Boys Soccer: West Covina won its fourth consecutive game to start the 2021 season. Max DeAnda got the Bulldogs on the board when he took an assist from Andy Velasquez. DeAnda would then set up Chris Alvarado and West Covina took a 2-0 lead. San Dimas pulled to within 2-1 when Raul Burris punched it […]
Boys Basketball: It’s already a tall task to take on a talented and versatile program like Damien. But when the Spartans get out to an 18-point lead after the first eight minutes, it’s going to be a long night. And that was the case for La Canada on Saturday. Damien out-scored La Canada, 25-7 in […]
Boys Basketball: Damien won its 10th game to begin the 2021 basketball season. The Spartans used a 43-25 surge in the second half to pull away from Maranatha, 81-52, on Thursday. Malik Thomas had a game-high 26 points and RJ Smith had 25. Both Thomas and Smith had three 3-point baskets in the win. Terrance […]
Boys Soccer: Marshall Fundamental looked to stay unbeaten on Thursday afternoon. But the Eagles trailed 1-0 at home against Mission Valley League foe, El Monte. Not to worry. Eduardo Reyes scored on a breakaway and Victor Camacho punched in a penalty kick, and Marshall Fundamental claimed a 2-1 victory. Tex Bonham saved eight shots in […]
Boys Basketball: Damien’s victory tour continued Wednesday night. The Spartans got 23 points from Malik Thomas and cruised to an 81-52 victory over Bonita. Thomas connected on six 3-pointers. Jimmy Oladokun chipped in with 17 and RJ Smith added 15 in the victory. Xavier Madison led the Bearcats with 15 points, all of which came […]
Boys Basketball: The nicest way of putting it is that Northview was overmatched in its season opener at Glendora. The Vikings high-water mark was scoring six points in the fourth quarter. GHS cruised to a 52-17 victory. Austin Clark had 15 points, four assists and three rebounds. Noah Smith added 11 points and seven assists. […]
Thanks to Marshall Fundamental for sending in this game report: Boys Soccer: Marshall Fundamental’s contest this week pitted a set of coaches that are familiar with each other, and are longtime friends. Gabrielino coaches, Miguel and Eric, saw their tactics payoff by taking a 2-0 first-half lead. In the second half, Eagles’ coaches Erick, Freddy […]
Boys Basketball: Glendora took control early and never looked back in Tuesday’s 62-41 victory over Rowland. The Tartans got out to a 10-point lead after one quarter and took a 43-17 lead into the break. Luke Jacobson continued to lead the way for the Tartans. He finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. Austin Clark […]
Boys Basketball: Charter Oak opened its 2021 season with a brutally tough opponent. The Chargers faced off with undefeated Damien, and the Spartans cruised to an 81-37 victory. Malik Thomas led all scorers with 15 points. RJ Smith had 13, Bradley Xie 12, Jimmy Oladokun 12 and Logan Venhoff had nine points in the win. […]
Boys Basketball: For all intents and purposes, Glendora put Western Christian away after the first quarter. The Tartans led by 24 points after the first eight minutes and took a 32-point advantage into the break. GHS evened its season record at 2-2, after an 83-44 victory. Luke Jacobson led the way with 21 points and […]
Boys Soccer: Thanks to West Covina for sending in this report for Thursday’s 4-1 victory over Covina: WCHS goalie Hector Frausto was not tested in the first half of Thursday’s game. The Bulldogs had control of the game, aside from a corner kick that Covina scored from. Our first goal came by way of Leo […]
Boys Soccer: After being shut out in the first half of their home opener, Marshall Fundamental got second-half goals from Eduardo Reyes and Victor Camacho to defeat their MVL visitors from Arroyo, 2-1, on Thursday. The Eagles are now 3-0 in 2021. Tex Bonham had 13 saves in goal for Marshall, including three one-on-one challenges. […]
Boys Basketball: Glendora picked up its first victory of the 2021 season. The Tartans got 22 points and six rebounds from Luke Jacobson and earned a 60-46 victory at Ontario Christian. Austin Clark added 14 points, four rebounds and three assists. Braydon Wooldridge contributed 10 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists. Jack Anderson […]
Boys Basketball: Five opponents and five victories for the Damien basketball program. The Spartans handed Servite its first loss of 2021, with Tuesday’s 59-44 victory over the Friars. Andrew Cook (25 points) and Tyler Small (17) combined for 42 of Servite’s 44 points. Malik Thomas led a balanced Damien attack with 16 points. Jimmy Oladokun […]
Boys Soccer: West Covina edged Northview, 2-1, to improve to 2-0 in 2021. Kimson Martinez got a pass from Max De Anda in the first half and scored from about 20 yards out. In the second half, De Anda scored a goal of his own. Hector Frausto was huge in goal for the Bulldogs. Frausto […]
Damien cruised to its third consecutive win to open the 2021 basketball season. The Spartans took over early in Friday’s showdown with Western Christian and claimed a 92-45 victory. Damien now has wins over Glendora, Sierra Vista and Western Christian by a combined scored of 234-121. RJ Smith led the Spartans offense with 20 points. […]
In spite of all of the uncertainties, the Damien High School basketball program remains one of the San Gabriel Valley’s most reliable and elite programs. For now, the Spartans have to play outside, and so far, so good. On Tuesday, Damien knocked off Glendora, 54-31. And two days later, the Spartans thumped Sierra Vista, 88-45, […]
There were a number of reasons the Marshall Fundamental boys soccer program wanted to get back on the field in the worst way. It begins with an unpleasant end to their remarkable state playoff run last year, and then, the Eagles had to wait two extra days to kick off the 2021 season, because Rosemead […]
In the best of times, it’s always great to open a season on the winning side of the ledger. But after being sidelined for almost a year due to COVID-19, it makes that feeling even better. West Covina got a pair of first-half goals, one more in the second, and cruised to a 3-0 victory […]
** Thanks to the Maranatha boys soccer program for sending in this report. Maranatha kicked off the much anticipated 2021 season on the road against the Knights of Ontario Christian on Tuesday. The match was a gritty duel, with both teams eager to get on the pitch and compete. The Minutemen did not disappoint the […]
