San Andreas League All-League teams Winter 2016-17

Arroyo Valley’s Hailey Vergara, (#14), battles for a loose ball with San Gorgonio’s Precious Knight, (#24), during the first half of Friday nights San Andreas League basketball game at San Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino, Ca., January 20, 2017. Arroyo Valley won, 70-30 and is still No. 2 in The Sun Top 10. (Photo by John Valenzuela/SCNG)

Arroyo Valley’s Hailey Vergara, (#14), battles for a loose ball with San Gorgonio’s Precious Knight, (#24), during the first half of Friday nights San Andreas League basketball game at San Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino, Ca., January 20, 2017. Arroyo Valley won, 70-30. (Photo by John Valenzuela/SCNG)

SAN ANDREAS LEAGUE

ALL LEAGUE BOYS’ BASKETBALL
2016-17

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: KEVIN BROWN SR SAN GORGONIO

Waylon Anderson JR Rialto; Darris Jackson JR Rialto
Brennan Daetwiler SR Rim of the World; Alex Ortiz SR Arroyo Valley
Chijindu Egeonu JR Jurupa Hills; Daniel Soto SR Jurupa Hills
Chris Fulton SR San Gorgonio; Derrion Thomas JR Rialto

HONORABLE MENTION
Jahsan Brown JR Arroyo Valley
Brian Ramirez JR Indian Springs
Karson Chaney-McQueen SR Jurupa Hills
Desmond Ashley JR Rialto
Joshua Sharpe JR Rim of the World
Mark Laing SR San Gorgonio

ALL LEAGUE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: ANTANIA WATKINS JR ARROYO VALLEY

Jaiden Alex SR Rialto; Tatianna Russell SR San Gorgonio
Mariana Mejia JR Rim of the World; Ailani Scott SR San Gorgonio
Jessica Pantoja SR Rialto; Shy’Ann Turner SR Arroyo Valley
Nylah Prince FR Arroyo Valley; Hailey Vergara SO Arroyo Valley

HONORABLE MENTION
Jackie Coronado SR Arroyo Valley
Irelia James JR Indian Springs
Maryah Smith JR Jurupa Hills
Raven Smith SO Rialto
Shelby Avila JR Rim of the World
Babie Gutierrez SR San Gorgonio

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Wed’s CIF-SS girls basketball, boys soccer, girls water polo scores, Sat’s schedule

Here are Wednesday’s San Bernardino County scores, and Saturday’s schedule

Girls basketball
Wednesday’s quarterfinals, Saturday’s semifinals (7 p.m. except where noted)
Open Division

Etiwanda 66, Gardena Serra 59
Next: Etiwanda at North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake
Division 2AA
Fullerton Rosary 76, Twentynine Palms 75 (OT)
Division 2A
Santa Maria Righetti 67, Carter 60
Division 3AA
Glendora 66, Yucca Valley 28
Division 3A
Los Osos 64, Santa Monica Crossroads 45
Next: Los Osos at Calabasas Viewpoint, 5 p.m.
Division 4A
Ventura Foothill Tech 58, Pacific 31
Pomona 51, Aquinas 32
Division 5AA
Irvine Crean Lutheran 53, University Prep 42
Division 6
San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep 76, Lucerne Valley 11

Girls water polo
Wednesday’s semifinals, Saturday’s finals, at Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine
Division 6

Alta Loma 7, Downey 6
Redlands East Valley 8, Paso Robles 7
Next: Alta Loma vs. Redlands East Valley, 7 p.m.
Division 7
Diamond Bar 11, Chaffey 3

Boys soccer
Wednesday’s second round, Saturday’s quarterfinals
Division 1

Redlands East Valley 1, Redondo 0
Next: Redlands East Valley at Huntington Beach Edison, 5 p.m.
Division 2
Pico Rivera El Rancho 3, Chino Hills 1
La Quinta 2, Bloomington 0
Division 3
Citrus Valley 1, Diamond Bar 0
Next: Camarillo at Citrus Valley, 5 p.m.
Division 4
Anaheim Western 2, Upland 2 (Western wins on PKs, 4-3)
Colony 2, Carter 1
Next: Saugus at Colony
Division 5
Montclair 5, Perris 0
Chino 2, Santa Monica 0
Indian Springs 7, Lawndale Leuzinger 0
Rialto 1, Diamond Ranch 0
Next: Chino at Montclair, noon
Santa Paula at Indian Springs, 5 p.m.
Rialto vs. Inglewood Animo Leadership at El Camino College, 3 p.m.
Division 6
Brentwood 2, Hesperia 0
Adelanto 2, La Puente 0
Next: Adelanto at Fillmore
Division 7
Covina Northview 1, University Prep 0
Ventura Foothill Tech 2, Pacific 1
Victor Valley 2, Aquinas 1
Riverside Prep 4, Los Angeles Verbum Dei 0
Next: Riverside Prep at Victor Valley, 5 p.m.

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Winter San Andreas League all-league teams 2015-16

Been a crazy spring. Here’s the all San Andreas League teams for winter 2015-16

SAN ANDREAS LEAGUE
BOYS BASKETBALL
MVP:
Dante Williams, Sr., Rialto
First Team
Reshawn Jackson, Sr., Rialto
Devin King, Sr., Rim of the World
Mark Laing, Jr., San Gorgonio
Donald Nesby, Sr., Rialto
Daniel Soto, Jr., Jurupa Hills
Second Team
Hassan Brown, Sr., Rialto
Chijindu Egeonu So., Jurupa Hills
Justin Lewis, Jr., Arroyo Valley
Thomas Monsoor, Sr., Indian Springs
Raul Victorio Sr., Rim of the World
Honorable Mention
Christian Tkatch, Jr., Arroyo Valley
Robert Lewis, Jr., Indian Springs
Brandon Dawkins, Sr., Jurupa Hills
Derrion Thomas, So., Rialto
Christopher Fulton, Jr., Rim of the World
Brennan Daetwiler, Sr., San Gorgonio

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Citrus Belt League 2015-16 winter all-league teams

Finally posted, all of the Citrus Belt League all-league teams for winter 2015-16

2016 Citrus Belt boys basketball-2

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Maeda Family Civil War: 2 daughters, 1 dad, 2 schools, 1 game

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How’s this for a family photo? It’s the Maeda Family Civil War, so dubbed by San Gorgonio athletic director Matt Maeda, center. His daughter on the left is Kaylee, who is a Redlands East Valley (2011) grad and a girls water polo coach at San Gorgonio. On the right is Melanie, who is a senior at Citrus Valley.

This photo was taken on Thursday, when Melanie’s Citrus Valley’s team beat Matt and Kaylee’s San Gorgonio team, 12-2. Notice the San G had and Citrus Valley shirt for Matt. This is the first time his kids have faced each other. In the past, there have been Maeda Civil Wars, but it was Matt’s San Gorgonio against his kid’s team. His son Kevin ran at Citrus Valley, graduating last year.

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Citrus Belt League water polo, basketball provide 2 improbable finishes in 1 week

I cannot recall a week with two games as crazy as the ones I had this week.
First, there was Redlands East Valley’s 5-4, 5 overtime win over Yucaipa in girls water polo on Tuesday.
Then came Thursday, when Eisenhower girls basketball rallied from 9 points down in the final 9.3 seconds to force overtime, before falling to Cajon, 65-57.

I have never seen a 5 overtime game in water polo, and neither had anyone I talked to at the game. And scoring 9 points in the final 9.3 seconds to force overtime? It just doesn’t happen.

But what makes these games remarkable beyond that is that both games had Citrus Belt League titles at stake at the end of the season. In the first case, REV won the CBL title outright, its sixth straight title with the marathon win. In the latter, Cajon earned a share of the CBL title by knocking off Eisenhower. In each case, none of the four teams had lost to anyone else in league. And they were all ranked in CIF-SS.

Those were two games what show why I love high school sports. In both cases, great fan atmosphere, two closely matched teams and two games in which there was a big mental aspect. in the first case, REV fought through fatigue to finally win. In the second case, Cajon fought through the embarrassment of squandering a big lead and recovered to win in overtime.

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VIDEO: Yucaipa girls water polo coach Kevin Lewis on 5 OT loss


Yucaipa coach Kevin Lewis, reacts to his team losing in the 5th OT to REV on Tuesday, 5-4. For him, it seemed like it was one that got away. Lewis had told me after the teams played the first time, a 10-7 REV win, to come back for the rematch at Crafton Hills College. The game did not disappoint. Lewis seems confident that his young team will break through next year to win league. But he and the Thunderbirds really wanted to make it this year.

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VIDEOS: REV girls water polo reacts to 5 OT win vs Yucaipa


Maddy Wieseler, above, talks after scoring the winning goal in the fifth overtime. I’m surprised she was willing to stand for the interview after that exhausting game. She said she felt confident the Wildcats would win however long it took, but that may have been more a reflection on the team having already won 5 straight league titles before Tuesday than how the game was going.


REV coach Ryan Williams, above talks about beating Yucaipa. He was working the officials hard, especially in overtime, to get exclusions in a game that hardly had any. The game seemed physical, but not to the point where either team had any advantage.

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