Category: Local Sports
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2025 FOOTBALL PREVIEW – Young Artesia squad hopes to build off success seniors had last season
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X ARTESIA PIONEERS 9-3 overall last season, 2-1 in the 605 League, second place,…
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PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Trio of area softball players fall short of playing for a PGF title
July 26, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X IRVINE-When the sun broke through the marine layer throughout Orange…
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PGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALLIANCE FASTPITCH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – Area softball travel players put an end to their summer
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X This past Monday, nearly 20 area travel softball players began their quest for…
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COLORADO TRAVEL SOFTBALL RECAP – Area travel softball players back from Colorado, prepare for next wave of tournaments
July 9, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Several travel softball players from the area have returned from…
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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 5 SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS – Ceron recovers from rocky start as Cerritos ends opening round jinx
May 20, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Cerritos High may be the queens of 605 League softball,…
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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 4 BASEBALL PLAYOFFS – Lacking key hits, Valley Christian succumbs to Woodbridge in first round
May 19, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X IRVINE-Valley Christian High, with senior pitcher Riley Jones on the…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW – Champions crowned at swimming finals, track and field take center stage this weekend
May 15, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X It was a busy end of last week for area…
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2025 SOFTBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW – Gahr, Valley Christian hoping to defend their 2024 championships
MAY 15, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Five of the area’s eight softball teams enter the CIF-Southern…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW-Regular season ends while some sports have begun the playoffs
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Graduation for the area schools is anywhere from two weeks away to the…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW – League titles, playoff spots still on the line as regular season comes to an end
May 1, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X While some spring sports have already begun their run through…
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605 LEAGUE BASEBALL – Cerritos’ bid for sixth straight league title put on hold, Dons edged by league nemesis
May 1, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Cerritos High was 15 outs away from locking down its…
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MID-CITIES LEAGUE BASEBALL – Norwalk’s rebuilding season continues with shutout, officially clinches third place
April 28, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X In the brief existence of the Suburban Valley Conference, the…
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OLYMPIC LEAGUE BASEBALL – Another pitching gem from Jones clinches second place for Valley Christian
Valley Christian High senior pitcher Riley Jones delivers one of his 77 pitches last Friday against Heritage Christian High in…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW-Baseball, softball league titles up for grabs as regular season winds down
April 24, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season,…
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LA MIRADA SOFTBALL CLASSIC – La Mirada peaking at right moment, post semifinal win over California in own tournament
April 22, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X La Mirada High lost a 2-0 lead to California High…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW-La Mirada doubles up Gahr with four-run seventh, avenges big loss from previous day
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X This is how Gateway League baseball is supposed to be, depending on who…
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SOFTBALL-Magana’s home run late enables Gahr to tie Valley Christian in battle of 2024 CIF champions
April 16, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X The 2024 CIF-Southern Section Division 2 and Division 5 softball…
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605 LEAGUE BASEBALL – Streaks Snapped as John Glenn, Behind Rodriguez and Sy, Surprise 605 League Kings
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Since the 605 League was formed, the Cerritos High baseball team has been…
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BASEBALL-Gahr puts together second late inning rally in National Classic, prepares for Gateway League
April 6, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X On March 28, the Gahr High baseball team rallied for…
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605 LEAGUE BASEBALL – Glenn’s hot start offset by sloppy play, bad calls in loss to Oxford Academy
April 6, 2025 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X CYPRESS-Last season was a breakthrough season for John Glenn High,…