The month of March came in like a lion and stayed like a lion for most of the month as far as weather is concerned. But also, the month brought the end of high school basketball and the start of high school baseball as well as the arrival of spring.  Our photographers captured these events every da y. Here are the 40 best photos chosen by The Press-Enterprise, The Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Redlands Daily Facts photographers. Ryler Gardner, a fourth grader at Tournament Hills Elementary School in Beaumont, looks up as he spells a word during the Riverside County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Riverside. Victoria Li, a sixth grader at Philistine Rondo School of Discovery in Eastvale, focuses on winning the Riverside County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Riverside. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Lucas Trinh, a fifth grader at Wildomar Elementary School in Wildomar, closes his eyes between rounds of the Riverside County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Riverside. Yellow and orange African Daisies bloom in front of the orange groves near the Crafton Hills College campus in Yucaipa on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Students climb up and down the stairs at Crafton Hills College campus in Yucaipa on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Patricia Molnar, a 30-year educator and parent in Redlands, addresses the Redlands school board on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Jonathan Higgins, author and host of the podcast “Black Fat Femme”, poses with their new book at home in Chino Hills on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Hikers follow the road as they enjoy the weather and landscape of Chino Hills State Park on Thursday, March 20, 2025, the first day of spring. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Tiny purple flowers hide throughout the landscape of Chino Hills State Park on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) A bee lands on a poppy flower at Chino Hills State Park on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Najee Ali, a social and political activist, raises his fists while demanding justice for the victim of a classroom assault at Jehue Middle School in Colton on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Veteran Marlene Linsalato explains the colored badges she earned during her time in the Marine Corps with Martin Luther King High School students on Friday, March 7, 2025, during the 25th anniversary of King High School Remembers in Riverside. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) A bulldog sticks its head out of the window during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday service at St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Layman Serena Beeks and John Flasher of St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish greet drivers during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Layman Serena Beeks of St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish distributes ashes to Sonia Martinez during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) La Sierra University artist in residence Rebecca Waring-Crane holds a cardboard spoon with her name cut out as she works on her 16,553 cardboard spoons installation in Riverside on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Artist in residence Rebecca Waring-Crane takes photos of her art work featuring 16,000 cardboard spoons. Each spoon represents individuals struggling with food insecurity, highlight the issue of hunger in the Inland Empire in the lobby of Zapara School of Business at La Sierra University in Riverside on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) A bee collects plant pollen from flowers near Shelton Park in downtown Claremont on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Arlington’s infielder Nick Valazquez #3 leaps past the tag of Paloma Valley pitcher Justin Allen #25 to score on a wild pitch during the Ivy League baseball game in Riverside on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) A Chaffey College swimming team member sits in the lifeguard chair while waiting for the Chaffey College aquatics center celebration in Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Chaffey College swimmer Parker Black gets air off the blocks as Chaffey College aquatics center reopens after closing in 2020 for repairs and upgrades in Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Arlington’s Nathan Chavez #1 celebrates after scoring against Paloma Valley during the Ivy League baseball game in Riverside on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Wheelchair tennis player Mike Janssen plays in an Up-Down (Wheels & Heels) game during the Roll & Rally Sports Blast at The Claremont Club in Claremont on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) After heavy rains hit the Inland Empire clouds fill the sky above Downtown Riverside viewed from Sycamore Highlands Park in Riverside on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Gustavo Zamora of Bloomington stands in the middle of flooded Dexter Drive as he fishes in Lake Evans at Fairmount Park after heavy rains in Riverside on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Santiago goalkeeper Abigail Turley #00 flies through the air but fails to stop Oaks Christian Jonnie-Jane Quiroz’ #20 kick as it finds the net in the CIF State Division I girls soccer regional semifinal match in Corona on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Harvard-Westlake Isaiah Carroll #13 blocks the shot of Roosevelt guard Issac Williamson #12 in a CIF State Open Division boys basketball regional semifinal game in Eastvale on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Roosevelt guard Brayden Burries #5 celebrates after a basket by Roosevelt guard Jackson Haggins #4 against Harvard-Westlake in a CIF State Open Division boys basketball regional semifinal game in Eastvale on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Oaks Christian Ella Pfeiffer #8 reacts after Santiago tied the score in in the second half of the CIF State Division I girls soccer regional semifinal match in Corona on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Oaks Christian Isa Wieder #17, right and Ella Pfeiffer #8 react after the 5-4 loss on penalty kicks to Santiago in the CIF State Division I girls soccer regional semifinal match in Corona on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Top Fuel winner Clay Millican celebrates with his crew after defeating Tony Stewart in the final round of eliminations at the 65th NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson celebrates after defeating Dallas Glenn in the final round at the 65th NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Funny Car driver Ron Capps drives through the shutdown area during the final round of qualifying at the 65th NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Eliminations start at 11 a.m. Sunday. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) The Condor Squadron out of Van Nuys does a flyover prior to the opening round of eliminations at the 65th NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) From top, Lauren Bruno, Toni-Serena Gonzalez and Darya Magidi relax as they take part in the Healing with Sound And Breath event at the University of La Verne’s Ludwick Center Sacred Space in La Verne on Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Audelina Ortega, 13, from Ontario, works out with trainer Robert Garcia at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in the Moreno Valley Mall in Moreno Valley on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) The sun sets as traffic flows across the 210 Freeway in Rancho Cucamonga on Monday, Mar. 24, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Members of the Riverside County Sheriffs Department’s Robbery Burglary Suppression Team detain and search a suspected shoplifter outside of a large retail store in Lake Elsinore on Friday, March 7, 2025. The woman was arrested for shoplifting clothing. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A young foal born last month at the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center at Cal Poly Pomona nestles up to its mother on the Pomona campus on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A young foal born last month at the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center at Cal Poly Pomona plays in its stall near its mother on the Pomona campus on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Roosevelt’s Brayden Burries, left, and Notre Dame’s Josiah Nance, right, battle for a loose ball during the CIF Southern Section Open Division boys basketball championship game at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Cheering on their team at a game in Ontario, Los Alamitos fans Beth Trevino, left, and Lyndsie Lovingier, right, get excited about a basket against Mira Costa during the CIF Southern Section Division 1 boys basketball championship game at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Sherman Oaks Notre Dame players show their disappointment after losing to Roosevelt 79-76 in the CIF State Open Division boys basketball regional championship game in Eastvale on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Norco’s Jordan Ayala loses his hat as he delivers a pitch against Corona at Corona High School on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Grove Care and Wellness facility stroke patient Amalia Reynoso, 78, colors in between the lines as she works to regain the steadiness in her hands in Riverside on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 45Ryler Gardner, a fourth grader at Tournament Hills Elementary School in Beaumont, looks up as he spells a word during the Riverside County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Riverside. Expand You can find all of their work and more on our websites at: pressenterprise.com sbsun.com dailybulletin.com redlandsdailyfacts.com ...read more read less