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…
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…