Baseball Season 1st half update

The Mighty Colts Varsity baseball team recently ended the first half of their 2010 baseball season on Tuesday, April 6th with the finale of the Northview Spring Break Tournament against Diamond Bar High School.  The Colts played their final 6 games of the 1st half in a 7 day span with tough fought battles with rival Northview and San Gabriel Valley powers Los Altos and Bonita during the spring break tournament. 

With a solid mix of talent and experience, the Colts baseball team finished the 1st half with a respectable 7-8 overall record and a 3-2 league record which is currently good enough for 3rd place in the Valle Vista League.  First half hightlights include big wins in the season opener against Arroyo High School and a two consecutive league victories of 10 runs or more against Pomona and Baldwin Park High School.  Offensive leaders include Sophomore Nick Hynes, Senior Noah Ingram, and Sophomores Andrew Carrillo and Caesar Murilllo Jr.  Defensively the Colts have received some solid pitching and defense from Juniors Jason Martinez and James Comaroto who have matched some of the best pitchers in the valley. 

With the 11 games remaining on their 2010 schedule, the Covina High School baseball team is primed to make a run at the Valle Vista League Championship.

Season Opener

The Mighty Colts opened up their season with a big victory over the visiting Arroyo Knights, 9-8.  The COLTS were down early in the game, after giving up four runs in the top of the first inning.  The young men of Covina battled back and came up with six runs of their own in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back.  Stand out performances by Sophomores Caesar Murillo and Nick Hynes highlighted an exciting game both offensively and defensively.  Caesar Murillo pitched 7 strong innings, while striking out 8 batters and giving up just 2 earned runs, while Nick Hynes led the offense with 2 doubles, 1 triple, and a huge Home Run in the 5th inning.  Nick ended the game going 4 for 4 with 4 RBI's.  Other key contributors include, Senior Noah Ingram and sophomores Andrew Carrillo, Vinny Venegas, and David Sepulveda.  The Colts next scheduled home game is Wednesday, March 10th at 3:15.  Come on out and join the excitement of Covina Baseball.

Colts Claim League Title

With their 7-point victory over Ganesha Tuesday, February 9, the Covina Girls Basketball team clinched the Valle Vista League Championship, their 5th title in 6 seasons.  The Colts struggled to get anything going against the Giants as found themselves in a see-saw battle from the opening tip, with neither team being able to claim more than a 3-point lead for the 1st 3 quarters.  Covina switched to full-court man to man defense late in the 3rd quarter and led by the tremendous on-ball defense by sophomore Ashli Baddorf, the team rattled off an 8-0 run that proved to be the difference.  On Thursday, February 11, the team takes on cross-town rival Northview in their regular season finale. The game is at Damien High School.  Tip-off is at 5pm.

Covina Rallies for Overtime Victory

On Wednesday, January 27th, the Covina Girls Basketball team travelled to take on cross-town rival Northview for 1st place in the Valle Vista League.  The Colts started slow as the Vikings took an early 7-0 lead, taking advantage of Covina turnovers.  The team responded with tough defense and hot shooting by Chelsea Chmela to tied the score in the 2nd quarter before trailing at the half 24-19.  The Covina defense dominated the 3rd quarter, holding Northview to 4 points and the Colts cut the deficit to one going into the 4th quarter.  Trailing by 5 with 3 minutes to play, Junior Vanessa Zapata hit perhaps the biggest shot of the season, draining a 3-pointer from the wing to pull the team within 2.  The Colts had a chance to win the game in overtime but missed a jumper in the lane, sending the game to overtime.  In the overtime period, Covina once again used swarming defensive pressure to stiffle the Viking and pulled away to win 48-43.  The team starts the 2nd round of league Friday night @ Pomona.  Game time is 5:00pm.