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South Pasadena High boys' volleyball wins first CIF title

South Pasadena High boys' volleyball wins first CIF title

ORANGE — ORANGE – All the South Pasadena High boys’ volleyball team had known when it came to CIF championship matches was sweeps.

La Salle's Daniel De La Torre, South Pas' Claire Kieffer-Wright, Muir's Tierra Adams among those who claim CIF titles

La Salle's Daniel De La Torre, South Pas' Claire Kieffer-Wright, Muir's Tierra Adams among those who claim CIF titles

WALNUT — On a Saturday afternoon in which advancing to the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet was the day’s top goal, quite a few locals took home championships at the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Divisional Championships at Mt....

San Marino boys' tennis earns another crown

San Marino boys' tennis earns another crown

CLAREMONT — Only one team all season long appeared to stand in the way of perfection for the San Marino High boys' tennis program.

Pasadena Poly baseball does everything right in playoff win

Pasadena Poly baseball does everything right in playoff win

PASADENA — The Pasadena Poly baseball team is used to opening the CIF Southern Section playoffs at home.

San Marino baseball gives No. 1 Oaks Christian all it can handle

WESTLAKE VILLAGE — The San Marino High baseball team traveled up to Ventura County as the true underdog Friday afternoon in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs.

Maranatha High baseball survives early jitters

Maranatha High baseball survives early jitters

PASADENA — Just because the Maranatha High baseball team entered the playoffs as the Olympic League champion doesn’t mean it was immune to some first-round jitters.

Pasadena Poly softball crushes way into second round

Pasadena Poly softball crushes way into second round

PASADENA — Having stormed into the CIF Southern Section Division VI playoffs on the strength of a six-game winning streak, the Pasadena Poly softball team seemed to carry that momentum into the start of its first-round playoff game.

Maranatha softball rallies for first-round win

PASADENA — The Maranatha High softball team's playoff game against Serrano at home on Thursday featured four home runs, five ties, five lead changes, 17 runs and 24 hits.

St. Monica baseball gets first-ever CIF playoff win

PASADENA — The St. Monica Academy baseball program had never won a playoff game in its history.

San Marino High softball falls late at South El Monte

SOUTH EL MONTE — About 10 minutes after the final out of her high school career, San Marino High senior pitcher Michelle Floyd broke from a postgame huddle and walked to the circle at South El Monte High.

South Pasadena High volleyball off to CIF championship

South Pasadena High volleyball off to CIF championship

SANTA MONICA — From the head coach, team captain to the athletic director, no one with the South Pasadena High boys’ volleyball team was sure the last time the program played in a championship match.

Maranatha High boys' tennis just comes up short versus Santa Fe

Maranatha High boys' tennis just comes up short versus Santa Fe

LOS ANGELES — On one hand, the Maranatha High boys’ tennis team never really anticipated it would reach Wednesday afternoon.

San Marino High tennis off to CIF final after another lopsided win

SAN MARINO — Just like San Marino High's first three playoff opponents, the Santa Monica boys' tennis team didn't stand much of a chance against the Titans in the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs.

La Salle High softball's one big inning enough to stop Crescenta Valley

La Salle High softball's one big inning enough to stop Crescenta Valley

PASADENA — Hits and base runners weren’t all that hard to come by for the Crescenta Valley High and La Salle softball teams in Tuesday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division III wild-card matchup.

Bain pitches San Marino High baseball to playoff win

SAN MARINO — Jeff Bain refused to get frustrated.

San Marino High softball kicks off new season

SAN MARINO — After its playoff berth came down to a coin flip, it's safe to say the regular season didn't go as hoped or expected for the San Marino High softball team.

Marshall Fundamental softball succumbs to hard-hitting Barstow

PASADENA — Perhaps the long bus ride from Barstow to Pasadena, which roughly works out to a 210-mile round trip, helped ratchet up the Barstow High softball team’s anxiousness to play in Tuesday afternoon’s playoff wild-card match.

Maranatha, St. Monica, Pasadena Poly baseball host first-round home games

Maranatha, St. Monica, Pasadena Poly baseball host first-round home games

Maranatha High, St. Monica Academy and Pasadena Poly all earned league titles this baseball season and, therefore, earned first-round playoff home games, as the CIF Southern Section released playoff pairings on Monday.

San Marino's Ben Allen nets big effort at CIF individual regional

Ben Allen showed he could match up with the best of what the Rio Hondo League has to offer.

 Maranatha, Pasadena Poly softball lead local sextet into CIF playoffs

Maranatha, Pasadena Poly softball lead local sextet into CIF playoffs

Softball: Minutemen, Panthers have first-round games Thursday, while San Marino, Westridge, La Salle and Marshall have wild cards on Tuesday.

San Marino High girls' swimming finishes top 10 at CIF

San Marino High girls' swimming finishes top 10 at CIF

While individual success may not have been in store for the San Marino High girls’ swim team and the rest of the Rio Hondo League, the Titans had the numbers to pull together a 10th-place finish.

South Pasadena volleyball off to CIF semifinals

SOUTH PASADENA — The South Pasadena High boys' volleyball team had to play Saturday evening's CIF Southern Section Division III quarterfinal playoff match against Heritage Christian not at home as scheduled, but a few blocks away at South...

La Salle High boys' volleyball falls to visiting St. Margaret's in quarterfinals

PASADENA — The road to the quarterfinals had been a relatively easy one for the La Salle High boys’ volleyball team.

Karavedas is out, Oliva is in at Maranatha football

Karavedas is out, Oliva is in at Maranatha football

Family opportunities were behind the somewhat shocking same-day departure and hiring of a head football coach at Maranatha High on Friday.

San Marino High softball tops La Cañada to advance to playoffs

San Marino High softball tops La Cañada to advance to playoffs

LA CAÑADA — After picking up a regular-season finale road victory Friday, the San Marino High softball team boarded its team bus awaiting word as to whether it was, in fact, headed to the playoffs.

Maranatha High boys' tennis holds off San Bernardino

Maranatha High boys' tennis holds off San Bernardino

PASADENA — For a squad not expected to do much, the Maranatha High boys’ tennis team continues to impress.

San Marino tennis keeps rolling in playoffs

NEWHALL — There is reason for the members of the San Marino boys' tennis team to feel like they have oversized targets on their backs.

La Salle High volleyball sweeps La Serna in CIF second round

La Salle High volleyball sweeps La Serna in CIF second round

PASADENA — There was no doubt the Lancers would advance to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division IV boys’ volleyball playoffs when they took to the court of the Duffy Lewis Gymnasium.

San Marino High baseball rides win into playoffs, La Cañada doesn't share crown

SAN MARINO — While the San Marino High baseball team salvaged its season by virtue of a 3-2 Rio Hondo League win versus visiting La Cañada in the season finale, perhaps it’s fair to say that the heavens favored both the Titans...

Maranatha High softball wins share of Olympic League title

PASADENA — In a de facto championship game in Olympic League softball, Maranatha High faced off against visiting Whittier Christian with the championship on the line for three schools.

La Salle High leads way among locals at DIII swimming finals

RIVERSIDE — A year removed from a CIF Southern Section Division IV title, the La Salle High girls' swimming team learned there's a sizable difference between divisions.

San Marino High boys' volleyball pushes Warren before losing

SAN MARINO — With a roster loaded with 12 seniors riding the school’s best run in years, forgive the San Marino High boys’ volleyball team for wanting to extend its season just a little bit longer.

Nick Springer plans transfer from Crescenta Valley to Maranatha

Nick Springer plans transfer from Crescenta Valley to Maranatha

After falling just shy of a Pacific League championship the past three years, one could argue the Crescenta Valley High boys' basketball team would be the early favorite heading into the 2014 season.

San Marino High boys' tennis has no problems in first round

SAN MARINO — For all the talk about the difference between the regular season and the postseason, there was a familiar status quo at Wednesday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division II first-round playoff match at San Marino High.

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