Claremont junior Matthew Dirckx shoots for two points during the first half of the Pack’s 61-47 defeat of the Glendora Tartans on Friday in Claremont. The game was the Palomares League opening match for Claremont and, with the girls game played just prior, a return to the main gym at CHS following recent renovations. COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
During an eventful Friday night at Claremont High School, the girls varsity soccer team ended up in a 2-2 tie with Glendora after regulation time and two overtime periods. It was a very competitive match that was unfortunately marred by a hair pulling incident that turned into a brawl, which prompted a Glendora fan to throw an item onto the field. One Claremont player and one Glendora players were ejected from the game and the referee cleared the bleachers on the Glendora side because no one would admit to throwing the item. More in our next edition.
One longtime educator replaced another as Athletic Director Rick Dutton retired in June, only to be replaced by former football coach Mike Collins.
Mr. Dutton was the football program’s offensive coordinator from 1978 to 1997, including CIF title years 1984 and 1985. He became a full time health and physical education teacher at CHS in 1984. In 1995 he became Claremont’s athletic director.
Claremont High School boys soccer scored a win Wednesday night in Claremont, defeating Alta Loma, 1-0, but they have a lot of work ahead to secure a championship.
“We were very inconsistent in the things we want to do,” Coach Fred Bruce-Oliver said. “The key is that we need to keep the ball more, and we had too many turnovers.”
When the girls water polo season started two weeks ago the Pack wasn’t on anyone’s radar, but then they started to win.
They defeated nearly all comers, including highly-ranked Palos Verdes and Esperanza, only losing once to Valhalla, a Division 1 team from El Cajon. So when the CIF Division 3 rankings came out this week, the Pack had surged to the top. See our complete sports roundup inside.
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff
Claremont High School girls basketball has survived a rough few years, but that may be changing this year with a new coach and a revamped approach.
The girls have not won a league game since 2014, so they were motivated to make changes. One of those changes was to replace head coach Darryl Kennedy.
Hiring a new girls coach was a clear priority for longtime Wolfpack football coach and brand new Athletic Director Mike Collins.
Claremont High School girls varsity cross country runners Kalinda Reynolds and Tess Rounds run shoulder to shoulder during the Division 2 CIF California State Cross Country Championship meet on Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno. The Pack won their second consecutive state title and a at large berth for the Nike Cross Nationals this Saturday in Portland, Oregon.
In another tough three-set battle Claremont High School freshman Goldie La defeated Alexis Golin from Oaks Christian High School, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, in the individual CIF singles tournament on Tuesday in Whittier.
Claremont High School freshman Goldie La won three singles matches at the Claremont Club on Monday in the first rounds of the CIF Southern Section Girls Individual Tennis Regionals tournament, and will advance to next week’s round of 32 competitors.
The girls played to best of three sets, with the final being a 10-point super tiebreaker. Be sure to check out our complete CHS sports coverage.
Claremont High School freshman, Goldie La won three singles matches at the Claremont Club on Monday in the first rounds of the CIF individual singles tournament to advance to next week’s round of 32 competitors at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center in Whittier. Goldie was Claremont High School's number one singles player as a freshman and has not lost a match all year. Check out our complete story.
Claremont High School boys and girls cross country teams claimed Southern Section Division 2 CIF titles on Saturday morning at the Riverside Cross Country Course. This is the second year in a row that the girls have been CIF champions.
The Claremont Senior Bicycle Group was awarded $1,000 for the largest club paid participation in the 13th annual Tour de Foothills group bicycle ride. The event, which took place on Saturday, featured half metric, 31-mi, metric, 62-mi, and 100-mile routes that ran through several foothill communities including Claremont. There was also a 12-mile family fun ride that followed the Pacific Electric Bike Trail.
Claremont High School girls and boys varsity cross country teams won CIF Prelim heats Saturday in Riverside, easily advancing to the CIF Finals next Saturday.
The boys placed runners 7-8-9-17-24 to take first in the team standings with 60 points, ahead of Saugus, 70 points, Sunny Hills, 73, Simi Valley,80, and 14 other schools.
Claremont High School girls and boys’ varsity cross country teams won its CIF Prelim heat Saturday in Riverside to easily advance to the CIF Finals next Saturday.
