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East Side Represents, 40-0

(Baldwin Park) – It took a half before the East warmed up. But they turned up the heat in the second half and routed the West 40-0 in the 31st Annual Hall of Fame Game Friday night at Baldwin Park High School.

Four Throw at Arroyo

(El Monte) – Arroyo hosted a four way toss Thursday afternoon with Arcadia, West Covina and Gladstone joining them at B.L. Bergstrom Stadium. Just in case you’ve been in cave for the last couple of years, I’ll clue you in. Steven Rivera can throw the ball.

Bonita Air Assault will be Unleashed this Weekend

(La Verne) – The Bonita Air assault is set to launch this weekend at Bonita High School. The passing tournament will begin Friday and continue on Saturday. Action on both days is slated to start at 3:00 pm and run until 9:00. Here’s how the pool brackets stack up.              

The Peterson Principle 6/23/10

I remembered the day my sixth grade basketball team at Rio Hondo elementary won the championship. We had to go through a death march to get it done knocking off beasts like Gidley, Durfee and Cherrylee. There was nothing sweeter than walking into Durfee’s house and walking out with a victory.

Baseball All CIF Awards 2010

Division 2 Champion: Glendora Runner Up: Yucaipa Coach of the Year: Dan Henley – Glendora MVP: Adam Plutko – Glendora – Sr

Ring of Fire Presents “Quake in the Cage” June 25

By George Hernandez  The Vault MMA and Ring of Fire will put on an action packed night of fights June 25th at the Arcadia Masonic Temple located at 50 W. Duarte Road in Arcadia. The action starts at 6:30 pm.  

Venegas Wins Second Speedway Cycle Main

By Tim Kennedy (Industry) – Speedway cycle racing multi-champion Charlie “the Edge” Venegas, a 43-year old San Bernardino resident, won the Division 1 feature again Wednesday night on his 500cc JAWA cycle.

Johnson on Half & 14-year old on Third-Mile win Late Model Mains; Trucker Partridge stays Perfect

By Tim Kennedy (Irwindale) – Series rookie Rod Johnson, Jr., 20, set the fastest qualifying time, started first and led all 40-laps of the Auto Club Late Model feature Saturday on the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale half-mile. It was his third victory in seven races aboard the No. 15 HPR Chevy Monte Carlo.

The Coach was no self proclaimed Wizard

By Tony Solorzano                            I knew that this day would come one day, but it still is hard to fathom that Coach is gone. I know he’s finally reunited with his beloved Nell, which he’s been waiting for since her passing 25 years ago. However, in the days since John Wooden passed from this place of […]

All Rio Hondo League: Baseball 2010

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS:  Nick Bueno, (Jr) -Monrovia Aaron Murphree, (Sr) – Monrovia