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Glendale-based fighters return to ring

Two mixed martial artists with local ties will fight on CXF card in El Monte tonight.

March 26, 2009|By From Staff Reports

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene:

LOCAL FIGHTERS RETURN TO MMA COMBAT

Less than two months removed from impressive stoppage victories, mixed martial artists Sarkis “Sako” Chivitchyan and Ando Dermenjyan return to the arena of their triumphs, as both are part of tonight’s 10-bout California Xtreme Fighting card at the El Monte Expo Center in El Monte.

Chivitchyan (2-0), a Glendale resident who defeated Noe Rodriguez via technical knockout 14 seconds into the third round at a Jan. 29 CXF card, returns to fight Frank Baldiva (0-1).

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Dermenjyan (1-0), who won his pro debut on the aforementioned Jan. 29 card with a first-round submission win via choke against Miles Howard, will take on Andrew Patlan(0-1). Dermenjyan, who resides in Van Nuys, trains at Glendale’s Main Event Gym.

Glendale’s Sevak Magakian, who fought on the Jan. 29 card, was also scheduled to fight and Glendale’s Karen Darabedyan was rumored to be on the card, but both will not be fighting.

HARRAGIN, JOHNSON, FLEMING GO OUT WINNERS

Senior Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer standouts Sinead Fleming, Pip Harragin and Izzy Johnson took part in Saturday’s Senior All-Star Showcase at Aliso Niguel High.

In the girls’ CIF Division II vs. CIF Division II All-Star game, the trio of Tologs was part of the Division II team’s 2-0 victory.

Harragin was named the game’s most valuable player.

TOLOGS EARN ALL-MISSION LEAGUE ACCOLADES

A pair of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy water polo players recently earned All-Mission League honors from the past season.

Junior hole/set Olivia Gonzalez was named to the first-team after scoring a team-high 41 goals, while junior goalkeeper Shaylyn Stanley secured a spot on the second team after making 110 saves on the season. The Tologs went 2-15 and 0-10 in league for sixth place.

LOCAL AYSO ALL-STAR TEAM FARES WELL

The AYSO Region 88 Girls Under-12 Area All-Star Team, consisting of players from Glendale and La Crescenta, recently finished second in their bracket before falling in the final to the Pasadena Region All Stars. Pasadena took second in the state tournament last season.

The area team, coached by Bruce Frink and Dan Harmon, went 3-3 in the playoffs, which included a 1-0 win against Arcadia in a semifinal match on a goal by Emily Frink.

Team members are Paige Baker, Elizabeth Blackwell, Riley Collins, Lauren Cota, Kendall Ebert, Emily Frink, Rebecca Frink, Rachel Harmon, Ali McNevin, Nataly Melendez, Sydney Redd and Ashley Yim.


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