Boys Basketball
Boys Basketball: High Flying Pasadena Offense Struggles Some in Quarterfinals; Bulldogs Defense Takes Over in 47-44 Win at Corona del Mar
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor If Pasadena wanted to get a postseason test, they got it Tuesday night in the CIF-SS Division 1-A quarterfinal match up at Corona del Mar.…
Boys Basketball: Lang, Austin, Espinosa Lift Maranatha Over Tahquitz in Another Nailbiter; Minutemen onto Division 1-AA Semi’s After 56-55 Victory in Hemet
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Maranatha coach Tim Tucker is going to need a vacation after this basketball season. Hopefully for Tucker, that isn’t for a couple more weeks as…
Boys Basketball: Top Seeded Oxnard Ends La Salle Season; Yellowjackets Down Lancers, 73-55, in Quarterfinals
Darius Henderson (l) and Jaice Gardner (r) From Staff Reports If there was ever a game that La Salle couldn’t afford to get off to a slow start offensively, it…
Boys Basketball: Poly’s Offense Goes Cold On The Road; Panthers Fall at Shalhevet, 54-31, in Division 4-A Quarterfinal
Video capture via Twitter By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Poly did so many things well this season. The Panthers knocked off Flintridge Prep to win the Prep League championship. They…
Boys Basketball: Five Pasadena Schools in Boys Basketball Playoff Quarterfinals Tuesday; La Salle, Poly, Maranatha, Pasadena, Blair All Take The Court Tonight
L-R: Bryce Hamilton (Pasadena High School), Darius Brown (Pasadena High School), Darius Henderson (La Salle High School), Jaice Gardner (La Salle High School), Jack Dakan (Blair High School), Sean Espinosa…
Caltech Sophomore Brent Cahill Sinks the Sagehens on Senior Day
Locked in a tight game and trading leads with an on-paper superior SCIAC foe on home soil with just over a minute to go in regulation, the Caltech men’s basketball…
Boys Basketball: ‘Mr. Clutch’ Has Blair in CIF Quarterfinals; Vikings’ Senior Jack Dakan Always Ready To Take Game-Changing Shots
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Ask any current or former athlete, and perhaps no label would be embraced more than being called “clutch.” Blair senior guard Jack Dakan has been…
Boys Basketball: La Salle Opponents Feeling Defensive; Jaice Gardner, Darius Henderson, AJ Akobian Leading Lancers Playoff Run
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor The La Salle boys basketball offense hasn’t exactly been lighting up the scoreboard in the postseason, but its defense has been nothing short of stifling.…