Bonita, 26-2 and undefeated champion of the Hacienda League, earned the top seed in in the CIF-Section Division 3 playoffs, and will play host on Friday to the winner of today’s wild-card game between Heritage and San Gorgonio. Bonita defeated San Gorgonio two years ago in a playoff game.
Los Altos, runner-up to Bonita in the [...]
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Bonita defeated Rowland 16-2 on Thursday, running away with the Hacienda League title the way Secretariat obliterated the Triple Crown in 1973.
This was a walkover, with Bonita showcasing all of its talents on Senior Day and signaling to its upcoming playoff rivals that, at 26-2 and ranked No. 1, it will be the horse to [...]
Trailing 4-3, Bonita erupted for four runs in the bottom of the third and went on to defeat Diamond Bar 7-4 behind the pitching of Aaron Castro and Sam Monsen. With the win, Bonita took the Hacienda League title and, more important, signaled to varsity coach John Knott that he has a lot of top [...]
Sam Stavang scattered six hits over five innings and Woody Reyes delivered a clutch two-out, two-strike, two-run single in the bottom of the third to help Bonita defeat the Thousand Oaks Lancers 4-1 and move its record to a San Gabriel Valley-leading 21-1.
Bonita broke on top in the bottom of second. After Lancers pitcher Elliott [...]
With a 10-1 win over Diamond Ranch, the Bonita Bearcats (19-1) once again showed why they are the No. 1 ranked team in the San Gabriel Valley.
On Thursday afternoon, in their home park, Justin Garza twirled a one-hitter for five innings before giving way to reliever Sam Stavang. Meanwhile, Nolan Henley, belting a grand slam [...]
Bonita won the Arcadia Easter Tournament for the second year in a row as ace Justin Garza twirled a four-hit, 11-strikeout gem to defeat Glendora 7-2.
“I think it’s the best I felt all season,” Garza said. “My arm definitely felt live.”
Garza was sailing along with a two-hitter into the bottom of the seventh when Bonita [...]
With first place on the line in the Hacienda League and Bonita clinging to a 2-1 lead, the Bearcats exploded for six runs on five hits in the bottom of the fifth, including a three-run homer by Tyler Heslop, to defeat the Los Altos Conquerors 8-2 at Bonita on Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Bonita ace Justin Garza, [...]
To all of Bonita’s early season (8-1) virtues, you can add one more: patience. First, Bonita waited patiently for the late-arriving Westlake team bus to show up on a cool Thursday night. Then it patiently waited for its offense to awake, which it finally did in the bottom of the fifth, erupting for four runs to [...]
Playing on its biggest stage of the young season – the finals of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pre-Season Tournament — Bonita’s bats went meekly into the night, the team falling 2-0 against South Hills High School.
“You can’t get shut out and expect to win, I don’t think that’s ever happened,” Bonita head coach John Knott [...]
Bonita led the first two quarters, 10-5 and 18-15; Bishop Amat led the last two quarters, 28-24 and 41-30. But it’s only the final tally that counts. As a result, Bishop Amat will motor north to face Arroyo Grande in the State Division III quarterfinals on Saturday while Bonita will stay home and call it [...]
