Baseball: Glendora made the 176-mile roundtrip drive to picturesque Barstow and didn’t get the result they wanted. Gabriel Hernandez and Michael Moses were locked in a pitcher’s duel, and Hernandez and the Aztecs prevailed, 2-1, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. Moses couldn’t have done much more to give GHS a […]
Baseball: Ethan Schiefelbein wasn’t going to let Rancho Cucamonga extend its 2023 season. Schiefelbein went six scoreless innings and allowed just two hits to lead Corona to a 7-0 victory over the visiting Cougars. He didn’t issue a walk and struck out eight in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Jake Skelskey […]
Baseball: Flintridge Prep pounded out 11 hits in Friday’s 10- 6 victory over La Salle in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. The Wolves and Lancers combined for 16 runs, 18 hits, six errors and five pitchers. Max Brunngraber went 6 1/3 innings to earn the win. Brunngraber surrendered five runs (two […]
Baseball: San Marino jumped on Xavier Prep early and cruised to an 11-3 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs. The Titans got five runs in the first inning and were never challenged. Michael Liquori went five innings to earn the win. Liquori allowed two runs on five hits. He walked […]
Photo by Gio Cunningham Baseball: Sterling Patick once again lived up to his first name. Patick tossed a one-hit shutout, as South Hills opened the CIF D-2 playoffs with a 6-0 victory over visting Great Oak. Patick walked two and struck out nine. He needed 99 pitches to finish what he started, and 66 went […]
Baseball: Brandon Luu ended Damien’s season on Friday. Luu tossed a five-hit shutout in Villa Park’s 3-0 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Luu didn’t issue a walk and struck out nine. Julian Hines had two of the Spartans five hits. Tyler Daley, Dom Ramirez and Christian Grino had one […]
Photo from the562.org Twitter page: Baseball: Austin Paul ruined Maranatha’s postseason plans. The Long Beach Millikan starter went the distance, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits in the Rams 3-2 victory at Brookside Park. Paul issued one walk and fanned three Maranatha batters. Bryan Richman doubled and scored. Dylan Zdunek went 3-for-3 and […]
Baseball: Ayala out-hit La Mirada, 8-5, in Friday’s CIF-SS Division 1 opener. The Matadores, however, scored once in the bottom of the sixth to edge the Bulldogs, 4-3. Eric Jeon went six innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits. Jeon walked four and fanned a pair of Ayala batters. Walker Calvo got […]
Photos by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Charter Oak had a less than ideal start to the 2023 postseason. The Chargers picked up their bats in the top of the third inning in Irvine and trailed Woodbridge, 4-0, on Friday afternoon. COHS, however, rallied for three runs in the third and got seven more in the sixth. […]
Photo by Gwen Pointer Baseball: Friday’s Playoff Schedule: Junior College: PCC at Glendale in first of a three-game playoff series. Fullerton at Chaffey in first of a three-game playoff series. Division 1: Ayala at La Mirada Capistrano Valley at Etiwanda Damien at Villa Park Long Beach Millikan at Maranatha (Brookside Park) Rancho Cucamonga at Corona […]
Softball: Trailing 2-0 in the top of the fifth inning at La Quinta in the CIF-SS Division 3 opener, Etiwanda rallied for a 3-2 victory. The Eagles got two in the fifth inning and one in the seventh. Miranda Roldan went the distance. Roldan allowed two runs (one earned) on eight hits. She walked one […]
Softball: Ayala scored two runs in the bottom of the second and three more in the third to pull away from St. Anthony. The Bulldogs opened CIF-SS Division 2 play with a 6-2 victory over the Saints. Karson Zavala went four innings and allowed one run on two hits. Zavala didn’t issue a walk and […]
Softball: The 40-mile bus ride home from Long Beach was a pleasant one for the Glendora softball program. The Tartans edged Millikan, 1-0, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoff. Bridget Nemeth continued her elite play, tossing a four-hit shutout. Nemeth didn’t issue a walk and struck out nine Rams. Emily Haniff, […]
Softball: Western Christian opened the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs with a 10-4 victory over Bishop Amat. Anaiyah Jimenez got the loss for Amat. She allowed six runs on five hits over two-plus innings. Jimenez walked one and fanned four Western Christian batters. Marilyn Beauvais went 3-for-3 with a walk, two home runs and three RBIs. […]
Photos by Beth Oualline: Baseball: Considering the fact that Justin Santiago and Ian Hoffstetter had ERA’s of 1.49 or lower, it was a little surprising to see both aces face first-inning drama in Wednesday’s CIF-SS Division 1 opener at AHS. The Bearcats would send eight guys to the plate and scored four runs on a […]
Baseball: Monrovia’s 2023 season came to an end on Wednesday. The Wildcats fell, 7-0, in a CIF-SS Division 2 wild card game. Riley Ricken controlled throughout. Ricken tossed a four-hit shutout. He walked one and registered nine strikeouts. Troy Grise had half of Monrovia’s four hits. Noah Ellison and Jared Cardenas had the other two. […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker III & Danny Callaway Baseball: There are a number of quality pitchers in the SGV and none gets less credit for what he’s accomplished than Marshall Fundamental’s Ethan Sparks. The Eagles junior isn’t an imposing figure, but all he does is get the job done. Sparks went the distance in Wednesday’s […]
Baseball: Northview had an unfortunate and yet somewhat fitting end to its 2023 season. The Vikings battled their butts off all year, and came up just short. On Wednesday, in a CIF-SS Division 2 wild card game at Citrus Valley, the Vikings fell, 4-3, in eight innings. Of their 14 losses, nine came by two […]
Baseball: Pasadena’s strong finish in Pacific League play carried over into the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. PHS cruised to a 10-0 victory at de Toledo in West Hills. The Bulldogs and Jaguars were originally scheduled to play on Thursday, but with the prediction of impending rain, they got the game in […]
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, […]