Damien has long been a preparatory school for young athletes, from Mark McGwire to Ian Johnson, looking to make an impact at the next level Carrying on that tradition are four Damien seniors who indicated their intent on National Signing Day, Nov. 9, to continue their athletic careers. Kalani Matton , a four year varsity […]
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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 […]
By now, everyone in town should know that when tiny La Verne Lutheran High School is out to make a name for one of its sports programs, we all better sit up and take notice. For the past few years, the Trojans basketball program has been synonymous with excellence and state championships. This past season, […]
Great players have a gift for slowing down time. They operate on their own clock. With his team trailing, 72-71 with 3.2 seconds left in overtime against Mission Oak High School, Damien sophomore sensation Jeremy Hemsley, who already had a game-leading 28 points, needed one more basket to give his team the victory in the […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The La Verne Girls Softball Association not only knows how to play great baseball, they also know how to throw a great season-opening party. Under clear Chamber of Commerce skies on Saturday, Feb. 23, the league treated players, coaches, parents and fans to a full morning of festivities that included a hit-a-thon, the ceremonial first […]
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 […]
Too cold to hit the beach, too warm to go skiing, the next best option was playing basketball in the Bonita High School old gym on Saturday. In the 1 p.m. La Verne City League Girls “B” division game, the Shock short-circuited the Storm, 20-9. The Shock never trailed in the contest, leading 4-0 after […]
