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In the Circle: Wild Card Schedule

All games begin at 3:15pm. Home Teams listed first. First set of schedules are for Wild Card games for Tuesday afternoon. The second set are those that are playing on Thursday.

High School Softball Top 25

Playoffs start this week with brackets being announced on Monday. Some teams will have some nervous times before the pairings are announced as they need to get some help from playoff committee. All-Mid Valley team will be announced during the CIF Finals week. The final poll will be announced the day after the CIF Finals […]

Old School High School Softball Top 12

Season comes to a close with the final poll in 2011 for softball. Congratulations to the Lady Knights for being the top team this year for the Mid’s original 12 teams. Good Luck to all that head to postseason.

Third Straight Pacific League Title for Arcadia

(Arcadia) – For the third consecutive season Arcadia was crowned champs of the Pacific League with an impressive 8-1 win over Crescenta Valley.

La Rosa’s Blast Enough for Diamond Bar

(Diamond Bar) – After finishing at the bottom of the Sierra League going winless, the dramatic turnaround by Diamond Bar reached its grand conclusion with a 1-0 win over West Covina to get a share of the Hacienda League title.

Maranatha’s Season Ends On High at La Salle’s Expense

(West Covina) – It appeared heading into the top of the seventh inning La Salle was on the verge of a great comeback scoring eight runs in the bottom of the sixth to take an 11-8 lead over cross-town rival Maranatha. In a game where no lead seemed safe, the Minutemen battled back with nine […]

Temple City Clinches Playoff Berth

(Monrovia) – In one swing of the bat, Jessica Loiacano helped Temple City clinch a spot in the CIF Division 5 playoffs with a 6-1 win over Monrovia. The Lady Cats faced a must-win situation heading into the final week of the season to advance to postseason play but the Rams made sure that didn’t […]

In The Circle: May 9

My apologies to San Dimas as my “Schleprock” incident put me on the disabled list for the remainder of last week. Basically walking and thinking at the same time will now be something I don’t do while trying to kill time before a game as it appears that looking for gopher holes is more important […]

Old School Softball Top 12

The season comes to an end this week, with many of the Old School teams fighting for playoff spots and others getting themselves ready to make a run to the first weekend in June. Arroyo (14-6) – Look formidable in CIF Division 5 playoff race.

High School Softball Top 25

Great week of clinching games for some of the area’s top teams. Congratulations go out to La Canada and San Dimas for clinching its league titles. This week Schurr, and Village Christian can become league champs with a solid week.