The Yucaipa Boys season began with five new varsity starters. 0nly sophomore, singles player, Preston Chu returning to his same position on the team . As the preseason started the team had a lot of growing pains and a variety of lineup changes as the team was preparing for Citrus Belt League…

Consistently playing at a high level resulted in the Yucaipa boys basketball team demonstrating marked improvement throughout the 2019-2020 season. A 17-12 overall record included wins against seven non-league playoff teams. Finishing 3 in the challenging Citrus Belt League, at 6-4, qualifie…

Yucaipa High School boys wrestling qualified all 14 varsity wrestlers to compete in the CIF Southern Section Eastern Division Championships this past weekend. The competition was fierce as nearly 500 of the best wrestlers in Southern California showed up to compete in 14 weight classes at Ca…

The Yucaipa High girls basketball team finished the Citrus Belt League Undefeated, earning a bye in the first round of CIF play and won in the second round.

The Yucaipa High School girls basketball team is headed to the CIF Southern Section 2A playoffs for the ninth year in a row.

The Yucaipa High School boys varsity and junior varsity soccer teams beat Citrus Valley High School in a Citrus Belt League game on Friday, Jan. 25, at home.

Having graduated four seniors after the 2018-19 season taking most of the height on the team with them, the Yucaipa High School girls basketball team needed to take a little different approach this year.

Yucaipa High School Art classes presented the Fall Art Show on Dec. 2-5, featuring 120 projects, including students’ paintings, drawings, ceramics, crafts and photographs. Student artists had the opportunity to share their portfolios with Annie Copean, from Laguna College of Art and Design (…

In its biggest turnout to date, about 55 girls attended the sixth annual Yucaipa High School soccer clinic Saturday morning at the football stadium.

The Yucaipa High School soccer team scored twice in the first twenty-five minutes then held to gain a 2-2 deadlock with a very good Grand Terrace team at home last Tuesday. The day before, the Thunderbirds defeated Riverside Poly 2-1. YHS is now 1-0-2 and Grand Terrace is 5-1-1.

The Yucaipa High School Girls cross country team took 10th place in Division 1 at the California State Championships on Saturday, Nov. 30 in Clovis.

Jonathan Stradford did the heavy lifting and Michael Joaquin carried the scoring load to lead the Yucaipa High School basketball team to its first win of the season, a 61-54 decision over San Bernardino in a nonleague game last Tuesday.

The Mesa Grande Academy basketball program did not seek a weak school in Western Christian, (featuring Bryce White) to open its 2019-20 season. The Cardinals lost both the girls and boys games to the visitors, 37-26 and 76-39 in a double-header played in the McAnally Gym last Tuesday.

Michael Joaquin put on one of the best shooting performances in recent Yucaipa High School basketball history after scoring 31 points in a 67-53 loss to visiting Palm Springs in the season opener last Monday. Trailing 45-22 early in the third quarter, Joaquin went to work by scoring 12 point…

Up against the top-ranked school and hopelessly behind, the Yucaipa High School tennis team played out its season in style against eventual champion Westridge of Pasadena. Trailing 9-2 in the quarterfinals of the CIF-Southern Section playoffs, the doubles team of seniors Brielle Lara and Sie…

The Yucaipa High School girls’ cross country team took first place in the CIF Prelims and will race in the CIF Finals on Saturday, Nov. 23. The top seven teams will advance to the California State Championships.

It was a chance for some of the best female prep athletes around to perform on the same court at the inaugural Yucaipa High School “Madness Event” held in the Thunderbirds’ gym last Saturday.

Jordyn Turner ripped a forehand that went untouched down the line to clinch the win against visiting Alhambra, 15-3 last Friday allowing Yucaipa High School to advance to the quarterfinals of the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section, Division 4 tennis playoffs. It hosted No…

The Yucaipa High School cross country team took three first place spots and dominated the Citrus Belt League this season. Both girls and boys Varsity teams will move on to the CIF Prelims on Nov. 15 in Riverside.

Trailing 41-0 to Cajon with seconds left in the game as well as in their high school careers, Yucaipa quarterback Casey Graf was still trying to throw scoring passes to David Fisher and Zach Murray in an attempt to squeeze every last yard out of the 2019 football season. The home crowd appre…

Inland Leaders Charter School boys and girls cross country teams recently took place first in the Mountain Valley League.

Among the 2019 version of the 2019 Yucaipa High School tennis team are a mixture of personalities that come from across the nation and across the planet. The formula has worked as the Thunderbirds have a 12-2 record and are 6-1 record thus far in Citrus Belt League and has assured itself of …

David Fisher received six touchdown passes from Elijah James and Gavin Mink kicked a game-clinching 44 yard field goal to lead the Yucaipa High School football team past visiting Redlands East Valley 52-35 in a thrilling Citrus Belt League contest last Friday. Fisher finished the night by ca…

The Yucaipa High School girls tennis team has gotten off to a great start to the season. In doing so the team has already locked up a CIF playoff spot. The team still has two weeks left in the regular season but has done enough in the first round of league matches that the team will be movin…

After Yucaipa’s 56-7 loss at Citrus Valley High School last Friday, neither football coach had an explanation as to what just occurred. “I don’t have all the answers. All we can do is get back to work on Monday,” said Yucaipa coach Justin Price. “It was hard to recover from our mistakes agai…

The Yucaipa High School volleyball team gave its best but could not nullify Division 1 college recruit Jacquelyn Barrett and visiting Citrus Valley, resulting in a 25-21, 25-19, 25-16 loss in a Citrus Belt League match on Wednesday. Citrus Valley improves to 6-0 in CBL (18-5 overall) and app…

Macy McKibban shot a 46 and Kathryn Blair a 48 to help the Yucaipa High School golf team stay undefeated after a rare 254-254 deadlock with Redlands East Valley. The crucial Citrus Belt League match was played at the Yucaipa Valley Country Club. Both schools have 6-0-1 records in CBL play. Y…

The Yucaipa High School girls cross country team is ranked sixth in Division 1 Southern Section after competing in the 39th annual Woodbridge Cross Country Classic on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Silverlakes in Norco.

David Fisher caught a 64- yard touchdown pass and Austin Bolinger had another for 34 yards from Casey Graf but it was not enough for Yucaipa High School to offset Chaparral’s Brock White as the Thunderbirds lost a non league game at home to the Pumas 52-19 last Friday.