Photos by RT Tolentino Girls Wrestling: CIF-SS Team Duals: To view photos by RT Tolentino, click on the Facebook link here: Facebook Division 1: First Round: Northview (Bye) Warren 47, LB Poly 36 Marina 75, Montclair 3 Hillcrest 60, San Dimas 21 Shadow Hills (Bye) Walnut 36, Newport Harbor 21 Downey def. Palm Desert (no […]
Wrestling: CIF-SS Team Duals: Division 1: First Round: St. John Bosco (Bye) Hesperia 59, Northview 23 Temecula Valley 48, Servite 23 Mayfair (Bye) Semifinal: SJB 72, Hesperia 0 Mayfair 46, Temecula Valley 26 Wednesday’s Final: Mayfair at SJB Division 2: First Round: Esperanza (Bye) Yucaipa 48, Norco 33 Camarillo 42, Newport Harbor 38 Chaparral 66, […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling & Wilson Baldelomar Wrestling: Hacienda League Finals: The San Dimas and Colony girls dominated the Hacienda League finals. The Saints claimed six individual titles and the Titans had five. SDHS’ Lei`ani Jaime (120), Alyssa Franco (125), Karina Camera (140), April Mendez (145), Aubreyelle Baeza (190) and heavyweight Charlene Smith left South […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling: Wrestling: San Dimas and Alta Loma met up on Thursday night at SDHS to decide the Hacienda League championship. With two matches to go and the dual tied at 33-33, the Braves closed on a 12-0 run to secure a 45-33 victory. ALHS had an 8-6 advantage in matches won. The […]
Wrestling: Four wrestlers from 210 Prep Sports programs claimed individual titles at this weekend’s Montclair Tournament. Northview had a pair of champs, and they finished second as a team with 192 points. The Vikings trailed Walnut (237), who had a tournament-best five individual champions. Elijah Butler secured Northview’s first title after he pinned Arroyo’s Julian […]
Photos by Norianne Gress Wrestling: Bonita earned a share of the Palomares League championship after Wednesday’s 48-31 victory over their visitors from Ayala. The Bearcats edged the Bulldogs, 8-6, in the 14 head-to-head matches. But a 7-3 advantage in pins played a crucial role in handing AHS their only league setback. Both teams were missing […]
Photos by Norianne Gress Wrestling: If Bonita wanted the opportunity to battle for a Palomares League championship next week, they needed a win on Wednesday night. And they got it. The Bearcats cruised to a 56-17 victory over their visitors from Glendora. BHS won 10 of their 14 matches, including eight by pin fall. Next […]
Photos by Robert Ketterling: Girls Wrestling: Northview, San Dimas and Etiwanda had strong showings at this Week’s Bonita Lady Top Gun Tournament. The Saints, Vikings and Eagles had team finishes of third, fourth and sixth place, respectively. Santa Fe led the way with 276 points, in spite of going 0-for-4 in title matches. In all, […]
Wrestling: Queen of the Hill Tournament: Glendora’s Samantha Sachs cruised to a 130-pound championship this weekend at the Queen of the Hill Tournament in Corona. The No. 1 seed needed six victories to earn her title, and she dominated throughout. Sachs pinned her first four opponents, including sticks of Abbygail Villanueva (Troy at 1:54) Gabriell […]
Wrestling: So far, so good. Bonita has opened the Palomares League portion of its schedule with a pair of blowouts. Last week, the Bearcats secured a 64-18 victory at Diamond Bar. And last night, BHS won 12-of-14 matches, and they cruised to a 65-11 victory. Bonita is now 6-1 overall, and 2-0 in league matches. […]
Photos by Wilson Baldelomar Wrestling: Six wrestlers from 210 Prep Sports programs won individual Damien Tournament titles on Saturday. The marquee final had to be state qualifiers, Jacob Bell of Etiwanda versus Bonita Tristan Fernandez in the 150-pound title tilt. Fernandez defeated Bell, 15-10. Etiwanda finished second as a program, but they did not have […]
Wrestling: Bonita High School dropped a 64-18 beatdown on their hosts from Diamond Bar in the Palomares League opener for both programs. BHS won 11 of their 14 matches. Ten of the 11 wins came via pin. The Bearcats trailed 18-9 after five matches. But BHS would win the final nine matches of Wednesday’s dual, […]
Photos by Beth Oualline Wrestling: Bonita trailed 6-5, 11-8 and 17-8 in Wednesday’s rivalry showdown at San Dimas. The Bearcats, however, would storm back. Aidan’s Chaires’ pin of Brock Riffner at 3:22 of their 144-pound match gave BHS a 19-7 lead, and Bonita never trailed again in their 49-29 victory over the Saints. Seven of […]
Wrestling: It’s been nearly five months since we’ve seen Samantha Sachs on a wrestling mat. It was at the 2023-24 CIF State Championships in Bakersfield. The Glendora junior and three-time CIF-SS individual champion earned herself a spot in the 125-pound title match inside the Mechanics Bank Arena. And she led Downey’s Christina Osorio, 4-2, before […]
Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor It gets repetitive to say. But it doesn’t make it any less true. Of all the sports this writer has covered over the last 25 years, in my view, none has produced more quality young men and women than wrestling. It all begins with the discipline it takes to […]
Photos by RT Tolentino To view his photo gallery of day/night three, click on the Facebook link here: Facebook Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Four area athletes drove back to the San Gabriel Valley as State Champions. Northview’s Faith Bartoszek (140) as well as Walnut’s Anaya Falcon (105), Deandra Meza (110) and Ronnie Ramirez […]
State Placers Before Championship Matches: Girls: 1st/2nd: Anaya Falcon (Walnut, 105) 1st/2nd: Deandra Meza (Walnut, 110) 1st/2nd: Sam Sachs (Glendora, 125) 1st/2nd: Faith Bartoszek (Northview, 140) 3rd: Jasmine Macias (Walnut, 130) 5th: Renice Gonzalez (Colony, 135) 6th: BK Martinez (Ayala, 110) 6th: Samantha Rivera (Northview, 115) 8th: Eliana Garcia (Walnut, 120) Boys: 1st/2nd: Ronnie Ramirez […]
Photos by RT Tolentino Editor’s Note: There is a link to a 20-pic photo gallery towards the bottom of the story. Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor The dream of winning a CIF State Championship in 2024 is still a real possibility for six athletes within the 210 Prep Sports coverage zone. Four are girls, […]
Photos by RT Tolentino Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Fifteen competitors from within the 210 Prep Sports coverage zone (or just outside) remained in the championship portion of their bracket at day one of the three-day CIF State Championships in Bakersfield. And that includes six boys and nine girls. Zachary Samano (106, Chino), Ronnie […]
Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor One of the Palomares League’s most decorated wrestlers is making a third and final trip to the CIF State Championships this week in Bakersfield. In spite of being just 110 pounds, this Ayala High School student-athlete is very much a ‘Bulldog’ and a badass, and she is someone who […]
