John Sanders

Sports Correspondent at Antelope Valley Press

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Quartz Hill softball loses to El Toro in playoffs

2 weeks ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

QUARTZ HILL — It wasn’t the way the Quartz Hill softball team wanted the game to end, let alone its season. The Royals lost a three-run lead heading into the sixth inning, and visiting El Toro capitalized with 10 runs in the final two innings to eliminate Quartz Hill in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs, following a 14-7 loss to the Chargers, Saturday afternoon in miserable conditions at Quartz Hill High School. “We battled the entire game.
Royals fall in title match

2 weeks ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

NORWALK — The Quartz Hill boys volleyball team did exactly what it wanted to do in the opening set of the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 championship game against El Toro. The Royals wanted to start quickly after being a notorious slower starting team. And did they ever. Quartz Hill came out like gangbusters and easily took the first set in a laugher.
Royals ready for title challenge

3 weeks ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

It would be a safe assumption to say that the Quartz Hill boys volleyball team has seen it all this year. To say the Royals are battle tested would be an understatement. Of course, Quartz Hill will need that experience when it faces El Toro for the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 championship at 6 p.m. tonight at Cerritos College. “Every match we have played all season has prepared us for this moment,” Royals senior Joseph Bonner said.
Mustangs outlast Crusaders in 8th

3 weeks ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

ACTON — There was a sense that the team with the last at-bats was going to win the game. Fortunately, for Vasquez, it was the home team.
Royals headed to ’ship

3 weeks ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

QUARTZ HILL — Following the five-set, quarterfinal victory over Rio Hondo Prep on Thursday, Quartz Hill boys volleyball player Joseph Bonner said, “We must start the match against (Village Christian) the way we ended this match.”Quartz Hill dropped the first two sets to the Kares before winning the next three to advance to Saturday’s semifinals against Village Christian. Unfortunately, the Royals didn’t do that, but this time it only took them one set to figure things out.
Spirits shut out Knights

1 month ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

LANCASTER — Wednesday was an emotional day for the Paraclete baseball team. There were tears shed, as well as hugs all around. You might’ve thought that the Spirits lost the game. However, it was quite the opposite. Paraclete won the game 6-0 against Desert Christian, but the reason for all the emotions was that the Spirits don’t know what their future holds.
Royals rally past Rio Hondo Prep

1 month ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

QUARTZ HILL — It won’t be aired on ESPN as one of its “Instant Classics,” but the match between Rio Hondo Prep and Quartz Hill was definitely an instant classic. It was one of those types of matches that you hate to see either team lose. Unfortunately, one had to.
SoCal Magic falls to pro division Cali War

1 month ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

PALMDALE — It certainly wasn’t the auspicious home opener that the SoCal Magic had hoped for against perennial power, the Cali War. In only its first season in existence, the Magic started off their season strong with a 1-0 record. But entering Saturday, the Magic faced a tough test in Cali, a team two divisions higher. The War (1-1) rebounded from an opening week loss in a big way as they spoiled the home opener for SoCal with a convincing, 64-0 victory on Saturday night at Palmdale High School.
Knights reach quarterfinals for 1st time

1 month ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

LANCASTER — The Desert Christian boys volleyball team did something that it had never done before. AB Miller was the recipient of the Knights’ fortunes, albeit not something it wants to be known for. For the first time in the school’s history, Desert Christian reached the quarterfinals of CIF.
Knights win first-round match in 4 sets

1 month ago | avpress.com | John Sanders

LANCASTER — It’s quite possible that the Desert Christian boys volleyball team might have overlooked its first-round opponent in the opening round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 8 playoffs. It’s only natural. The Knights entered the playoffs as the division’s No. 1 seed, while their opponent, Santa Rosa Academy, was the No. 32 seed in the playoffs.