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Keeping up with the Nitros

Seven Glendale High athletic teams advanced to the CIF playoffs in 2010-11.

August 23, 2011|By Charles Rich, charles.rich@latimes.com
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May 6 — Glendale boys' track and field standout Mike Davis steals the spotlight at the Pacific League finals at Arcadia High, as he captures the 100- and 200-meter races.

Davis wins the 100 in 10.79 seconds before coming back to take the 200 in 21.82. He closes out the meet by working with Jeff Massin, Paul Archer and Dillon Fuller to take the 4x400 relay in 3 minutes 23.88 seconds.

"I wanted to win both [individual] events last season, but I didn't," Davis said. "I had a lot of incentive to go out there and win both.

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"In the 100, I just wanted it that much more after coming so close last time. In the 200, I had a fast start and just concentrated. It's pretty good right now for me."

On the girls' side, Sophia Amodia of Glendale wins the 300 hurdles (45.78).

May 11 — The boys' tennis team begins its playoff run with a 10-8 win against host Arroyo Grande in a CIF Southern Section Division II win against Arroyo Grande.

Having to make a 300-mile round trip, Glendale shrugs off the effects of the long bus ride and wins eight doubles sets against the defending PAC-7 League champion.

"It's the biggest win of the year for us," Davidson said. "I felt all along that our doubles were the key. I thought our doubles played as well as they have all year. They were awesome."

Leading the way in doubles was the No. 1 tandem of Jeff Asano and Elliott Kim, which sweep, 6-0, 6-3, 6-0.

May 12 — The softball team finishes its season, besting cross-town rival Hoover, 9-5, in a Pacific League road game.

Glendale pitcher Casey Ramirez tosses a complete-game win in her final high school contest and Kristi Cabana collects two hits and drives in three runs.

"It goes to show how hard they worked and [that they] came together," said Glendale Coach Christine Paknik, whose team winds up 6-8 in league to take fifth place. "[It's] good for Casey. Her last game on the mound, it was a little bit emotional there."

May 13 — Glendale's boys' tennis team suffers a 14-4 loss to visiting Walnut in a CIF Southern Section Division II first-round match. Glendale loses two doubles sets in tiebreakers in the first two rounds.

In doubles, the Nitros get wins from Jeff Asano and Elliot Kim, 7-5, 6-1, Alex Levin and Edgar Hakobyan, 7-5, and Rene Glandian and Sam Sarian, 6-3. Glendale finishes 13-6, 8-4 in the Pacific League for third place.

The baseball team finishes its season with a 6-1 Pacific League road loss against rival Hoover. Dillon Howard drives in Zach Fields with the lone run for the Nitros, who go 4-13, 3-11 in league for sixth place.

"That's something we've been struggling with," said Osuna, whose team strands nine runners. "We have runners in scoring position, but we can't execute. A lot of the time the kids get nervous. We were just trying to do too much."

May 14 — At the CIF Southern Section Division II finals at Belmont Plaza pool in Long Beach, Mowry is fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (50.24 seconds) and fifth in the 100 backstroke (52.08).

May 21 — At the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Divisional Championships at Cerritos College, Mike Davis places seventh and eighth in the Division I 200 (22.01 seconds) and 100 (10.92), respectively. The boys' 4x400 relay team of Davis, Paul Archer, Dillon Fuller and Jeffrey Massin finished sixth in 3 minutes 23.10 seconds.

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