This week’s edition of our weekly awards. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson softball broke Lakewood’s 65-game Moore League win streak last week, thanks in large part to a great performance from senior Joey Vega, who scattered eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game performance. She stranded four runners […]
Senior pitcher Joey Vega and freshman catcher Natalya Rodriguez are relatively new teammates, but the Wilson softball battery played last week like they’ve been doing this for years. The duo led the Bruins (9-12, 5-0) to a historic upset at Lakewood on Tuesday, and a dramatic win over Millikan on Thursday to take over first […]
Wilson boys’ lacrosse improved to 11-0 on the season with a 10-4 win at Valencia on Friday. Malachi Valenzuela-Mier scored four times for the Bruins, and Charley Littleworth added a hat trick. Jack Cummings, Jacob Soriano and Kyle Paz each scored once. Wilson is at Segerstrom at 5 p.m. on Monday, and travel to Glendale […]
A trio of Moore League baseball alums have hit very meaningful Major League Baseball home runs in the last week. JP Crawford hit his first career home run into the second deck of Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday. The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop started the season with a 1-for-25 hitting slump, but has been working hard. […]
Less than 48 hours after winning one of the biggest upsets in Moore League softball history, the Wilson battery of pitcher Joey Vega and catcher Natalya Rodriguez led the Bruins to a 5-2 win over Millikan on Thursday at Joe Rodgers. Wilson (9-10, 5-0) is in first place after the first round of league play, […]
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Moore League baseball fans have seen enough pitcher’s duels at Blair Field to know that not all low-scoring affairs are created equal. It wasn’t exactly Chase De Jong and Shane Watson revisited on Wednesday night, but three pitchers combined to put up eight scoreless innings before a ninth inning suicide squeeze bunt executed by Kevin […]
Great action shots from our own Stephen Dachman.
The Wilson boys’ lacrosse team used a big second half to beat the Glendale Dynamiters 12-8 on Wednesday. The two teams were tied 8-8 at halftime, and Wilson goalkeeper John Legaspi made seven saves in the in the final quarter to hold off Glendale. Charley Littleworth and Malachi Valenzuela-Mier each scored a hat trick for […]