FRESNO — It turns out, second time’s a charm.

CLOVIS — Highland senior Matthew Donis ran a smart race in the 3,200 meters at the CIF State Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Buchanan High School.

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Sound Breakers split their two-game home series with the Bakersfield Train Robbers over the weekend.

Boron’s Kaili York couldn’t have said it any better.

LANCASTER — The crack of the bat, the cheers of the crowd and the presence of KaBoom marked the return of professional baseball to The Hangar on Friday night.

Last season, Highland’s Matthew Donis was the lone representative from the Valley in the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High School in Clovis.

LITTLEROCK — The Brickhouse Bricks Women’s Football Team made “Her”story on Monday night by winning their regular season finale 36-0 over the Pacific Division perennial champion Sacramento Sirens in the first ever livestreamed Women’s Monday Night Football Game at Littlerock High School.

BORON — The Boron softball team surrounded teammate Hailey Davis for a giant team hug after the junior pitcher recorded the final out on Tuesday.

The Antelope Valley Rams youth football program (formerly the West Valley Rebels) hosted representatives from the NFL Los Angeles Rams on May 2 in Quartz Hill. 

MOORPARK — Quartz Hill had four girls and Highland had one boy qualify for the CIF State Track and Field Championships at the CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet on Saturday at Moorpark High School.

LANCASTER — Lancaster High’s Joseph Lopez drove a deep ball to left field in the bottom of the fifth inning of the 49th annual Larry Lake Senior Baseball All-Star game sponsored by the Lancaster West Rotary Club.

LANCASTER — The inaugural Larry Lake High School Senior Softball All-Star game wasn’t as represented as many would have liked, but that didn’t mean there was a lack of talent on the softball field at Antelope Valley College.

Antelope Valley College will host a pair of high school all-star games on Sunday afternoon.

The Brickhouse Bricks women’s tackle football team is currently tied atop the Pacific Division standings in the Women’s Tackle Football League with one game to go.

Antelope Valley Pickleball, started by Joe and Patty Dagata, celebrated National Pickleball Month in April by raising $1,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

BORON — The Boron softball team was perfect Thursday afternoon.

CALIFORNIA CITY — The California City baseball team continued its historic season on Wednesday with its first playoff victory in school history.

ROSAMOND — The Rosamond baseball team could not ask for a better start to its playoff opener on Wednesday afternoon.

ROSAMOND — The Rosamond softball team broke out with six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and defeated Mojave 14-0 in five innings on Tuesday in the first round of the CIF-Central Section Division 6 playoffs at Rosamond High.

CALIFORNIA CITY — The California City softball team appeared as though it was going to complete a second late-inning rally against McFarland in a playoff game on Tuesday.

CERRITOS — If you put every player on the Paraclete boys’ volleyball team in separate rooms, most, if not all, would say the same story of what happened in the championship game of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs.

MOORPARK — Quartz Hill senior Adonijah Currie became the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 champion in the girls 200 meters and eight other Valley athletes qualified for the CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet at the Division Finals on Saturday at Moopark High School.

The Paraclete boys volleyball team is making its first CIF-Southern Section championship game appearance tonight against Wiseburn-Da Vinci in Division 5 at 5 p.m. at Cerritos College.

The Genesis Gymnastics boys team finished a highly successful season at the USA Gymnastics Western National competition, April 28 to May 1, in Galveston, Texas. 

PALMDALE — The Paraclete softball team was six outs away from moving on to the semifinals on Thursday in the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 semifinals.

CAL CITY — Boron junior pitcher Hailey Davis made only one mistake on the afternoon.

Baseball is coming back to The Hangar.

LANCASTER — The Lancaster High baseball team knew that in order to advance in the playoffs against one of the division’s top teams that it had to play a near flawless game.

ACTON — The Vasquez softball team’s successful season came to a close on Tuesday with an 8-3 loss to Silverado in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs at Vasquez High.

LITTLEROCK — There were mixed emotions for the Littlerock baseball team on Tuesday.

CARPINTERIA — The Paraclete and Desert Christian track and field teams both had solid performances at the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 Prelims on Saturday at Carpinteria High School.

MISSION VIEJO — Six Antelope Valley individuals and one relay team qualified for the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 Track and Field Finals on Saturday at the CIF-SS Division Prelims at Trabuco Hills High School. 

RIVERSIDE — Quartz Hill sophomore Bethany Burga earned three medals at the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 Swimming Finals on Saturday at the Riverside Aquatic Complex.

LITTLEROCK — The Brickhouse Bricks Women’s Tackle Football team won its home opener in its inaugural season with a 6-0 victory over Houston Power on Saturday at Littlerock High School.

CITY OF INDUSTRY — Antelope Valley College freshman Tanner Klundt finished 12th out of 67 players from 15 colleges at the CCCAA So Cal Championship on Monday at Industry Hills Golf Club’s Babe Zaharias Golf Course.