Bonita varsity softball remained undefeated in league play (8-0), downing Los Altos, 5-0, behind a sterling pitching performance by senior Bianca Cockrell and three-hit performances by Choloe Melanson and Corrina Liscano. After shutting down Los Altos in the top of the first inning, Bonita quickly went to work in the bottom of the frame. Melanson sharply [...]

On the day when Bonita’s John Knott was named California Coach of the Year, his Bearcats rolled over West Covina, 7-2, featuring the team’s triad of timely hitting, impressive pitching and lock-down defense. “It’s the epitome of a team award,” Knott said, describing the honor. “I don’t get that if the team doesn’t have a 31-2 [...]

Bonita stretched its record to 3-0 in league and 10-1 overall in the 2013 season after shutting out Diamond Ranch 3-0 behind a four-hit complete game by staff ace Parker Merritt. Merritt worked with extreme efficiency, throwing just 53 pitches, 38 for strikes. He also got great play from his defense, which turned three double plays [...]

It was that kind of night. Both San Dimas and Bonita were running out of balls, ballplayers, fans, innings, and then, without a cloud in the sky, there was a 10-minute rain delay in the bottom of the 11th inning with the Saints up to bat. Actually, it was a sprinkler delay, but the waters [...]

Bonita freshman Nick Johnson threw a one-hit 10-0 shutout against San Dimas Saturday morning to push the Bearcats record to 3-0 on the young season. Johnson pitched a no-hitter through five innings before he surrendered the solo hit in the sixth. He ended the minimal threat by striking out the next two San Dimas batters. Johnson was [...]

The Bonita freshman baseball team is loaded with so much talent that it has two Noahs (Noah Smith and Noah Williams). Even when Noah was charged with saving the planet during the Great Flood in biblical times, God allowed only one Noah. So, this team is stacked, even though nobody’s going to come out and say it [...]

Lynwood and Bonita exchanged leads eight times in the first half, but the final 16 minutes belonged to the Lady Knights who pulled away to a determined and convincing 60-47 win on the Bearcats’ home court behind Alize Lofton’s game-high 24 points. Although the loss knocked Bonita out of a trip to the finals, Bearcats coach [...]

After trailing 19-10 after the first quarter and falling behind three different times by 11 times in the second quarter, the Bonita varsity girls finally got their groove on to pull away late from the Mira Costa Mustangs and claim a gritty, hard-fought 52-47 victory on their home court on Wednesday night. At the center of [...]

Like the world champion San Francisco Giants, the 2012 CIF-champion Bonita Bearcats used pitching, defense, clutch play and that intangible — team unity — to take the title. “It’s guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to win,” Bonita head coach John Knott said, reflecting on the magical 2012 season. “It’s guys who are [...]