NORTHEAST GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene:
GCC TEAMS FORCED TO
RESHUFFLE SCHEDULES
Three Glendale Community College programs had their respective contests postponed Thursday because of the rain.
The men's and women's tennis teams had their Western State Conference matches canceled. The softball team also called off its home game.
The tennis teams will make up their matches against Bakersfield College at 2 p.m. March 20.
The men's team, which has had to cancel three matches in the first month of the season, will be at home. The women's team will be at Bakersfield.
The softball team will now face Santa Barbara City College in a nonconference game at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Glendale Sports Complex.
— Charles Rich
REBELS TO HIT THE
ROAD FOR SEMIFINAL GAME
For the first time since 2001, the Flintridge Prep girls' basketball team will compete in a semifinal playoff contest.
On Thursday, Flintridge Prep lost the coin flip and learned it will have to travel close to 130 miles round trip.
The second-seeded Rebels (23-3) will take to the road when they face Beaumont (24-2) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Redlands High in a CIF Southern Section Division IV-A game.
Flintridge Prep, which has won or shared six consecutive Prep League championships, kept its playoff run alive Wednesday with a 52-40 quarterfinal win against visiting Murrieta Valley Calvary Chapel.
Sixth-seeded Beaumont, which captured the Mountain Pass League crown, posted a 56-47 quarterfinal win against Irvine University on Wednesday.
— Charles Rich
MABRY NOTCHES ALL-
MWC ACADEMIC HONOR
Crescenta Valley High graduate Makenzie Mabry was one of 27 San Diego State student-athletes named to the fall 2006 academic All-Mountain West Conference team in early February.
To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor to their team.
Mabry, a freshman biology major, is a member of the cross-country team and is also a distance runner for the school's track squad.
She graduated in 2006 after helping the Falcons' girls' cross-country team to its first appearance at the CIF-State Meet. Mabry, who ran track in high school also, was a member of three Pacific League title cross-country teams.
— Grant Gordon
