Forced into the situation of having to win five straight, Yucaipa was up for the assignment to earn an Under-16 USA Junior Olympic Water Polo championship, June 23 at Villa Park High School. In its 10-7 comeback win over Chino Hills to claim divisional championship, Frederik Stein led Yucaip…
Led by Mitchell Carpenter and Luke Franklin and a last minute game winning shot from Tanner Childers, the Yucaipa Water Polo Team advanced to the title round of the USA Junior Olympics, being headquartered in Irvine. Yucaipa competes in under-16 age group within the Invitational Division. It…
The Yucaipa Water Polo Club completed an improbable win streak in Irvine last Sunday with a 9-6 victory over Corona to qualify for the USA Water Polo Junior Olympic Championships in July. Yucaipa was forced into the elimination game after entering the final day of the three-day tournament wi…
Former Yucaipa High School diamond stars Matt Marnati and Sydnee Huff took different routes to become All-Americans. Marnati earned his baseball All-American status as a junior playing for Gary Adcock at California Baptist University. Huff was just named to the 2019 All-American west softbal…
The start of today’s Women’s World Cup Soccer is getting comments close to home. Among the thoughts of Denise Rapinoe are those of discrimination to women soccer players, saying the World Cup stage could influence such change. Mirjam Swanson stated the defending champion, U.S. women’s nation…
The versatile Patrick Cundieff and Julia Smith will graduate as holders of Yucaipa High School track and field records as another challenging season ceremoniously came to an end. Cundieff and Smith showcased their skills for the last time at the CIF-Southern Section, Division 1 Prelims at Tr…
Along with Yucaipa High School athletes Sydnee Huff and Tyson Heaton, Thunderbirds baseball pitching coach Kevin Halamicek was recognized at the 55th Ken Hubbs Awards held May 20 at Grand Terrace High School. Huff and Heaton were Yucaipa’s 2019 nominees for the Hubbs Award presented annually…
CIF added new events to track and field this season. The new events include all Unified, where general education and special education students form teams and compete together.
Yucaipa High School volleyball team’s late rally on Senior Night was not enough against Redlands East Valley who stopped the Thunderbirds hopes of defending its Citrus Belt League championship. REV prevailed 25-16, 25-10, 25-23. The Thunderbirds eventually earned a CIF-SS, Division 4 playoff…
Cal State Fullerton-bound Cameron Repetti ended Yucaipa High School’s two year, seven-game post season win streak by pitching host Cypress to a 5-1 victory in a California Interscholastic Federation quarterfinal baseball game played May 10. Thunderbirds’ ace Tyson Heaton did his part by limi…
After its second-round playoff game at Valencia West Ranch last Tuesday, Yucaipa High School baseball coach Ralph Grajeda used the term “dodged a big bullet” when talking about his team’s 1-0 win to advance into the playoff quarterfinals. Not only did YHS have a hard time hitting bullets thr…
Yucaipa High School baseball Coach Ralph Grajeda and pitching Coach Kevin Halamicek didn’t think Tyson Heaton had his best stuff in a 4-0 win over visiting Huntington Beach Edison High School last Thursday. Heaton pitched a two-hit shutout allowing YHS to advance to the second round of the C…
Entering the CIF playoffs for the first time in six years the Mesa Grande Academy baseball team knew it had nothing to lose going against the No. 2 ranked team in Division 7. Traveling to Victorville on Thursday to face University Prep and its 2018 All-CIF pitcher Rudy Mejia plus a lineup fi…
From left to right:Blake Rodriguez, Vanguard University, Cross Country/Track and Field; Zoie Hollinger, Cal State San Marcos, Track and Field; Julia Smith, Vanguard University, Track and Field; Sarah Ramirez, University of La Verne, Soccer; Savannah Orton, Laterneau University, Tennis; Joshu…
The Yucaipa High School baseball team closed the regular season with bats blazing after traveling to Orange County to dispose of Crestview League champion Foothill 12-4 in a makeup game that was rained out earlier. The win followed closure to Citrus Belt League play that saw the Thunderbirds…
Led by long distance home runs from pitcher Esperanza Coe and catcher Saige Alexander, the Yucaipa High School softball team sewed up a spot in the post season playoffs after its 14-3 over visiting Cajon last Tuesday. Coe helped herself with a tremendous shot that traveled an estimated 50 fe…
Junior pitcher Bradley Heacock followed the lead of senior aces Tyson Heaton, Julian Alvarez, and Cody Westphal as the Yucaipa High School baseball team defended its Citrus Belt League championship at Cajon last Thursday. Heacock limited Cajon to four hits, struck out nine in six scoreless i…
After the Yucaipa High School boys and the girls swim teams lost their Citrus Belt League finales last Thursday to Citrus Valley High School, the competition for postseason individual play begins. The girls finished 2-3 in CBL. The boys 1-4. First-year YHS coach Rebecca Hearon says thus far,…
Four-year letterman Brian Bashaw and freshman Sergio Nunez led an improving group of Yucaipa High School golfers to a 234-241 win over Citrus Valley in a match held at Yucaipa Valley Golf Course last Tuesday. YHS kept its Citrus Belt League title hopes alive by improving to 2-1 (4-4) overall.
Seniors Sydney Graham and Corbin Zucco are among those on the Yucaipa High School track and field team approaching school career records. At the same time helping their respective teams into first place in the Citrus Belt League. On Wednesday, the YHS girls defeated Redlands 94-33 and are on…
Esperanza Coe pitched a five-hit shutout to lead the Yucaipa High School softball team into first place in the Citrus Belt League after its 1-0 win over Redlands last Tuesday. Coe got the run she needed in the first inning as Sydnee Huff tripled and scored when Emma Martinez sliced a single.…
The Yucaipa High School softball team scored eight unearned runs in the first inning, followed by a good display of overall talent in a 9-1 Citrus Belt League win over Carter at home last Tuesday. Pitchers Esperanza Coe, Makenna Stuart and Delaney Saugstad combined to limit Carter (2-8) to f…
Yucaipa High School pitcher Tyson Heaton exceeded nearly all his amazing accomplishments on Saturday by hurling a perfect game in a must win situation against Citrus Belt League rival Carter that was played as part of the County Clash at San Manuel Stadium.
Under clear skies, sunshine and the chatter of excited kids, decked out in their uniform best, Yucaipa Valley National Little League opened its 2019 season Saturday at the 13th Street Sports Complex.
Friday’s PossAbilities Para-cycle Yucaipa circuit road race stage got off to a great start with bright sunny weather, cool morning air, and none of the wind that kicked up for the time trial on Wednesday. There were 43 competitors in 14 different categories lined up at the start line to comp…
Less than 24 hours after the Yucaipa High School baseball team exploded for 13 hits in a 13-2 win at Carter, the same two teams traveled to Yucaipa on Saturday where Carter won the rematch 5-1. Carter pitcher Matthew Valdez presented a situation that YHS coach Ralph Grajeda thought could occur.
The Yucaipa High School volleyball team got off to a fast start but was eventually caught and passed by visiting Redlands East Valley in the Citrus Belt League opener for both teams on Thursday. After Yucaipa won the first two games 25-20, 25-18, REV stormed back to win the final decisive th…
The girls Yucaipa-Calimesa Amateur Softball Association (YCASA) celebrated the opening of the spring 2019 softball season Saturday, March 9.
A beautiful day on March 9, lead to a great opening ceremonies, as family and friends gathered to welcome the start of a new Little League season. The snack bar was open for business, located in the middle of the fields of dreams with coaches and players lined up in outfield. The event start…
Yucaipa High School freshman Leah Gaitan became the first wrestler in school history to earn a California championship after winning the CIF-State wrestling 106-pound title last month in Bakersfield. Gaitan won by a rare 1-0 disqualification when Walnut's Justine Barredo was penalized twice …
Fresh off his team’s season opening win against Norco, first year Yucaipa High School boys volleyball coach Will Quanstrom says he feels more comfortable now that his first coaching win has been accomplished. Quanstrom said it came as no surprise that he would be taking over for former Coach…
Danny Garcia’s walk off hit in the bottom of the seventh inning provided the Yucaipa High School baseball team with the final blow in its exciting 11-10 nonleague win last Friday over visiting Martin Luther King. Garcia’s third hit of the game capped a furious Yucaipa comeback after King had…
The Yucaipa High School girls basketball team topped another successful season by having six players named All-Citrus Belt League. Four-year varsity starters Tori Guzman and Julianne LeClair were selected all-league first team. Another senior, Kateland Peters was also a first team pick. Juni…
Yucaipa High School girls soccer coach Sarai Stamper considered this past season's Citrus Belt League so competitive that one loss could drop a team three spots in the standings. Her team finished second in league at 6-1-3. It lost in the first round of the playoffs at La Serna of Whittier, …
Yucaipa Aquatics is a family oriented non-profit organization that prides itself on being welcoming to all. This organization not only has a competitive swim team for ages 5 to 18 but also has a master’s program. The masters program is a great way to stay in shape; some compete, others come …
The Yucaipa High School water polo team’s remarkable ride in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs came to an end on Saturday at hands of No. 3 seeded Pasadena Polytechnic after a 14-9 loss in a match held at Crafton Hills College. YHS finished its season with a 15-13 record and won the Citrus B…
Coach Bob Walker’s Mesa Grande girls basketball team won its 14th league championship in 16 seasons after a stunning, 44-43 upset of highly ranked Bloomington Christian to officially give the Cardinals a co-championship. Both team complete league play with 11-1 records. MGA was 17-3 overall.
Stephanie Landavazo says her Yucaipa High School softball team is young and strong as it prepares for its jump into the elite Division I of the CIF-Southern Section. The Thunderbirds will also be defending their Citrus Belt League championship for the eighth consecutive season.
Due to the number of professional and college prospects on the Yucaipa High School baseball team expect to see an abundance of scouts this season at the school's Tommy Thompson Field. The defending Division II champions have added three potential superstars to an already star-studded veteran…
The Yucaipa High School water polo team took a firm grip on first place in the Citrus Belt League by limiting Citrus Valley High School to one goal in the second half, good for a convincing 10-5 victory. Senior Dori Philips got the Thunderbirds off to a 5-1 lead by scoring three goals and as…
Kevin Delgado scored early and he scored late to help the Yucaipa High School soccer team to a 3-2 comeback win against Citrus Valley. The Citrus Belt League match was played in constant rain and cold at Thunderbird Stadium last Tuesday. With five league matches left, YHS keeps its post seas…
A special feature at Yucaipa’s basketball game last Thursday was Alumni Recognition Night when some of the top athletes in Yucaipa High School history were introduced at halftime.
Cajon High School spoiled the best game of Yucaipa senior Katelyn Holt’s basketball career by outscoring host YHS 12-1 in the final three minutes for a 59-48 win in a crucial Citrus Belt League game last Thursday. Cajon improved to 4-0 in CBL (13-5 overall). YHS, the two-time defending CBL c…
Yucaipa High School basketball team spokesman Luke Spoelstra announced that its coaching staff will be organizing a boys travel team. The newly formed Yucaipa Basketball Academy hopes to begin play in late January. It will be geared for those in middle school, however could be expanded to th…
Yucaipa resident Kevin Montgomery helped cap off the 2018 season at Devore’s Glen Helen Raceway by taking first place in one of 20 races held Dec. 30 in the New Year’s Grand Prix/Motocross. Montgomery won in the over 50-year-old, expert category, outlasting the field of motorcyclists after c…
Jan. 5 marked the start of the season for Yucaipa Youth Basketball. All of the kids enrolled in YYB came ready to play and eager for the start of their first game according to Publicity Chair Daniele McClure. For some, this is their first ever time playing any sport; and for others this may …
The evolving popularity of skateboarding brings a culture that includes its lingo, clothing, and “punk” influence. Yucaipa residents David Michael Clark and Dezmin Lane are the region's more traveled skateboarders. They say there's money in the sport, however both prefer its free-spirit, und…
The Mesa Grande Academy girls basketball team used strong defense and a fourth quarter run to win its season opener, 40-20 in a nonleague game with visiting Woodcrest Christian on Thursday. MGA closed out the win with a 21-5 run.
The 2018 Yucaipa Junior All American Football and Cheer season came to a close Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Southern California Conference Super Bowl. History was made by YJAAF after 20 weeks of hard work, sweat, and some tears. The spirit of the families and cheerleaders helped the teams advanc…
The pool at Crafton Hills College is big enough to hold Yucaipa Swim Team (YST) members of all ages, sizes, skill and challenges. If you are interested in getting into shape or improve your overall health, its coaches say thats the place to be. Yucaipa Swim Team head coach John Ogden was the…
The Yucaipa High School boys basketball team got thrown into deep water in its maiden voyage into the 2018-2019 season and the results were a 95-47 loss to three-time defending Southwestern League champion Temecula Valley. In front of their home crowd, the young Thunderbirds showed potential…
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