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YUCAIPA - The question went something like this: "Harvey, it's Bob. I've got the day off and I'm heading to Huntington Beach for the Yucaipa playoff game. Wanna go along?"
I knew his answer before he uttered a word. And away we went 78 miles through stop and go traffic, and lots of nonstop talk - some important, some B.S., and some mixed with lots of good laughs.
About three-quarters the way there a spike of low blood sugar had me feeling a little light headed, so I handed the keys to Harvey and said "take us the rest of the way."
Now earlier Harvey said he had once lived near Huntington Beach so he knew the area pretty well. But not well enough to keep us from getting lost.
Courtesy Photo
By Lynn Clemente
YUCAIPA - The Scorpions U10 soccer team played their final game in the Yucaipa Spring Soccer League. The team played great and enjoyed a fun season thanks to coaches John, Colin and Kelly.
The coaches succeed every year in making sure that their soccer teams not only improve their play but also have a "lot" of fun! The final game of spring season ( a 3-3 draw) was played Saturday, May 30 at the Jerry Lewis Regional Soccer Complex on Oak Glen Road.
Huntington Beach Oilers' Sean Guite tries to escape the tag of Yucaipa's Matt Davidson during a run down between third base and home.
By Bob Otto / Staff Photographer
YUCAIPA - Check out the photos of the Yucaipa Thunderbirds and Huntington Beach Oilers CIF playoff baseball game on Friday.
HUNTINGTON BEACH - The 2009 Thunderbirds baseball team shattered school records, won the Citrus Belt League Championship, won the prestigious Millington, Tennessee and Chino tournament championships, and attained lofty state and national rankings.
But the one prize they had their eyes firmly fixed on all season long - a California Interscholastic Federation Championship - will forever remain an unrequited dream. The Huntington Beach Oilers made sure of that by defeating the Thunderbirds, 10-2, on Friday in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division II Playoffs.
Yucaipa simply did not play its "A" game by committing five errors that helped pave the way to victory for the 18-12 Oilers, who finished third in the Sea View League with an 8-7 record and entered the playoffs as a wild card team.
Meanwhile, the Thunderbirds, one of the finest teams in coach Jeff Stout's 33 years, finish 27-3 and as the Citrus Belt League Champions with a 13-1 record.
"We were ready, but for whatever reason we didn't make the plays," Stout said. "Five errors aren't going to win you too many ball games. Errors have been kind of a nemesis with us all year long, but we've been able to make up for it with our bats."
Photo By Doug Earnest / www.inlandsportsphotography.com
YUCAIPA - Doug Earnest's shot was right on the nose during Yucaipa's 15-7 win over Cresenta Valley in the second round of CIF SS Div. 2 Playoffs. But CV's third baseman paid a price by taking a shot to his nose as Thunderbirds' Matt Davidson slides in to the bag.
Vista Murrieta's Taylor Edwards slides in to third base as Yucaipa third baseman Courtney Brown gets ready to receive the throw.
By Bob Otto / Staff Photographer
YUCAIPA - The Vista Murrieta Broncos defeated the Lady Thunderbirds, 6-2, in the quarter finals of the CIF Southern Section Division II Softball Playoffs on Thursday.
J.P. Hoornstra, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/29/2009 12:17:25 AM PDT
YUCAIPA - The best season for softball that anyone seems to remember at Yucaipa High could have been over after one at-bat Thursday.
Vista Murrieta's leadoff batter, Alexis Villamor, wasted no time introducing herself to Thunderbirds pitcher Jessica English by sending a pitch over the right-field fence.
Unfazed, English settled down and kept her team in the game until the end - longer than expected, but not long enough - in an error-plagued 6-2 loss to the Broncos.
"I know my team can score runs," English said. "I thought we were going to come back and score five runs in the seventh inning."
Senior, Jessica English pitched one of her finest games of the softball season in holding Upland to three hits, along with nine strikeouts, and no walks in the Thunderbirds 2-0 victory, Tuesday, at Upland. The win raises English's record to 12-5.
File Photo / Bob Otto
By Clay Fowler, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/26/2009 11:38:41 PM PDT
UPLAND - Despite the box score semantics, Yucaipa High School's softball team earned a trip to the CIF-SS Division II quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon.
Two unearned runs in the top of the first inning represented the only scoring in the Thunderbirds' 2-0 second-round victory over Upland that propelled Yucaipa to a quarterfinal meeting with the winner of No. 1 seed Vista Murrieta and Moreno Valley Valley View.
Yucaipa (23-8), the second-place team in the Citrus Belt League, took advantage of Upland fielding errors on the second and fourth batters of the game. Pitcher Jessica English took it from there.
The senior scattered five hits over seven shutout innings, squashing threats in the fifth and sixth innings to knock out an Upland team that finished second in the Baseline League to No. 2 seed Etiwanda.
"It's a bad way to lose," Upland coach Bubba DeJournett said. "But we can't say much because we didn't score either."
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REDLANDS, CALIF.; - Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council invites all girls in grades two through six to attend artistic camps in Idyllwild, California this summer.
Camp A.T. offers various styles of artistic camps, including ARTrageous and Gourmet Chef.
ARTrageous Campers will try painting, sculpting, jewelry making, fashion design, photography, cultural arts and crafts and/or drama. Whatever your interest or talent may be, you'll find it at Camp A.T. ARTrageous participants will also put on an art show for fellow campers!
News Release:
By Cheryl Oliver
Community Services Supervisor
City of Yucaipa
coliver@yucaipa.org
YUCAIPA - For a refreshing swim join us at the City of Yucaipa 7th Street Pool located at 12385 7th Street. The pool will be open to the public June 13 through August 16th Pool hours are Sat. and Sun. 1-6 p.m., Mon. through Thurs. 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. and Fridays 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Fees for open swim are 17 years and under $2.00, 18-54 years $2.50 and 55 years plus $2.00. For additional information please call 790-7460 ext. 24 or you may call the swimming pool at 797-3280 beginning June 13th
Swimming Lessons
The City of Yucaipa offers a "Learn to Swim Program" throughout the summer months at the 7th Street Pool. Each swim session offers (8) lessons Mon. through Thurs. for 30 minutes each day. Morning and afternoon classes are available. Cost per session is $40.00 per participant.
- Session dates are as follows:
- Session I, June 15 - June 25.
- Session II, June 29 - July 9.
- Session III, July13 - July 23.
- Session IV, July 27 - August 6.
- Session V, August 10 - August 14 (1) week mini course $20.
NEWS RELEASE:
By Cheryl Oliver
Community Services Supervisor
City of Yucaipa
coliver@yucaipa.org
YUCAIPA - Two summer camps presented by the City of Yucaipa Community Services Department will be available during the summer months. The Community Center camp is located at 34900 Oak Glen Road and the 7th Street Camp is located at 33994 Avenue "E".
Both camps are open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The camps are designed for children in kindergarten through the sixth grade. Camp will open on Thursday, June 11th and run through August 14th. Full day and half-day programs are available.
Swimming will be available at both the Community Center and h7t Street campsites, arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor sports programs, movies, field trips and more will be offered.
Camp fees are $18.00 per day for full day service and $12.00 per day for Half-day service (6) hours or less. All camps require pre-registration and pre-payment. Space is limited.
To register now visit the Community Center between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. To register after June 10th register at the camp you choose to attend.
For additional information call 790-7460 ext. 24.
Bob Otto / Staff Photographer
YUCAIPA - See the Yucaipa Thunderbirds and Cypress Centurions baseball teams in action during the second round of CIF Southern Section Division II Playoffs, Tuesday, at Thompson Field in Yucaipa.
YUCAIPA - For most Thunderbirds games, Yucaipa Head Coach Jeff Stout keeps Matt Davidson patrolling third base. But if the pitching falters, Stout points his big 6-foot-4 right hander toward the mound.
And that scenario played out on Tuesday in the Thunderbirds, 10-4, victory over the visiting Cypress Centurions (19-10) in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division II Playoffs at Thompson Field.
Davidson made the trek from third to the pitchers mound in the top of the fourth inning in relief of starter Pedro Cota with no outs and runners on first and second. And Yucaipa clinging to a 3-2 lead. Davidson pitched out of the jam yielding but one run, and went on to finish the game allowing 1 earned run, 4 hits, 1 walk, along with 2 strikeouts.
And not to forget his bat in the #3 spot, Davidson (2-for-2) hit a monster three-run home run deep over the left-center field fence in the sixth inning to give the Thunderbirds their final three runs.
So how did Davidson who was a starting pitcher since his freshman year in 2004-'05 (10-1, 0.76 ERA, 60 strikeouts in 64.2 innings), and the Citrus Belt League's Most Valuable Player, become the team's closer in his senior season?
By simply being asked.
YUCAIPA - We can rest easy. The protest filed by Crescenta Valley coach Frank Torres claiming that Yucaipa catcher Cody Meservey didn't leave the premises promptly after having been ejected in the top of the second inning has been rejected by the CIF Southern Section.
Read SUN sports reporter TJ Berka's entire story about the incident that had Yucaipa baseball fans fearful that the Thunderbirds would be disqualified from the Div. II playoffs...
Click here to read TJ Berka's blog about Yucaipa's continuation in the Playoffs
By J.P. Hoornstra / Staff Writer
YUCAIPA - They made even a CIF-SS playoff game look like batting practice - as they always do - by scoring 15 runs on 16 hits and nearly blowing Crescenta Valley out of the Inland Empire.
But the Yucaipa baseball team might be derailed by something that didn't make the box score in its 15-7 win Thursday. Catcher Cody Meservey was ejected in the second inning but didn't immediately leave Thompson field. That drew a protest from Falcons coach Phil Torres that will be reviewed by the Southern Section.
If the protest is upheld, the Thunderbirds would have to forfeit the game and any hopes of winning a division title.
"We're the fourth-ranked team in the country, No. 1 in the state, we've never had problems before," Yucaipa coach Jeff Stout said. "I hope CIF shows compassion toward us."
YUCAIPA - The rising cost of gas and the dismal economy have many people in a thrifty frame of mind. And those two factors could keep holiday travelers closer to home this Memorial Day weekend.
As a result, Yucaipa Regional Park expects to be a busy recreational destination for thousands of people Friday through Monday of the opening weekend of the park and its popular swim area and waterslide.
"I believe the park will be busy because we are seeing a lot more people staying local because of the economy," said Park Superintendent Bert Angeli. But Angeli says he and his crew are ready for the onslaught.
YUCAIPA - Slower pitchers tend to give the Lady Thunderbird hitters trouble. And for five innings, right-hander Katherine Flores of the El Rancho Dons of Pico Rivera (13-13) had Yucaipa out in front of her slow drop and change up, but in the sixth the slow stuff didn't fool Yucaipa anymore and they erupted for four runs to defeat the Dons, 6-3, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division II Playoffs at home on Thursday.
"The off speed slower pitches kill us," said Yucaipa Head Coach, Dave Kivett. "They have a hard time sitting back and waiting for the ball to get in their zone, but they made the adjustment and stayed within themselves and then we started hitting the ball."
Yucaipa (22-8) held a slim, 2-1, lead heading into the sixth - on the strength of shortstop Megan Allen's bat. The #4 four hitter in the lineup gave Yucaipa a 1-0 lead in the first inning by lacing a single to center-field to score Shelby Vanderwall, who led off the inning with a double. And then in the fifth her rocket into the shortstop-third base hole chased home Vanderwall again with the second run.
Yucaipa held on to that slim 2-1 advantage thanks to the solid pitching of Jessica English. The senior right-hander with an explosive rise ball came on in the third to relieve starter Tracy Hampton with two outs and El Rancho threatening with runners on first and third.
But English blew away Kristina Hernandez with a letter-high inside riser to escape the inning.
"Their pitcher (English) did a great job and had us swinging under her rise ball," said El Rancho Head Coach, Stephanie Senteno-Tapia. "Our biggest problem was we left too many on base when we had the chance to take the lead. "
BEAUMONT - The Beaumont Cougars and Barstow Aztecs softball teams met in a wild card CIF Southern Section Division V Playoffs game. See the teams in action.
Hannah Ulibarri celebrates the Barstow Aztecs, 5-4, victory over the Beaumont Cougars in a CIF Southern Section Division V Wild Card game at Beaumont on Tuesday.
By Bob Otto / Staff Photographer
BEAUMONT - When they needed her to reach deep and throw her best pitches, Hannah Ulibarri responded like a senior veteran softball pitcher.
Except for one thing - she's not a senior, and she's not a veteran - at least in terms of years of high school pitching experience.
Ulibarri, just a 15-year-old freshman, pitched seven strong innings in leading the Barstow Aztecs to a 5-4 victory over the Beaumont Cougars in the wild card round of the CIF Southern Section Division V Playoffs at Beaumont High School on Tuesday.
With her teammates supporting her with a 4-0 lead, Ulibarri carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning and was working on a one-hitter into the sixth, when the Beaumont bats suddenly came to life and erupted for four hits to even the score at 4-4.
Beaumont appeared to seize the momentum, but a fielding error and errant throw allowed Barstow to retake the lead for good in the top of the seventh.
Now the pressure fell on Ulibarri. Could she hold Beaumont - which had gotten to her in the sixth - and get three more outs and nail down the win? Two fly ball outs and a game-ending strikeout answered that question.
"She has been battling like that all year," said Barstow Head Coach, Daron Banks. "In the sixth, she started getting her pitches high and missing a little, but she was able to pull herself up and she battled back in the seventh with good pitches and by hitting her spots."
Ellery Buck, left, and Garrett Barham try and block a shot during Yucaipa's CIF Playoffs game with Montebello on Tuesday.
By Bob Otto / Staff Photographer
YUCAIPA - See the Yucaipa Thunderbirds in action in their match with the Montebello Oilers in the CIF Southern Section Division IV Playoffs on Tuesday.
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