Boys Basketball: West Covina got off to a fast start in their 2021-21 season opener. The Bulldogs led Animo South Los Angeles by 11 points after the first period and by 30 at the half. WCHS easily defeated ASL, 68-25, on Monday. Jordan Nacpil had 13 points and five rebounds. Nathan Maggiore chipped in with […]
Boys Basketball: Spivey Word opened his senior season in solid form. Word scored a game-high 21 points in Damien’s 64-44 victory over Kennedy in the first round of the Sunny Hills Tournament. The Spartans (1-0) led by 14 points after the first quarter and had a 22-point advantage at the break. Kaleb Smith scored 13 […]
Boys Basketball: LA VERNE, CA – The six divisions were announced today for the 2021 Classic at Damien which will run December 27-30. Headlining the field will be 2021 Southern Section Open Division Champion Centennial Corona and the Southern Region Open Division champion Etiwanda. A group of 88 teams will battle it out in six […]
All-Valle Vista League Boys Basketball: Most Valuable Player: Andrew Bongo of Charter Oak High School First Team: Jay Gonzalez, Charter Oak Sam Lizardo, Charter Oak Adam Godoy, Charter Oak Matthew Bigbee, Covina Emmanuel Burnett, Covina Will Bissman Junior, Covina Hunter Grigsby, Diamond Ranch Emilio Perucho, Northview Aaron Park, San Dimas DJ Williams, San Dimas Randy […]
All-Palomares League Boys Basketball: Most Valuable Player: Brenton Knapper of Colony High School First Team: Jaidyn Simpson, Colony Jaden Henley, Colony Denzel Hines, Colony Austin Clark, Glendora Noah Smith, Glendora Michael Horne, Bonita Jermaine Rogers, Ayala Sebastian DePrez, Claremont Second Team: Kollen Murphy, Colony Luke Jacobson, Glendora Braydon Wooldridge, Glendora Xavier Madison, Bonita Matt Smith, […]
Boys Basketball: All CIF-SS Division 3A: Coach of the Year: Gordon Hamlow, Glendora Player of the Year, Austin Clark, Glendora First Team: Noah Smith, Glendora Luke Jacobson, Glendora Eric Hodgkins, Marina Antoine Robinson, Marina Jacob Taylor, Citrus Valley Andrew Bongo, Charter Oak Ze’ev Remer, Shalhevet Michael Miller, Oak Hills Allen Moser, St. Paul
Boys Basketball: It’s not easy to win a basketball game when 80-percent of your starters foul out. And it’s even more difficult when your opposition has everyone at their disposal. But that’s what Glendora was faced with in Thursday night’s second round of the CIF-State Division 3A playoffs. The Tartans led by 14 points in […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo: For additional action shots from Carlo, please visit his website at:https://i4pix.smugmug.com/Sports Boys Basketball: After four days of rest and enjoying their CIF-SS Division 3A championship, Glendora was back on the court Tuesday evening. The Tartans took a 17-point lead into the break and went on to defeat El Camino Real, 56-44, […]
Boys Basketball: Layoff? What layoff? Apparently the 11 days since Damien had last taken the court didn’t affect the Spartans in the slightest. On June 4, Damien defeated Harvard Westlake, 77-72, in the CIF-SS Open Division finale. Fast forward to June 15, and the Spartans cruised to a 102-71 victory over visiting St. Joseph (Santa […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo: For additional action shots from Carlo, please visit his website at: https://i4pix.smugmug.com/Sports Boys Basketball: It’s almost impossible to describe just how far the Glendora High School basketball program has come this year. GHS began the season on March 23rd. And the Tartans suffered a 23-point loss to Damien on an outdoor […]
Thanks to Carlo Montalbo for the photos. For additional action shots, please visit his website at https://i4pix.smugmug.com/Sports Boys Basketball: Austin Clark sure knows how to finish halves in dramatic fashion. The Glendora senior hit a long 3-point shot at the buzzer to pull the Tartans to within three points at halftime in Friday’s CIF-SS Division […]
Boys Basketball: Damien has shown a remarkable resilience all season, and Friday was no different. Trailing by nine points at the half against visiting Harvard Westlake in the final of three CIF Open Division pool games, the Spartans stormed back and defeated the Wolverines, 77-72. Damien used a 22-10 surge in the fourth quarter and […]
Boys Basketball: It wasn’t just the 65-64 victory over Wiseburn Da Vinci in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4AA playoffs that had Arcadia excited, it was just as much the way they did it. Shant Chenorhavorian hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer to earn the Apaches a spot in Friday’s semifinal round. […]
Boys Basketball: When is a 102-mile drive each way to the desert and back a good time for a high school kid? When they come home having earned a spot in the CIF-SS Division 3A semifinals. Glendora earned a 55-52 victory in overtime at Palm Desert High School. Ayden Green scored all six of his […]
Boys Basketball: Jaden Winfield was nails on Tuesday. He scored a game-high 29 points on 13-of-17 shooting, and Riverside King defeated Maranatha, 62-56, in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 3AA playoffs. The Wolves took a nine-point lead after the first quarter and were able to edge the Minutemen by six points. Sean Rowland […]
Boys Basketball: Aaron McBride scored 11 of his team-high 19 points in the decisive fourth quarter, and Centennial defeated Damien, 81-69, in the second round of the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs. The Huskies took a 55-53 lead into the final eight minutes and outscored the Spartans, 26-16, on Monday night. Damien’s Malik Thomas led all […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo Boys Basketball: Glendora didn’t finish off their second round victory as smoothly as they would have liked, but the bottom like is definitely ‘scoreboard.’ An athletic Oak Hills program put up a furious charge late, but the Tartans hit their free-throws and played solid defense down the stretch to claim a […]
Boys Basketball: Damien went out to Orange County and held Mater Dei to just 18 points in the second half. And the Spartans came home with a 55-51 victory over the Monarchs in the first round of the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs. RJ Smith led Damien with 21 points and Malik Thomas chipped in with […]
Boys Basketball: Maranatha gave its legendary coach, Tim Tucker, career victory No. 500 on Friday afternoon. And it came in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 3AA playoffs. The Minutemen got 16 points from Marko Mihajilovic and 15 more from Terrance Hampton Jr. in a 67-56 victory over Price. The reason for the early […]
Boys Basketball: The last time West Covina won a boys playoff game, current Bulldogs’ seniors Diego Guevara and Michael Reyes were five years of age. That was all the way back in 2008. So, Guevara and Reyes wanted to do something about it. And they did. Guevara had 23 points and four rebounds, and Reyes […]
