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 […]
Girls Soccer: Ayala played a tough Los Osos program on the road and neither team were able to score in the first half. In the second half, Aliza Corona found the back of the net from about 25 yards out for what turned out to be the only goal of the game. Ayala is now […]
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 […]
What a way to start the 2021 soccer season for San Dimas and Ally Limos. The Saints cruised to a 4-1 victory over Glendora and Limos scored three times to notch the hat trick. But it wasn’t just the three goals that were important. She got the Saints off to a lead just five minutes […]
Girls Soccer: It wasn’t the quick start Ayala may have wanted in Wednesday’s season opener. But It was quite the finish. The Bulldogs used a 4-0 second-half surge to pick up victory No. 1 of the 2021 season. Walnut got a first-half goal to take a 1-0 lead at home, but Grayton Normand shut the […]
** 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 […]
Pictured L-R: UNLV’s Bryce Hamilton & Cal State Northridge’s Darius Brown II. College Basketball: Bryce Hamilton and Darius Brown II made up one of the SGV area’s best 1-2 punches in recent memory. In 2016-17 and 2017-18 alone, the Pasadena High School stars led the Bulldogs to a combined overall record of 52-15, which included […]
College Wrestling: The chances of even an abbreviated high school wrestling season seems like a longshot. But eight former Northview competitors will represent the program in the collegiate wrestling postseason. Cal Poly SLO’s Trevor Tinker (197-pounds) and Cal State Bakersfield’s Eddie Flores (125) will compete at the Pac-12 finals in Corvallis, Oregon. Tinker (2020 grad) […]
Wrestling: Pictured: Keanu Tom & younger brother, Koa Ruiz, through the years. By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor San Marino’s Koa Ruiz was born to be a wrestler. The Titans’ sophomore began his career at age 5 and his big brother, Keanu Tom, was a star at Los Alamitos High School. You could say this sport […]
Girls Basketball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor At first glance, Flintridge Prep senior Kaitlyn Chen isn’t going to strike fear in an opponent. She isn’t the biggest, fastest or most athletic player in the San Gabriel Valley. Over her four years at the La Canada school, however, Chen has compiled a resume on and off […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor To some, Friday the 13th is regarded as an ominous or unlucky day, but for Pasadena High School point guard Darius Brown II, 4-13-18 will go down as one of the happiest days of his young life. DBII, who is without question the Pasadena area’s best point guard and offensive […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Darius Brown II Pasadena High School was given so much (unfair) hype to live up to by the media before their season even began. A lot had to do with the return of their superstar trio of Bryce Hamilton, Darius Brown II and Darius Mason. But the additions of Tavian […]
Basketball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Devon Lewis transferred from Maranatha to Pasadena High School after his sophomore year. PHS just felt like home. And it was more than just Devon who felt that way. It was also a special place for his parents. Eric and Lynn Lewis met in 1985 at PHS, when Eric […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Finally! After a year or so wait, and thousands of hours of work, former Muir star Hunter Woods has signed on the dotted line to compete at Elon University in North Carolina. Looking back, the 2017-18 boys basketball season was a very special year for Pasadena area hoops. The mighty […]
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor: If there was one guy from the San Gabriel Valley wrestling community that had the mettle to resume a college wrestling program that hadn’t been competing since the early 1980’s, you couldn’t do better than hiring Caleb Flores. The 2006 Northview High School grad and four-time state placer accepted the […]
Wrestling: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Collin Hayes may weigh just 132 pounds. But the Northview senior is one tough dude. He’s been dealing with a torn meniscus in his right knee, as he put it, ‘for quite a while,’ but it took a turn for the worse just as his senior wrestling season was […]
