Photos by Beth Qualine Boys Basketball: There’s no nice way of saying it. Bonita limped into the CIF-SS Division 3A playoffs, having lost six of their last seven regular season games. And they had to make a 104-mile drive to face an Indio program that entered the postseason with a 24-6 record. But the Bearcats […]
Boys Basketball: St. Anthony got out to a 13-point lead in the first half of their CIF-SS Division 1 opener at Damien. The Spartans, however, would outscore the Saints, 26-8, in the third quarter, and pulled away for a 69-57 victory. If you haven’t seen Nate Garcia play in person, you should. He was the […]
Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor There is no sport at the high school level that takes more dedication, determination and discipline to survive and persevere quite like wrestling. And that is certainly not a knock on physically and mentally taxing sports like swimming, water polo, long distance running and so on. But after an […]
Boys Basketball: Tuesday’s Wild Card D-4AA: Muir at Eisenhower Wednesday’s First Round: D-1: Etiwanda bye (plays Friday) vs Oak Park-St. Francis winner St. Anthony at Damien D-2AA: RCHS at Saugus D-2A: Palm Desert at Glendora AGBU at Pasadena Arcadia at Shalhevet Silverado at Walnut Ayala at Sonora El Dorado at Diamond Bar D-3AA: San Marino […]
Girls Basketball: Thursday’s First Round: D-2AA: Summit at La Salle Covina at Canyon Country Chino Hills at San Dimas Troy at Bonita D-2A: Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks at Northview Aliso Niguel at Claremont Glendora (first-round bye) plays Saturday vs Riverside Poly-Oak Hills winner on Thursday D-3AA: Victor Valley at Los Osos Arcadia at Pioneer […]
Boys & Girls Wrestling: Etiwanda Wrestling at Baseline League Finals Etiwanda Boys: Eight league champions, 11 finalists, & 12 qualify for CIF-SS Individuals at Brea Olinda HS 106: Julian Santana 1st Place 113: Ryan Khan 1st Place 120: Martin Bocanegra (RCHS), Andrew Garcia (E) second place 126: Jacob Bell 1st Place 132: Gabe Balingit 1st […]
Girls Wrestling: Palomares League Finals: Girls will compete this weekend at Corona High School at the CIF-SS Individuals Team Results: Alta Loma: 5 qualifiers, 1 alternate, 2 champions Ayala: 4q, no alternates, 2c Bonita: 9q, 1a, 1c Claremont: 10q, 1a, 3c Colony: 9q, 1a, 4c Glendora: 3q, 2a, 2c Lower-Weight MVP: BK Martinez, Ayala Upper-Weight […]
Wrestling: Palomares League Finals: Top three placers qualify for this weekend’s CIF-SS Individuals at Yucaipa High School. Lower-Weight MVP: Bonita’s (145) Tristan Fernandez Upper-Weight MVP: Glendora’s (170) Marquize Brown Team Results: Alta Loma: 12 qualifiers, 1 alternate, 2 champions Ayala: 8q, 2a, 4c Bonita: 9q, 4a, 5c Claremont: 3q, 1a, 2c Colony: 6q, 4a, no […]
Girls Soccer: CIF-SS First-Round Schedule: Monday’s Wild Card: Division 5: Covina at JW North D-6: CAMS at Pasadena D-7: Azusa at Hawthorne Wednesday’s First Round Schedule: D-2: South Torrance at Etiwanda Saugus at Claremont Sunny Hills at Flintridge Prep Downey at Alta Loma El Segundo at San Dimas D-3: Bonita at Bishop Amat Chino Hills […]
Wrestling: Mission Valley League Finals: Marshall Fundamental had three individual champions at the Mission Valley League finals. Toby Lee (120 pounds), Andrew Quijada (138) and Abe Moreno (152) all earned titles. The Eagles had three runners up, including Allegra Venable (121), Chris Murillo (126) and 220-pound Kenneth Torres. Siwon Shin (182), Isaac Benivedez (132), Andrew […]
Photos by Alex Veliz Girls Basketball: La Salle finished the 2022-23 regular season with a 56-35 nonleague victory over Rolling Hills Prep. Etiwanda’s 26 wins is most among any 210 Prep Sports girls program, while La Salle and Flintridge Prep are just one-game back of the Eagles with 25 regular season victories. The Lancers had […]
Boys Basketball: Wilson gave Walnut everything it could handle in Friday’s Hacienda League finale. The Mustangs, however, held on for a 74-68 victory, and finished as co-league champs with Diamond Bar. Joby Barnes led the way with 25 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Malik Khouzam contributed 21 points, six assists and four steals. Adrian […]
Girls Basketball: Marshall Fundamental closed out the regular season with a 51-18 victory at South El Monte. The win boosted the Eagles Mission Valley League record to 8-2. And that was good for second place. Jolynn Aibar hit three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 16 points. Destiny Ihiaso chipped in with 11 points. Six of […]
Photos by Wilson Baldelomar Wrestling: Valle Vista League Finals: Northview dominated the 2022-23 Valle Vista League finals. The top three placers at each weight class move on to next week’s CIF-SS individuals. The Vikings qualified all 14 wrestlers, including 12 individual league champions. Marcus Tolentino (106 pounds), Nick Arellano (113), Jovanni Evangelista (120), Rene Cisneros […]
Girls Basketball: Rio Hondo Prep finished Prep League play with a 49-40 victory at Chadwick. The Kares 9-3 record was good enough to finish second behind undefeated Flintridge Prep. It’s RHP’s best showing in at least 20 years. Sophia Tarampi led the way with 12 points, including three 3-pointers. Tarampi also had three rebounds, three […]
Photo credit to the Etiwanda boys basketball Twitter page, included are seniors Jimmy Baker, Alton Hamilton and Curtis Williams Boys Basketball: Etiwanda wrapped up an outright Baseline League championship on Friday night. The Eagles defeated visiting Damien, 57-49, and finished a perfect 10-0 in league games. Curtis Williams hit three 3-pointers and had a team-high […]
Girls Basketball: No one deserved this moment more than Ellie Chen. For two years, Chen had to battle through injuries, but she’s back for her senior season and when La Salle needed a clutch shot, she stepped up. Trailing by one point and with seconds to play, Ellie’s younger sister, Audrey Chen, got her the […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo. To view more of Carlo’s photos, go to (www.i4pix.smugmug.com) Boys Basketball: Glendora won a share of its first league title since 2015. After knocking off Colony last Friday for the first time in 10 tries, the Tartans needed victories this week over Bonita and Ayala. On Tuesday, GHS defeated the Bearcats, 52-40, […]
Photos by Conrad Hunziker Boys Basketball: If Pasadena wanted to win back an outright Pacific League championship, they’d need a victory over rival Muir in the regular season finale. And the Bulldogs got it, but it did not come easily. PHS would survive in a 71-65 triple-overtime thriller at Pasadena High. Muir got a game-high […]
Boys Basketball: San Dimas closed out the regular season with an impressive 74-43 victory over a Charter Oak program that has been playing well of late. The Saints finished off their Valle Vista League championship record at 9-1. SDHS led throughout and got a game-high 18 points, 12 rebounds and three assists from Logan Hodson. […]