Jose Quintero

1 week ago | vvdailypress.com | Jose Quintero

First-year coach Anthony Rodriguez reiterated one specific thing to his players after Adelanto’s 23-11 loss to Rio Hondo Prep in the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 semifinals. “You guys were the last team left standing in the High Desert,” Rodriguez said to the softball team. “No other team from the High Desert made it as far as you guys did.” This run for the Saints was unprecedented. The Adelanto softball program never won a playoff game prior to this season.

2 weeks ago | vvdailypress.com | Jose Quintero

There were 25,740 votes cast this week in the race for the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week poll. Oak Hills’ Noah Walker ended with 39.97% of total votes cast by Daily Press readers. The track star received 10,287 votes, beating out 13 other high school athletes from across the High Desert. To earn a spot on the ballot, Walker took second place in the high jump at the CIF-SS Track and Field Division 1 Finals on May 17 with a mark of 6-6.

2 weeks ago | vvdailypress.com | Jose Quintero

The Sultana baseball team has a flair for dramatics to begin the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoffs. The Sultans pulled off a 6-5 walk-off victory over Loyola on Tuesday afternoon, giving the team its second extra-innings win through two playoff games. Sultana won on a game-tying home run from Eric Ruiz in the first round. This time, Enrique Casillas played the role of hero after hitting what appeared to be a routine pop-up with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

2 weeks ago | vvdailypress.com | Jose Quintero

Fourteen athletes from across the High Desert are in the running for the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week. Daily Press readers can vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper's website. The poll closes at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday night. Here are the choices for the week, based on performances from May 12 through 17. Alexis Rodriguez, Silverado softball — Rodriguez led the Hawks to a pair of wins in the CIF-Southern Section Division 7 playoffs.

2 weeks ago | vvdailypress.com | Jose Quintero

Quran Clayton Jr. had a field day at the CIF-Southern Section Track and Field Division Finals on Saturday afternoon, May 17. The sophomore competed in three events at Moorpark High School and brought home two Division 1 medals. He qualified for next week’s CIF-SS Masters Meet in all three events. Clayton took first place in the 110-meter hurdles with a mark of 13.89 seconds, edging out Long Beach Poly’s Lynnox Newton’s time of 14.09 seconds.