Norco High School Sports (High School Insider)

Norco softball coach Rick Robinson already knew Teagan Gerhart was a hard thrower. What Robinson needed was a pitcher.

Jake Celestin wanted to make Norco High the first Inland-area boys volleyball team to reach a CIF-Southern Section championship match.

SANTA CLARITA - Santa Clarita Hart got a second chance to score in the first inning Tuesday and made the most of it en route to a 5-2 win over visiting Norco in a CIF Division 1 softball semifinal.

NORCO - Norco catcher Kaylyn Castillo tripled and then jogged home with the winning run Thursday as Norco beat Riverside Ramona, 1-0, in nine innings in a CIF Division 1 quarterfinal softball game.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Scratching and clawing its way back from an early deficit, the Norco boys volleyball team came within three points of becoming the first Inland-area boys volleyball team to reach a CIF-Southern Section final.

NORCO - Even Lake Forest El Toro softball coach Jim Daugherty was fooled. Norco sophomore Teagan Gerhart threw a no-hitter Tuesday, lifting the Cougars past the Chargers, 3-0, in a CIF Division 1 playoff game.

NORCO - NORCO There could be an extremely spirited debate about the height of Norco senior catcher Kaylyn Castillo. Listed on the roster at a mere 5-foot-2, Castillo usually is the smallest player when she steps on the softball field.

NORCO - In rousing, comeback fashion, Norco extended the longest boys volleyball playoff run in its history by advancing to the semifinals of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs with a four-game win over Cerritos.

LA MIRADA - Like most good softball teams, Norco has its share of star players. Over the past two Saturdays, however, the Cougars showed their greatest strength, which is depth.

NORCO - As the Mountain View League baseball race seems headed for a blanket finish, Corona Centennial coach John DeForge went with his ace, Kolby Moore, Wednesday in the first game of a two-game series this week. DeForge made the right call.

NORCO - Norco Cori Banks will go into this week's Mountain View League track and field championships hoping to qualify for the CIF prelims in her first year in the sport.

NORCO - Nicole Angene's struggles against Corona Santiago pitcher Kamerin May prompted plenty of discussion among the Norco softball coaching staff whether to use a pinch hitter.

NORCO - With the CIF boys volleyball playoffs two weeks away, Norco could not be peaking at a more opportune time.

NORCO - The final regular-season clash of Mountain View League boys volleyball titans Norco and Corona Santiago bore a striking resemblance to their first meeting this season.

NORCO - Norco's 7-4 win over Corona Santiago on Saturday in the finals of the Darryl Kile Memorial Tournament tasted good to the Cougars, but it isn't recyclable.