Category: Local Sports
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Artesia Punishers 18-Under Gold team stymied by familiar opponent in elimination game
PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Loren Kopff FOUNTAIN VALLEY-For the second time in four days, the Artesia Punishers 18-Under…
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ASA/USA U14 NATIONALS: Pair of Artesia Punishers 14-Under teams ready for bracket play
ASA/USA 14-U “A” NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP By Loren Kopff SANTEE-Fresh off of the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships, the Artesia Punishers…
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Life of Coach Donald Kelly to be Celebrated at Whittier High School on Friday
WHITTIER, CA – The Whittier High School community is invited to attend a special remembrance ceremony for former coach and…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Artesia Punishers Win 14-Under Championship
NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW Pitching paves the way as one of three Artesia Punishers 14-Under teams claim championship…
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Anthony Medina’s Artesia Punishers 14-Under team begins strong before loss to sister team
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-After winning all three pool play games in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships, which had no…
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Henscheid’s pitching helps eliminates one Artesia Punishers 14-Under team
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-The managers of two Artesia Punishers 14-Under teams admitted it was good to face off against each…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW Errors plague Frontier Youth Baseball League’s 8-Under all stars again
By Loren Kopff For the second straight game in the Babe Ruth League State Tournament, the Frontier Youth Baseball League…
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CHAMPIONS CUP Offense held in check for Artesia Punishers 18-Under team
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-When Heather Bowen of the (Las Vegas) Lil Rebels smacked a three-run home run in the bottom…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW Frontier Youth Baseball League all-stars have rough opening in state tournament
By Loren Kopff LONG BEACH-The opening game of the Babe Ruth League State Tournament didn’t go so well for three…
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CHAMPIONS CUP Inexperience overcomes Artesia Punishers 16-Under squad in Champions Cup
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-When the travel ball season began last September, the Artesia Punishers team coached by Armando Canizales was…
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Cerritos Kaos 12-Under All-Stars go wire to wire in district tournament
ASA LOS ANGELES/SOUTH BAY “B” DISTRICT TOURNAMENT By Loren Kopff DOWNEY-The bats came alive for the Cerritos Kaos 12-Under All-Star…
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Frontier Youth Baseball League all-stars prepare for district tournament
By Loren Kopff Fresh off of participating in the Tournament of Champions, the four all-star teams of the Frontier Youth…
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Artesia Punishers Gold team goes through offensive slump
PREMIER GIRLS FAST PITCH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA QUALIFIER By Loren Kopff HEMET-Entering this past Sunday’s action in the Premier Girls Fastpitch…
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Remembering Tony Gwynn: San Diego, Major League Baseball loses a rare true person
By Loren Kopff Four years after I moved from Plano, TX, just northeast of Dallas, to the community of Mira…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Artesia Punishers gearing up for important qualifying tournaments
By Loren Kopff With a chance to play in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships in late July, a trio…
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47th 605 ALL STAR FOOTBALL CLASSIC: West defeats East
By Loren Kopff The 47th annual 605 All Star Football Classic was a time for selected seniors across the…
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NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW Cerritos Kaos all-stars stunned in quarterfinals of tournament
By Loren Kopff HUNTINGTON BEACH-The Cerritos Kaos 12-Under all-stars had relative ease in its pool of the South Huntington Beach…
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2014 SPRING ALL-AREA TEAMS: Gahr dominates spring scene along with John Glenn baseball, Cerritos softball
By Loren Kopff The 2014 baseball and softball season in the area was one of the most competitive seasons in…
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CIF: Gahr foiled by South Pasadena again, swept in divisional finals
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III BOYS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Loren Kopff The last two seasons, the Gahr boys volleyball team was…
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CIF: Gahr handles adversity on the road following easy wild card win
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff GARDEN GROVE-After blasting Beverly Hills 11-0 in a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern…