Sports Roundup: Crescenta Valley girls’ basketball takes control of Pacific League
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Crescenta Valley 59, Pasadena 37: The visiting Falcons moved into first place in the Pacific League by themselves with Friday’s win.
Caity Bouchard had 15 points for Crescenta Valley (14-8, 6-2 in league). Pasadena dipped to 17-7, 5-3.
Polin Megerdichian had 11 points and Rachel Dayag added 10 for the Falcons.
Flintridge Prep 53, Rio Hondo Prep 26: A stifling defensive effort led the Rebels to a Prep League road victory Friday afternoon.
The Kares only scored more than seven points in one quarter as Flintridge Prep improved to 19-2, 8-0 in league.
Taylor Yoshida led all scorers with 13 points for the Rebels, while Renae Tamura added 10 points and Kaitlyn Chen contributed eight points.
Faith Baptist 60, St. Monica Academy 36: The Crusaders’ 10-game winning streak was snapped Friday afternoon in a nonleague road defeat.
Molly Hagan and Hannah Acosta scored 12 points each for St. Monica, which dropped to 10-9.
Burbank 60, Hoover 13: Hoover received six points from Mary Cantos in Friday’s Pacific League loss that dropped the Tornadoes to 1-17, 0-7 in league with their 14th consecutive loss.
Holy Family 48, Alverno 28: The Gaels prevailed Thursday in Horizon League action at home to up their record to 5-10, 2-4 in league.
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Glendale 55, Muir 54: The Nitros picked up a rare sweep of the Pacific League second-place Mustangs thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Daniel Madden at home Friday evening.
“We’ve had a lot of tough breaks this season, including with our boys getting the flu,” Glendale Coach Ib Belou said. “Despite our 1-7 record in league, our boys never quit and showed a lot of heart.”
Both of Glendale’s Pacific League wins this season are against Muir, as Glendale improved to 10-12, 2-8 in league.
Madden finished with 13 points, while David Shamiryan added 12 points, Eli Degrate totaled 10 points and Cole Fajardo chipped in eight points.
St. Francis 83, Crespi 48: In one of the bigger wins of the coach Todd Wolfson-era, the Golden Knights thumped their Mission League rivals on the road Friday evening.
Four Golden Knights scored in double figures, led by a game-high 19 points from Lucas Shin. Andre Henry added 17 points for St. Francis (14-8, 3-5 in league), while Joey Walsh chipped in 16 points and Omari Moore tallied 14 points.
Flintridge Prep 76, Rio Hondo Prep 40: The Rebels rolled on Friday evening in a Prep League road contest.
Jake Althouse led Flintridge Prep (9-8, 4-2) with 20 points, while Kendall Kikkawa chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds and Jonny Samuels added nine points.
Faith Baptist 71, St. Monica Academy 44: The Crusaders were defeated in a nonleague contest Friday afternoon on the road.
With the defeat, St. Monica is 7-11.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
Crescenta Valley 2, Pasadena 0: Ani Mazmanian and Alaina Furstenberg scored goals for the Falcons, who got back to their winning ways after going 0-1-1 in their previous two games to improve to 13-3-1, 8-1-1 in the Pacific League.
Nicole Jabourian and Sydney Scholler combined for the shutout in net and Brianna McReynolds and Emily Jabourian had assists.
Glendale 11, Muir 0: On the road Friday, Glendale notched a Pacific League rout to improve to 6-7-1, 4-5-1 in league.
Burbank 4, Hoover 0: Playing without All-Area selection Remi Miller due to incurring a soft red card the game prior, Hoover fell to 7-9, 5-6 in the Pacific League on Friday.
Alverno 7, Holy Family 1: The Gaels dropped a Horizon League home contest Friday afternoon to fall to 0-6-2, 0-4-2 in league.
BOYS’ SOCCER
St. Francis 3, Crespi 1: With two second-half goals, the Golden Knights snapped a six-match winless streak.
St. Francis improved to 7-6-4, 2-4-2 in league.
Hoover 1, Burbank 1: While the Tornadoes didn’t lose on Friday, the result was likely disappointing considering it came at last-place and winless Burbank. Hoover (12-5-3, 5-3-2 in Pacific League) is tied for third in league with Pasadena.
Muir 2, Glendale 0: The Nitros’ playoff prospects took a major hit on Friday with the Pacific League loss at home that dropped Glendale to 5-7-4, 2-6-2 in league for a sixth-place tie of nine points, seven points behind fifth-place Muir.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Glendale Community College 8, College of the Sequoias 1: Hailey McNall (6-1, 6-1), Tsukimi Ono (6-1, 6-4), Veronika Galstyan (6-0, 6-0), Alexa Mendez (6-3, 6-1) and Gabrielle Bautista (6-4, 6-1) earned singles and doubles victories on Friday afternoon at home as Glendale opened its season in dominant fashion.