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2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW : Valley Christian’s Garner feels right at home as school’s new head coach

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW : Valley Christian’s Garner feels right at home as school’s new head coach

By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter VALLEY CHRISTIAN DEFENDERS 3-7 overall last season, 1-3 in the Olympic League, fourth place 40-20 overall last five seasons Head coach: Bill Garner…

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW : Gahr in for a long season with inexperienced team

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW : Gahr in for a long season with inexperienced team

By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter GAHR GLADIATORS 3-7 overall last season, 2-3 in the San Gabriel Valley League, fourth place 25-28 overall last five seasons Head coach: Greg…

Cerritos Resident Selected as New Member of the 2019-20 Clippers Basketball Spirit Dance Team

Cerritos Resident Selected as New Member of the 2019-20 Clippers Basketball Spirit Dance Team

On June 30, following two rounds of tryouts, Mariel Salarda of Cerritos was selected as a new member of the 2019-20 Clippers Spirit, the dance team of the NBA’s L.A.…

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW : Character and competition will be key if Cerritos is to end playoff drought

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW : Character and competition will be key if Cerritos is to end playoff drought

By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter CERRITOS DONS 3-7 overall last season, 0-3 in the 605 League, fourth place 9-38 overall last five seasons Head coach: Barry Thomas (fourth…

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Artesia looking for a new identity following magical 2018 season

2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Artesia looking for a new identity following magical 2018 season

By Loren Kopff LorenKopff on Twitter ARTESIA PIONEERS 10-4 overall last season, 3-0 in the 605 League, league champions, lost to Linfield Christian High 70-32 in the Division 12 championship…

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH 10th ANNIVERSARY : Travel softball’s top organization continues to grow in many ways

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH 10th ANNIVERSARY : Travel softball’s top organization continues to grow in many ways

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   For the longest time, the Amateur Softball Association was the leading organization where travel softball players showcased their talents, hopeful of landing college…

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP : Lack of offense sends Artesia Punishers Gold team to early exit in summer’s final tournament

Left fielder Sophie Little (Culver City High) of the Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team steals second against the (Boulder) Colorado Stars in the top of the sixth inning this past…

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team hopes to feed off last year’s stellar finish in top tournament

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team hopes to feed off last year’s stellar finish in top tournament

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter In 2007, Bobby Medina’s Artesia Punishers won the USA/Amateur Softball Association 18-Under National Championship, the lone title at that level for the program. Three…

CHAMPIONS CUP: Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team has decisions to make as PGF National Championship begins

CHAMPIONS CUP: Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team has decisions to make as PGF National Championship begins

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   IRVINE-The Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team, coached by Bobby Medina, wrapped up its final tune-up before moving onto the Premier Girls Fastpitch National…

John Weber, L.A. Angels David Fletcher’s Baseball Coach, Brings Glory to Cypress High With National Title Run

John Weber, L.A. Angels David Fletcher’s Baseball Coach, Brings Glory to Cypress High With National Title Run

CYPRESS—Retired Santa Ana College baseball Coach Don Sneddon says he could spot the coaching talent in John Weber early on. Sneddon knows talent. He’s the all-time winningest coach in California…

SURF CITY TOURNEYS SUMMER SHOWCASE Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team busy in tune-up for Champions Cup, PGF Nationals

SURF CITY TOURNEYS SUMMER SHOWCASE Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team busy in tune-up for Champions Cup, PGF Nationals

Mikala Fletcher (Downey High) of the Artesia Punishers 18 Gold travel softball team scores one of her three runs against the (Fresno) American Athletics this past Sunday in the Surf…

CHAMPIONS CUP: Athletics 14-U team has ups and downs in Champions Cup, prepares for Legacy Showcase

CHAMPIONS CUP: Athletics 14-U team has ups and downs in Champions Cup, prepares for Legacy Showcase

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   IRVINE, CA. ~ The action is heating up and there is no time to waste for the Cerritos-based Athletics 14-Under travel softball team,…

Long distance traveling paying off for Artesia Punishers 18-Gold’s Kieren Lopez

Long distance traveling paying off for Artesia Punishers 18-Gold’s Kieren Lopez

Kieren Lopez will be attending Chaminade in the fall.   By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter It would only be fitting that in travel softball, the travel part plays a…

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH FRESNO QUALIFIER : Artesia Punishers 16-Under Gonzales team goes out quickly in final PGF qualifier

PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH FRESNO QUALIFIER : Artesia Punishers 16-Under Gonzales team goes out quickly in final PGF qualifier

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter It was a very quick appearance in the Premier Girls Fastpitch’s Fresno Qualifier for the Artesia Punishers 16-Under team coached by Vince Gonzales. In…

TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS RED, WHITE AND BLUE TOURNAMENT : Shorthanded Artesia Punishers 14-Under team struggles in final tournament before Nationals

TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS RED, WHITE AND BLUE TOURNAMENT : Shorthanded Artesia Punishers 14-Under team struggles in final tournament before Nationals

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter DANA POINT-The Artesia Punishers 14-Under travel softball team, coached by Andy Macias, has not played in too many tournaments this past spring and summer.…

Artesia Punishers’ teams staying busy in preparation for July tournaments

Artesia Punishers’ teams staying busy in preparation for July tournaments

    By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   As July approaches, the weather isn’t the only thing that’s going to heat up. It’s also the time that several travel…

Former Cerritos and Gahr High Football Coach Jon Nielsen Now Managing Travel Softball Team 

Former Cerritos and Gahr High Football Coach Jon Nielsen Now Managing Travel Softball Team 

Jon Nielsen, manager of the Athletics 14-Under travel ball team, with his daughter and current Cerritos High standout Jadyn Nielsen.   June 19, 2019 By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter…

TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS ZOOM INTO JUNE TOURNAMENT: Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team takes on a new look this summer

TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS ZOOM INTO JUNE TOURNAMENT: Artesia Punishers 18 Gold team takes on a new look this summer

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter RIVERSIDE-If it’s the Triple Crown Sports Zoom Into June Tournament, then you know it’s the beginning of another busy summer in the world of…

1ST ANNUAL L.A./O.C. SO CAL PREP BOWL: Artesia’s Davis, John Glenn’s Sanchez shine for L.A. All-Stars in loss

1ST ANNUAL L.A./O.C. SO CAL PREP BOWL: Artesia’s Davis, John Glenn’s Sanchez shine for L.A. All-Stars in loss

By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter   WHITTIER-The game may have a new name and the format may be slightly altered, but it’s still an all-star football game for some…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Pair of Artesia Punishers 16-U teams come up short in Las Vegas Qualifier

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Pair of Artesia Punishers 16-U teams come up short in Las Vegas Qualifier

[current_date] By Loren Kopff @LorenKopff on Twitter The Artesia Punishers were represented by a pair of 16-Under travel softball teams last weekend in the Las Vegas Qualifier, hoping to claim…