The Redlands Cinema Classic hosted the 28th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival at Harkins Theatre, drawing more than 160 attendees who voted on international short films tackling themes from family and grief to housing and hope.
Longtime educator and multi-sport official Dave Farmer, believed to be the nation’s oldest active high school referee, will be honored Oct. 21 in Long Beach for a lifetime dedicated to athletics, students, and community service.
Only two Citrus Belt League tackle football teams remain unbeaten in league, and one of them is Redlands East Valley High. The chances of that a year ago when REV went 1-9 were remote.
But former REV player and new Wildcat coach Kristian King has been a shot of adrenaline for the program. The Wildcats (5-2 overall, 2-0 CBL) are riding high after defeating Citrus Valley 14-3 two weeks ago and pummeling Redlands High 69-28 in Friday night’s Smudge Pot Game at Dodge Field.
The last time REV won five or more games in a season was 2018. Since then the Wildcats were 8-47 entering 2025.
REV was confident heading into the contest, as displayed by King distributing “City Champ” T-shirts to his players immediately after the game.
Asked Friday night when he knew his team was dominant, REV offensive lineman Tyler Huston said, “Since way before tonight. We knew we were going to come out and dominate. We had a good performance against Citrus (Valley) and that was a big confidence boost for tonight.”
Describing the difference between this year and recent years, Huston said, “Our new coach and our staff have given us a new mindset, and we just want to play harder.”
REV senior quarterback Isaac Vitela also said King has made a difference.
“He's brought a lot,” Vitela said. “He’s brought energy and coaching. He wants the best for us, and he makes sure we strive for that.”
As King handed out T-shirts, he described how he transformed the Wildcats.
“We brought back the culture,” King said. “Being a REV product and a REV graduate, it was important to bring back tradition. We wanted to re-establish that but also start something new so that the kids could make it their own. We want them to understand how great of a place REV is and how historical REV football is.”
The Wildcats won 11 league titles and a state Division II championship under former Wildcat coach Kurt Bruich who is now the coach at Citrus Valley.
Now, that whiff of magic is again in the Mentone air.
“I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback,” King said. “It’s cool to see people rally around REV football again. That’s something I’m really proud of, to get these boys the shine they deserve. They’ve been through some tough times so it’s good to see them celebrating and happy.”
Beaumont was the pre-season favorite to win the CBL football title, and it still may nab that championship. But for now, Cajon and REV share first place with 2-0 records.
Cajon (4-3 overall, 2-0 league) stunned Beaumont 25-23 on Friday.
In a Thursday night CBL game, Citrus Valley defeated Yucaipa 31-25.
The victory was the first this season for the Blackhawks (1-6, 1-1).
Arrowhead Christian fell 27-7 to Linfield Christian in a Mesquite League game.
In CBL flag football carousel action on Tuesday, Oct. 14, REV defeated Redlands 33-0 and finished in third place. Earlier in the event, the Wildcats edged Citrus Valley 19-14 and fell to Cajon 14-12. REV advances to the section playoffs.
Cajon won the carousel with a 30-14 triumph against Beaumont.
In the other carousel finale on Tuesday night, Citrus Valley blanked Yucaipa 27-0.
The CIF-Southern Section playoff brackets will be released at 2 p.m. Friday.
The Redlands High girls volleyball team on Tuesday swept Yucaipa and
clinched its fourth consecutive outright Citrus Belt League title.
Terriers coach Corinne Flowers also recorded her 100th league win.
Redlands (30-5, 10-0) advances to the section playoffs.
The CIF-SS playoff brackets will be released on Saturday.
Citrus Valley High girls volleyball player Sophia Swogger achieved a milestone this week, recording her 1000th career dig.
Swogger is a junior libero.
The University of Redlands football team won its first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game this season, defeating host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 17-10 on Saturday.
Redlands, trailing 3-0, scored two second-quarter touchdowns to take a 14-3 halftime lead.
Kev Markossian’s 32-yard touchdown catch from Tobey Schmidt and Scott Blankenship’s 5-yard TD reception from Schmidt did the damage.
CMS moved to within 14-10 with a touchdown, but Redlands got a 29-yard field goal from Kadyn Butcher with 4:17 left in the game to close out the scoring.
Redlands outgained CMS 341-270. Schmidt threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns on 26-of-31 passing.
Sheperd Cope had five tackles and an interception for the Bulldogs. Jaeden Thorn, Jaylen Ephraim, and Laurence Williams contributed five tackles each. Sami Abdul Mojid made 1.5 tackles for loss.
Redlands hosts Pomona-Pitzer at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Bulldogs’ homecoming game.
Kamron Hopson, a former Redlands High star golfer and a junior standout for the Cal State San Bernardino golf team, shot rounds of 70-72-68 Oct. 5-7 for a 54-hole total of 210. That left him at six under par for the event and in a tie for 15th place in the NCAA Division II Preview Tournament at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nev.
Hopson’s effort helped the Coyotes finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Redlands East Valley High grad Jenna Tetrault picked up a big award for her exploits at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pomona women’s soccer goalkeeper had eight saves Sunday in a 1-0 win against Cal State East Bay. Her effort earned her the FloCollege/CCAA Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week award.
Cal State East Bay deluged Tretault with nine shots, including four on frame, but Tretault repelled them all.
Tretault is second in the CCAA in goals against average (.571) and sixth in saves percentage (.826). Her three shutouts is tied for fifth best.
Sakiah Williams, a four-year varsity player for Redlands High girls soccer, scored a goal in Cal State San Bernardino’s 3-0 conference-opening win against San Francisco State on Friday, Oct. 3.
The Redlands High girls golf team defeated Redlands East Valley on Tuesday 266-272 at Oak Valley Golf Course. That was the Terriers’ low score for the season.
Redlands’ Arianna Azurin shot a season-best 43. Azurin’s teammate Madison Lee shot a 47, a personal best.
Thursday the Terriers defeated Citrus Valley 276-278. Azurin again had the low round with 47 and Lee shot 49.
Elsewhere, Beaumont defeated Yucaipa 233-256 to move to 12-2 overall and 8-0 in the CBL.
Citrus Valley High grad Lindsey Chau’s goal sparked the University of San Francisco’s women’s soccer team to a 1-0 victory on Wednesday, Oct. 8 against Oregon State.
Chau, a senior, scored in the 29th minute. She made the All-West Coast Conference honorable mention team as a junior.
Chau is studying psychology. Her hobbies, according to her USF bio, include playing ukulele and doing acrylic nails.
The Redlands High girls tennis team defeated Beaumont 14-3 and Yucaipa 10-8 last week. The Terriers are now 8-4 overall and 6-0 in CBL. The Thunderbirds are 10-1, 2-1.
Yucaipa is without Olivia Lewis who won the CBL individual singles title as a freshman and sophomore. She is being home-schooled and practices tennis in Orange County, said her mother Jaime Kerr Lewis.
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