High School Sports: FRIDAY: Playoff Boys Basketball: Open Division: Damien at Mater Dei & Ribet Academy at Etiwanda Division 3A: Oak Hills at Glendora Division 3AA: Price at Maranatha & Downey at Covina Division 4A: West Covina at Rio Mesa Division 4AA: Arcadia at Pacifica of Garden Grove Boys Tennis CIF Title Match: Division 1: […]
Boys Basketball: It was a pretty rough Wednesday night for boys basketball programs that we cover. Our teams went 5-10. And between Division 1-3A, area teams went 1-9. Division 1: Chaminade 91, Bonita 65 Villa Park 74, Pasadena 52 Oak Park 64, St. Francis 56 Roosevelt 59, Los Osos 44 2A: San Marcos 89, La […]
Thanks to Arcadia for sending in this report: Badminton: Just a few shorts months ago, the pandemic put most high school sports in serious jeopardy of having another season canceled. From almost no season at all, to CIF Champs. The Arcadia High School Badminton team won its first CIF Championship today. The Apaches beat Diamond […]
The featured photo is by Mario Veliz from the La Salle-St. Anthony game on Friday. High School Sports: There is so much going on all at once that it’s reasonable to be unaware of all the SGV area sports news. But we wanted to go over some of the more noteworthy events over the past […]
Boys Basketball: After an 0-2 start to the 2021 season, GHS has now won seven consecutive games. Glendora took a 13-point lead into the second quarter and claimed a 74-56 victory over Oak Hills. And the Tartans got a balanced effort. Luke Jacobson had 19 points, 13 rebounds and two assists. Noah Smith added 19 […]
Editors Note: I wanted to launch an end-of-week column that highlights some of the news and notes over the past seven days. It will focus on programs, athletes, schools and coaches in the coverage zone, but every now and then, it will stretch outside of the area. News and Notes: CJ Bellamy (pictured above), the […]
Boys & Girls Swimming: Thanks to the West Covina swim program for sending in this report: WCHS girls varsity defeated Edgewood, 91-40. Alexis Cruz, Kassidy Ly, Genesis Moradel and Salma Valle started the meet off strong winning the 200 medley relay. Kassidy Ly took first place in the 200 I.M and the 100 breaststroke. Alexis […]
If Friday’s season opener is any indication, Loyola has reason to be optimistic about its chances in 2021. After five innings of play, Lakewood led the visiting Cubs, 5-2 But Loyola rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth, three in the seventh and four more in the decisive ninth inning. That production […]
Pictured L-R: Gardner & CBS (Phoenix) sports anchor, Tresa Tudrick, & her view from the pressbox. By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor In our latest ‘where are they now’ story, we focus on a very tough lady and sports writer named Michelle Gardner. In January of 2018, Gardner lost her job after 16 years of service […]
Pictured: South Hills baseball coach Darren Murphy having an impassioned discussion with umpire, Brad Claude. Thanks to Brad for the photo. By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor When stories are written about high school or college sports, the topic is almost always about a particular program, player or coach. And rightfully so. But what is rarely […]
High School Sports: It was a solid day at Glendora High School for the Greep family on Wednesday afternoon. JT Greep, the Tartans long-snapper, signed his letter of intent to play football at the University of Utah. Greep also played on the defensive line last year for a GHS program that made a run to […]
Football: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor There are many high school football players in the San Gabriel Valley that work their butts off from the first practice of their freshman season to the moment he see’s triple zeros on the scoreboard, which signifies the end of that prep career some four years later. But it […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor We need all the good news we can get these days. And this is not only great news, it also makes his family, friends, coaches, former teammates and this writer thrilled for 2018 Pasadena High School graduate, Adrian DePasquale. DePasquale played catcher for three years at PHS and for […]
High School Sports: Pictured L-R: Kerry Welsh & Kirsten Lindner By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor When judged on their individual athletic prowess alone, Kerry Welsh and Kirsten Lindner are impressive young ladies. Welsh played soccer all four years for the Tartans and Lindner was a mainstay for the GHS water polo and golf programs. But […]
Editors Note: This site is going to honor an SGV area mom and dad on Mother’s & Father’s Day, who went above and beyond for their children, school and community. Pictured: Hunter Woods & Mom, Kimberly Green, then & now. Mother’s Day: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor There are thousands of great moms in the San […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Jerry Lewallen was officially named Glendora’s new athletic director at a school board meeting on Monday night. Lewallen, 47, is a 1990 Glendora High School graduate and he was a key member of the Tartans’ lone football championship in 1989. He served as head football coach from 2012-2017, going 43-25 […]
Boys Basketball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor It was going to be a tall task for Davian Brown to live up to his big brother’s legacy at Pasadena High School. Darius Brown II, along with Bryce Hamilton, and their teammates, led the Bulldogs’ program to consecutive CIF-SS title game appearances in 2016-17 and 2017-18. DBII […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor The consensus among those who coached, played alongside or competed against Darius Mason is that the Pasadena High School star is ready to play Division 1 basketball at the collegiate level right now. Mason was a three-year starter for Coach Tony Brooks’ program, and for a team that year in […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Preston Howey made a very wise decision as he contemplated his junior year at Arcadia High School. Howey acknowledged Monday night that after a sophomore season on the JV level last year, where he spent most of his time at shortstop, there was a fleeting moment where he actually considered […]
Boys Volleyball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor One of the San Gabriel Valley’s most versatile athletes has chosen his destination. La Salle’s CJ Rettig, a three-sport athlete, will compete for William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the Statesmen. In fact, Rettig will be part of William Penn’s first (men’s volleyball) program in school history […]
