]
Softball: Editor’s Note: West Torrance didn’t post their team stats on MaxPreps or Game Changer. Ayala opened the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs in impressive form. The Bulldogs cruised to a 6-0 victory over their visitors from West Torrance. AHS out-hit the Warriors, 10-3. Allie Lukaszewicz got the win after going four scoreless innings and allowing […]
Photos by Tim Lunney Softball: Imagine the range of emotions. Rio Hondo Prep took a 6-1 lead into the top of the sixth over their visitors from Southlands Christian in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. The Eagles, though, would storm back with five huge runs in the sixth to tie the […]
Photos by Alex Veliz (@CoachAlexMedia) Softball: La Salle won its ninth consecutive game on Thursday. And for more important than that, the Lancers opened the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs with a 6-1 victory over Oxford Academy. Havana Pagan went the distance, allowing an unearned run on four hits. Pagan issued two walks and registered six […]
Softball: Northview earned a spot the second round of the CIF-SS D-4 playoffs thanks to a dramatic 3-2 victory over Apple Valley. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Vikings scored twice to secure the win. And NHS persevered in spite of tallying just one base hit. Brynne Johnson got the loss […]
Softball: First-Round Playoff Schedule (ALL Games are Thursday): *** Second round games will be played this coming Saturday Division 1: Mater Dei (16-11-1) at Chino Hills (19-8) Huntington Beach (21-7) at Charter Oak (16-0) West Torrance (19-7) at Ayala (19-2) Bonita (19-9) at Rosary Academy (25-2-1) Upland (16-7) at La Habra (21-7) Etiwanda (22-3) has […]
