Prep puts together big year

• Feb. 25 — Led by Eugenio's 18 points, all five members of the boys' basketball team's starting lineup score in double figures to lift the Rebels to an 86-72 home win over No. 4 seed Mission Prep and to the program's first CIF finals berth since 2004.

• March 5 — Led by a big third-quarter spark from Norsworthy and a team-high 15 points from Smith, the Rebels survive their toughest test of the Division 5-AA playoffs and break away from Muir down the stretch of a close game to bring home the first CIF title in program history with a 47-44 win over Muir at Mater Dei High.

"We had struggled in the first half," said Norsworthy, whose 10 points in the third helped turn the tide. "You have to be mentally tough. I didn't want my emotions to get the best of me."

• March 8 — Entering the CIF Southern California Division V Championships as the No. 2 seed, the boys' basketball team annihilates Tranquillity in the first round, 98-32, behind 18 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks from Smith.

• March 10 — The boys' basketball team's groundbreaking season comes to a close in the second round of the state playoffs with a 68-54 loss to St. Bernard at St. Francis High.

After finishing 22-6 and winning the first CIF title in program history, numerous members of the team garner postseason recognition. Smith rakes in the lion's share, taking home Prep League co-Most Valuable Player, CIF Division 5-AA Player of the Year and the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award for Division V. He is also named All-Area Boys' Basketball Player of the Year.

All-CIF Division 5-AA first-team accolades are also bestowed on Norsworthy and Kory Hamane, while Coach Garrett Ohara is named coach of the year for the division.

Hamane is named All-Prep League first team, while second-team nods go to Norsworthy, Eugenio and Robert Cartwright.

• April 5 — Despite squandering a nine-run lead in the sixth inning, the Flintridge Prep baseball team rallies to beat visiting St. Michael's, 14-10, in a nonleague game.

"We learned that you always have to play your hardest," Alex Sierra said. "Once they took the lead, we had to turn it back up. We needed to step up and we did."

• April 12 — Denise van der Goot strikes out 13 with no walks, while allowing only two hits, and Kelly Wang hits a walk-off single in the seventh inning to help the softball team take sole possession of first place in the Prep League with a 2-1 win over Mayfield.