Girls Volleyball: West Covina picked up its first Valle Vista League victory of 2022. On Tuesday, the Bulldogs earned a 25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 25-20 triumph at Covina. WCHS was led by junior setter Anisa Palm, who had 20 assists. Seniors Aliana Solorzano (28 digs) and Krizia Carandang (12 kills) played big in the win. Their […]
Girls Volleyball: Flintridge Sacred Heart got off to a great start in Angeles League play. The Tologs defeated their host from Immaculate Heart by scores of 20-25, 25-16, 25-22 and 25-11. Luisa Madrigal had 10 kills. Nikki Garriola contributed nine kills and 17 digs. Lindsey Du chipped in with 12 digs and Piper Scherbert had […]
Girls Volleyball: Flintridge Sacred Heart had one final tune-up before getting into league play. The Tologs would fall to visiting Marlborough in five games. The Mustangs won by scores of 20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 14-25 and 15-9. Nikki Garriola had 14 kills, 13 digs and three aces. Lindsey Du contributed digs for FSHA. Up next: The […]
Boys Water Polo: West Covina picked up two more victories on Thursday. In their first match, the Bulldogs defeated West Torrance, 10-6, and they’d go on to edge Sunny Hills, 10-8, to close out the night. In game one, Ryan Diaz was on fire, blocking 8 of 11 shots before getting poked in the eye […]
A huge thanks to Ryan Tomey for the photo gallery and for all the scoring information from Friday’s contest Football: In the 2022 season opener, West Ranch got out to a 12-0 lead, and the Wildcats would outlast St. Francis, 61-41, in a Friday night shootout. After spotting West Ranch a 6-yard TD run by […]
Girls Volleyball: Marshall Fundamental opened the 2022 season with a road sweep at Muir. The Eagles won by scores of 25-21, 25-18 and 25-16. Alexis Delgado had a team high in kills (five) and aces (six). Abby Garibay added four kills and four aces. Rory Lorenz chipped in with three kills and an ace. Evelyn […]
Softball: The magical and historic run of the La Verne Little League softball program came to an end on Friday. Pitt County defeated LVLL, 6-1, in Greenville, North Carolina. La Verne opened the LLWS on Tuesday by defeating Pitt County, the host team, 9-2. North Carolina scored four runs in the top of the third […]
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 […]
