Sports Roundup: La Cañada tennis headed for second round
BOYS’ TENNIS
La Cañada 12, Beverly Hills 6: Visiting La Cañada posted a CIF Southern Section Division I playoff win Wednesday.
The Spartans (11-3) got three wins in singles from Ryan Morgan (6-1, 6-4, 6-3) and two from JP McKenzie (6-1, 6-4). The Spartans won six sets in doubles.
La Cañada will host a second-round match against Mira Costa or Valencia Valencia.
Anaheim Canyon 11, St. Francis 7: The visiting Golden Knights (5-10) saw their season conclude Wednesday with a CIF Southern Section Division II first-round defeat.
St. Francis received three wins in singles each from Ian Freer (6-0, 6-0, 6-0) and Shahan Derbedrosian (6-0, 7-6(7-3), 6-1).
BOYS’ SWIMMING
Flintridge Prep at CIF Southern Section Division III preliminaries: Winston Chen stood tall as the junior had a hand in all three championship qualifications for the Rebels finals out of Wednesday evening’s action at Riverside City College.
Chen placed second in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.81 seconds, which puts him right behind Windward’s Ethan Webster (50.90).
Chen also placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.07 and joined with Brett Bell, Matt Ng and Oliver Brookbanks to finish eighth in the 200 medley relay in 1:40.36.
Chen, Bell, Oliver Brookbanks and Ben Brookbanks joined forces in the 400 freestyle and placed 11th to advance into the consolation finals. Other consolation finalists include Bell in the 100 backstroke (13th, 56.03) and Ng in the 100 backstroke (16th, 1:03.02).
The Division III Championships are set for Thursday at 5 p.m.
GIRLS’ SWIMMING
Flintridge Prep at CIF Southern Section Division III preliminaries: The Rebels qualified five entrants into championship events out of Wednesday evening’s action at Riverside City College.
Juniors Emily Alameddine and Emily Jacobs led the way as they paired up to place fifth in the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 52.87 seconds along with teammates Charlotte Stipanov and Makena Walklett. The Emilys also joined with Makena and Devyn Walklett to finish fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:44.50.
Alameddine also qualified to the championship finals by taking seventh in the 200 freestyle (1:55.87) and ninth in the 100 freestyle (52.98). Jacobs turned in the highest finish of any Rebel by taking fourth in 100 breaststroke in 1:55.87.
Walklett earned a spot to the consolation championships in the 200 individual medley by taking 10th in 2:13.36, while Stipanov earned 12th in the 100 backstroke (1:02.17).
The Division III Championships are set for Thursday at 5 p.m.
BASEBALL
Oxnard 2, La Cañada 1: The Spartans (10-14) closed out their season Wednesday with a nonleague home loss. Starting pitcher Ryan Graves went the distance, allowing seven hits.
Connor Buchanan drove in a run for the Spartan.
Loyola 7, St. Francis 2: Doyle Kane and Jack Duncan each had doubles and drove in a run in Wednesday’s Mission League loss on the road.
St. Francis is 9-19, 4-13 in league.
St. Francis 8, Loyola 5: Host St. Francis notched a Mission League home victory Monday at the Glendale Sports Complex.
Aaron Treloar pitched six innings and allowed five runs (three earned), six hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Tanner Tomko earned the save with a scoreless seventh.
Treloar added a triple, double, three runs batted in and a run, Doyle Kane had three hits and two RBI, Matt Odom tallied a pair of hits, including a triple, and two runs scored and Christian Muro had two runs and an RBI.
SOFTBALL
La Cañada 12, St. Mary’s Academy 0: The Spartans wrapped up the regular season Tuesday with a nonleague home win. La Cañada improved to 19-2-1.
Flintridge Prep 16, Westridge 0 (five innings): Olivia Stevens had three hits and three runs batted in as the Rebels won in a Prep League rout Tuesday on the road to improve to 9-7, 6-6.
Natalie Dale also had three hits and made two unassisted double plays at shortstop, while Kate Huntley earned the win in the circle as Westridge was held to three hits.
Notre Dame 5, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 4: The Tologs rallied with two runs in the seventh but came up short on Wednesday in a Mission League road game. The Tologs concluded their season at 11-12, 1-7 in league.