Category Archives: High School Sports

Temple City Soccer Falls in Second Round

Animo Leadership High School from Inglewood scored three times in the first half and held on for a 3-1 victory over host Temple City on Tuesday afternoon in second round CIF playoff play. Tim Herrington scored late in the first stanza for the Rams, who finished the season 5-9-1.

The Almont League 2000-2009

The last decade in the Almont was interesting in a number of ways. Perennial doormat San Gabriel was one of two teams to make a title run, and forever shed its reputation for bad football. Keppel just got worse, but there was a serious break down at both Montebello and Bell Gardens. Alhambra, largely by […]

Boys Basketball CIF Playoff Scoreboard-Second Round

Division 1AA Upland 70 Montebello 65

Lady Spartans Rally Falls Short

(La Canada) – Tia Chen’s desperation three-point shot went wide at the buzzer for La Canada and it allowed road-weary Atascadero to survive a thrilling second round Division 4AA playoff game with a 53-51 win.

Sierra Vista Survives M-Town 47-46

(Monrovia) – Sierra Vista held off a late Monrovia charge to beat the Lady Cats 47-46 Saturday night in the second round of the CIF Division 3A playoffs.

Lancers Down Minutemen, 67-50

(Pasadena) – A formula of hot shooting from the field in the first quarter for La Salle and ice-cold shooting from Maranatha allowed the Lancers to advance to the quarterfinals of Division 4A playoffs with a 67-50 victory.

Oilers Downed by Upland

(Montebello)- Andrew Torres led all scorers with 30 points and Michael Carabes tossed in 20 but it wasn’t enough as Montebello fell to Upland 70-65 Friday night in the second round of the CIF Division 1AA playoffs.

M-Town Ladies Advance, 51-48 Over Mead

(Rosemead) The visiting Monrovia Lady Wildcats overcame 18-points by Evelyn Ramirez and 17-points from Melody Gauthier to eek out a tough 51-48 victory over Rosemead on Thursday night in the first round of the CIF playoffs.

Irvine Too Much for EM

(El Monte)- The El Monte Lady Lions kept it close trailing by only four at the end of one and just seven at halftime, before falling to visiting Irvine 46-22 on Thursday night in the first round of the CIF playoffs.

Lady Spartans Hold Off Sea Queens

(La Canada) – Despite shooting just 29% from the field, La Canada was able to slip past Corona Del Mar in the first round of the Division 4AA playoffs, 43-33 in a rematch of last year’s opening round game.