The Trojans were a hornet's nest of activity on offense and defense.
Before a packed house in their home gym, the La Verne Lutheran Trojans went on a 16-1 run to start the second half and then breezed to 65-43 win over the View Park Knights, paced by C.J. Cooper’s 23 points and Grant Jerrett’s 21 points. Windward hero Bruce English’s last-second, game-saving heroics weren’t needed on [...]
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On Friday at Henderson Field in Glendora in the first game of the weeklong tournament, the Bonita High School varsity baseball team came out swinging.
And swinging and swinging and swinging en route to a 21-1 victory over Ayala.
In the first two innings, the Bearcats pounded out 13 hits and 13 runs, not a flare, dribbler [...]
During his playing his days at Bonita (2007-2008) where he was a varsity catcher and infielder, JV Coach Troy Tettleton always stood out for his hustling and scrappy style of play. He was a no-nonsense guy in stretch pants, fulfilling whatever role he was asked to play. So when varsity coach John Knott learned he [...]
Sometimes, there’s no substitute for experience and senior leadership, and those traits were on display in spades Saturday night in Las Flores, Calif., where the Santa Margarita Eagles defeated the younger Bonita Bearcats 57-43 in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A semifinals.
Eagles seniors Madison McKenney (Cal State Bakersfield), Melissa Zornig (UC Santa Barbara), Denise Fernandez [...]
With 2:35 remaining, Damien clung to seven-point lead, 50-43, when the Spartans called a timeout. What was said wasn’t recorded, but the result was clear. Within a minute, the Spartans went on a 10-0 blitz, featuring two twisting layups by Chris Adams, another by Terrell Bolden and a basket and a pair of free throws [...]
The Ramona Middle School Vikings completed an undefeated season on their home court Thursday, trouncing Sandburg Middle School of Glendora, 49-29.
Ramona came out a little tight and closed out the first quarter leading only 5-4. The Vikings pushed that margin to 20-10 at the half and 36-18 at the end of the third quarter before [...]
With its 23-4 record and Miramonte League title in its hip pocket, the Bonita High School basketball team coached by Greg Eckler is confident about its first-round home matchup against Barstow, Wednesday, February 17. Tip-off is 7 p.m.
“We finished the season strong, so hopefully, we can continue that momentum into the playoffs,” he said.
From a [...]
The Super Bowl. The golden calf of American sports.
The big game is next week, and for our 2010 Super Bowl buffet the NFL offers up the Saints and the Colts. Drew Brees versus Peyton Manning. Football fans from Maine to California are all a-dither.
I say big deal.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I [...]
Two women were killed early Saturday morning in La Verne after the driver of the car they were riding in allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run and crashed into a tree in the median of Foothill Boulevard near Wheeler Avenue.
Alan McConnel, 27, was with the two women in a 2000 Pontiac when he reportedly [...]
Two La Verne teams meeting in a hotly contested game for local bragging rights happens as often as a solar eclipse, but there they were on Wednesday night in the Bonita gym, the Bonita Bearcats (12-3) vs. the Damien Spartans (12-2). Public school vs. private school, Bonita kelly green vs. Damien dark forest green, free [...]
