Damien boys basketball coach Matt Dunn denies rumors that he is close to taking over at St. John Bosco

Damien boys basketball coach Matt Dunn, who just won a Division 3 state title and was named Division 3 coach of the year, denied rumors that he is close to taking the vacant boys basketball coaching position at St. John Bosco. Daily News contributor Jack Pollon tweeted that Dunn was rumored to be the next coach at Bosco, and Pollon is usually spot on with his contacts. I also received an email suggesting Dunn was leaving and read other tweets suggesting the same thing.
I reached Dunn this afternoon and this was his response to the rumors.
“I know that rumor is out there,” Dunn said of Bosco. “But I really don’t understand it. I honestly have not even been offered the job, let alone taken it.”

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Baseball: South Hills, Glendora, Ayala all win; Los Altos knocks off Charter Oak, 5-4

Richard Barnes’ game-winning hit puts Los Altos back in first place

LOS ALTOS BACK IN FIRST: Los Altos High School took back first place in the Hacienda League on Friday afternoon with a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning by senior second baseman Richard Barnes that gave the Conquerors a 5-4 victory over visiting Charter Oak.
Charter Oak (9-10-1, 6-3), trailing 4-1 in the top of the seventh, scored three runs to tie the game 4-4.
Barnes’ game-winner was a sharp single to right field that scored senior left fielder Nicholas Raya who opened the inning with a walk.

Friday’s Palomares league results
South Hills 4, Bonita 3
Glendora 5, Ayala 0
Claremont 3, Diamond Bar 2

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San Dimas baseball improves to 22-0 with 6-0 win over Nogales

PERFECTION CONTINUES: The San Dimas High School baseball team extended its winning streak to 22 games to start the season with a 6-0 win over Nogales on Thursday afternoon in a Valle Vista League contest. The San Gabriel Valley record for the longest winning streak to start a season is 29, set by Bishop Amat in 1993.
Pete Lambert threw his third shutout of the season for his eighth victory, striking out seven with just four hits allowed and no walks. His ERA is down to 0.26 after his sixth complete game in eight starts.
“Lambert has been great and pitched a great game today,” San Dimas head coach Mike Regan said. “Usually when they get guys on, he bears down and is tougher when there are runners on. He steps up to the occasion and gets out and the defense is really solid, which is a good combination.
“His changeup as well as his slider and curveball were good at times. He was mixing them really well. They are a good fastball-hitting team, so he was able to work in those other pitches when for a strike when he needed to, which kept them off balance.”

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Thursday Recap: Charter Oak softball shutout Walnut 14-0 thanks to Molly Montell who had four RBIs and a homer and Sereena Ortiz who threw a complete game

If you have any scores or stats from any local high school sporting events call them into the desk at 626-544-0992 or 0991 or scores@SGVN

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Charter Oak 14, Walnut 0 — Sereena Ortiz pitched a complete game, striking out four, and Molly Montell went 2 for 4 with four RBIs, a home run and two runs scored to lead the Chargers (13-7, 3-1) to the Hacienda League win. Charter Oak’s, Chloe Evans went 3 for 4 and Christine Pinela and Riley Barbata each went 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
San Gabriel Mission 9, Ramona Convent 6 — Angelique Ramos had three RBIs and a home run, Tori Royster went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Sarah Reyna had two RBIs for the Pioneers (11-7, 5-1) in a Horizon League victory.
St. Lucy’s 11, Los Osos 10 — The Regents scored nine runs in the bottom of the fifth to take the Baseline League victory against Los Osos. Dakota Casper was the winning pitcher, and went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and a homer, Taylor Rico-Pekerol had a double and two RBIs and Carly Pina had an RBI for St. Lucy’s (10-10, 1-3).
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Ganesha 2, Bassett 0 — Robert Cazaves was the winning pitcher, striking out six, and had a double for the Giants (6-8, 3-6) in a Miramonte League win. Ganesha’s Taylor Wardsworth and Jonathan Marquez each had a single.

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Softball: Taylor Fogle’s grand slam leads St. Paul to 6-2 win over Bishop Amat

St. Paul teammates wait for Taylor Fogle (20) to touch home p[late after hitting a grand slam in the fifth inning of a prep softball game against Bishop Amat at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, Calif., Thursday, April 23, 2015. St. Paul won 6-4. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/ Pasadena Star-News)

St. Paul teammates wait for Taylor Fogle (20) to touch home p[late after hitting a grand slam in the fifth inning of a prep softball game against Bishop Amat at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, Calif., Thursday, April 23, 2015. St. Paul won 6-4. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/ Pasadena Star-News)

By Stephen Ramirez

LA PUENTE — St. Paul High School felt a little embarrassed after losing to rival Bishop Amat in late March.
Thursday the Swordsmen did something about it.
Taylor Fogle hit a fifth-inning grand slam and Niko Walker had three hits as St. Paul enacted some revenge with a 6-4 victory over the host Lancers in a key Del Rey League softball game.
Myranda Bueno and Alexis Bermudez also had two hits each for the Swordsmen, who improved 14-6 overall and 6-1 in league play. Sabrina Gonzalez had three hits and Julia Valenzuela hit a home run for Bishop Amat, which slipped to 13-6 and 6-1.

The two teams are tied for first and will likely settle the league title on May 11.
The big inning for St. Paul came in the fifth when it countered Valenzuela’s homer with a four-run inning. The Swordsmen loaded the bases on singles by Bermudez and Walker and a walk to Sydney Kriemann. Fogle then followed with her slam to right-center field for a 6-2 advantage.

St. Paul’s Taylor Fogle: “We wanted this win so bad. We knew we had to win to at least compete with them for (the league championship). We came out today with so much energy, like this was ours. It was an amazing feeling to hit my home run. Everyone did great. It was amazing.”

Bishop Amat’s Julia Valenzuela: “We just tried to put the ball in play. (Both teams) put up a good fight. But we’ll be ready next time and we’ll get them.”

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Undefeated Edgewood softball team is blowing away the competition … but how good are they?

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UNDEFEATED EDGEWOOD: For those who love trivia, you could probably win a few bucks asking when’s the last time the Edgewood High School softball team lost a league game.
Try 1988, that’s when the green-and-gold Edgewood Trojans closed its doors before re-emerging as a high school a few years back as the navy blue and gold Edgewood Lions.
Edgewood sports has gradually acquainted itself with the San Gabriel Valley again. The school doesn’t have a football team, but its softball team is the talk of the town, or at least the school, though few really know what to make of it.
For example, Edgewood was ranked No. 4 in last week’s CIF-Southern Section Division 5 softball poll, then proceeded to sweep Bassett, 23-0 and 20-0.
The pollsters were so impressed with the undefeated Lions’ week of work that they dropped them to No. 6 in this week’s poll.
Edgewood is 12-0, but there is some skepticism that comes with it because the Lions didn’t participate in any pre-league tournaments, nor have the Lions played anyone that would allow you to compare them to the best in their division, or the best in the SGV.

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Edgewood’s Idalis Jimenez matches CIF-SS record with four homers in a game

Edgewood junior Idalis Jimenez matched a CIF-Southern Section record with four home runs in Wednesday’s 21-0 victory over Pomona, including two in the same inning in a mercy-shortened five inning game. jimenezJimenez belted a two-run homer in the first, two three-run homers in the second inning, and a solo shot in the fourth to finish with nine RBIS. Only four other softball players in section history had ever hit four homers in a single game prior to Jimenez’s feat. The last to do it was Montclair Prep’s Tamra Freedman 21-years ago in 1994. None of Jimenez’s homers were inside-the-park jobs, she belted all of them over the fence.

CIF-SS RECORD FOR HOMERS IN A SINGLE GAME
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