Boys & Girls Wrestling: The moment has finally arrived for California’s most elite high school wrestlers. The three-day CIF State Championships begins Thursday morning and runs through Saturday night at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. There are approximately 40 athletes that represent the 210 Prep Sports coverage zone, including a number of CIF-SS Individual […]
Photo by Mitzi Yamashita Soccer & Basketball: This Weekend’s Championship Game Dates, Locations & Times: Girls Basketball (Open Division): Friday: Etiwanda vs Sierra Canyon at 6 at Cal Baptist University in Riverside Girls Basketball (Division 4AA): Friday: Rancho Cucamonga vs Canyon at 10 am at Toyota Center in Ontario Girls Soccer (Division 4): Friday: Monrovia […]
Pictured L-R: Art Wilson, his sister Deborah Wills, and brother, Ed Wilson Local Sports: Dear Art Wilson, Thank you so much for all that you did to help, support and to encourage sportswriters along the way. It didn’t matter if we were ‘staff writers’ or nameless ‘stringers,’ you treated us with respect and you did […]
Photo by RT Tolentino Area Placers (Top-four qualified for State): GIRLS: 100 Pounds: Malia Manibog (San Marino, second place) Destiny Huitron (Arroyo, second) Ryleigh Hayes (Northview, fourth) Sienna Montanez (Walnut, fourth) 105: Anaya Falcon (Walnut, champion) Leah Lopez (San Marino, fourth) 110: Deandra Meza (Walnut, champion) BK Martinez (Ayala, second) 115: Samantha Rivera (Northview, second) […]
Girls Basketball: Marshall Fundamental’s successful 2023-24 season came to an end on Wednesday evening. But not before a 20-win season, a second-place finish in the Mission Valley League, and a trip to the CIF-SS Division 4AA quarterfinal round. Canyon of Anaheim defeated the Eagles, 56-49, in Pasadena. The Comanches outscored the Eagles in the first […]
Girls Basketball: Marshall Fundamental earned a spot in Wednesday’s quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4AA playoffs. The Eagles secured a 51-47 victory at Corona on Saturday night. Marshall outscored their host in the first, second and fourth quarters. Corona used a 19-12 run in the third quarter to even the game at 35-35, but […]
Photos courtesy of Maranatha High soccer Boys Soccer: Maranatha has played lights out soccer for most of the second half of the season. They secured an outright Olympic League championship on the last day of the regular season with a 2-1 victory over Whittier Christian. And that hot streak has carried over into the CIF-SS […]
Boys Basketball: Pasadena earned a spot in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 2A playoffs on Friday. But it didn’t come easy for the top-seeded Bulldogs. PHS defeated their visitors from Palos Verdes, 55-51, on Wednesday night. Pasadena got a game-high 19 points from Jovan Jester. PVHS outscored PHS, 30-29, in the second half. […]
Wrestling: Baseline League Finals: Team Scores: Etiwanda (239.5) Damien (131) Rancho Cucamonga (124) Chino Hills (114) Los Osos (89) Upland (84.5) 106 Pounds: Title Match: Nathan Sloat def. RJ Gallego by forfeit. 1st Place – Nathan Sloat of Chino Hills 2nd Place – RJ Gallego of Los Osos 3rd Place – Deegan Bell of Etiwanda […]
Boys Basketball: CIF-SS First-Round Schedule: Wednesday: Division 1: Village Christian at Etiwanda Walnut at Rancho Verde Damien has a first-round bye & on Friday, they will host the winner of Rancho Christian-Crossroads game Rancho Cucamonga at Anaheim Canyon Division 2AA: Maranatha at Crespi Diamond Bar at Oak Park Division 2A: Palos Verdes at Pasadena San […]
Boys Basketball: A famous pro wrestler used to say, “to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.” And for years, ‘the man’ in the Baseline League has been the Etiwanda Eagles. But on Thursday night, Damien won an outright Baseline League championship by defeating Etiwanda, 61-49, in a game they controlled throughout. The […]
Photos by Mitzi Yamashita Boys Soccer: Maranatha waited 19 long days for this opportunity. The Minutemen were on the wrong end of a 2-0 game at Whittier Christian back on January the 12th. Fast forward nearly three weeks, and MHS handed the Heralds a 2-1 loss. It was only their second setback of the season, […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling Boys Basketball: Some may have wondered if last week’s loss at Diamond Ranch would put any doubt in the minds of the San Dimas basketball program. SDHS had a one-game lead in the Valle Vista League standings with two games to be played this week. On Monday, the Saints cruised to […]
Boys Basketball: Sports can be unpredictable at times. Take Rancho Cucamonga for example. The Cougars hosted Damien on Tuesday, and they entered the game on a four-game Baseline League win streak, including a 60-58 upset of Etiwanda six days prior in Rancho Cucamonga. Two weeks ago, in their first showdown at Damien, the Spartans edged […]
Photos by Alyssa Cruz Boys Basketball: Bonita got the definition of a team win on Monday night. The Bearcats saw all 13 players that entered the game score in an 83-43 victory at Claremont. The winless Wolfpack (in league) actually scored 19 points in the first quarter. But BHS would outscore them, 56-24, the rest […]
Girls Basketball: Flintridge Prep officially wrapped up its second consecutive Prep League championship on Monday evening. The Wolves cruised to a 56-33 victory over Providence. Flintridge Prep also extended their current win streak to 21 games. Maddie Smith had quite a memorable night. The Wolves sophomore scored 19 points to surpass the 1,000-point club, and […]
Boys Basketball: San Dimas cruised to a 78-54 victory over visiting West Covina. The Saints are now just two wins from an outright Valle Vista League championship. They head into the final week with a one-game lead over Diamond Ranch, and two-games up on Northview and Covina. Levi Sinclair scored a game-high 19 points. Logan […]
Photos by Seth Petit Boys Soccer: Pasadena took over sole possession of first place in the Pacific League. The Bulldogs got single goals in the first and second halves to defeat Glendale, 2-1, on Friday. Tobias Gonzalez and Martinez Cortes scored for the visitors from PHS. With wins over Arcadia on Tuesday and Muir on […]
Boys Basketball: Damien got a two-fer on Wednesday night. The Spartans dominated Chino Hills, 85-53, in a Baseline League contest. And RCHS edged Etiwanda, 60-58, which means EHS and DHS are tied atop the Baseline League standings. Nate Garcia scored a game-high 24 points. Eli Garner chipped in with 15. Joaquin Tovera led Chino Hills […]
Girls Basketball: Marshall Fundamental is on pace to secure the No. 2 seed out of the Mission Valley League. The Eagles crushed South El Monte, 55-10, on Wednesday. With three games to play, second-place Marshall has a one-game lead over third-place Rosemead, and a one and one-half game advantage over Arroyo. Marshall led 45-7 at […]