Photo coverage of the Vista de Valle/Oakmont football game

In today's COURIER, I provided a bit of coverage from the Vista del Valle Elementary vs Oakmont Outdoor School flag football game last week. Though Vista pulled out a 28-7 win, the contest was just the first of 3 sporting events of friendly competition the 2 schools will take part in this year.

Vista del Valle Principal David Stewart and his wife, Oakmont Principal Stacey Stewart are to be commended for coming up with an idea to help unify the 2 Claremont Unified School District schools and also emphasize the importance of academic responsibility and behavioral accountability. Attendance has been up at the 2 schools with Vista and Oakmont also competing in attendance challenges on a monthly basis.

Thanks to Oakmont for providing the photo above and the photos below that captured some of the best moments of last Wednesday's game:

CHS Girls Soccer wins San Dimas Tournament

While the Claremont High School varsity boys soccer team is currently striving for a back-to-back CIF Southern Section championship, the CHS varsity girls soccer team has been making some noise of their own to begin the 2011-12 season.

Scoring 9 goals in 4 games within the San Dimas Tournament last weekend, Claremont shut out Maranatha, 3-0, Glendora, 3-0 and Alta Loma, 1-0, before blanking Diamond Bar in the championship match, 2-0. The 4 wins improved the undefeated Wolfpack to 5-0-1 on the season.

Claremont will return to action tomorrow afternoon at Alta Loma at 3:15 p.m. Click HERE to input your address and get directions to Alta Loma High School.

New coach on the block

Former Upland Christian head baseball coach Geoff Ranney is now the head coach of the CHS baseball program. On Wednesday, I had a chance to spend some time with the new coach and CHS Class of 1991 alum. From what I've heard, it looks like there could be some good times ahead for the Wolfpack baseball team.

CHS has gone through 5-year postseason drought as the last time the Pack made the playoffs was in 2006. The last 20-win season for Claremont was in 2005. Over the past 9 years, Claremont has had 6 different coaches at the helm, counting Coach Ranney. The new coach is hoping to bring some stability to the program.

Coach Ranney guided Upland Christian to a CIF Southern Section championship in 2007 and to a runner-up finish in CIF in 2008. Check out tomorrow's COURIER for the full story.

CHS boys soccer doesn't miss a step

With a 3-2 victory over Rancho Cucamonga yesterday in the first round of the Rancho Cucamonga Tournament, the Claremont High School Wolfpack boys soccer team is picking up right where the team left off when it captured the CIF Southern Section Division II championship last year.

The boys team has a senior heavy roster this year with Stephen Barba, Denes Kantor, Sam Newton, Ismael Rodriguez, Michael Lozano and several others representing players who are returners this season. Barba currently leads CHS in goals with 2 this season.

CHS looks as if the team has plenty of potential but will do well to use the regular season as a platform for the postseason. Being the defending CIF-SS champ, many teams will bring a greater effort against the Pack. Claremont must be ready to play at 100 percent every time the squad takes the field.

For the full story on Wednesday's match, check out this Saturday's COURIER. Also check below for YouTube highlights courtesy of www.claremontsoccer.com.