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Boys Basketball: Blair Ends La Canada’s 33-Game Win Streak Over Vikings with 50-45 Rio Hondo League Road Victory; Washington, Murray, Smith Combine for 38 Points
From STAFF REPORTS It took first-year Blair coach Jelani Gardner 22 games (this season) to do something that program hadn’t accomplished in 16 years. To beat the perennial Rio Hondo…
Girls Basketball: Sarah Johnson’s 19 Points Leads Poly to 43-31 Victory Over Rio Hondo Prep
From STAFF REPORTS Poly started and finished kind of slow in Friday’s Prep League battle at Rio Hondo Prep in Arcadia. The Panthers, though, had solid second and third quarters…
Boys Basketball: Dez Washington’s Meteoric Rise Started Just Two Years Ago; Blair Senior Dominating in a Sport He Wasn’t Initially Sure About
By BRIAN REED-BAIOTTO, Sports Editor If you thought Dez Washington’s 22 points and 13 rebounds per game last year were impressive, you were right. If Washington leading a program to…
High School Sports: A Tribute to Journalists Who Paved Way for Pasadena Sports Now to Exist; Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler Set Bar for Excellence in Online-Based Sports Coverage
By BRIAN REED-BAIOTTO, Sports Editor It was some time in 2008, and I was making the 40-mile or so drive from Glendora to Long Beach to cover prep sports for…
Boys Basketball: St. Francis Can’t Hold On To 7 Point Lead with 2 Minutes to Play; Chaminade Hands Golden Knights 62-59 Setback
From STAFF REPORTS Even in losses, St. Francis is in almost every game they’ve played in the very tough Mission League. But Wednesday night’s 3-point loss was pretty devastating. The…
Girls Soccer: Mayfield Blanks Poly, 2-0, Wednesday in Prep League Battle; Cubs Pull Ahead of Panthers, Close in on Second Place Westridge
From STAFF REPORTS Nobody is going to catch Flintridge Prep when it comes to the race for the Prep League championship. The Rebels are 5-0 and have two less losses…
Boys Soccer: Eric Rivero Scores 4 Goals, Had 2 Assists; La Salle Crushes Don Bosco, 9-0, As 6 Different Lancers Score
From STAFF REPORTS La Salle stayed undefeated and their shutout tally in Camino Real League play jumped to 5 after Wednesday’s victory. The Lancers decimated Don Bosco, 9-0, at their…
Boys Basketball: Dez Washington’s 19 points, 7 Rebounds Enough For 65-61 Rio Hondo League Road Victory at South Pasadena
From STAFF REPORTS Dez Washington hadn’t been feeling well at the beginning of the week, but you wouldn’t have known that Wednesday night. The 6-foot-7 Vikings star had 19 points…