Boys Basketball: Glendora used a 16-point, second-half surge to win the Gary Prestesater Classic (San Dimas Tournament) on Saturday night. The Tartans defeated Diamond Bar, 64-59, and extended their win streak to four games. GHS overcame an 11-point deficit at the half. Noah Smith earned the tournament MVP. Smith had 28 points and seven assists. […]
Girls Basketball: The queens of the Prep League were up to their old tricks on Saturday. Flintridge Prep won its 67th consecutive game, and it was over just a couple minutes after the tip. The Wolves outscored Chadwick, 29-3, in the first quarter, and breezed to a 67-18 victory in the Prep League opener for […]
Girls Basketball: La Salle’s 6-1 start to the 2021-22 season is impressive enough. But the fact that this young team gets a different leading scorer almost every game shows just how versatile this program can be. On Saturday, La Salle used a 15-point advantage in the second half to pull away from Birmingham, and the […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling Boys Basketball: San Dimas continued its solid start to the 2021-22 season. The Saints defeated Alta Loma, 48-42, on Saturday night to clinch the consolation championship. SDHS is now 6-1. San Dimas scored just four first-quarter points until its offense was able to find a rhythm. Ethan Chavez had a team-high […]
Boys Basketball: After losses last week to St. Francis and Crescenta Valley, Walnut has won back-to-back games and improved to 5-2. The Mustangs jumped on Bellflower early and cruised to a 73-31 victory. Walnut took a 20-point lead into the second quarter and never looked back. Malik Khouzam actually equaled the Bucs offensive output with […]
Boys Basketball: After starting the season 1-0, Glendora lost three of their next four games. And some may have thought or hoped the reigning CIF-SS Division 3A champs were a one-hit wonder. But any program that has the tag-team of APU Hall of Famer, Cliff Hamlow, assisting his son, Gordon Hamlow, on the Tartans’ bench, […]
Boys Basketball: La Salle trailed Ayala by 18 points in the second quarter and were looking at a 15-point deficit at the half in Friday’s showdown at the San Dimas Tournament. The Lancers made up the deficit in the second half and edged the Bulldogs, 70-69, in overtime. Derek Peterson scored 21 of his game-high […]
Boys Basketball: Damien is now 8-0 to start the 2021-22 season. The Spartans easily defeated Hesperia, 70-46, on Friday. Jimmy Oladokun led the way with 16 points. Spivey Word had 14 and RJ Smith chipped in with 11 points. Mark Jones had a team-high 16 points for Hesperia. Jordan Malveaux added 15 points in the […]
Boys Basketball: Glendora got 20 points and four assists in Wednesday’s 50-38 victory over Keppel. The Tartans took a 16-point lead into the fourth quarter and improved to 4-3. Luke Jacobson contributed 14 points and eight rebounds. Ethan Ly led Keppel with 11 points, Ryan Osborne had 10 points and David Ito chipped in with […]
Boys Basketball: Damien won its seventh consecutive game to start the 2021-22 season. The Spartans took a 13-point lead into the half and held off St. Paul for a 65-58 victory. RJ Smith had a game-high 21 points in the win. Jimmy Oladokun and Kaleb Smith chipped in with 13 points apiece. Danny Patton led […]
Boys Basketball: Diamond Bar got 19 points from Dylan Stout in Wednesday’s 54-36 victory over La Salle. The Lancers were outscored in all four quarters by four points or more. Derek Peterson led the Lancers with 14 points. And then it dropped off sharply, as Arjuna Beard, John Alvarez and Myles Blackman had four points […]
Boys Basketball: San Dimas outscored South Hills, 43-15, in the second and third quarters in Tuesday’s 61-43 victory over the Huskies. Zaye Salgado led SDHS with 14 points and DJ Williams chipped in with 11 points. Salgado scored 10 or his 14 during that second and third quarter run, and Williams scored eight over that […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling Boys Basketball: Paramount used a 27-13 advantage in the fourth quarter to pull away from San Dimas. The Pirates picked up a 73-66 victory in the San Dimas Tournament. Isaiah Ford led Paramount with 21 points and Marques Calcote chipped in with 16 points. Zaye Salgado paced the SDHS offense with […]
Boys Basketball: If there’s an early trend to the Pasadena High School boys basketball team to start the 2021-22 season, it would be their games will be competitive, dramatic and interesting. After last Monday’s 48-46, double-overtime Pacific League victory at Burbank, PHS was back on the court Monday night in the Rose City RoundBall Classic. […]
Boys Basketball: Glendora used a strong fourth-quarter run to pull away from Patriot on Monday. The Tartans outscored the Warriors, 21-11, in the final period, and claimed a 70-52 victory. Noah Smith led the way. The Tartans star senior had 22 points, six assists and five rebounds. Amare Bigornia chipped in with 14 points and […]
Boys Basketball: Monday’s opener of the San Dimas Tournament was a good day for La Salle. The Lancers jumped on Bloomington early, and went on for a 77-31 victory. All 12 La Salle players that were dressed scored on Monday. Ryan Hajar led the way with 14 points. Myles Blackman and John Alvarez chipped in […]
Boys Basketball: After a week off from competition, Damien met up with Village Christian on Saturday. And the Spartans used a 25-10 run in the second quarter in a 66-50 over the Crusaders. RJ Smith led all scorers with 23 points. Jimmy Oladokun pitched in with 19 points and Spivey Word finished with 14 points […]
Boys Basketball: The writing was on the wall early for La Salle. And the Lancers couldn’t have liked what they saw. Canyon led 16-2 after the first quarter and cruised to a 72-46 victory over La Salle. Brandon Boldroff had a game-high 16 points and Matt Heyne added 15 in the win. Derek Peterson paced […]
Boys Basketball: Walnut used a sizeable third-quarter run on Wednesday to help propel the Mustangs to a 68-53 over La Salle. The Mustangs and Lancers were tied at 26-26 at the break, but Walnut’s 20-7 surge in the third quarter was too much for La Salle. Derek Peterson had a game-high 24 points for La […]
Boys Basketball: Pasadena opened the 2021-22 season with a Pacific League showdown at Burbank. And in a battle of ‘Bulldogs,’ it was the PHS Bulldogs that escaped with a 48-46 victory in double overtime. Jason Guyton led the way offensively with 18 points. Guyton was 3-of-8 from behind the 3-point arc. All nine of Ethan […]
