FOUR & MORE: Best Inland Area OFs

PREP BASEBALL OUTFIELDERS 2012 1. Justin Gheorghe, Riverside North — The reigning Inland Area Football Player Of The Year, Gheorghe (6-foot-1, 170 pounds) is one of the offensive catalysts for the defending CIF-Southern Section Division 1 champions, hitting toward the top of Coach Steve Madril’s lineup card. 2. Alec Morabito, Yucaipa — Likely coveted just … Continue reading

FOUR & MORE: Best Inland Area MiLB’ers

OPENING DAY 2012 1. Taijuan Walker, Seattle Mariners — The 6-foot-4, 210-pound left-hander was selected his organization’s Pitcher of the Year following a 2011 season in which he struck out 113 batters in 96.2 innings with the Clinton (Iowa) of the Low Single-A Midwest League. The Yucaipa HS alum should be hurling in the bigs … Continue reading

Prep Predictions: CIF-SS Division 2AA

QUARTERFINALS Friday, Feb. 24 No. 8 Riverside Poly at No. 15 Thousand Oaks — Bears (20-8) won by two on road at Ayala, visit Lancers (20-8) Inglewood at No. 12 Cajon — 12th-seeded Cowboys (22-6) won by three at Cypress, now host Comanches (22-7) No. 3 North at No. 11 Sunny Hills — Huskies (23-5) now D2AA’s top seed, at Lancers (24-6), who … Continue reading