Girls Basketball: Bonita hosted Cajon on Wednesday night in a CIF-SS Division 2AA quarterfinal showdown. The Cowboys entered the game with an 11-0 record and their average margin of victory was 44 points. Cajon left La Verne 12-0, but did so by the skin of their collective teeth. The Bearcats had three untimely turnovers in […]
Boys Basketball: It wasn’t just the 65-64 victory over Wiseburn Da Vinci in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 4AA playoffs that had Arcadia excited, it was just as much the way they did it. Shant Chenorhavorian hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer to earn the Apaches a spot in Friday’s semifinal round. […]
Boys Basketball: When is a 102-mile drive each way to the desert and back a good time for a high school kid? When they come home having earned a spot in the CIF-SS Division 3A semifinals. Glendora earned a 55-52 victory in overtime at Palm Desert High School. Ayden Green scored all six of his […]
Boys Basketball: Jaden Winfield was nails on Tuesday. He scored a game-high 29 points on 13-of-17 shooting, and Riverside King defeated Maranatha, 62-56, in the quarterfinal round of the CIF-SS Division 3AA playoffs. The Wolves took a nine-point lead after the first quarter and were able to edge the Minutemen by six points. Sean Rowland […]
Boys Basketball: Aaron McBride scored 11 of his team-high 19 points in the decisive fourth quarter, and Centennial defeated Damien, 81-69, in the second round of the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs. The Huskies took a 55-53 lead into the final eight minutes and outscored the Spartans, 26-16, on Monday night. Damien’s Malik Thomas led all […]
Girls Basketball: San Dimas earned a spot in Wednesday’s CIF-SS Division 3A quarterfinals by edging Cal High, 49-48, on Saturday evening. Janessa Rodriguez stepped up big time, tallying game highs in scoring (14 points) and rebounds (10). Jaclyn Ramos chipped in with nine points in the win. Allison McGill contributed eight points, including a pair […]
Girls Basketball: Bonita jumped out early in Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 2AA second-round game. The Bearcats had a 20-point lead at the half and cruised to a 58-31 victory over St. Mary’s Academy. Alisha Wilson was the model of consistency. Wilson finished with 26 points, including six apiece in the first, second and fourth quarters, and […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo Boys Basketball: Glendora didn’t finish off their second round victory as smoothly as they would have liked, but the bottom like is definitely ‘scoreboard.’ An athletic Oak Hills program put up a furious charge late, but the Tartans hit their free-throws and played solid defense down the stretch to claim a […]
Boys Basketball: Damien went out to Orange County and held Mater Dei to just 18 points in the second half. And the Spartans came home with a 55-51 victory over the Monarchs in the first round of the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs. RJ Smith led Damien with 21 points and Malik Thomas chipped in with […]
Boys Basketball: Maranatha gave its legendary coach, Tim Tucker, career victory No. 500 on Friday afternoon. And it came in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 3AA playoffs. The Minutemen got 16 points from Marko Mihajilovic and 15 more from Terrance Hampton Jr. in a 67-56 victory over Price. The reason for the early […]
Girls Basketball: Pasadena jumped out to an early lead and the Bulldogs would cruise to a 63-46 victory over Redondo Union in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Sydney Brumfield led the way with 19 points. Brumfield scored nine of Pasadena’s 18 first-quarter points, which helped PHS get out to an early […]
Boys Basketball: The last time West Covina won a boys playoff game, current Bulldogs’ seniors Diego Guevara and Michael Reyes were five years of age. That was all the way back in 2008. So, Guevara and Reyes wanted to do something about it. And they did. Guevara had 23 points and four rebounds, and Reyes […]
Photos by Carlo Montalbo: Boys Basketball: Glendora got out to an early lead on Wednesday night and never looked back. The Tartans led by seven after the first quarter, 12 at the half and cruised to a 52-37 victory over San Dimas in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3A playoffs. Austin Clark had […]
Girls Basketball: There is so much that is right about high school sports in Southern California. But one of the things that needs to be fixed is punishing a small school for its success by moving them up to a division they don’t belong. And that’s what’s happened to Flintridge Prep. Kevin Kiyomura and his […]
Boys Basketball: Villa Park did something on Wednesday night that no one had done to Pasadena in more than 15 years. The Spartans knocked the Bulldogs out of the playoffs in the first round. VP defeated PHS, 74-52, in a CIF-SS Division 1 contest. MaxPreps only goes back to 2004, so that’s the furthest we […]
Girls Basketball: La Salle’s season came to an end on Wednesday night. The Lancers traveled to Irvine and fell, 57-47, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2A playoffs. Freshman Audrey Chen led the La Salle offense with 20 points. In her final game, senior Zarah Huo contributed 15 points. Reese Wong chipped in […]
Wrestling: Northview’s Jacob Tapia (120 pounds) started the night with a pin and the Vikings would go on to crush Irvine, 73-3, in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 team duals. NHS won 13 of the 14 matches in Tuesday’s victory, and 11 came via pinfall. Up next: The top-seeded Vikings will host […]
Wrestling: Valle Vista League Finals: 106 Pounds: Champion: Jeremy Ortiz (San Dimas) Runner Up: Marcus Tolentino (Northview) 113: Champion: Ethan Nguyen (Diamond Ranch) Runner Up: Nicolas Arellano (Northview) 120: Champion: Adrian Limon (Northview) Runner Up: Edward Gonzales (Charter Oak) 126: Champion: Mario Sandoval (Northview) Runner Up: Anthony Nasiero (Covina) 132: Champion: Julian Leon (Northview) Runner […]
Editors Note: This is the schedule of schools we cover. CIF-SS Girls Playoffs First Round Games Start on Thursday: Division 1: Sierra Canyon at Flintridge Prep Redondo Union at Pasadena Division 2A: La Salle at Woodbridge West Covina at Twentynine Palms Pacifica Oxnard at Northview Arcadia at Chino Hills ** Covina & Walnut have first-round […]
Girls Open Division Schedule: Saturday: Pool A: West Torrance at Centennial Corona Winward at Orangewood Academy Pool B: Etiwanda at Mater Dei Lynwood at Harvard Westlake June 2: Pool A: Windward at Centennial Corona West Torrance at Orangewood Academy Pool B: Lynwood at Mater Dei Etiwanda at Harvard Westlake June 5: Pool A: Orangewood Academy […]
