Downey boys finish regular season undefeated to claim league championship
DOWNEY – The Downey High School boys’ volleyball team currently has an overall record of 21-4-1 and a San Gabriel Valley League record of 10-0. The Vikings are the 2018 S.G.V.L. champions.
Downey defeated Warren at Downey last Thursday 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 24-26 and 25-18) and defeated Gahr at Downey on Tuesday 3-1 (25-19, 25-14 and 25-13).
Coach McCarthy, his staff and players will now wait to see who they host in the first round of the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs. The Vikings are currently ranked 5th in C.I.F. Division 3 and 80th in California.
DOWNEY BOYS BASEBALL: The Downey High School boys’ baseball team currently has an overall record of 15-11 and are 7-0 in San Gabriel Valley League play.
Downey defeated Warren at Warren on Tuesday 1-0 and will host the Bears at Downey later today to complete the away and home series.
The Vikings will conclude S.G.V.L. play when they travel to Gahr on Tuesday and when they host Gahr next Thursday. The league title will certainly be on the line next week when these two teams play each other.
Coach Gonzalez, his staff and players are looking forward to winning a league championship, qualifying for postseason play and making a deep run in the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs.
DOWNEY SOFTBALL: The Downey High School softball team currently has an overall record of 20-6 and is 6-1 in San Gabriel Valley League play.
The Lady Vikings defeated Dominguez at Downey, 19-0, on Tuesday and traveled to Lynwood yesterday (score unavailable at press time). The Lady Vikings will host cross-town rival Warren at Downey on Monday and will host Gahr at Downey next Wednesday in their league and regular season finale.
The S.G.V.L. championship will certainly be on the line next week. Downey is currently ranked 37th in California and first in C.I.F. Division 4. Coach Ed Garcia has done an outstanding job in his first season as the varsity head coach.
WARREN BASEBALL: The Warren High School baseball team currently has an overall record of 18-7 and is 5-2 in San Gabriel Valley League play.
The Bears were defeated by cross-town rival Downey at Warren on Tuesday 1-0 and will travel to Downey later today for their highly anticipated rematch.
Warren will travel to Dominguez next Monday and will host the Dons on Wednesday in their league and regular season finale. Coach Pearson, his staff and players are all looking forward to finishing league play strong and making a run in the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs.
WARREN BOYS VOLLEYBALL: The Warren High School boys’ volleyball team finished their regular season with an overall record 16-5 and a San Gabriel Valley League record of 8-2. The Bears defeated Dominguez at Warren 3-0 on Tuesday in their league and season finale.
Warren finished second in league play behind cross-town rival Downey (10-0). Coach Scott Lane, his staff and players are all looking forward to making a run in the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs.
WARREN SOFTBALL: The Warren High School softball team currently has an overall record of 16-10 and a San Gabriel Valley League record of 5-2. As of Wednesday, the Bears are currently in third place behind Gahr (7-0) and Downey (6-1), respectively.
Warren hosted Gahr at Warren on Thursday (score unavailable at press time), will travel to cross-town rival Downey on Monday and will conclude their league and regular season finale against Dominguez at Warren next Wednesday.
Coach Starksen, her staff and players are all looking forward to finishing league play strong and making a run in the C.I.F. Division 2 playoffs.
DOWNEY SOCCER: The Downey High School boys’ soccer program will be conducting a free soccer clinic tomorrow, May 5, from 9 a.m. to noon.
The clinic is designed for boys and girls ages 6-14 and will be held on the football field at Downey High School. Head soccer coach Marvin Mires is planning five free soccer clinics like this one this year.
The clinic will focus on soccer fundamentals, specifically on body positioning when receiving a ball. Other clinic features will include passing, individual skill drills, scrimmages and games. The clinic will feature at least two coaches from the L.A. Galaxy Academy. Andrew May will be featured from the Galaxy Academy as will Ruben Messina. May is the U-15 head coach and Messina is the goalkeepers coach. The two coaches will be at the clinic to work with young student-athletes.
The Downey High School soccer team is the 2018 S.G.V.L. champion and three players from that team are being looked at by four-year universities. David Aguilera has been shown interest by Marymount University, Sebastian Perez has been shown interest by U.C. Irvine and Nicholas Campbell has been shown interest by U.C. Davis. The future is quickly approaching for these young men.
Marvin Mires can be contacted at 310-993-4342 or at mmires@dusd.net. Mires may also be contacted at DowneySoccer.com, on Twitter: @Downey_Soccer or on Instagram: @DowneySoccer.
Coach Mires and his staff hope to see you at Downey High School tomorrow morning at 9 am.
MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: The middle school track and field season began last Thursday afternoon when Griffiths and Sussman traveled to Warren and Doty and Stauffer traveled to Downey.
At Warren, the Sussman 8th grade boy track and field team defeated Griffiths 58-28, the Griffiths 7th grade boy track and field team defeated Sussman 70-16 and the Griffiths 6th grade boy track and field team defeated Sussman 52-34.
The Sussman 8th grade girl track and field team defeated Griffiths 51-35, the Griffiths 7th grade girl track and field team defeated Sussman 54-32 and the Sussman 6th grade girl track and field team defeated Griffiths 69-17.
At Downey, the Doty 8th grade boy track and field team defeated Stauffer 74.5-11.5, the Doty 7th grade boy track and field team defeated Stauffer 72-14 and the Doty 6th grade boy track and field team defeated Stauffer 73-13.
The Doty 8th grade girl track and field team defeated Stauffer 60-26, the Doty 7th grade girl track and field team defeated Stauffer 76-10 and the Doty 6th grade girl track and field team defeated Stauffer 77-9.
The second week of dual meet competition took place yesterday as Doty and Griffiths traveled to Warren and Stauffer and Sussman traveled to Downey (results unavailable at press time).
The third and final week of dual meet competition will take place next Thursday when Griffiths and Stauffer travel to Warren and Doty and Sussman travel to Downey. The all-city track meet will be held at Downey High School on Friday, May 18.