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Banning, San Pedro baseball All-Stars help L.A. City squad top CIF-SS peers

The L.A. City Section All-Star team finished Saturday night’s baseball All-Star Game the same way it started it; with some small ball and a little help from the opposition. Crenshaw’s LeJon Baker scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in extra innings to boost the City Section to a 4-3 victory in nine innings over the Southern Section in the fourth annual City Section vs.

Cuico, Cherness dominate SBAC All-Star softball game

Normally senior all-star softball games are more about having fun and making friends, about enjoying a lighter atmosphere where the pressure of the regular season isn’t quite so heavy. Apparently someone forgot to tell San Pedro’s Kailee Cuico and South Torrance’s Jessica Cherness.

Small-school RH Prep near huge achievement in softball

Amber Garland, the four-year Harbor League Most Valuable Player, can cap a banner career when she takes the pitching circle Saturday at Irvine’s Bill Barber Park, having led San Pedro-based Rolling Hills Prep to its first softball final against Kern Valley. » MORE PHOTOS

San Pedro’s Cuico vents frustration with homer in L.A. City Section All-Star Game

It was almost therapeutic for San Pedro slugger Kailee Cuico, a cleansing of sorts. With one swing of the bat, Cuico vented some frustration about a season that did not go as planned.

Ball, title escape San Pedro in baseball title game

But the last two plays that were not made by San Pedro in the bottom of the seventh inning were two too many in a 9-8 loss to El Camino Real in the L.A. City Section Division I title game at Dodger Stadium.

Today’s L.A. City Section baseball finals

L.A. City Section Division I final No. 5 San Pedro (24-5) vs.

San Pedro baseball team believes destiny is in its corner

The San Pedro baseball team can’t help but think that perhaps it’s a team of destiny.

San Pedro’s Pablo Rosales adds 2 L.A. City track crowns, giving him 5

San Pedro’s Pablo Rosales used an unexpected push to run to a personal-best mark in the 1,600 – 4 minutes, 14.05 seconds – and added a 3,200 title at Thursday’s L.A.

Garland, Rolling Hills Prep softball team show no quit

Senior pitcher Amber Garland continued to lead Rolling Hills Prep to new heights when she threw a no-hitter in Thursday’s 8-0 victory over the Academy for Academic Excellence in a CIF Southern Section Division VII quarterfinal at the San Pedro Softball complex.

Mata, San Pedro are all smiles after stunning three-time defending City champ Chatsworth

When Jonathan Mata woke up Wednesday morning he drew a happy face on his chest.

San Pedro’s Galosic enjoying postseason ride

In one short week, senior center fielder Ronnie Galosic has gained instant celebrity status at San Pedro. Galosic can’t walk through the school without someone congratulating him on hits two epic home runs that have catapulted San Pedro into today’s L.A. City Section Division I baseball semifinal at top-seeded Chatsworth.

Prep-JC roundup: Galosic delivers power blast again

Ronnie Galosic followed Wednesday’s walk-off, three-run home run with a tiebreaking two-run blast in the sixth inning to power fifth-seeded San Pedro to a 3-1 win over fourth-seeded Arleta on Friday in an L.A. City Section quarterfinal game at the College of the Canyons.

San Pedro softball team’s playoff hopes are scuttled

Against a group of San Pedro High softball players who hadn’t ended a season with anything other than an L.A. City Section championship, Christian Carbajal and Company gave the Pirates a stunning taste of how the opposition has felt in recent years. » MORE PHOTOS

San Pedro’s Cuico extends family legacy

Her home runs are of the tape-measure variety.

Walk-off homer in 9th lifts San Pedro baseball team to comeback playoff win

Two outs.

Prep Roundup: Dobra earns 650th win in San Pedro softball rout

San Pedro softball coach Tony Dobra recorded his 650th career win in a 15-0 romp over 10th-seeded Lincoln in the L.A. City Section Championship quarterfinals Tuesday.

Rosaleses extend a family track tradition

Pablo Rosales’ unlikely burst of speed helped San Pedro claim a rare victory in the 1,600 relay at Thursday’s Marine League finals at San Pedro and cap another big day for the Rosales family. » MORE PHOTOS

Banning tops San Pedro to claim Marine League baseball title

Banning used a strong pitching performance by Alex Sixtos, took advantage of early San Pedro errors and made key defensive plays en route to a 6-5 league title-clinching win at Banning High on Thursday afternoon in the league finale for both teams. » MORE PHOTOS

San Pedro baseball team stays alive in Marine League title race

Jonathon Mata delivered in his biggest game as a Pirate and his teammates produced enough offense to keep the league title race alive for one more game as San Pedro beat Banning, 4-3, in a Marine League game at San Pedro on Tuesday afternoon. » MORE PHOTOS

San Pedro baseball team stays alive in Marine League title race

Jonathon Mata delivered in his biggest game as a Pirate and his teammates produced enough offense to keep the league title race alive for one more game as San Pedro beat Banning, 4-3, in a Marine League game at San Pedro on Tuesday afternoon.