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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…
By Loren Kopff The summer is just about to begin for 47 girls that were recently selected as all-stars for the Norwalk Girls Softball Association. The four all-star teams will…
I am happy to report the girls from Team Explosion of the La Mirada Girls Softball Association ended the regular season in first place and earned a bye in the…
When La Mirada softball head coach Richard Trujillo scouted Cerritos for the first time this season on Apr. 27 against Norwalk, he hinted that he could have a secret weapon…
Ruben Velasquez was hoping the end of this season wasn’t going to be like the past two seasons. The head coach of Norwalk’s baseball team once again saw his team…
Despite not hosting its own middle of June tournament or fielding a 14-Under group, the Cerritos Girls Softball Association recently announced its all-stars for 2012. The three oldest all-star teams…
By Loren Kopff When La Mirada softball head coach Richard Trujillo scouted Cerritos for the first time this season on Apr. 27 against Norwalk, he hinted that he could have…
By Loren Kopff Ruben Velasquez was hoping the end of this season wasn’t going to be like the past two seasons. The head coach of Norwalk’s baseball team once again…
By Loren Kopff It seemed like yesterday when Nichole Maddox slammed a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning against host Thousand Oaks to send the Cerritos…
By Loren Kopff Valley Christian softball head coach Jim Snyder wanted to get another win and improve his team’s chances of winning an Olympic League title outright. But at the…
By Loren Kopff Since 2009, the Gahr and Paramount softball teams have battled for third place and the final automatic playoff berth coming out of the San Gabriel Valley League.…
By Loren Kopff Valley Christian softball head coach Jim Snyder wanted to get another win and improve his team’s chances of winning an Olympic League title outright. But at the…