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.
Yucaipa High School freshman football team member Helena (Lena) Murphy has heard the warnings. Girls are not big enough, strong enough, or fast enough to compete against boys. Murphy, 14 understands perfectly the potential hazards associated with tackle football.
Louie Sandoval came off the bench to help spark two late scoring drives and the defense held Redlands three crucial times, giving the Yucaipa High School football team a 22-19 win on the road last Friday. YHS improves to 2-2 in Citrus Belt League (3-6 overall). Thunderbirds’ coach Justin Pri…
After losing decisively to Redlands East Valley the Yucaipa High School golf team returned home six days later to defeat the Wildcats 250-251 and for the second straight season became Citrus Belt League co-champions. Both schools finished league play with 13-1-1 records. The teams played to …
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.
When the Yucaipa High School football team jumped out to a 7-0 lead in its homecoming game last Friday it looked like easy victory might be in the bag. However, Silverado (1-5) ended up spoiling the party by scoring the next six touchdowns and cruised to a 42-7 nonleague win. YHS drops to 1-…
Former record-breaking Yucaipa High School quarterback Nathan Martinez is now starting to pile up the yardage at the University of Redlands, where he has already put up impressive numbers this season in leading the Bulldogs to convincing wins over George Fox University, Puget Sound and its f…
The Yucaipa High School football team scored on its first two possessions and maintained a 28-25 lead in the fourth quarter but could not contain host San Gorgonio’s running game in the end, resulting in a 38-28 loss last Friday.
Fresh off its strong showing last weekend in the Bull Run Tournament at Diamond Bar High School, the YHS water polo team continued its winning ways by finishing sixth among 16 highly ranked teams. The Thunderbirds went 2-2 at the Bull Run and their 7-6 overall record is misleading. Consideri…
Yucaipa High School Junior Varsity Boys Polo Team won the 2019 Damien Tournament Sept. 13 and 14 played at Damien High School in La Verne.
The inaugural Crafton Hills College girls water polo team played its second game. Goalie Emily McBride watches a shot from Rio Hondo go just over the top of the net on Sept. 13. CHC lost 9-7. The men’s team will play later this month at home.
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.
The Yucaipa High School cross country team made a strong showing in the first meet of the season, the Asics Cool Breeze Evening Invitational, on Friday, Sept. 6, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Jacob Stuart scored a goal at the buzzer to end the first quarter giving the Yucaipa High School water polo team a 1-0 lead, helping it to a 9-4 win over Bonita in the Thunderbirds home opener last Thursday. Stuart, a junior is a returning first team All-Citrus Belt League and third team All…
In his first varsity start, Yucaipa High School quarterback Casey Graf threw two long scoring passes to Austin Bolinger and another to David Fisher to lead the Thunderbirds over visiting Grand Terrace. The 34-20 season opening win last Friday was also the varsity debut of sophomore running b…
An amazing 90 girls of all ages covered the softball fields at I Street Park on Saturday, Aug. 17, participating in the Yucaipa Calimesa Girls Softball fall clinic.
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.
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