Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: The 2024 season had not been kind to the Charter Oak baseball program. Nearing the end of the season’s second month, the Chargers headed into this week with just two wins in their first 12 games. COHS, though, doubled their win total over the last two days. They secured a […]
Baseball: Maranatha rebounded well from Tuesday’s eight-inning loss to Glendora. The Minutemen claimed a 10-3 victory over El Rancho, and they out-hit the Dons, 13-4, on Thursday. Matthew Vazquez went five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits to earn the win. Vazquez didn’t issue a walk and struck out six ERHS batters. Alex Aparicio […]
Baseball: South Hills improved to 4-0 in Hacienda League games thanks to Thursday’s 13-3 victory at Los Altos. The Huskies led 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning, but they scored six runs in the sixth, and got four more in the seventh to pull away. Six South Hills pitchers combined on the win […]
Baseball: Damien secured a 6-2 victory over Upland on Thursday, and in the process, the Spartans claimed the three-game Baseline League series over the Highlanders, 2-1. Rudy O’Dell went 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on three hits. O’Dell walked one and fanned six UHS batters. Troy Lopez provided 1 2/3 scoreless innings in […]
Photos are courtesy of the PHS baseball program. Baseball: Pasadena earned Pacific League victory No. 2 on Tuesday. And the Bulldogs had to work overtime. PHS got one run in the top of the 10th inning to secure a 3-2 victory at Burbank. Adrian Oseguera went eight solid innings, and he allowed two unearned on […]
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Photos by Gwen Pointer: Baseball: Something had to give. Either Northview or Charter Oak was going to claim its first Valle Vista League victory of the 2024 season. And Zack Escalera made sure it was the Chargers. Escalera tossed a three-hit shutout, as COHS defeated visiting NHS, 3-0, on Wednesday. Escalera walked one and struck […]
Baseball: Glendora’s eighth-inning rally in Tuesday’s 8-6 victory at Maranatha carried over in Wednesday’s showdown with Riverside Prep. The Tartans scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, and they never trailed in a 5-3 nonleague victory. GHS out-hit the Knights, 8-4, and improved to 6-9. Drew Herd got the loss after surrendering […]
Softball: Glendora enjoyed a 6-0 lead as Wednesday’s Palomares League showdown at Alta Loma entered the bottom of the fifth inning. The Braves would score four runs in the fifth and two more in the seventh, but the Tartans would hold on for an 8-6 victory. Donica Meyndert got the loss after going four innings […]
Baseball: Covina jumped on West Covina early, and they cruised to a 13-3 Valle Vista League victory in six innings. The Colts scored three runs in the top of the first inning, and they never looked back. CHS out-hit WCHS, 10-5, in Wednesday’s mercy-rule conquest. Edwin Segovia was charged with six runs (five earned) on […]
Softball: Bonita edged Bishop Amat, 7-6, on Wednesday. But the game featured late-inning drama. BHS led 7-2 as the game headed to the top of the sixth inning. To their credit, the Lancers scored three times in the sixth and got one more in the seventh inning. Kaitlyn Maaske, however, was able to get the […]
Softball: The first five innings of Wednesday’s Valle Vista League showdown between Northview and Covina wasn’t remarkable. The Vikings and Colts were locked in a 1-1 tie. But Northview would score once in the top of the sixth, and they got three more in the seventh to take a 5-3 lead. Unfortunately for NHS, Covina […]
Photos by Richard Quinton College Baseball: There is a reason why Jameson Ferraro has one of the lowest ERA’s in the state. And that was on display on Wednesday afternoon. Ferraro went six innings and allowed one run in PCC’s 3-1 victory over fifth-ranked Golden West. Ferraro scattered seven hits, walked two and fanned seven. […]
Baseball: Two days after Upland’s Dylan Webb went the distance and allowed a pair of unearned runs in a 4-2 victory at Damien, Nathan Ries got the ball for the Spartans in game two of a three-game Baseline League series. And Ries didn’t waste the opportunity. He tossed a three-hit shutout in Damien’s 3-0 victory […]
College Baseball: The Inaugural Baseball Census Collegiate Summer League is just over two months away from delivering its first pitch. The six-team (Arroyo Seco Sentinels, Ventura County Pirates, San Gabriel Valley Monarchs, Inland Empire Outlaws, Arroyo Seco Royals & Orange County Juice) league will play an approximate 30-game regular season (6/11-7-21) schedule. The BCCSL will […]
College Baseball: Three days after pounding out 16 runs against Pasadena City College, the Mt. SAC baseball program secured a 12-5 nonconference victory at Citrus. MSAC trailed 5-0 after four innings of play, but they scored six times in the top of the fifth and never looked back. The Mounties out-hit the Owls, 13-7, on […]
Baseball: San Marino rode the arms of Brandon Strauss and Coleman Morning to a 10-0 mercy-rule victory over its visitors from Nogales. Strauss went four innings, allowing two hits, walking three and fanning five Nobles. Morning allowed one hit, walked two and struck out one over two innings. Merced Rodriguez walked and doubled. Luis Barajas […]
Baseball: It’s always a significant accomplishment when beating an Orange County power like Mater Dei. But what had to make it even more special was watching freshman Frane Flores earn the win. Flores went four innings, and he allowed one run on four hits in La Salle’s 5-1 victory at Mater Dei. Flores walked three […]
Photos by Stephen Delgado Editor’s Note: El Monte does not post their roster online, so I can’t post their stats without full names. Baseball: Marshall Fundamental pounded El Monte pitching in an 18-1 Mission Valley League victory on Tuesday. The Eagles remain in contention for an MVL title, trailing South El Monte, Arroyo and Rosemead […]
Baseball: South Hills took another step forward on Tuesday towards what they hope will be another Hacienda League championship. The Huskies defeated Los Altos, 4-0, thanks to a masterful performance by Luke Bauer. Bauer tossed a one-hit shutout, didn’t issue a walk and fanned five LAHS batters. Of his 92 pitches, 64 went for strikes. […]