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 […]
Boys Basketball: Upland got 20 points from Jason Gewaid in Monday’s five-point victory over La Salle. Gewaid poured in 14 of those 20 in the second half, as the Highlanders outscored the Lancers, 33-27, over that stretch. Aiden Chavez contributed 19 points in the win. Derek Peterson led La Salle with 19 points and Myles […]
Pictured L-R: Kaleb Smith & RJ Smith Boys Basketball: What a great way to start the 2021-22 season. Damien went 5-0 this week, and won the Sunny Hills Basketball Tournament, thanks to Saturday’s 55-52 victory over Riverside Poly. The Spartans offense was led by Kaleb Smith’s 15 points in the title game. Smith had three […]
Boys Basketball: La Salle evened its season record to 2-2 after Friday’s 56-52 victory over Aquinas. Sophomore Derek Peterson scored 19 points in the win. Senior Isaiah May chipped in with 15 points. Myles Blackman had seven points, 12 rebounds and four blocks. James Otieno had a game-high 24 points for Aquinas. Keishmar Foster finished […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling Boys Basketball: San Dimas took a 22-point lead into the half and held off Monrovia, 71-58, on Monday. Aaron Park led the way with 16 points, five assists, three rebounds and four steals. Zaye Salgado chipped in with 14 points, five boards and five assists for the Saints. DJ Williams and […]
Pictured: Jimmy Oladokun Boys Basketball: Damien improved to 3-0 after Wednesday’s 87-50 victory over Hillcrest in the Sunny Hills Tournament. All six Spartans who scored tallied nine or more points. Jimmy Oladokun led the way with 19 points and RJ Smith contributed 17 points in the win. Damien opened the game on a 27-13 first-quarter […]
Thanks to West Covina soccer for this report Boys Soccer: West Covina opened the 2021-22 season with an exciting and drama-filled 2-1 victory over visiting Chino High. The first goal came by way of penalty kick taken by junior Andy Velasco after a clear foul on Leo Ponce de Leon. Sean Seaman had several excellent […]
Boys Basketball: Damien blew out its second consecutive opponent to start the 2021-22 basketball season. One night after a 20-point victory over Kennedy of La Palma, the Spartans breezed by El Dorado, 58-17, in the second round of the Sunny Hills Tournament. Just like Monday, Spivey Word led the way offensively. Word finished with 21 […]
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 […]
Pictured L-R: Lexi Garza & Savanna Lewis Photo credit: RT Tolentino Preseason Wrestling Poll: Editors note: We alerted CIF that they have Laguna Hills ranked in two different divisions. And there is just one division in girls wrestling. Boys: Division 1 & 2: 1- Temecula Valley 2- Calvary Chapel Santa Ana 3 – St. John […]
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 […]
Photo: Megan & Alex Carrico on their wedding day (April 5, 2019) By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor In his early teen years, even Alex Carrico’s friends described him as an angry bully. He liked to party, pick fights and destroy things. Carrico’s parents split up when he was just three years old, and money was […]
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 […]
