Matadores Overpowered by Powerhouse
La Mirada~Letting a great opportunity get away to make a statement, the La Mirada High School baseball team was knocked around by the nation's No. 1-ranked team in a doubleheader sweep to visiting Lakewood, 10-3 and 8-0. The Lancers improved to 9-0 on the season, including outscoring La Mirada...
Matadores Get Well Against Colts
Carson~After scrapping against the topnotch pitching of five straight Division I opponents, La Mirada was able to feast against the home cooking of the Colts in a 13-3 rout Tuesday that was shortened to five innings with the 10-run mercy rule. The Matadores (3-3) put...
La Mirada To Host Number One Team in Nation
La Mirada~After facing five Division I opponents to start the season--including a nationally ranked team in Edison--it might have seemed that things would get a little easier for the struggling La Mirada High School baseball team. Think again. Lakewood is the nation's new No. 1...
Not a Saturday at the Park
La Mirada~If the Matadores continue to hit and play defense as poor as it has the past two games, a promising season will not materialize. La Mirada added another of its trademark Saturday clunkers with an uninspiring 5-1 loss to visiting Dana Hills to complete...
Matadores Miscues Prove Costly
Huntington Beach~You don’t usually win with one hit but visiting La Mirada came oh so close Thursday in the Loara Tournament against Edison, a nationally ranked team which is also No. 1 in the state. Senior righthander Mitch Petersen pitched his heart out and junior...
Matadores Rout Golden Hawks
La Mirada~That's more like it. Just a few days after a pathetic two-hit day at the plate against Lakewood, La Mirada High School stormed back to rout visiting El Dorado, 13-4, in Tuesday's third round of the Loara Baseball Tournament. It took only the third...
Torres Wins Game for Matadores
Anaheim~La Mirada’s baseball team wasted no time in taunting and thrilling its fans in the season opener of what could be a memorable one in a long history of great baseball squads at the campus. Down and out not once but twice in a Loara...
Matadores Yet to Find Hitting Shoes
Lakewood~When the vast majority of the core of this year's La Mirada varsity baseball team were freshmen, they went and had their heads handed to them at Lakewood in a 10-0 loss. The casts on both sides have changed little and, unfortunately, neither did the results Saturday...
Matadore Baseball Season Returns!
Editors note: Follow the Matadores quest for their eleventh Suburban League title in twelve years this season as we cover every game to the very end. La Mirada~La Mirada's pitching was dominant in a two-game sweep of visiting Montebello and Whittier in a shortened official scrimmage...
La Mirada Boys Take to the Road
Los Alamitos~The CIF Southern Section playoff pairings were announced today and the La Mirada Boys will hit the road, the long road-85 miles to be exact. In a Division IIIAA game this Wednesday, the Matadores (13-14, 7-5) will play Granite Hills High School, located in the...