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By Loren Kopff Former Artesia High School and Cerritos College soccer star Jasmine Cornejo passed away on August 3 due to complications of a seizure from the previous day. Cornejo,…
By Loren Kopff SANTEE-What began as a promising start for the Artesia Punishers 14-Under travel softball team managed by Anthony Medina ended with two straight losses in the Amateur Softball…
ASA/USA 14-UNDER “A” NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP By Loren Kopff CHULA VISTA-History repeated itself for Danny Guerrero’s Artesia Punishers travel softball team in the Amateur Softball Association/United States of America 14-Under National…
PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Loren Kopff FOUNTAIN VALLEY-For the second time in four days, the Artesia Punishers 18-Under Gold team hooked up with the (West Hills) Southern California…
ASA/USA 14-U “A” NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP By Loren Kopff SANTEE-Fresh off of the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships, the Artesia Punishers 14-Under travel ball teams managed by Danny Guerrero and Anthony…
WHITTIER, CA – The Whittier High School community is invited to attend a special remembrance ceremony for former coach and teacher Donald Wade Kelly, or as he was fondly known,…
NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW Pitching paves the way as one of three Artesia Punishers 14-Under teams claim championship By Loren Kopff First, the Artesia Punishers 14-Under team managed…
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-After winning all three pool play games in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships, which had no bearing on the bracket portion, the Artesia Punishers 14-Under team…
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-The managers of two Artesia Punishers 14-Under teams admitted it was good to face off against each other in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships. But both…
By Loren Kopff For the second straight game in the Babe Ruth League State Tournament, the Frontier Youth Baseball League 8-Under all-stars had a chance to win a game. But…
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-When Heather Bowen of the (Las Vegas) Lil Rebels smacked a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Artesia Punishers 18-Under team…
By Loren Kopff LONG BEACH-The opening game of the Babe Ruth League State Tournament didn’t go so well for three of the all-star teams from the Frontier Youth Baseball League.…
By Loren Kopff IRVINE-When the travel ball season began last September, the Artesia Punishers team coached by Armando Canizales was a 14-Under squad. But over the past few months, the…
ASA LOS ANGELES/SOUTH BAY “B” DISTRICT TOURNAMENT By Loren Kopff DOWNEY-The bats came alive for the Cerritos Kaos 12-Under All-Star team this past Sunday in the Amateur Softball Association Los…
By Loren Kopff Fresh off of participating in the Tournament of Champions, the four all-star teams of the Frontier Youth Baseball League will participate in the Cal Ripken District All-Star…
PREMIER GIRLS FAST PITCH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA QUALIFIER By Loren Kopff HEMET-Entering this past Sunday’s action in the Premier Girls Fastpitch Southern California qualifier at Diamond Valley Lake Community Park, the…
By Loren Kopff Four years after I moved from Plano, TX, just northeast of Dallas, to the community of Mira Mesa in suburban San Diego, Tony Gwynn made his debut…
By Loren Kopff With a chance to play in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships in late July, a trio of Artesia Punisher travel ball teams will be participating in…
By Loren Kopff The 47th annual 605 All Star Football Classic was a time for selected seniors across the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section and Los Angeles City Section to…
By Loren Kopff HUNTINGTON BEACH-The Cerritos Kaos 12-Under all-stars had relative ease in its pool of the South Huntington Beach Tournament last weekend. Unfortunately, when it came to the playoffs,…