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Julio Cortez Host St. Francis scored six runs in the first inning and it was all sophomore Luke Collis would need as he allowed one run in five innings in the Golden Knights' 6-1 Mission League victory against visiting Alemany on Thursday at Jackie Robinson Field. "It felt really good to get some runs behind me," said Collis, who watched from the dugout on Tuesday when the two teams met for the first time this season, with St. Francis notching a 1-0 victory at Alemany's home field in Mission Hills.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Wait a minute. Was that supposed to happen? Weren't the Glendale and Crescenta Valley softball teams supposed to be the top programs in the Pacific League? Some thought the Nitros and Falcons would be the teams to beat in league. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Arcadia 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 -- 6 11 1 Glendale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 2 4 -- -- Arcadia IP R ER H BB K Rodriguez 7 0 0 2 0 5 -- -- Glendale IP R ER H BB K Nazarian 7 6 5 11 1 1 -- -- WP - Rodriguez (8-5)

Charles Rich The right to consider qualifying for the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs next month should be on the backburner. Until then, there'll be plenty of work ahead for the Hoover High baseball squad. It didn't take long for Hoover Coach Jim Delzell to pinpoint a key area on the player front that will be paramount in an effort to resurrect Hoover's season. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Hoover 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -- 4 6 0 Arcadia 1 1 0 0 9 0 x -- 11 9 6 -- -- Hoover IP R ER H BB K Kwon 4.2 11 11 8 6 6 Doremus 1.1 0 0 1 2 0 Totals 6 11 11 9 8 6 -- -- Arcadia IP R ER H BB K Poringer 5 3 3 4 2 2 Kennedy 2 1 0 2 0 2 Totals 7 4 3 6 2 4 -- -- WP - Poringer (4-0)

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Forget about the standings. Don't mind the win-loss record in league. Just go out and play. Those were the simple instructions Crescenta Valley High softball Coach Dan Berry had for his team entering Tuesday's Pacific League game against Hoover. In their first league game since a setback to Glendale, the Falcons looked relaxed and glad to be back home after nearly a month on the road. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Hoover 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -- 2 4 4 Crescenta Valley 3 0 0 0 1 3 x -- 7 10 0 -- -- Hoover IP R ER H BB K Wingett 6 7 3 10 2 2 -- -- Crescenta Valley IP R ER H BB K Strangis 7 2 2 4 1 9 -- -- WP - Strangis (9-5)

Grant Gordon Same story. Same ending. And once again, Flintridge Prep's Jenna Schachtner was the author. The senior right-hander twirled another gem as the Rebels won another Prep League game, defeating visiting Westridge, 5-0, on Tuesday afternoon. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Westridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 1 1 Flintridge Prep 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 -- 5 9 1 -- -- Westridge IP R ER H BB K Mone 6 5 2 9 1 5 -- -- Flintridge Prep IP R ER H BB K Schachtner 7 0 0 1 1 16 -- -- WP - Schachtner (6-1)

Grant Gordon Both the Glendale Community College and College of the Canyons' baseball teams entered Saturday afternoon in need of some good karma from the proverbial "baseball gods." Canyons got its share, coupled with a strong outing from former area standout Max Hibbs, while Glendale College simply found itself on the wrong end of a 5-2 loss in a Western State Conference Southern Division at Stengel Field. With the win, Canyons (13-15, 9-9 in WSC)

Grant Gordon Flintridge Prep's Jenna Schachtner's having a pretty good week. "She's doing well," said Rebels' softball Coach Anne Konrad in yet another understatement about the senior right-hander. On Tuesday, the All-CIF pitcher struck out an eye-popping 30 batters in 15 innings as the Rebels won their Prep League opener. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Chadwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 1 1 Flint. Prep 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -- 3 4 0 -- -- Chadwick IP R ER H BB K Garland 6 3 3 4 2 7 -- -- Flint.

Julio Cortez In desperate need of a spark on Friday, the Glendale High softball team got a charge from its battery. Pitcher Jennifer Nazarian reached base on an error before catcher Dominique Gonzalez knocked her home with a two-out, walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh inning that propelled the Nitros to a 2-1 nonleague victory against visiting Monrovia. An inning earlier, Gonzalez, who went two for four, reached base as she got her first hit despite a diving stop by Monrovia shortstop Courtney Mihm with one out. Audrey Andrade followed with a double before an RBI single by Heather Brusokas tied the score, 1-1, as the Nitros (9-2)

Hamlet Nalbandyan The good news for the La Canada High baseball team is that this is Ryan Tucker's final year of high school baseball. That, of course, is also the bad news. The Temple City hurler has been the ultimate nemesis for the Spartans during his career, and he continued to be Friday. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Temple City 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 -- 3 5 1 La Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 2 2 -- -- Temple City IP R ER H BB K Tucker 7 0 0 2 1 12 -- -- La Canada IP R ER H BB K Sprowles 7 3 1 5 1 6 -- -- WP - Tucker (4-2)

Grant Gordon It's been an arduous season for the Glendale Community College softball team. Thursday was a prime example. Faced with perennial Western State Conference contender Bakersfield and armed with just a 10-player roster to counter, the Vaqueros succumbed to their northern-most rivals, dropping the second game of a doubleheader at Scholl Canyon, 15-3, in an abbreviated five-inning affair after hanging tough...