At the crack of the bat, Nikki O' Brien dashes toward first base.
Bonita bats fell silent on Thursday as the team could muster only four hits before falling to Canyon Springs 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs at Las Flores Park. Oddly enough, that lone run came in the bottom of the first when Corrina Liscano scored on a wild pitch from Canyon Springs pitcher […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
