Boys Basketball: Damien didn’t start or finish very strong. But the Spartans did enough in quarters two and three to outlast Riverside Poly, 46-38, Friday at the Sunny Hills Tournament. Nate Garcia scored 12 of his game-high 16 points in the second half. Eli Garner and Xavier Clinton provided 11 points each for the Spartans. […]
Girls Basketball: La Salle is 2-0 after Thursday’s 55-40 victory over Oakwood. The Lancers took a 33-18 lead into the half and the outcome was never in doubt. Audrey Chen led La Salle with 19 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Casey Higgins chipped in with 11, and Aubrey Ramos, Kaden Cortes and Catherine De […]
Photos by Josh Thompson Boys Basketball: Ayala dug itself a deep first-half hole, and the Bulldogs couldn’t dig their way out in Wednesday’s 91-73 loss to Walnut. The Mustangs took a 55-38 lead into the break and never looked back. Malik Khouzam led Walnut with 25 points, five assists and five rebounds. Joby Barnes added […]
Thanks to Maranatha soccer for this report Boys Soccer: Maranatha met up Pacifica Christian in its season opener. And it’s the first showdown since the Minutemen claimed a 3-0 victory in last season’s postseason. This time around MHS defeated the Sea Wolves, 6-1. Pacifica Christian did get out to a 1-0 lead, but it would […]
Girls Hoops: Portola was able to edge Glendora, 53-51, in a Wednesday contest that saw all four quarters decided by four points or less. Rylie Anderson led GHS and scorers with 20, Hailey Schaffer added 11 and Brianna Gomez chipped in with 10 points for the Tartans. Portola’s offensive attack was paced by Kalynne Abraham […]
Boys Hoops: Orange Lutheran handed Damien its first loss in 2022-23. The Lancers used an 18-6 third-quarter run to defeat the Spartans, 63-61, on Wednesday. Zion Paleo, David Manea and Cannon Potter had 12 points apiece for Orange Lutheran. Nate Garcia led Damien with 12 points, while Lucas Arrieta had 11 and Xavier Clinton chipped […]
Boys Basketball: Things looked good for Glendora at the half in Wednesday’s Sunny Hills Tournament contest against Ontario Christian. The Tartans held an 11-point lead, and looked to up their record to 2-1. But Ontario Christian would outscore GHS by 15 in the second half to claim a 51-47 victory. Cole Jones (16) and Gage […]
Photo of Rylie Anderson by Dan Munson Girls Basketball: Rylie Anderson didn’t waste any time getting started. In the first game of her junior season, Anderson had a game-high 22 points in Glendora’s 60-29 victory over Tustin. Anderson hit four 3-pointers, including three 3’s in a 23-9 first quarter. Brianna Gomez contributed 14 points. All […]
Boys Basketball: Damien picked up win No. 2 of the 2022-23 season on Tuesday. The Spartans defeated Santa Fe, 76-39, over Santa Fe in the Sunny Hills Tournament. For the second consecutive night, Nate Garcia led the Damien offense. Garcia scored a game-high 22 points, all of which came in the first half. Nine of […]
Girls Basketball: La Salle opened the 2022-23 season in dominant form. The Lancers cruised to a 59-24 victory over visiting Flintridge Sacred Heart. Kaden Cortes led all scorers with 14 points, and hit three 3-pointers. Audrey Chen and Casey Higgins both contributed 11 points apiece for La Salle. The Tologs scored just nine second-half points, […]
Boys Basketball: Fresh off a state championship in 2021-22, Mike LeDuc’s boys opened the season on Monday at the Sunny Hills Tournament. And the Spartans got off to a great start, and cruised to a 75-61. Nate Garcia scored 17 of his game-high 26 points in the first half. Eli Garner had 15 in the […]
Thanks to Cliff Hamlow for the stats for both teams Boys Basketball: Glendora opened the 2022-23 season by edging El Dorado, 50-44, at the Sunny Hills Tournament. The Tartans led by a bucket at the half, took a three-point advantage into the final period, and were able to outlast the Golden Hawks by six. Colton […]
Press Release: LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April 4, 2022) – The Los Angeles Athletic Club today announced the fourteen outstanding Southern California high school boys’ and girls’ basketball players who will be awarded the 2022 John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award. The boys’ winners are: CIF Los Angeles City Section, Kalib LaCount, King/Drew Magnet […]
Pictured L-R: Audrey Chen & Ashley Chea Girls Basketball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor The La Salle and Flintridge Prep girls basketball programs went in diametrically opposite directions this season. The Wolves were decimated with injuries and had to rely heavily on a single player offensively, while the Lancers featured the SGV area’s most balanced offense, where […]
Photos by Alex Veliz Girls Basketball By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor There aren’t enough superlatives to accurately describe the job that Scott Wiard did in 2021-22. The 31-year La Salle coach, in just his third year at the helm, led the Lancers to heights not reached in program history. La Salle won their first Camino […]
Girls Basketball: Thanks to Mario and Alex Veliz for this photo gallery of Saturday’s state final in Sacramento. La Salle fell just shy of a D- 3 state championship, falling to Oakland Tech, 39-33, but the Lady Lancers will return all five starters in 2022-23. The Lancers won a Camino Real League, CIF-SS D-3.AA & […]
Photos by Alex & Mario Veliz Girls Basketball: The sad news is that La Salle had its lowest scoring output of the season, and fell in the CIF State Division 3 championship game. The great news is: the Camino Real League and CIF-SS Division 3AA champions will return all five starters from this 2021-22 record-breaking […]
Boys Basketball: To say that Kaleb Smith was at his best on the sport’s biggest stage would be an understatement. The Damien senior had a team-high 23 points in Friday’s 65-57 victory over Clovis North in the CIF State Division 1 championship game. Smith hit 9-of-11 shots from the field, including two 3-pointers, and went […]
Photos by Alex Veliz Girls Basketball: In a span of 10 days, the La Salle girls basketball program has made some major school history. On Feb. 26, the Lancers claimed the program’s first CIF-SS Division 3AA championship, with a 13-point victory at Cerritos. And tonight, La Salle won its first CIF-State Division 3 Southern California […]
Photos by Jim McCormack for the OC Sports Zone Boys Basketball: Damien finished what it started on Tuesday night. The Spartans used five and seven-point advantages in the first and fourth quarters, respectively, to earn a spot in the CIF State Division 1 championship game this Friday in Sacramento. Damien edged visiting Crean Lutheran, 58-53, […]
