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MVS Fighter Spotlight: Joseph “Jojo” Diaz

Joseph “Jo Jo” Diaz
By: Big George Hernandez
Mid Valley Sports got a quick Q&A with, South El Monte alum, 2012 Olympian and undefeated pro boxer Joseph “Jojo” Diaz Jr (4-0, 2KOs), who’s coming off a TKO win over Eric Gotay.
Mid Valley Sports: How you doing?
Jojo: I’m good! and yourself?
MVS: Good, so how is training going?
JDJ: training is [...]

Complete CIFSS Baseball Playoff Scoreboard

Friday, May 17: Division 2,4,6
Thursday, May 16: Division 1,3,5,7
Listed in top to bottom order, as appears on bracket.
Division 1
Huntington Beach 2, Mater Dei 1
Riverside Poly 4, Capistrano Valley 3 (8 innings)
Loyola 8, Canyon SCV 5
Lakewood 5, El Modena 0
Agoura 12, Notre Dame SO 5
Trabuco Hills 9, Millikan 8 (11 innings)
Marina 2, Norco 1
Thousand Oaks 9, [...]

Baseball Playoffs: Bonita Stunned; WestCo Falls

By Corey Kwok
Cathedral 3 Bonita 1 
Cathedral stunned top seeded Bonita 3-1. Bryan Dueñas threw five quality innings and Willie Aguilar covered the final two for the save, stranding a runner on third and (tying) second.
Serra 12 West Covina 7 
West Covina spotted top seed Serra eight runs in the 2nd inning and, despite mounting late rally, [...]

Karavedas Out, Oliva In!

Pete Karavedas has left Maranatha for Sunny Hills. Jude Oliva, who was slated to be the OC will take over as Head Coach.
Pete Karavedas has left Maranatha to take an assistant job at Sunny Hills High School and recently hired offensive coordinator Jude Oliva is now the Minutemens new head coach.
Oliva, who was the HC [...]

Ending of an Era

What started out as vision of movie moguls Jack and Harry Warner in June of 1938, Hollywood Park will end its historic run on December 22 after 75 years.
In a statement that many in the Southern California racing industry has dreaded since 2008 became reality when Hollywood Park Land Company announced that they will not [...]

Los Altos’ Estuardo Marcos 2012 Highlights

West Covina’s Sidney Jones 2012 Highlights

Temple City Boys Win So Cal Championship

The Parks & Rec team being honored. Roster: Matthew Yen, Ramsey Huff, Zachary Luu, Ryan Lee, Zachary Kim, Noah Ogata, Brandon Chan, Daniel Soriano, Devon Peterson
By Tim Peterson
(Temple City) – The Temple City Parks and Recreation boys were honored Wednesday night at City Hall for winning the Southern California basketball championship.
The team, which consists of 8 and 9 year old All-Stars from Parks [...]

Brandon Cox…In the Eighth Grade!

Fireworks at Lambert Park

By George Hernandez
[El Monte] Jerry Ortiz Memorial Boxing gym put on “Friday Night Fights” at Lambert Park with 15 exciting bouts. In attendance were pro boxers Joseph “JoJo” Diaz (3-0), Manuel Medina (2-0), Herbert Mariscal (5-1) and former champion “Mighty” Mike Anchondo.
One of the most skilled fighters of the night was “Jabbin” Jalen Walker (Casillas [...]