Yucaipa Valley National Little League held its opening ceremony March 7. Teams lined up left to right from T-ball to Farm to Minors to 50/70 to junior/senior.
The Yucaipa Calimesa Girls Softball league invited volunteers to join them in cleaning up the softball fields at I Street Park in Yucaipa on Saturday, Feb. 29. Around 50 volunteers, both adult and children showed up in force to get the tasks at hand done.
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.
At the Yucaipa City Council meeting on Jan. 13, Megan Wolfe, Director of Community Services and Fermin Preciado, Director of Development Services/City Engineer submitted a letter of understanding to the city council regarding the Yucaipa Valley National Little League as one of the items for …
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.
The Yucaipa Calimesa Girls Softball (YCGS) League will, for the first time offer a 16 division for the Spring 2020 season. Registration is now open and will run until Wednesday, Jan. 22. Online registration is available at www.ycasa.com. Walk-up registration at I Street Park will be Wednesda…
The Yucaipa Pickleball Club has much to be proud of. In two years it has grown to nearly 200 members and continues to add new players every week. Such phenomenal growth requires plenty of playing venues, and the club has met that need by expanding to three locations with 15 courts that fill …
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 following Yucaipa High School athletes signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers in college. From left to right: Jordan Andrade University of Nevada, Las Vegas, baseball; Danielle Gee Sacramento State, cross country; Bradley Heacock, Westmont, baseball; James Gilfedder,…
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.
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…
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