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Titans Topple Spartans in RHL Action

Written by avillanueva on March 28, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Larissa Phillips was key in victory over La Canada
(San Marino) – For the first time in four years, it wasn’t Michelle Floyd versus Lauren from La Canada to determine Rio Hondo supremacy on Thursday. San Marino used timely hitting to get the upper-hand on the Spartans, 10-2.
Floyd rebounded nicely from a less than stellar outing [...]

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Seniors Set Example in Win

Written by avillanueva on April 17, 2012 — 4 Comments

La Canada's Catherine Horner provided senior leadership with two RBIs.
(San Marino) – With runs at a premium, it took senior leadership to lead La Canada to a 4-0 victory over Rio Hondo League foe San Marino. The Spartans starting battery of Lauren Cox and Catherine Horner had their signature on an impressive road victory as [...]

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Spartans Hold Off Saints for SD Tourney Title

Written by avillanueva on March 10, 2012 — 1 Comment

Annie Monroe went 2-for-4 with a run scored in LC's win.
(San Dimas) -  San Dimas Tournament M.V.P Lauren Cox shutdown the vaunted Saints offense for five innings and La Canada’s offense received timely hitting from its three through seven batters in the fourth inning to take the Saints Tourney, 3-2.
Jessica Ogden’s slow roller to short [...]

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Stolmack, Horner and Cox Power Spartans

Written by avillanueva on March 6, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Cox finished strong after a rough first inning.
(San Dimas) –  It took the defending CIF Division 5 defending champion La Canada Spartans three innings to solve Nogales’s pitching staff in its 7-2 win in the its opening round game of the San Dimas Saints tournament.
Alyssa Stolmack and Catherine Horner provided the power at the plate [...]

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Colts Run Off Into History

Written by avillanueva on February 22, 2012 — 3 Comments

(Covina) – For the second time in 2011-2012, Covina managed to pull away from La Canada and in the process continue its longest playoff run in the school’s storied 104-year history with a 51-25 victory.
A lethal combination of Dominique Theus’s three-point shooting and suffocating defense displayed by Karla Rodas on Spartans point-guard Courtney Chen was [...]

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Spartans Hold Off Sea Queens Late

Written by avillanueva on February 19, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Chen brings the ball up the court in the first half. (Photo by Tia Chen)
(La Canada) – For the third time in four seasons, La Canada mastered Corona Del Mar to advance into the Quarterfinals of the CIF 3-A playoffs with a 56-50 victory.
The Spartans survived having four players in foul trouble for much of [...]

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LadyCats Comeback Make it Back-to-Back

Written by dbarker on February 9, 2012 — 1 Comment

(Monrovia) – For three quarters La Canada managed to hold star senior guard Gina Henderson to just one point heading into the final quarter leading by two points. Henderson however, took control of the final stanza to lead Monrovia to its second consecutive Rio Hondo League title, with a 48-43 win.
Henderson scored the go-ahead bucked [...]

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Midvalleysports.com/La Canada Winter’s Ball Game Recaps

Written by dbarker on December 29, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Courtney Chen was held to four points in the second half. (Photo by Tia Chen)
(La Canada) – Game Recaps for the Midvalleysports.com/La Canada Winter Ball Tournament –
HART 57 LA CANADA 53
For the second consecutive night the Indians fell behind early in the game only to rally late as Victoria Lionetti and Melissa Boscarino [...]

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Lady Knights Classic Tournament Recap

Written by avillanueva on December 17, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Recap of the Third and Fifth Place games of the Arroyo Lady Knights Tournament.
ARCADIA 41 NOTRE DAME 35
Arcadia rebounded from Friday night’s loss to Bishop Amat by upsetting Notre Dame Sherman Oaks in the Third Place game of the Lady Knights Classic on Saturday night, 41-35.
Playing without Melody Chang for long stretches in the first [...]

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The TEN: 10/17/2011

Written by mvs on October 17, 2011 — 5 Comments

The TEN
(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)
1.) La Serna’s O.J. Medina has rushed for 638 yards.
2.) On this date in 2008; El Monte’s Luke Ayala carried the ball 32 times for 171 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions 21-14 win over South El Monte. [...]

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