LANCASTER — The only thing that stopped Palmdale senior Ayanna Powers and Knight senior Breanna Birkmeyer from winning their fourth Golden League wrestling titles was COVID.
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LANCASTER — The Lancaster wrestling team wasn’t surprised by what it was able to accomplish this season.
PALMDALE — The top seniors football players from around the Antelope Valley will compete in an All-Star Game against Victor Valley’s top seniors for the second year in a row at 1 p.m. today at Antelope Valley College.
WALNUT — The Antelope Valley College softball team lost to Mt. San Antonio College 5-0 in a non-conference game on Friday.
TODAY IN THE VALLEY
QUARTZ HILL — Both the Littlerock and Quartz Hill boys soccer teams celebrated after their Golden League match on Thursday night.
Quartz Hill had two student-athletes sign National Letters of Intent to play different sports at different colleges on Thursday in the Quartz Hill High School library.
The top seniors from the Antelope Valley have been practicing for the 2022-23 Antelope Valley vs Victor Valley All-Star Football Classic for the past couple of weeks.
SANTA MONICA — The Antelope Valley College women’s tennis team won its third straight match with a 7-2 victory over Santa Monica on Thursday in a Western State Conference contest.
QUARTZ HILL — The Quartz Hill girls soccer team was crowned as Golden League champions long before the Royals’ players put on tiaras after Wednesday’s game as they celebrated senior night.
Highland football players Aydehn Kingsberry, Simeon Smith and Sincere Smith all signed their National Letters of Intent to play football at Friends University, while teammate Mordecai Hines signed to play football at Fresno State on Wednesday’s National Signing Day.
The Genesis Gymnastics boys team struck gold at the Jokers Wild competition, Jan. 13-15, at the Paris Casino in Las Vegas.
LANCASTER — The Paraclete boys basketball team avenged a Camino Real League loss to Cathedral with an 83-61 victory over the Phantoms on Wednesday at home.
PALMDALE — Knight boys basketball head coach Tom Hegre is no prophet, but he was accurate with his assessment.
LANCASTER — The Eastside boys soccer team kept its playoff hopes alive with one match remaining in the regular season.
LANCASTER — The Antelope Valley College women’s tennis team opened Western State Conference with a 5-4 victory over shorthanded Ventura on Tuesday at AVC.
LANCASTER — Lancaster Baptist boys basketball head coach Eric Lee said his team is still trying to put four quarters together.
LANCASTER — The Antelope Valley College women’s tennis team suffered its first defeat of the season on Friday against Riverside City College.
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PALMDALE — The Knight girls basketball team won the battle for second place in the Golden League with a 54-40 victory over Quartz Hill on Monday.
PALMDALE — The Quartz Hill boys soccer team capitalized on two shots during a six-minute stretch of the second half on Friday night at Highland High School.
SATURDAY IN THE VALLEY
LA PUENTE — The Paraclete boys basketball team fought back from a slow first half and rallied for a 61-54 victory over host Bishop Amat on Friday in a Camino Real League game.
ROSAMOND — The Rosamond boys soccer team finished with its first tie in High Desert League play on Thursday night.
PALMDALE — Prior to the game against Quartz Hill, the Highland girls basketball team honored its only two seniors, Aima Tuiasosopo and Zaniyah Wyatt.
Three Valley boys wrestling teams earned berths in the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs, which were announced on Thursday.
LANCASTER — The Knight girls basketball team defeated Antelope Valley 69-31 in a Golden League game on Thursday night.
LANCASTER — The Paraclete boys basketball team had one of its most complete performances of the season on Wednesday night.
The Genesis Gymnastics teams brought home several medals from their first meet of the season at the Zootastic Invitational in Camarillo.
The Quartz Hill girls basketball team ended its “Pink Week” with a 45-17 victory over Antelope Valley on Tuesday.
GLENDALE — The Antelope Valley College men’s basketball team picked up a much-needed Western State Conference victory with an 82-61 win over Glendale on Wednesday.
PALMDALE — Typically the Quartz Hill and Highland wrestling teams face each other in the final Golden League dual meet of the regular season to determine the league championship.
QUARTZ HILL — The Quartz Hill girls basketball team finished off its “Pink Week” with a 45-17 victory over Antelope Valley in a Golden League game on Tuesday at Quartz Hill High.
LANCASTER — The Antelope Valley College women’s basketball team didn’t shoot the ball very well. And it committed more turnovers than it would’ve liked.
LANCASTER — The University of Antelope Valley women’s basketball team was completely outplayed on Friday evening against Park University as it suffered one of its worst defeats on the season.
Basketball
PALMDALE — The Littlerock boys soccer team remained in first place in the Golden League with a 2-1 win on Monday at Knight High.
LANCASTER — The Quartz Hill at Eastside boys basketball game didn’t start as expected on Friday night, considering the two teams were tied for first place in the Golden League with Knight entering the contest.
TODAY IN THE VALLEY
LITTLEROCK — The Littlerock boys soccer team scored three goals in the first half of its Golden League match against Palmdale and held on for a 3-2 victory on Friday night at Littlerock High School.
LANCASTER — Last season, Elias Ezenekwe sat on the sidelines to watch his University of Antelope Valley men’s basketball team lose twice on its home court to Benedictine University at Mesa.
The AV Maniacs, a travel baseball team based out of Palmdale and Lancaster, will be participating in a 12-and-under baseball tournament in Cooperstown, New York.
LANCASTER — The Quartz Hill girls basketball team rebounded from Tuesday’s loss to Lancaster with a 46-38 victory over host Eastside on Thursday.
PALMDALE — Nobody knows what was said to the Highland boys basketball team at halftime of their game against Littlerock, except the players and the coaches.
LITTLEROCK — The Littlerock boys soccer team avenged its lone loss of the season with a 2-0 victory over Highland on Wednesday at Littlerock High.
QUARTZ HILL — The goal for the Lancaster girls basketball team in the second half of the season was to fix its mistakes from the first half of Golden League play.
The Rosamond boys basketball team kept its undefeated High Desert League record intact with a 73-49 victory over Mammoth on Tuesday at Rosamond High.
LANCASTER — Following Kristen Lopez’s third 3-pointer of the third quarter, the Antelope Valley College women’s basketball team grabbed a 10-point lead.
EDWARDS AFB — The Rosamond girls basketball team hit a layup in the last minute of the game to defeat longtime rival Desert, 44-43, on Friday in a High Desert League game at Desert High.
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LANCASTER — You could feel the energy, the electricity in the building.
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