Spartans start league play with win

BOYS’ WATER POLO

La Canada 36, San Marino 4: Doug McNeese scored eight goals and

teammates Jordan Thompson and Devon Borisoff added seven apiece to

spark the visiting Spartans in the Rio Hondo League opener on

Tuesday.

La Canada (9-6), ranked No. 3 in CIF Southern Section Division

III, received six goals each from Matt Blatchley and Scott Burns, and

two from Chris Wehrle.

Chadwick 10, Flintridge Prep 7: The Rebels dropped their Prep

League road match Tuesday.

They will next play Pasadena at 3:15 p.m. Thursday at home.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Hoover 3, Muir 0: The Tornadoes won their Pacific League opener,

25-12, 25-10, 25-11, on Tuesday at home.

Bishop Conaty-Loretto 3, Holy Family 2: Laura Estrada recorded 15

kills for Holy Family in Tuesday’s 25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 23-25, 17-15

Horizon League road match.

Tiffany Benitez added five aces and 23 assists for Holy Family

(1-6, 0-2 in league).

GIRLS’ GOLF

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 236, Louisville 336: Marcela

Campbell led the Tologs with a six-over-par 41 on Tuesday in a

Mission League match at the Woodland Hills Country Club.

Teammate Lauren Wheeler shot a 42 and Jenny Kim had a 49 for

Flintridge Sacred Heart (4-2, 3-0 in league).

Crescenta Valley 231, Westridge 264: Christine Cho carded a

four-over-par 40 on Monday to lead the Falcons (6-4) in a nonleague

match at Brookside Golf Course No. 2.

Amy Pramuantong shot a 42 for CV.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Bakersfield College 2, Glendale Community College 1: Abby

Castellon scored the lone goal for the Vaqueros (7-2, 1-1 in Western

State Conference) in Friday’s road conference match.

GCC began the week with a 2-0 win against Santa Monica City

College on Sept. 28.

Cara Hofstad and Mayra Santiago each scored a goal for the

Vaqueros, who recorded their fifth shutout of the season.

MEN’S SOCCER

Glendale Community College 1, Mission College 1: The Vaqueros

concluded the week with a tie in their Western State Conference

contest.

GCC (2-5-3,1-2-2 in conference) started the week with a 2-0 defeat

against College of the Canyons on Sept. 28.

MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY

Glendale Community College in Bakersfield Invitational: The

Vaqueros finished third with 78 points in the four-mile event Friday.

Raymundo Vasquez led GCC with a fifth-place finish in 22 minutes

30 seconds. GCC’s Ricky Hernandez was 15th (23:09), Osbaldo Vargas

took 19th (23:31), Joseph Lopez finished 21st (23:41) and Preston

Richardson took 22nd (23:46).

WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY

Glendale Community College in Bakersfield Invitational: Maribel

Cespedes finished fifth in 23 minutes 3 seconds in the three-mile

race Friday.

GCC placed fifth with 150 points.

GCC’s Itzel Varagas took 10th (23:13), Lucia Tecaxco was 23rd

(24:26), Imelda Vasquez placed 53rd (28:10) and Connie Macias

finished 56th (28:31).

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Santa Ana City College 3, Glendale Community College 1: Samantha

Rivero led GCC with a team-best 13 kills and teammate Lindsay Kline

added 27 assists to lead the host Vaqueros, who fell, 30-28, 24-30,

30-20, 30-28 in a nonconference match Sept. 29.

GCC (1-3) received 14 digs from Jocelyn Abad.