Category: Local Sports
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SOFTBALL: Genera’s career performance spoiled by early blunders as Whitney falls in season opener
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter Taylor Genera did as much as she could to give her Whitney High…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Valley Christian boys basketball gives Warren a challenge before fading in fourth quarter
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter DOWNEY-The Valley Christian High boys basketball team walked into Warren High’s gym…
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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 3AA GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS : Cerritos pulls away from Peninsula in fourth quarter behind Buycks, Lee
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter Sometimes, it’s good to play a team in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs who…
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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 4AA GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Whitney’s late season slump wiped away with complete performance against Santa Ana
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter SANTA ANA-There was lots of cheering in the locker room after Whitney…
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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 4 GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS : Top-seeded Cerritos falls in overtime on one in a million shot
Cerritos High senior forward Erika Rizal scores her team’s lone goal in last Friday’s CIF-Southern Section Division 4 second round…
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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 4 GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Valley Christian squanders first half lead, gets kicked out in first round
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter By now, the Valley Christian High girls soccer team must be getting tired…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Cerritos boys soccer unable to clinch long-awaited playoff spot in setback to Pioneer
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter The Cerritos High boys soccer program had been the laughing stock of the…
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605 LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER CERRITOS RALLIES LATE IN THE FIRST HALF, COMES OUT STRONG IN SECOND HALF TO CAPTURE LEAGUE TITLE
BY LOREN KOPFF @LORENKOPFF ON TWITTER The last time a Cerritos High girls soccer team won a league title, it…
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605 LEAGUE BASKETBALL : CERRITOS BOYS DOMINATE ARTESIA TO WIN PROGRAM’S FIRST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN OVER TWO DECADES
BY LOREN KOPFF @LORENKOPFF Longtime Cerritos High boys basketball head coach Jonathan Watanabe was coaching the school’s junior varsity team…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Gahr girls soccer lacks energy against Lynwood, misses chance of clinching playoff spot
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter When you haven’t been to the playoffs since 2003 and are knocking on…
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PMA WARRIOR SHOWCASE : Payero nearly does it all as Valley Christian boys routs Arcadia
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter DOWNEY-It has been a roller coaster of a season for the Valley Christian…
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605 LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER: Cerritos battles Artesia like good old times from Suburban League, posts another shutout
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter When they were situated in the Suburban League, Artesia High and Cerritos High…
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605 LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL: Cerritos nips depleted Artesia squad, catches Pioneers for second place
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter When the 2018-2019 high school basketball season began in the middle of November, the…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW : Valley Christian boys basketball earns first league win, Lady Defenders come close to theirs
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter It’s been a long season for the Valley Christian High boys basketball team,…
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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Dominguez posts rare doubleheader sweep against Gahr in league opener
Gahr High junior Clarissa Heredia tries to get past a pair of Dominguez High defenders in last Friday night’s San…
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605 LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Whitney girls rally in second half, hold off Cerritos in league opener
Artesia High sophomore Mariah Jarnet tries to keep the ball away from Whitney senior Kiana Sanchez in last Saturday…
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Tetzlaff Middle School student and St. John Bosco graduate Bryce Turner dies after experiencing “medical emergency”
STAFF REPORT 20-year-old California defensive back and St. John Bosco graduate Bryce Turner died after he experienced a “medical…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: December tournaments give way to January league contests for area teams
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter For most of the area basketball and soccer teams, their respective league seasons kicked…
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ORANGE HOLIDAY CLASSIC Injury-plagued Whitney boys basketball team going through growing pains
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter ORANGE-Whitney High boys basketball head coach Glenn Gates had his work cut out for…
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RANCHO ALAMITOS TOURNAMENT Artesia, Norwalk boys basketball teams falter in second half of semifinal games
By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter GARDEN GROVE-Norwalk High boys basketball head coach Brent Campanelli was as confident about his…