Happy Wednesday, Corona! It's a big midweek for our hometown. Norco water polo is headed to the quarterfinals, three girls tennis teams open the playoffs this afternoon, Centennial welcomes families to an IB information night, and three neighborhood elementary schools just earned national praise for reading. We'll close with a Corona dog hotel that has been caring for local pets for twenty years.

Sunny and pleasant, high near 75°. Patchy fog before 7 a.m. gives way to sunshine all day, with a gentle north breeze up to 5 mph. Tonight is partly cloudy with a low around 55°.

The week keeps warming up: mostly sunny Thursday near 80°, then sunny Friday near 82° — perfect weather for Friday night playoff football. Rain chances stay at 2% or less.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Corona.

Norco water polo is moving on! The Cougars beat Camarillo 12-10 at home Tuesday in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 second round, per the Press-Enterprise playoff scoreboard. Next up is a quarterfinal on Friday, Nov. 6, at La Serna, which beat Millikan 9-5. Congratulations, Cougars!

Girls tennis playoffs start today at 2 p.m. Roosevelt hosts Burbank in Eastvale and Santiago hosts Placentia Valencia in Corona, both in Division 3, while Corona travels to Village Christian in Division 5. Good luck, Mustangs, Sharks and Panthers!

Proud golf finishes. At Monday's CIF-SS team divisionals, Centennial placed third in Division 5, with Zara Ahmad fifth and Meghna Srinivasan eighth individually, and Big VIII champion Roosevelt placed fifth in Division 3, led by Amelia Chen's 79.

Friday under the lights: Norco hosts Long Beach Poly and Santiago hosts Elsinore, both at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. Centennial, ranked No. 1 among Inland teams by IE Varsity, plays Mater Dei on Friday, Nov. 13.

Read the playoff preview · See golf results and rankings

Tonight at 6 p.m.: Centennial High School hosts a free IB Middle Years Programme parent information night at its Performing Arts Center, 1820 Rimpau Ave. Families of future 9th and 10th graders can hear a short presentation and ask questions. Can't make it? A Zoom session follows on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m., and RSVPs go through the district's registration link.

Reading Bright Spots. Temescal Valley, Susan B. Anthony and John Adams elementary schools were named Bright Spots by The 74, a national education news nonprofit, for third-grade reading results that beat expectations. Just over 2,100 schools nationwide earned the honor. Hats off to the students, teachers and families behind every bedtime story and reading log.

Get the IB night details · Meet the three Bright Spots schools

Looking for a fun after-school plan? Our new roundup visits four hometown studios where kids can dance, roll, play and create: Captivate Dance Academy on East 6th Street, EDJ School of Jiu-Jitsu on Dupont Street, Kiddo MusicArt Academy on North McKinley Street and K2 Studios on Prado Road.

Coming up this weekend: The free Veterans Day Classic Car Show runs Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. at Crossings at Corona, and Corona/Norco and Eastvale/Jurupa NJB basketball hold player evaluations on Sunday, Nov. 8, at Riley's Gym in Norco. Eastvale/Jurupa NJB winter registration may be closing or already closed, so check the league site for the latest deadline.

Explore after-school studios · More things to do in Corona

Today's hometown shoutout goes to The Pet Patrol Dog Hotel at 782 N. Main St. Founder Erika Allis started Pet Patrol in 2006 as a pet-sitting and dog-walking business, earning trust one walk at a time. In 2016 she opened the dog hotel here in Corona, bringing boarding, daycare and grooming under one roof, and in 2020 the team added 25 more boarding suites.

Erika also started the Eastvale Lost and Found Pets community, which has helped thousands of neighbors reunite lost pets with their families. Thank you, Erika and the Pet Patrol team, for twenty years of tail wags and neighbors helping neighbors.

Read the Pet Patrol story

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With love,
Mark and the Corona Shoutouts team