Sports Roundup: St. Francis track hurdles Chaminade
BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD
St. Francis 77, Chaminade 49: The Golden Knights picked improved to .500 in the Mission League finale at home on Wednesday afternoon.
Sophomore Matthew Molina won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 7 inches and the triple jump (41-6) for St. Francis (3-3), while junior Blake Howard captured the shot put (48-4) and pole vault (11-6).
Freshman Nick Cesta won the long jump (22 feet), while junior Taylor Bosveld clinched the 200-meter run (23.51 seconds) and freshman Stuart Serventi claimed the 1,600 (4:47.64).
GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD
Marymount 75, Flintridge Sacred Heart 50: The Tologs came up short in a Mission League home meet on Wednesday afternoon.
Lauren Bolte won the 200-meter dash in 26.87 seconds for Flintridge Sacred Heart (0-4) and was a member of the winning 1,600-meter run (4:34.24) along with Natalia Cruz, Catherine Sullivan and Jillian Willis.
As for Willis, she earlier won the 300-meter hurdles in 51.58, while sophomore Kelly Carney won the triple jump in 33-10.
BOYS’ GOLF
Flintridge Prep in Prep League individual prelims: The Rebels had four players advance in Tuesday’s event at Brookside Golf Course 2 in Pasadena.
Ben Sacks carded a nine-over-par 79 and is sixth in the 17-player competition. The Rebels also advanced Matthew Choi (88, 12th), Cameron Wu (89, 13th) and Brendan Barton (90, 14th) to Thursday’s league finals at Brookside Golf Course No. 1. The cut from Tuesday was 91. The top four finishers advance to the playoffs in May.
BASEBALL
Flintridge Prep 4, St. Monica Academy 2: Flintridge Prep (12-5-1) picked up a nonleague win Wednesday at Scholl Canyon Ball Fields. Flintridge Prep pitcher Jeff Chan tossed a complete game, striking out six.
St. Monica dipped to 8-3.
Crescenta Valley 11, Muir 1 (six innings): Scott Vinceri had a huge day all around in Tuesday’s Pacific League win at Muir.
Vinceri hit a home run, walked twice and drove in two runs while throwing five innings with six strikeouts, no walks, six hits and one run allowed for the Falcons (21-1, 9-0 in league), who won their 19th game in a row, 10th straight in league play and maintained a one-game league in the standings over Arcadia (8-1).
Nico Arredondo had three hits and three runs batted in.
SOFTBALL
Chaminade 10, Flintridge Sacred Heart 6: The Tologs lost a Mission League road contest on Wednesday afternoon. With the defeat, the Tologs dropped to 11-5 and 0-4 in league.
On Tuesday, Sacred Heart suffered a 12-1 league loss in six innings to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.
Crescenta Valley 10, Pasadena 0: The Falcons prevailed on the road Tuesday in Pacific League action to improve to 16-6-1, 8-1 in league for first place.
Alverno 15, Holy Family 2 (five innings): The Gaels lost their Horizon League game at home on Tuesday and fell to 3-12, 1-5 in league.
BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL
Glendale Adventist Academy 3, Yeshiva University of Los Angeles 0: The Cougars prevailed on the road Tuesday in Liberty League action, 25-13, 25-21, 25-20.
GAA is 7-3, 4-2 in league.
BOYS’ LACROSSE
Chaminade 18, St. Francis 8: The Golden Knights lost in Mission League competition Tuesday. St. Francis dropped to 6-11, 1-8 in league.