Sports Roundup: Flintridge Prep girls’ basketball retains Prep League title
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Flintridge Prep 42, Westridge 30: After spending most of the first half of the season without forward Tala Ismail because of an injury, it took some time for the Flintridge Prep to have things come together.
Still, the Rebels overcame the loss of Ismail to stay at or near the top of the Prep League with the help of multiple contributions from other players.
Flintridge Prep received nine points apiece from Taylor Yoshida and Natalie Rozman to wrap up the league championship outright for the second straight season after turning back visiting Westridge on Wednesday.
“To win this league championship is extra special,” said Flintridge Prep co-Coach Kevin Kiyomura, who splits the coaching chores with Jayme Kiyomura Chan. “Every team has to find themselves at some point during the season and we had people step up after we lost Tala.
“Once we got Tala back, everything started to click. We feel like we are getting stronger.”
Flintridge Prep, which won the league title outright last season after splitting it in 2014, improved to 15-4, 9-1 in league.
Crescenta Valley 74, Hoover 35: Alisa Shinn finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds Wednesday to spark the visiting Falcons in a Pacific League game.
Josie Brock had 14 points and Caity Bouchard added seven assists and six steals for the Falcons (16-9, 9-2 in league).
Hoover (5-17, 2-9) got 16 points from Mikaela Mauricio.
Sacred Heart of Jesus 39, Holy Family 29: Despite taking an 11-4 lead after the first quarter, the Gaels lost Tuesday in Horizon League action at the Pacific Park Community Center, thanks in large part to being outscored, 9-0, in the fourth stanza.
Holy Family is 3-15, 2-5 in league.
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Notre Dame 67, St. Francis 61: The Golden Knights dropped a Mission League tilt at home on Wednesday night.
St. Francis’ record fell to 6-17, 2-7 in league.
Sean Stephen had 16 points for the Golden Knights.
Burbank 67, Glendale 46: Visiting Glendale suffered a Pacific League defeat Wednesday.
The Nitros dropped to 9-15, 2-9 in league.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
Crescenta Valley 7, Hoover 0: The first-place Falcons collected a Pacific League road win on Wednesday with Rachel Bird notching a goal and two assists, Emily Jabourian tallying two goals and Brianna McReynolds and Megan Robertson adding a goal and an assist each.
Shelby Reif and Taylor Haas also notched goals, while Arden Gonta, Kaitlyn Giddens and Mallory Hill had assists.
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 1, Marymount 0: Sophia Saldivar scored in the second half off assists from Nicole Linden and Amethyst Trang as the Tologs nabbed a Mission League win Wednesday at Occidental College.
FSHA improved to 10-4-3, 2-3-1 in league, as goalie Mattie Interian notched the shutout.
Burbank 2, Glendale 0: Fifth-place Glendale’s playoff aspirations took a significant hit with Wednesday’s Pacific League home loss.
Glendale (7-10-1, 5-6 in league) allowed a goal in each half.
With three games left, Glendale has 15 points in league and trails fourth-place Burroughs, which has 21 after defeating Muir via forfeit.
BOYS’ SOCCER
St. Francis 2, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2: St. Francis picked up a tie in a Mission League match Wednesday. St. Francis is 4-8-5, 2-3-4 in league.
Burbank 4, Glendale 2: The Nitros lost on the road in Pacific League play on Wednesday afternoon.
Glendale is now 3-8-3, 2-6-3 in league for seventh place.
GIRLS’ WATER POLO
Hoover 8, Burbank 6: Host Hoover received five goals from Diana Magdesian on Wednesday to secure a Pacific League victory.
Hoover improved to 3-13, 1-5 in league.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Glendale Community College 80, West L.A. College 76: The visiting Vaqueros posted a Western State Conference South Division win Wednesday.
Glendale improved to 10-11, 6-3 in the division.