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Baseball: Maranatha, Poly Head into Final Month of Season in First Place; La Salle, Pasadena, Muir, St. Francis All Chasing Playoff Spots
By BRIAN REED-BAIOTTO, Sports Editor With approximately one month to go in the 2018 prep baseball regular season, almost every Pasadena area program is in position to make a run…
Boys Basketball: Pasadena Sports Now Hoops All-Stars; PHS, Muir, Poly, Blair All Shine With 20-plus Victories Apiece in 2017-18
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor It was a pretty remarkable season for Pasadena area boys basketball. Pasadena (25-8) led the way with its second consecutive trip to the CIF-SS title…
Baseball: Poly Rallies Late Saturday To Defeat Oxford Academy, 4-3, in First Round of Minutemen Invitational Tournament
From Staff Reports: Poly trailed by three runs heading into the bottom of the fifth inning in a first-round Minutemen Invitational Tournament contest. The Panthers scored four fifth-inning runs and…
Baseball: Alvie Castro Strikes Out 11, Allows 1 Hit Over 6 1/3 Innings; Pasadena Hands Burroughs its First Pacific League Loss of Season, 7-1 on Friday
From STAFF REPORTS Just when it looked like Pasadena might be down for the count, Alvie Castro takes over on the mound. The Bulldogs began Pacific League play with three…
Baseball: Maranatha Finishes 2-2 at IMG National Classic in Florida; Minutemen Defeat Ridgewood of Illinois, 8-3, to Close Out Tournament in Miami
From STAFF REPORTS All things considered, Maranatha had a solid showing in Miami this week. The Minutemen played four games over a four-day tournament. After a first-round loss to Monsignor…
Baseball: Dawson Netz Shuts Out Brighton of Utah, 4-0, at IMG National Classic in Florida; Junior Pitcher Hasn’t Allowed a Run in 31 Consecutive Innings
From STAFF REPORTS Dawson Netz continues to dazzle on the mound. The 6-foot-1 junior shut out Brighton 4-0 on just three hits on Wednesday. Netz didn’t walk a batter and…
Softball: Flintridge Prep Out-Powers Mark Keppel; Rebels Earn 8-7 Nonleague Victory
From STAFF REPORTS Flintridge Prep earned its second win of the year. It took eight runs and 12 hits to get the job done. Prep earned an 8-7 victory over…
Baseball: St. Francis Ace Chris Stamos Shuts Down Mary Star; Golden Knights Win Fourth Straight Game, Senior Lefty Strikes Out 8 in 11-1 Victory
From STAFF REPORTS If St. Francis is able to carry their momentum forward and compete for a CIF-SS playoff spot by succeeding in the Mission League, they’ll look back to…