SPORTS
CBL stars, relay teams qualify
Yucaipa High School’s record-setting Benjamin Ligenfelter qualified first in two events to lead a group of Citrus Belt League (CBL) athletes into the CIF Southern Section Division 1 track and field finals on Saturday, May 11, at Moorpark High School in Thousand Oaks. Ligenfelter improved on his personal record...
Yucaipa freshman wins D3 swim title
Yucaipa High School freshman Hunter Tamura captured the CIF Southern Section Division 3 boys 500-yard freestyle title and placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle May 3 to highlight performances by Citrus Belt League swimmers at Mount San Antonio College. Tamura came into the meet seeded No. 3 in both the...
Stewart-Vaughn doesn’t hear the noise
Marquis Stewart-Vaughn peers at the catcher. He gets the sign, rocks and fires. “Steee-rike three!” the umpire yells. Stewart-Vaughn may or may not hear the call — but he sees the ump signal with his right hand. The Banning High pitcher is completely deaf in his left ear...
Yucaipa falls in playoff opener
The Yucaipa High baseball team fell to West Torrance 6-3 in the opening round of the section playoffs. The CIF-Southern Section Division 2 loss ended the season for the Thunderbirds (16-11-1). Yucaipa led 1-0 after an inning but West Torrance scored three in the third and two in the fourth...
Banning squanders lead but wins
Banning High baseball coach Jake Knesel had an eerie sense of calm, even after his team frittered away a large lead en route to a 10-9 playoff victory against Miller. It happened on Friday, May 3, in the CIF-Southern Section Division 8 opening-round playoffs. “I had a feeling we were...
Baseball Recap: Palisades finds home field redemption against Banning
There's no place like home for Palisades, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They skirted past the Banning Pilots 4-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Palisades also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2022.
Softball Game Recap: Canyon Springs Find Success
Canyon Springs extended their postseason success on Thursday against Tahquitz. They skirted past the Tahquitz Titans 3-2. Winning may never get old, but Canyon Springs sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row. For Tahquitz's part, Lillian Phelps spent all seven innings on the mound, and...
Baseball Game Preview: Lakeview Charter on Home-Turf
After two games on the road, Lakeview Charter is heading back home. They will take on the Discovery Warriors at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakeview Charter will head into Thursday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They lost 11-2 to Sun Valley Magnet. Lakeview Charter has struggled against Sun Valley Magnet recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
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