Baseball: Damien defeated Liberty (Peoria, Arizona), 2-0, in Tuesday’s National Classic. The Spartans improved to 10-4-2 in spite of being out-hit, 5-2. Two DHS pitchers combined on the shutout. Justin Ries went 5 1/3 innings and scattered three hits. Ries issued one walk and struck out six. Tristen Usher earned the save by getting the […]
College Baseball: What could be the best possible response from PCC after dropping last week’s SCC series to Rio Hondo College? To finish off a sweep of Cerritos. And that’s what they did in Monday’s makeup game. PCC got a solid effort on the mound from Kyle Noell in a 10-4 victory at Cerritos. The […]
Softball: April 3rd CIF-SS Poll: Division 1: 1- Los Alamitos 2- Norco 3- Oaks Christian 4- Murrieta Mesa 5- Pacifica/Garden Grove 6- Esperanza 7- Huntington Beach 8- Beaumont 9- Poly/Riverside 10- Villa Park Others: Orange Lutheran, Roosevelt, Westlake, South Hills Division 2: 1- Marina 2- North Torrance 3- Valley View 4- Millikan 5- Rio Mesa […]
Photo by Josh Thompson Baseball: April 3rd CIF-SS Poll: This week’s poll has me a tad confused. Arcadia is in the Division 1 ‘others’ list, despite being 15-1 and riding a 13-game win streak. San Dimas somehow fell out of the #10 spot in D-1, and yet the Saints are on a nine-game win streak. […]
Photos by Stephen Delgado Baseball: On Monday afternoon, the Mission Valley League’s first and last place programs met up. And the result was indicative of that mismatch. Marshall Fundamental crushed winless El Monte, 23-4 in four innings, and improved to 6-0 in MVL games. Nick Chew doubled, scored twice and had a pair of RBIs. […]
Baseball: After dropping their first four Rio Hondo League games, all of which by one run, San Marino has now won three in a row. And that includes two over first-place South Pasadena. On Monday, the Titans got eight runs in the first inning and cruised to an 11-4 victory over Temple City. Jaykob Duhamel […]
Baseball: Ayala started this week off in style. And it was thanks to Bryan Yang. Yang went the distance in a 3-1 victory over Brea Olinda. He scattered four hits, didn’t issue a walk and struck out 12. Yang needed just 84 pitches to finish what he started. Connor Perez had half of the Wildcats […]
Baseball: Photos by Gwen Pointer Charter Oak scored in the top of the first inning on Monday, and the Chargers never trailed. COHS out-hit Los Altos, 7-3, and defeated the Conquerors, 6-3, in a makeup game. Gabriel Rodriguez got the loss, allowing two runs on five hits over three innings. Rodriguez walked one and fanned […]
Softball: Editor’s Note: League records take precedent, because that’s how programs qualify for the CIF-SS playoffs. The records come from the MaxPreps page of each program. Baseline League: RCHS (13-0-1, 0-0) Los Osos (8-6, 0-0) Etiwanda (7-6-1, 0-0) Upland (5-5, 0-0) Chino Hills (6-7, 0-0) Camino Real: St. Joseph (6-10, 1-1) Serra (3-4, 1-3) La […]
Baseball: Editor’s Note: League records take precedent, because it’s that record that determines the playoff teams from each league. The standings are taken from the MaxPreps page of each team. Baseline League: Damien (9-3-2, 6-0) Etiwanda (8-2, 5-0) Los Osos (6-5, 2-1) RCHS (7-6, 1-2) Upland (4-8, 0-5) Chino Hills (4-9, 0-6) Del Rey: Bishop […]
College Baseball: Mt. SAC claimed its first SCC series of the 2023 season. And it just so happened to be a sweep. The Mounties crushed LA Harbor, 19-2, on Saturday. MSAC out-hit their visitors, 22-7. Fourteen separate Mt. SAC players had at least one hit in the win. Sam Silversmith went six innings and allowed […]
College Baseball: Make it 13 consecutive wins for Chaffey College. The Panthers outlasted Desert, 14-8, on Saturday. Chaffey and Desert combined for 22 runs, 21 hits and five errors. And that included nine hits of the extra-base variety. Donovann Jackson (4-1) got the win after going five innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on […]
Baseball: Damien earned the three-game Baseline League sweep of Upland on Saturday at Quakes Stadium. Nathan Ries, Paul Barrera and Tony Lopez combined on a five-hit shutout, as Damien claimed a 7-0 victory. Ries went four innings to earn the win, and allowed three hits, walked two and fanned three UHS batters. Barrera provided two […]
Photos by Josh Thompson Baseball: On Saturday morning, Etiwanda and Chino Hills met up at Quakes Stadium in a Battle of the Baseline League. And it featured a pair of programs that are currently going in opposite directions. The Eagles claimed a 10-2 victory to remain unbeaten in league, and they extended their win streak […]
Softball: Just over three weeks ago, Claremont claimed a 2-1 victory over Bonita. It dropped the Bearcats to 0-2 in league. But fast forward 22 days, and this time, BHS was on the right side of a 2-1 final. Brooklyn Shroyer went the distance and allowed one run on six hits. Shroyer didn’t issue a […]
Baseball: South Hills claimed two Hacienda League victories on Friday over Wilson. And the Huskies pitching staff didn’t allow a single run all day. South Hills defeated Wilson, 3-0, in game one. And a couple hours later, SHHS improved to 4-0 in league by defeating the Wildcats, 4-0, in game two. Jeremiah Valdez went the […]
Photo by Stephen Delgado Baseball: Marshall Fundamental remained perfect in Mission Valley League play thanks to Wes Pendleton. Pendleton was just a D’Angelo Huerta double in the sixth inning away from throwing a perfect game. Pendleton allowed the one hit, didn’t issue a walk and struck out 10 in a 3-0 victory on Friday. Christian […]
Baseball: Maranatha appears to be cruising to their sixth consecutive Olympic League championship. After Friday’s 11-1, five-inning beatdown of Village Christian, the Minutemen are two games up on Whittier Christian in the loss column, three ahead of Valley Christian, and VCHS is four back. Zach Strickland went four innings and allowed an unearned run on […]
College Baseball: Michael Flores, Damien Torres and Ray Northey combined on a seven-hit shutout for Mt. SAC. The Mounties picked up a 4-0 SCC victory at LA Harbor on Friday. Flores went six innings and allowed four hits. The conference’s best pitcher didn’t issue a walk and struck out 10. Torres provided two scoreless on […]
College Baseball: PCC evened its three-game South Coast Conference series with Rio Hondo College on Friday. The Lancers got two runs in the top of the eighth and ninth innings to edge the Roadrunners, 5-3. Toshiki Kuriya hit a solo shot in the second to give PCC a 1-0 lead. Dylan Schumacher got RHC even […]
