Isaac Owens said Wednesday that this will be his final season as Esperanza’s girls volleyball coach, a position he has held for 18 years. Owens, 51, said in an email that he will remain at Esperanza as a teacher but is stepping aside as volleyball coach to create more time to spend with his family.

See which players lead the Inland area in a variety of offensive, defensive and kicking stats. heading into Week 9 games.

The area sends nine teams to the CIF Southern Section girls' volleyball playoffs. Huntington Beach, Newport Harbor, Costa Mesa and Pacifica Christian Orange County are seeded within their divisions.

The Etiwanda High School football team raised its record to 8-0 by pounding Chino Hills, 41-13, on Oct. 14. The Eagles, who are 2-0 in the Baseline League, were scheduled to travel to Rancho Cucamonga for a key game on Friday,

The undefeated Tartans move up to No. 1 and Bishop Amat drops in the San Gabriel Valley Top 20 after a loss to Alemany. See where the local teams are ranked going into the Week 9 games.

Eric-Paul Johnson has been covering high school sports for The Press-Enterprise since 1999, specializing in football, girls volleyball, girls water polo and softball. He is a stat

Putting the final touches on last week’s high school football action, including a look at the area’s top performers.

Fans will see plenty of Marvel Entertainment merchandise in Minor League Baseball ballparks for the next three seasons under a new promotional agreement between the two sides.

Rancho Cucamonga’s passing attack was especially potent Friday as Xavier Washington threw three touchdown passes: two to Jonah Dawson and one to Dylan Maldonado.

The Monarchs sweep JSerra to go undefeated in league, and now they are expecting the No. 2 seed in Division 1 of the CIF-SS playoffs.