Cougars

GIRLS' SOCCER Glendale Adventist Academy 2, Oakwood 1: Melissa Yeghiazarian scored two goals to lead the Cougars (1-7, 1-3 in league) to their first win of the season in a Liberty League home match at the Glendale Sports Complex on Thursday. The win was also the first in the history of the first-year program. Kiana Clemons and Victoria Osby provided assists on the Cougars' goals. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Flintridge Prep 46, Mayfield 43 (OT): Mya Okamoto led the Rebels (4-9, 1-2)

GLENDALE — Under first-year Coach Stephen Nelson, the Glendale Adventist Academy girls' basketball team advanced to the postseason by finishing third in the Liberty League. Steady defensive play late in the regular season helped the Cougars punch their ticket to the CIF Southern Section Division VI-AA playoffs. Unfortunately for Glendale Adventist, it couldn't keep that level up, as it saw its season come to a close with a 33-19 road loss against sixth-seeded Tarbut V'Torah in the first round of the playoffs on Wednesday night.

GIRLS' SOCCER Glendale Adventist Academy 1, Yeshiva 1: Melissa Yeghizarian scored the tying goal in the second half for the host Cougars in a season-ending Liberty League match at the Glendale Sports Complex on Wednesday. Glendale Adventist (2-10-1, 2-6-1 in league) goalkeeper Victoria Osby finished with 10 saves. BOYS' BASKETBALL Providence 92, Glendale Adventist Academy 33: Glendale Adventist fell Wednesday in a Liberty League road contest. Flintridge Prep 66, Rio Hondo Prep 36: The Rebels faced an 11-9 deficit at the end of the first quarter Tuesday, but bounced back with a 17-7 run in the second quarter to go up, 26-18, at halftime.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - As a first-year program, the Glendale Adventist Academy boys' soccer team has taken advantage of trying various experiments. Their latest experiment came Thursday afternoon against Providence. In seeking to solidify its transition game and improve on its number of scoring opportunities, Glendale Adventist opted to have more players crowd the midfield. It paid off handsomely. Glendale erupted for five second-half goals to earn a 5-0 Liberty League victory against Providence at the Glendale Sports Complex.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Last season couldn't have been more painful for Andrea Blake. During the second match of the season, the Glendale Adventist Academy girls' volleyball player went up for a block and suffered a season-ending right-ankle injury that required months of rehabilitation. Now, she's refreshed and ready to make an impact for the Cougars. Blake proved to be in form Tuesday afternoon. She finished with a team-high 16 kills and teammate Kylie Foldvary added four aces to power host Glendale Adventist to a 19-25, 27-25, 25-17, 25-19 nonleague victory against Orangewood Academy.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Glendale Adventist Academy first-year boys' basketball Coach Sheldon Franklin hadn't heard of Patrick Gonzalez until Thursday night. After watching Gonzalez make an assortment of shots from around the floor, Franklin seemed impressed with the Providence High shooting wiz who came into Thursday's contest averaging 36.6 points per game. "He's deadly from the outside," Sheldon said of Gonzalez, who finished with 43 points to spark visiting Providence to an 85-54 Liberty League road win against Glendale Adventist.

GLENDALE - After watching the Providence High boys' basketball team shoot, run the floor and defend, Glendale Adventist Academy Coach Marc Gupilan understood why the Pioneers are the top-rated team in CIF Southern Section Division V-A. "They are really disciplined with how they do things and they don't showboat," Gupilan said after Providence recorded a 73-24 Liberty League road win against Glendale Adventist on Thursday night. "They run their plays well and they take a lot of good shots.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Even though the girls' volleyball teams from Glendale Adventist Academy and San Gabriel Academy no longer share residency in the Westside League, Tuesday afternoon's matchup still had all the passion and intensity of a late-season league battle. "They're our sister school, so this [rivalry] has been forever between the two schools," Glendale Adventist Coach Bianka Tulgar said. "It will always be a rivalry. No matter where we are, it will always be that way. " The host Cougars, who are now in the Liberty League, and the defending Westside League-champion Eagles opened the latest chapter in their ongoing saga with San Gabriel surviving a Glendale Adventist surge in the middle stanza to pull off a 25-15, 26-24, 25-10 sweep.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — With a goal of winning league and getting back to the playoffs, the Glendale Adventist Academy boys' volleyball team is well on its way. On Tuesday, the Cougars took a break from their Westside League schedule and received a much-needed competitive match against Desert Christian. The Cougars were more than up to the task, taking down the Knights in a three-game home sweep, 25-20, 25-20, 28-26. "This is a good experience, [a] nonleague game for us to show that we are doing pretty well," Glendale Adventist Coach Ken Vigilla said.

Saro Sarkisian NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- On Tuesday, the Glendale Adventist boys' volleyball team met San Gabriel Academy in a rematch, after losing to the Eagles a week ago on the road. Miscues cost the Cougars in that match, and they wanted payback. This time, Glendale Adventist played at home and had momentum by winning its last two matches, but unfortunately for the Cougars, they were defeated again in four games, 15-2, 10-15, 15-7, 15-5. "They [Eagles]

GLENDALE - On the verge of handing College of the Canyons softball team its first division defeat, things suddenly got out of hand for Glendale Community College. For six innings in the second game of a Western State Conference Blue Division doubleheader Thursday, the Vaqueros limited the powerful Cougars to one run. The seventh inning wouldn't prove to be kind to the Vaqueros, who surrendered eight runs en route to a 9-4 defeat. Glendale suffered a 12-3 loss in the first game, which was called after six innings because of the nine-run mercy rule.

GLENDALE - Angel Rodriguez felt some extra pressure coming into the Glendale Community College baseball team's critical contest with College of the Canyons Thursday at Stengel Field. The Vaqueros starting pitcher didn't mind the extra meaning on the Western State Conference South Division game, tossing eight shutout innings to lead his team to a 6-1 win that broke a four-game losing streak and kept it in first place. PHOTOS: GCC vs. College of the Canyons baseball “Angel Rodriguez, that's what happened,” GCC Coach Chris Cicuto said of his difference maker on the mound.

GLENDALE - The Providence High boys' volleyball team has enjoyed a successful run in the Liberty League, as well as in the CIF Southern Section playoffs, the past few seasons. Last season, the Pioneers placed second in league and just two years they advanced to the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals. PHOTOS: Providence vs. Glendale Adventist Academy boys' volleyball For Glendale Adventist Academy, its program has struggled in recent years and the Cougars haven't qualified for the postseason since 2007.

BOYS' BASKETBALL Crescenta Valley 70, Granada Hills Kennedy 56: Cole Currie finished with 21 points, six assists and six rebounds Friday to lead the Falcons (6-2) in a semifinal game of the San Fernando Valley invitational at Crespi High. Nick Springer recorded 20 points and eight rebounds for Crescenta Valley, which received nine points and seven rebounds from Eric Patten and eight points and five rebounds from Kris Jabourian. Crescenta Valley will take on Oak Park in the tournament's championship game at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crespi.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Though the Glendale Adventist Academy girls' volleyball team remains a work in progress, there's at least plenty of comfort for the Cougars knowing they have a steady 1-2 punch. Specifically, the sister combination of Andrea and Erin Blake. With Andrea pounding the ball for kills and Erin recording timely aces, it's helped speed up the progress. It showed Monday afternoon, as Andrea finished with a match-high 17 kills and Erin added a match-best seven aces to power host Glendale Adventist to a 25-18, 25-22, 25-12 nonleague victory against Highland Hall.

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Emily Tubert (Burroughs High, 2010) sophomore, University of Arkansas women's golf: With Tubert leading the way, the Razorbacks are making a run up the leaderboard at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The former Indians standout shot a 70 on the par-72 UGA Golf Course in Athens, Ga. on Saturday in the second round of the tournament to help Arkansas improve by 17 strokes over its first-round total with a second-day 291. The Razorbacks enter today's final round 10th overall with a team score of 596. Tubert opened on the 10th hole on Saturday and notched birdies on the 12th and 18th holes.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Glendale Community College 1, College of the Canyons 0: Cameron Gardner singled home Jose Marquez in the bottom of the eighth to give the Vaqueros a Western State Conference South Division victory Thursday. Glendale college pitcher Cory Popham allowed five hits and struck out three in eight innings to get the victory. Kirk Edson picked up the save to help the Vaqueros improve to 18-7, 9-3 in the division. Matt McCallister, Chris Stroh and Ruben Padilla played well defensively for the Vaqueros.

GIRLS' SOCCER Glendale Adventist Academy 1, Yeshiva 1: Melissa Yeghizarian scored the tying goal in the second half for the host Cougars in a season-ending Liberty League match at the Glendale Sports Complex on Wednesday. Glendale Adventist (2-10-1, 2-6-1 in league) goalkeeper Victoria Osby finished with 10 saves. BOYS' BASKETBALL Providence 92, Glendale Adventist Academy 33: Glendale Adventist fell Wednesday in a Liberty League road contest. Flintridge Prep 66, Rio Hondo Prep 36: The Rebels faced an 11-9 deficit at the end of the first quarter Tuesday, but bounced back with a 17-7 run in the second quarter to go up, 26-18, at halftime.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - The Liberty League contest between Glendale Adventist Academy and Providence High was all but determined in the second quarter. It was an eight-minute frame in which the Pioneers garnered a double-digit they never relinquished in the midst of outscoring the Cougars by 12 en route to a 49-26 win at Glendale Adventist Academy Thursday. Providence's Bea Benedicto led the way with eight points in the quarter. As a team, the Pioneers shot seven of 13 while holding the Cougars to one field goal and three in the first half.