Men’s Basketball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor: Hunter Woods’ life story will resonate with people of all backgrounds. The soon-to-be 24-year-old is the ultimate success story. Woods was raised in Pasadena by an amazing single mom named Kimberly Green. He also received unconditional love and 24/7/365 support from Joyce Green (grandma), Bev Reed (aunt), Michael […]
Photos courtesy of USU College Basketball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor The hard work and perseverance of Darius Brown II has earned the former PHS point guard a spot in rarified air. DBII became one of the area’s only basketball players to lead two different programs to consecutive appearances at the NCAA Tournament. Brown, a […]
Boys Basketball: Damien’s highly successful 2023-24 season came to an end on Saturday night in Bellflower. But the No. 12 seeded Spartans didn’t go down without a fight. St. John Bosco, the No. 1 seed, however, would edge DHS, 63-59, in the CIF State Division 1 Southern California Regional semifinal. The game was so close […]
Boys Basketball: Damien earned its spot in the CIF State Division 1 Southern California Regional Semifinal on Saturday. The Spartans defeated Redondo Union, 74-54, on Thursday night in La Verne. Damien used a 22-8 run in the second quarter and took a 42-24 lead into the break. Nate Garcia had a game-high 22 points. Xavier […]
Boys Basketball: After falling 11 nights ago in the CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal to Windward, Damien opened CIF State Division 1 play in San Diego. And the No. 12 seeded Spartans controlled throughout in a 69-44 victory at No. 5 St. Augustine. Damien led by 19 at the break, and they enjoyed a 59-31 lead […]
Boys Basketball: CIF-SS Semifinal Round Scores: Open Division Pool Play: Harvard Westlake 64, St. John Bosco 40 Sierra Canyon 61, Centennial Corona 55 Roosevelt 80, Mater Dei 76 St. Pius 70, JSerra 58 Division 1: Notre Dame 67, Redondo Union 60 Windward 67, Damien 60 Division 2AA: Rolling Hills Prep 57, Thousand Oaks 50 St. […]
Photos by Taegan Maysami (@madeby.taeg on Instagram) Boys Basketball: For the first time in the 2023-24 playoffs, the Damien basketball program was facing a team with an even longer win streak than that of the Spartans. DHS had won eight consecutive games before Friday’s CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal round showdown with Windward. The Wildcats are […]
Boys Basketball: And then there was one. Nine days after the 2023-24 postseason got underway, Northview is the final 210 Prep Sports program standing. The Vikings made the 74-mile road trip to Moorpark High to battle Hillcrest Christian in the semifinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4A playoffs. NHS trailed HCHS by three points (29-26) […]
Boys Basketball: Tuesday’s Quarterfinal Round Scores: Open Division (Pool Play): Harvard Westlake 72, Sierra Canyon 38 St. John Bosco 72, Centennial Corona 55 Roosevelt 64, St. Pius 59 JSerra 67, Mater Dei 59 Division 1: Notre Dame 63, Santa Margarita 50 Redondo Union 65, Etiwanda 58 Windward 77, Los Alamitos 75 Damien 74, St. Bernard […]
Boys Basketball: Damien looks to be playing its best basketball of the season. After winning the Baseline League outright title, Damien had a first-round bye in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Two nights later, the Spartans cruised to an 18-point victory over Crossroads. And in last night’s quarterfinal, Damien secured an impressive 74-46 triumph of […]
Boys Basketball: Eight days off didn’t do anything to disrupt Damien’s hot streak. The Spartans clinched the outright Baseline League championship last Thursday, and they got a bye in Wednesday’s first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. On Friday, DHS hosted a Crossroads program that defeated Rancho Christian, 67-64, in their first-round contest. Damien […]
Boys Basketball: Division 1: Etiwanda 41, Rancho Verde 39 Damien 68, Crossroads 50 Tuesday’s D-1 Quarterfinals: Etiwanda vs Redondo Union St. Bernard at Damien Division 2A: Bishop Amat 58, Pasadena 54 LB Poly 68, Upland 34 Division 3AA: St. Bonaventure 67, Bonita 53 Arcadia 62, Troy 61 Tuesday’s D-3AA Quarterfinal: Serra at Arcadia Division 3A: […]
Boys Basketball: CIF-SS First-Round Scores from Wednesday: Division 1: Etiwanda 89, Village Christian 53 Rancho Verde 66, Walnut 48 Anaheim Canyon 61, Rancho Cucamonga 59 Damien had a bye Division 2AA: Crespi 59, Maranatha 40 Oak Park 70, Diamond Bar 45 Division 2A: Pasadena 55, Palos Verdes 51 San Gabriel Academy 51, Flintridge Prep 44 […]
Photos by Alyssa Cruz and Lexie Longsine Boys Basketball: It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but Tim Godley, his staff and their players will take it. And so would any coach or program this time of year. Bonita used a 28-22 run in the second half to outlast Tustin, 44-41, in the first round of […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo (www.i4pix.smugmug.com) Boys Basketball: At some point, the Glendora basketball program will probably look back and asks themselves, ‘what if we didn’t lose at Bonita?’ For those who don’t know, the Tartans were riding an 11-game win streak into the regular-season finale at Bonita. GHS had a double-digit lead with less than […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling Boys Basketball: Chaminade got off to a slow start in Wednesday’s CIF-SS Division 2A opener. The Eagles were awarded a postseason berth in spite of not winning a single Mission League game and finishing in dead last. And they trailed 15-7 at San Dimas after the first eight minutes of play. […]
Boys Hoops: Pasadena officially wrapped up yet another Pacific League championship with what seems to be their annual sweep of Muir. The Bulldogs defeated the Mustangs, 67-53, at Muir. They finished Pacific League play at 13-1. Desmond Every is on top of his game. Two days ago, Every scored 30 points in the first-place showdown […]
Photos by Alyssa Cruz & Taegan Maysami Boys Basketball: If you were at Bonita High School on Wednesday and hoping the Bearcats would win an outright Palomares League championship, you almost certainly went home excited and stunned. BHS overcame a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter, including a double-digit GHS lead with under three minutes […]
Boys Basketball: Ayala secured third place in the Palomares League after Wednesday’s 63-34 victory at Claremont. The Bulldogs finished strong with a 7-3 mark in league play. Joshua Townsell led AHS with 12 points and four rebounds. Jaydin Maddox finished with 11 points and three rebounds. Christian Martinez contributed eight points and three boards. Jaden […]
Boys Basketball: Pasadena had to wait 26 long days before they got another shot at Arcadia. The Apaches edged the Bulldogs, 56-52, back on January the 4th at AHS. It was Pasadena’s lone loss in Pacific League play. And Arcadia entered Tuesday’s showdown at PHS with an 11-1 record of their own, falling at Crescenta […]
