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By Loren Kopff Norwalk didn’t open up its home season the way it wanted to, at least not in the first 18 minutes. But as the first half was winding…
By Loren Kopff Two turnovers in the first quarter and a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from Alvaro Vargas of Pioneer to begin the game were just the beginning…
By Loren Kopff After witnessing his team get swept by Bell Gardens this past Tuesday in the season opener, Artesia girls volleyball head coach Micah Burpo knows his team won’t…
By Loren Kopff Huntington Park may have dominated the third quarter against Artesia in the season opener for both teams last Friday night. But junior wide receiver and safety Tytus…
By Loren Kopff ARTESIA PIONEERS 0-19 overall last season, 0-12 in the Suburban League, seventh place 16-67 overall last five seasons Head coach: Micah Burpo (fifth season, 13-58) Last time…
By Loren Kopff VALLEY CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS 4-7 last season, 3-1 in the Olympic League, tied for first place, lost to Azusa 35-14 in the Mid-Valley Division first round Head coach:…
By Loren Kopff 2012 FOOTBALL PREVIEWS JOHN GLENN EAGLES 4-6 last season, 2-4 in the Suburban League, fifth place Head coach: Ray Niemann (third season, 6-14) Lost 14 seniors out…
By Loren Kopff PREMIER GIRLS FASTPITCH 12U NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOUNTAIN VALLEY-The Artesia Punishers 12U travel ball team made a strong impression during the first two days of the inaugural Premier…
In the past, if was the latter part of July, Bob Medina and his Artesia Punishers 18-Under or 18-Gold travel ball teams would be going through their final checklists, packing…
ESCONDIDO– The Artesia Punishers 97 team, managed by Tommy Parten, had a pair of three-run seventh innings in its first two playoff games of the Triple Crown 14U Fastpitch Open…
By Loren Kopff NORWALK GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION The up and coming Norwalk Girls Softball Association just added another historic-making event to its small list of success. In its first year…
By Loren Kopff WESTMINSTER, CO-The Artesia Punishers 18 Gold travel ball team won the championship of the Triple Crown Sports Colorado Sparker Tournament. But it wasn’t the type of championship…
By Loren Kopff HUNTINGTON BEACH-Regardless of how the Artesia Punishers 18-U travel ball team did in the Premier Girls Fastpitch Southern California qualifier, the team was still going to stay…
By Loren Kopff The writing was somewhat on the wall last summer for the Cerritos Girls Softball Association when it did not field a 14-U division in its own annual…
By Loren Kopff This past spring season was one that could have seen the Gahr baseball and Valley Christian softball teams play for a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section divisional championship.…
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III BOYS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP By Loren Kopff CLAREMONT-Wes Williams, the 19-year veteran head coach of the Whitney boys tennis team, was confident that his team would emerge…
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION IV SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff Valley Christian’s softball team will be thinking long and hard about the one that got away. The Lady Crusaders had a…
CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By Loren Kopff Gahr junior Andrew Encinas had not pitched since May 8 but he got the nod against Rialto last Friday in a…
By Loren Kopff CIF SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION II SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS The sting that was inflicted on the Cerritos softball team by Oxnard last Thursday was more painful than the one…
By Loren Kopff CIF DIVISION III BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS The Cerritos boys tennis team led or tied St. Margaret’s in sets played throughout its entire match this past Tuesday. But…