Softball: Count the La Verne Little League softball program out at your own peril. Facing a win-or-go-home scenario on Thursday, La Verne got six runs in the top of the sixth inning to defeat Issaquah, 7-1, at the LLWS in Greenville, North Carolina. After allowing an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning, […]
Softball: For the first time in the 2022 postseason, and in the second round of the Little League World Series, the La Verne softball program met its match. And it came in the name of Kaylee Hodges. Hodges went the distance for Chesterfield (Virginia) in Wednesday’s 6-1 victory over La Verne. Hodges allowed an unearned […]
Baseball: For the second consecutive year, the Arroyo Seco Royals eliminated the Orange County Pirates from the Sunset League playoffs. On Thursday, in a win-or-go-home scenario, the Royals knocked off the top-seeded Pirates, 8-3, at Cypress College. Eric Navarrete kept ASR’s season alive with eight strong innings. Navarrete allowed a pair of runs on eight […]
Sunset League Players of the Week: Quintt Landis, Ventura County Pirates: Landis went 8-for-15 in a week that his Pirates claimed the BOTW title. He walked twice, hit two HR’s, scored four runs and had six RBIs. This season, Landis batted .395 with 15 hits, scored nine runs and had nine RBIs. The Pirates will […]
Baseball: BOTW Pitcher of the Week: Zac Czerniawski, IV Pirates: In the first game of a Friday doubleheader against the IV Bucs, Czerniawski threw a seven-inning no-hitter. The Pirates defeated the Bucs, 1-0, and then went on to pick up the sweep, claiming a 3-2 victory in game two. Czerniawski walked two and struck out […]
Remembering James Caan: To those of us 30 and up, James Caan was a badass actor. He starred in some of the most iconic movies of all-time, including The Godfather with Marlon Brando, Robert Deniro and Al Pacino. Caan also played a starring role as Brian Piccolo in the hit football movie Brian’s Song. And […]
Baseball: The Arroyo Seco Royals scored three runs late to claim a 6-4 victory over the Inland Empire Bucs in Wednesday’s Sunset League battle. The Royals scored twice in the top of the seventh inning and got an insurance run in the eighth. Joshua Perez was credited with the win, going two scoreless innings, and […]
To view the Best of the West & Sunset League standings, schedules, stats & more, go to: (sunsetleaguebaseball.com) Baseball: After dropping the first eight Sunset League games of the 2022 season, the California Cage Rats broke out in a big way on Sunday. CCR pounded out a 16-12 victory over the Inland Empire Bucs. And […]
High School Sports: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor This might come as a surprise to some, but not every young boy grows up with the dream of becoming a star athlete. And Cooper Dammann would fit that billing. Early in his life, he took up tennis, soccer and baseball. His father, Brett Dammann, was a talented athlete […]
Photo by David Gomez To view the Best of the West & Sunset League standings, schedules, stats & more, go to: (sunsetleaguebaseball.com) Baseball: You know it might be your day when the offense produces just four hits, strikes out 17 times and still manages a way to pick up the W. But that’s exactly what […]
Baseball: All-CIF Southern Section: Division 1: Player of the Year: Andrew Lamb, JSerra Coach of the Year: Bret Kay, JSerra Ian Hoffstetter, Arcadia Alejandro Morales, Bishop Amat Luke Mistone, Bonita Abbrie Covarrubias, Cypress Luke Matlock, Cypress Aiden Taurek, Foothill Bryce Rainer, Harvard-Westlake Ralph Velazquez, Huntington Beach Ben Jacobs, Huntington Beach JJ Hollis, JSerra Jonathan Mendez, […]
Photos by Taegan Maysami & Al Salgado Baseball: Thursday’s CIF State Southern California Regional Semifinal-Round Scores: Division 1: JSerra 5, Notre Dame 4 Huntington Beach 9, Villa Park 2 Division 2: Etiwanda 12, Birmingham 1 (6 innings) Torrey Pines 1, Rancho Bernardo 0 Division 3: Newport Harbor 8, Eastlake 2 Oaks Christian 4, Grossmont 2 […]
Photos L-R by Josh Thompson (Etiwanda) & Taegan Maysami (Bonita) Baseball: Thursday’s CIF State Southern California Semifinal-Round Schedule: Division 1: Notre Dame at JSerra Villa Park at Huntington Beach Division 2: Birmingham at Etiwanda Rancho Bernardo at Torrey Pines Division 3: Newport Harbor at Eastlake Grossmont at Oaks Christian Division 4: Moreno Valley at Tesoro […]
Remembering Kerry Welsh: If there is one thing that brings people together, even in these contentious times, it’s the love we share for the children of America. Sadly, this Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of 18-year old Kerry Welsh. Welsh was the 2020 Glendora High School Girls Scholar Athlete of the […]
Palomares All-Academic Baseball: (3.91 GPA) Mathieu McGowan, Ayala Jake LeMoine, Ayala Lucas Mistone, Bonita Joseph Santia, Claremont Zackary Leeper, Claremont Alejandro Gomez Colony Gavin Smith Colony Dustin Jones Glendora Shane Mion Glendora Dom Svagdis Glendora Joe Gilkeson Glendora Carson Mounce, Glendora Softball: (3.87) Emma MacCharles, Alta Loma Sydney Sensat, Ayala Gianna Gonzales, Ayala Kailey Scott, […]
Photos by Eric Shen Badminton: Thanks to Arcadia coach Mike Stiles for this report: Our program started in the Spring of 2016. We went 4-8 that year, and lost in the first round of the CIF-SS playoffs. In 2017, we joined the Almont League and have won every league title since. We lost in the […]
Softball: Flintridge Sacred Heart has earned a spot in Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 5 semifinal round. On Thursday, the Tologs picked up a 5-4 victory at Fillmore. Victoria Ramirez went the distance in the circle, allowing four runs on four hits. Ramirez walked four and fanned three Fillmore batters. But Ramirez also did some damage at […]
CIF-SS Boys Volleyball, Softball & Baseball Schedule: Thursday Softball: Division 2 Quarterfinal: LB Millikan at South Hills Division 3 Quarterfinal: Sunny Hills at Bonita Division 4 Quarterfinal: Moorpark at La Canada Division 5 Quarterfinal: San Marino at Fountain Valley Division 5 Quarterfinal: FSHA at Fillmore Division 7 Quarterfinal: Duarte at Leuzinger Friday’s Baseball: Division 2 […]
Baseball: Bonita jumped on top-seeded Orange Lutheran for four runs in the top of the first inning. The Lancers pitching staff, however, would hold the Bearcats to just one run over the final six innings. And Orange Lu claimed a 10-5 victory in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Louis Rodriguez went […]
Thanks to Maranatha coach, Arthur Hsieh, for this report: Boys Tennis: Towards the end of the final round of play in the CIF-SS Division 4 quarterfinals playoff match between No. 3 Maranatha and No. 6 Santa Ynez, the head coaches conferred and acknowledged that the match was going to come down to two evenly matched […]
