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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LEAGUE SOFTBALL Gahr’s defense fails in league-opening loss to Warren

    By Loren Kopff   DOWNEY-The Gahr High softball team had not played since a Mar. 24 loss to Los Alamitos and after it’s San Gabriel Valley League opener…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW John Glenn’s Sanchez throws another gem against Norwalk

By Loren Kopff Last season, John Glenn High’s Victor Sanchez was simply brilliant when he faced Norwalk on the road, throwing a no-hitter in an 11-0 victory. The senior southpaw…

Struiksma leads Valley Christian past Whittier Christian in battle for second place

OLYMPIC LEAGUE BASEBALL By Loren Kopff Valley Christian is showing that it is a serious contender to win an Olympic League crown for the first time since 2012. After the…

SUBURBAN LEAGUE SOFTBALL: Lucero’s home run gives Cerritos rare season-series sweep over Mayfair

By Loren Kopff Destiny Lucero picked the right time to hit her first home run of her brief high school career. The sophomore third baseman for the Cerritos High softball…

Carr helps drive John Glenn to non-league victory over Whittier

By Loren Kopff Jake Carr may not be the number one or number two pitcher on John Glenn’s baseball staff, but the senior righty is definitely a valuable number three…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Tournaments to keep area baseball and softball teams busy during break

By Loren Kopff While the area schools take a break from their studies, there won’t be any time off for many baseball and softball players. Usually, the St. Paul Easter…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Mayfield ignites Cerritos’ big fourth inning in Suburban League opener

By Loren Kopff LAKEWOOD-The first three innings of the Cerritos-Mayfair Suburban League softball opener this past Wednesday is what many expected between a couple of competitive teams vying for a…

Hot hitting Gahr dominated by Los Alamitos’ Denhart’s display in the circle

By Loren Kopff LOS ALAMITOS-Gahr’s softball team, fresh off a solid performance in the 20th Annual Dave Kops Tournament of Champions 10 days ago in which it went 4-2 and…

Norwalk softball progressing while Valley Christian mired in early season slump

By Loren Kopff Two teams that are going in the opposite direction through the first eight games of the season met last Thursday when Norwalk, behind freshman sensation Breanna Vasquez,…

2015 BASEBALL PREVIEW: Artesia, Cerritos anticipate turnaround seasons, Gahr faces another tough campaign

By Loren Kopff Don’t laugh now but the Artesia and Cerritos baseball teams, stuck in the bottom half of the Suburban League for over five years, are talking playoffs and…

Pitching optional as Cerritos, Gahr softball offenses dominate in doubleheader split

By Loren Kopff The rematch between Deidra Genera and Jennifer Iseri, the two senior pitchers for the Gahr and Cerritos softball teams respectively, didn’t quite go the same way as…

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-AA BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS Fourth quarter shots wouldn’t fall for Gahr, lose in final minutes to Sonora

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-AA BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS Fourth quarter shots wouldn’t fall for Gahr, lose in final minutes to Sonora

          By Loren Kopff   ANAHEIM-The top two teams in the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-AA played like they belonged in the championship game at…

2015 SOFTBALL PREVIEW Cerritos, Gahr expected to make deep runs in the playoffs with stacked squads

2015 SOFTBALL PREVIEW Cerritos, Gahr expected to make deep runs in the playoffs with stacked squads

By Loren Kopff This is it. There’s no sugarcoating the expectations laid upon the Cerritos and Gahr softball teams for 2015. Not only are the two predicted to win their…

Third time was not the charm as Valley Christian still can’t solve Maranatha

Third time was not the charm as Valley Christian still can’t solve Maranatha

  CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff It was the type of atmosphere you want in a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section semifinal boys basketball playoff game. Inside a…

Shorthanded Valley Christian loses lead but edges Whitney in overtime

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff It was as close to a déjà vu situation as you could get when Valley Christian hosted Whitney in a California Interscholastic…

Gahr ousted in first round by South Hills, barrage of three-pointers

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff WEST COVINA-It didn’t take long for the Gahr girls basketball team to realize it was in trouble against South Hills in a…

Valley Christian rallies in third quarter, pulls away from St. Bonaventure

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff One could say that it was Valley Christian junior guard Stedmon Bryant’s three-point play with 31.7 seconds left in the first half…

Area wrestlers take home individuals titles but Mayfair still rules the Suburban League

By Brian Reed-Baiotto Artesia, John Glenn and Norwalk each had two individuals win wrestling championships in last Friday’s Suburban League finals at John Glenn High School. But it was Mayfair,…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Artesia boys basketball builds big lead before going into late slump

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Artesia boys basketball builds big lead before going into late slump

By Loren Kopff LAWNDALE-Early on, it looked like the Artesia boys basketball team would blow out Leuzinger on its home court in a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-A first…

CIF-SOUTERN SECTION DIVISION VI GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Valley Christian’s long, frustrating season ends in penalty kicks

By Loren Kopff The 2014-2015 season has been one that the Valley Christian girls soccer program isn’t used to seeing. The Lady Crusaders, who have been a major force in…