In one of most anticipated early-season matchups of the 2010 baseball season in the San Gabriel Valley, neither Bonita nor Northview won. With the scored 7-7 after nine innings of plays, the weather and an expiring clock were the big winners. But until the raindrops fell and the timer wound down, it was another classic [...]

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 [...]

In 2009, Bonita baseball won Miramonte League titles at the varsity, junior varsity and freshman levels, but that was sooooooooooooo last year. Gone from the roster are names like Gio Mier, Jeff Gelalich, Jason Plowman, Terry Paredes, Ryan Henley, Nico Calderaro and Corey Hare, many athletes whose playing careers continue at the professional or collegiate [...]

Bonita was bloodied, but unbowed, losing in a technical knockout to Golden Hills 74-66, Friday night in the Grizzlies’ home gym. The big blow came with Bonita leading 51-45 with 7:47 remaining in the final and fourth quarter. The team’s two stars, Bonita’s 6-foot-5 C.J. Miller and Golden Hills’ 6-foot-8 center Trevor Wiseman fought furiously for [...]

The CIF girls’ basketball game that fans thought they had paid to see quickly turned into a track meet as the Bearcats ran away from the Gabrielino Eagles, 75-18, on Thursday night in the Bonita gym. The quarter scores were 19-6, 47-6, 64-15 and 75-18. Bonita repeatedly used its height advantage, superior outlet passing and consistent [...]

If you were a late-arriving fan to the Bonita-Barstow first-round playoff game last night, you could have turned around and caught Jeopardy or American Idol at home because the Bearcats bolted out to a dominating 16-2 lead in the first quarter never to look back on their way to a dominating 65-27 victory over the [...]

The start of spring training evokes powerful memories. The tingle of fresh horsehide in the palm of your hand, the intoxicating scent of freshly cut Bermuda grass and the sight of powdery white chalk lines and finely crushed brick dirt fanning across the infield return a grown man to his youth. For Peter Dewhurst, father of [...]