Sports Roundup: La Cañada boys’ basketball wraps up Rio Hondo League title
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
La Cañada 76, South Pasadena 43: Winning Rio Hondo League championships isn’t anything new to La Cañada Coach Tom Hofman.
Hofman has led the Spartans to 23 league crown since taking over the program in 1986. La Cañada won its latest league title outright Friday.
“It’s always the first goal of the season, to win league,” said Hofman, who received 17 points and five assists from Justin Kouyoumdjian, 15 points from Grant Arthur and 13 from Koko Kurdoghian to help the Spartans improve to 22-3, 8-0 in league. “We’re also playing well heading down the stretch in the regular season and we want to keep that going into the playoffs.”
The Spartans wrapped up league with a resounding four-game lead over its nearest challengers.
“Our league is not that bad,” Hofman said. “There’s a lot of parity in our league and we’ve had to play well the whole way through.”
Flintridge Prep 78, McAuliffe 71 (overtime): Andrew Tsangeos finished with 24 points Friday to ignite the host Rebels (16-4) in a nonleague contest.
Flintridge Prep received 18 points from Kendall Kikkawa and 15 from Dante Fregoso.
Harvard-Westlake 84, St. Francis 53: St. Francis suffered a Mission League road defeat Friday. The Golden Knights are 6-18, 2-8 in league.
BOYS’ SOCCER
La Cañada 2, South Pasadena 1: The visiting Spartans picked up a Rio Hondo League win Friday.
La Cañada improved to 10-4-5, 7-0-1 in league. The Spartans are tied for first place with Monrovia with two matches remaining.
Harvard-Westlake 3, St. Francis 1: St. Francis suffered a Mission League road defeat Friday.
The Golden Knights (4-9-5, 2-4-4 in league) got a goal from Liam Snashall and eight saves from goalkeeper Mark Garcia.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
La Cañada 1, South Pasadena 0: The host Spartans earned a Rio Hondo League victory Friday.
Mia LeClerc scored a first-half goal for the Spartans (11-6-3, 5-3 in league), who have won four league games in a row after losing three straight.
The Spartans’ streak has them in second place in league, trailing Monrovia (6-1-1), which travels to La Cañada on Tuesday.
Flintridge Prep 9, Firebaugh 2: The Rebels cruised to a Prep League road win Friday at Lynwood High.
Flintridge Prep (13-2-5, 7-1 in league) got three goals and two assists from Helen Schaefer and two goals from Jillian Brady.
Chaminade 1, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 0: The Tologs lost Friday afternoon at Occidental College in Mission League action.
FSHA fell to 10-5-3, 2-4-1.