LA VERNE, California, January 19, 2018 — Paced by Jamaal Barnes’ 17 points, Bonita pulled away late from the Glendora Tartans to post a convincing 62-53 win on their home court on Friday night. Leading 49-47 in the fourth quarter, the Bearcats reeled off a 9-2 run, powered by a rare 4-point baseline jumper from […]
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LA VERNE, California, December 19, 2017 — With the opening of the 2018 softball season in March, the south softball field at Wheeler Avenue Park will be officially named after Jordyn Rivera, who played softball in the City’s youth leagues and at Bonita High School before she was killed in the Las Vegas mass shooting […]
LA VERNE, California, November 11, 2017 — Aussies have given the world Ugg boots, Koalas, Outback Steakhouse and the Selfie (yes, they claim to have invented it!), and on Monday in La Verne, the St. Norbert Varsity Girls from Perth, Australia, on their 16-day swing through California,gave the Bonita Varsity Girls all they could handle […]
LA VERNE, California, November 15, 2017 — Bonita varsity head coach Darren Baumunk is a cool (Bear) cat. He’s already lost two key players for the year (ACL injuries), but you don’t see any panic in his eyes or hear any excuses rolling off his tongue. Maybe that comes from his 23 years of […]
LA VERNE, California, November 8, 2017 — You have to love coach Rick Koch. The guy is an eternal optimist. He’s the first one you want on your team. If Amelia Earhart went down on his watch, he’d still be looking for her. For him, if the road is too easy, he believes he […]
LA VERNE, California, Nov. 1, 2017 — Despite multiple scoring opportunities, including eight penalty corner kicks, Bonita was shut out by Newport 1-0 at Glenn Davis Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, dashing their hopes of advancing in the CIF playoffs. For 50 minutes, the two evenly matched teams battled to a scoreless tie. When Bonita failed […]
Glendora led 28-8 at the end of the first quarter and 42-8 at the half en route to an easy and convincing 55-30 win over the Bearcats, who dropped to 3-6 after the loss. On Glendora’s opening drive, the Tartans marched 62 yards down the field, the last 32 coming on a touchdown strike […]
The Bonita Bearcats have had more comebacks than the NFL’s Kurt Warner who took a job in a grocery store at $5.50 an hour after he went undrafted. Later he would go on to play in two Super Bowls, winning one. So there was Bonita trailing, 30-23, with 7:57 left in the four quarter […]
After seeing Bonita tie the score 14-14 midway through the first quarter, the Ayala Bulldogs reeled off 48 straight points to defeat the Bearcats 62-14 on a Friday the 13th homecoming night at Glenn Davis Stadium. In the first half, Ayala scored on six of its eight possessions. The only times the Bulldogs didn’t score […]
LA VERNE, California, October 5, 2017 — On a night they might have been more focused on raising money to fight breast cancer than slamming, blocking and digging out shots, the Bonita varsity volleyballers were swept by South Hills, 3-0, after losing 25-10, 25-17 and 26-24. South Hills presented a dominant front line that […]