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Temple City & Duarte Holiday Basketball Tourney: Day 2
By Alex A. Gonzalez Temple City — Day two of the Holiday tournament at Temple City and Duarte High School. Teams who won yesterday advanced to the championship bracket, and those who lost moved to the consolation bracket but still had a chance to place in the overall brackets.
Temple City & Duarte Holiday Basketball Tourney: Day 1
By Alex A. Gonzalez Temple City: The annual Temple City and Duarte Holiday basketball tournament started Thursday as 16 schools across Southern California played at both Temple City and Duarte High School. The four-day event allows all participants to play four guaranteed games.
Rams Make it Rain from 3-Point Land
By Alex A. Gonzalez Temple City: The Temple City Rams let it fall from the 3-point line Monday night against the visiting El Rancho Dons by dropping 6 of 7 from behind the arc, including going perfect in the second half in their 57-50 win at Temple City High School.
Tartans Fall to Murrieta Mesa in Division 6 Final
By Alex A. Gonzalez Glendora — Glendora’s run at a CIF-SS Division 6 championship came up short Saturday night against Murrieta Mesa at Citrus College as the Rams’ defense bullied the Tartans in their 17-7 loss.
Sea Kings Division 5 Champs
By Alex A. Gonzalez Palos Verdes: After being shutout for three quarters in the Division 5 CIF-SS final, the Palos Verdes Sea Kings erupted and scored 23 straight points in the fourth quarter, and defeated the La Serna Lancers 23-7 in front of their home crowd on a cold Friday night.
Battle Of The Badges
By Alex A. Gonzalez Monrovia — The annual Battle of the Badges basketball took place Saturday night at Monrovia High School between Monrovia’s finest. The yearly basketball event between Monrovia Fire Department and Police Department is played to raise awareness of cancer.
Glendora Advances to D-6 Finals
By Alex A. Gonzalez Glendora— With 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Freshman quarterback Sebastian Lawrence came off the bench and threw the game-winning touchdown pass to a crossing Tim Johnson in the endzone, clinching a birth in the Division 6 CIF-SS Finals. The game-winning throw propelled Glendora to a 25-21 comeback win in […]
Knights Win Nail Biter
By Alex A. Gonzalez La Canada —With 25 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Keyon Mills scored his third rushing touchdown of the night, making the score 28-27 St. Francis Golden Knights at Jim Bonds Stadium, but the Knights’ defense stuffed Mills on the 2-point attempt, sealing the win for St. Francis in the second […]
Bruins Get First Win at Rose Bowl
By Alex A. Gonzalez Pasadena — The UCLA Bruins took their two-game winning streak into Friday night’s game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl and made it three in a row after the Bruins out-rushed the Hawkeyes in their 20-17 win. The victory was UCLA’s first of the season at the […]
Duronslet Dazzles Against Huskies
By Alex A. Gonzalez Covina — With a shot at a Hacienda league championship, the Covina Colts had to maneuver around another roadblock Friday night at Covina District Field against their Week 9 opponent, the South Hills Huskies. They did so by none other than senior quarterback Jake Duronslet, who maneuvered his way to a […]