CV edges past nonleague rival
BOYS’ SWIMMING
Crescenta Valley 86, Hart 84: Tied at 78 entering the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Falcons won Friday’s nonleague meet at the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center on the strength of a first-place finish from the team of Young Tae Seo, Edmond Yi, Harrison Thai and Louis Wojciechowski in 3 minutes 10.98 seconds.
The Falcons (9-1) won nine of 11 races, sweeping all three relays and getting two individual wins apiece from Seo, Thai and Wojciechowski, but the depth of Hart (6-1) kept it close in the annual nonleague rivalry meet.
Seo won the 500 freestyle (4:37.39) and 100 breaststroke (57.78), Wojciechowski won the 200 freestyle (1:43.11) and 100 freestyle (46.99) and Thai prevailed in the 200 individual medley (1:58.49) and 100 backstroke (52.64).
Thai, Seo, Yi and Antonio Camarillo won the 200-medley relay (1:38.67) and Wojciechowski, Stephen Woo, Camarillo and Jake Ksendov won the 200-freestyle relay (1:29.35).
GIRLS’ SWIMMING
Hart 114, Crescenta Valley 55: Crescenta Valley dropped to 7-3 with Friday’s nonleague loss at the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center.
Iva Icheva was the lone winner for CV, taking the 100 backstroke in 1 minute 2.31 seconds.
BASEBALL
Arcadia 8, Glendale 0: The Nitros were nearly held without a base runner until a Glendale player reached on an error in the seventh inning.
Glendale fell to 4-10, 2-6 in league, but got a fine pitching performance from Jason Marquez, who came on in relief in the fourth inning and didn’t give up a hit the rest of the game.
Pasadena 14, Hoover 6: The Tornadoes offense was working at home, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Bulldogs in a Pacific League game Friday.
Jose Estrada went three for three in the game for Hoover (4-13-1, 2-7 in league), which also got two runs batted in from Thomas Alchermes.
Pasadena Poly 11, Flintridge Prep 0: The Rebels couldn’t defend their home field after they committed six errors and allowed seven hits against the Panthers Friday.
Prep fell to 5-14, 2-7 in league in the loss.
SOFTBALL
Flintridge Prep 9, Webb 8: Chelsea Johnson and Rachel Simon combined for five runs batted in for the Rebels, as they defeated Webb at home for their second win of the season Friday.
Johnson was three for three with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored, while Simon was two for four with two RBI.
Caitlin Gillman, who struck out four, threw a complete game in the circle for Prep (2-13, 2-6).
Arcadia 3, Glendale 2: The Nitros were victimized on the road Friday in a Pacific League game in which they allowed three unearned runs.
Arcadia took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, scoring two runs on a fielding error, but Glendale mounted a comeback.
Esmeralda Winland notched a bloop single to right field in the fourth and took second on a throwing error before being substituted for pinch runner Brooke Short, who stole third, and came around to score on a Rachel Bartamian hit.
The Nitros scored again in the top of the seventh inning when Iliana Rodriguez dropped a bunt single in between first and second that scored a runner from third.
Meghan Spencer went the distance in the circle for Glendale (3-6 in league).