Cal State Fullerton hopes to celebrate like this in 2009.

Hi all,

Fred and I decided it would be neat to have a College Baseball thread, what with former local players making such a big impact on some of the teams throughout the country.
I will concentrate mostly on the Division I teams in Southern California, but it will not be limited to this region. It will include a little information, some opinion and perhaps some post-season predictions at the end of the year. I hope you enjoy it.
I will start with our top five rankings for the SoCal teams, so here goes:

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Anything and anyone you want to talk about

The baseball and softball previews come out the first week of March, so be patient until we finish our coverage of winter sports. For now, here is a quick look at the Glendora tournament baseball schedule (click thread). Any thoughts on who will win it? Also, does anyone know what’s going on in Damien baseball search, and if anything else is happening in baseball or softball that we should know about it. I gotta tell ya, it’s hard keeping up with all of this.
Continue reading “Just Tribbin: Glendora tourney coming soon” »

Shocker: Lancaster 2, Walnut 0: This time of year is usually reserved for the Walnut High school girls soccer team, who won three straight CIF-SS divisional championships earlier this decade, and who advanced to the semifinals last year.
One and done is certainly not something the Mustangs are use to dealing with.
After not allowing a goal during its undefeated San Antonio League championship run, visiting Lancaster came in and stunned the host Mustangs, scoring two first-half goals and making it hold up for a 2-0 victory in the first round of the Division II playoffs on Thursday. The Eagles (10-7-1) had just two shots on goal in the first half, and finished both of them. Walnut (16-5-2) had five shots on frame the first 15 minutes, and couldn’t finish any. It was that kind of afternoon for the Mustangs, who were sent home in the first-round for the first time since coach Lorraine Hansen’s first year in 2000.
“It stings, it really does,” Hansen said. “We have a young team and hopefully they will remember how this feels and use it be stronger next season.”

Above: Walnut goes down, 2-0

Update: Tuesday’s Second Round
Division II
Crescenta Valley (18-2-4) vs. South Hills (15-8-1) at CDF
Division IV
Diamond Ranch (12-7-4) at Santa Ana Valley (23-0-1)
Santa Ynez (20-4-3) at Bishop Amat (18-2-4)
Los Altos (17-7-2) at Cathedral City (15-4-3)
Division VI
San Dimas (18-4-4) at Milken Community (13-2-4)
Division VII
Duarte (11-11-1) at Animo Leadership (17-6)
South El Monte (13-4-1) at St. Genevieve (15-1)
Arroyo (11-6-6) at CAMS (16-4-1)
Sierra Vista (13-9-4) at Saddleback Valley Christian (13-5-3)

Thursday’s first round results
Division II
Lancaster 2, Walnut 0
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2, St. Lucy’s 0
Corona del Mar 5, Rowland 0
South Hills 1, Chaffey 0, OT
Division IV
Bishop Amat 1, Silverado 0, OT
Diamond Ranch 1, Cajon 0
Sultana 2, Bonita 0
Granite Hills 7, Charter Oak 2
Los Altos 3, Magnolia 0
Division VI
San Dimas 3, Mammoth 2
Arrowhead 2, Northview 1, OT
Desert Hot Springs 1, Baldwin Park 1, DHSprings wins on PK’s
Division VII
St. Paul 2, La Puente 0
Duarte 1, San Gabriel Mission 1, Duarte advances on PK’s
Laguna Blanca 3, Mountain View 1
St. Genevieve 4, Azusa 0
Arroyo 4, St. Mary’s Academy 0
Saddleback Valley Christian 2, El Monte 1
South El Monte 12, Bishop Contaty Loreto 0
Sierrva Vista 1, Sierra Canyon 0

Continue reading: Click the thread to read about the special thing the Bonita High School girls did prior to Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Anaheim.
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Girls Basketball Update
Saturday’s Second Round
Division I-A
Walnut (18-8) at Canyon Springs (21-6)
Division II-A
Bishop Amat (21-5) at Keppel (18-10)
Division III-AA
Segerstrom (20-7) at Diamond Ranch (19-4)
Agoura (24-3) at South Hills (18-7)
Division III-A
Sonora (16-10) at Sierra Vista (21-3)
Bonita (18-9) at Monrovia (18-7)
Rosemead (13-10) at Inglewood (13-15)
Division IV-AA
Bishop Montgomery (18-8) vs. Northview (18-9) at Damien

Girls Basketball
Thursday’s First Round
Div. I-AA
Etiwanda 67, Diamond Bar 42
Div. I-A
Walnut 47, Fountain Valley 43
Crescenta Valley 50, West Covina 34
Div. II-AA
Newbury Park 65, Glendora 48
Bishop Amat 61, Arroyo 22
Div. III-AA
South Hills 65, Los Altos 34
Fullerton 49, Rowland 20
Div. III-A
Rosemead 47, Charter Oak 36
Bonita 50, Beckman 39
Sonora 61, Wilson 41
Div. IV-AA
Banning 54, Covina 52
Calabasas 59, San Dimas 46
Whittier Christian 61, El Monte 34
Atascadero 43, Azusa 39
Northview 50, St. Lucy’s 34
Div. IV-A
Harvard-Westlake 67, Duarte 28
Blair 71, Workman 44
Div. V-AA
La Salle 56, Western Christian 48
Div. VI-AA
Los Angeles Adventist 46, La Verne Lutheran 35

All games have been updated. I still can’t believe that Glendora escape. We can cover three, maybe four games on Friday, which ones do you like?
Friday’s games, 7:30 p.m.
Division II-AA
Glendora (22-7) at San Bernardino (15-11)
Division II-A
La Habra (21-7) at Damien (15-11)
Simi Valley (21-6) at Rowland (13-16)
Division III-AA
Nogales (22-7) at West Torrance (18-9)
South HIlls (18-7) at Santa Margarita (18-8)
Division III-A
Diamond Ranch (19-3) at Fullerton (16-11)
Bonita (23-5) at Garden Grove Pacifica (17-10)
Apple Valley (19-7) at Charter Oak (19-9)
Division IV-AA
Northview (22-6) vs. Citrus Hill (16-9) at Martin Luther King H.S.
San Luis Obispo (19-6) at Bishop Amat (18-9)
South El Monte (17-9) at Serra (21-7)
Division IV-A
Cathedral (13-15) at Workman (20-5)
Division V-A
La Verne Lutheran (21-6) at Bloomington Christian (21-3)

Did you see what happened in Alabama?

The La Verne Lutheran boys basketball team is 20-6, and the No. 2 seed in the Division V-A playoffs, with an opening round game tonight against Hamilton (13-13). The Trojans are the defending CIF champs with the area’s best chance of adding another section title. But why no love from the Tribune?
To continue reading, click thread

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The Scoop: Workman’s Cezar Guerrero scored 34 points and Bobby Miles Serrano added 23 points to lift the Lobos to a 73-62 victory over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the first-round of the Division IV-A playoffs on Wednesday. Glendora survives a scare in the first round, beating Ontario, 52-51. Joe Amat reports that Kos Russell hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Tarts the victory. Oh, that magic again.

Wednesday’s first-round results
All games start at 7:30 p.m.
Div. I-AA
Chino Hills 69, Riverside Poly 56
Colony 67, Diamond Bar 49
Div. II-AA
Buena 61, Walnut 59
Glendora 52, Ontario 51
Div. II-A
Damien 59, Baldwin Park 49
Rowland 50, Sunny Hills 41
Div. III-AA
Nogales 75, San Marcos 60
South Hills 70, Norwalk 48
Div. III-A
Diamond Ranch 74, Magnolia 38
Palm Desert 57, Sierra Vista 49
Bonita 51, Corona del Mar 38
Charter Oak 62, Segerstrom 55
Twentynine Palms 70, Mountain View 42
Div. IV-AA
Northview 74, Ridgecrest Burroughs 46
South El Monte 56, Covina 37
Compton Centennial 68, Gladstone 41
Bishop Amat 53, San Dimas 48
JSerra 57, Rosemead 49
Citrus Hill 62, La Puente 55
San Luis Obispo 63, Wilson 36
Div. IV-A
Workman 72, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 62
Div. V-A
La Verne Lutheran 84, Anza Hamilton 49