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GIRLS' WATER POLO Crescenta Valley 12, Oxnard 4: The Falcons won the Oxnard Tournament on Saturday behind four goals from Sabrina Hatzer in the championship match against the host Yellowjackets. Elissa Arnold added three goals and Stefanie Loporchio scored twice for Crescenta Valley, which improved to 26-0. The Falcons played three matches on Saturday, including a 12-7 win over Newbury Park in the semifinals led by four goals from Shannon Hovanesian and 13 saves by Gabriel Isacson and a 10-1 defeat of Righetti in the quarters, in which Hatzer scored three goals.

BOYS' SOCCER Crescenta Valley 6, Culver City 0: Pavle Atanackovic scored a pair of goals Tuesday to lift the Falcons (4-0-4) to a pool-play road victory in the Westside Tournament. Crescenta Valley, which hasn't allowed a goal in its last five matches, got one goal apiece from Alex Berger, Erick Trejo, Eric Keshishian and Tony Royer. GIRLS' SOCCER Crescenta Valley 1, Golden Valley 0: The host Falcons (2-3) picked up a nonleague victory Tuesday.

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL Crescenta Valley 2, L.A. Baptist 0: The Falcons won their final pool-play match, 25-18, 25-18, on Friday night in the opening round of their host tournament to finish second in Pool B and secure a Gold Division playoff berth for today's final round, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Crescenta Valley split its first two matches. It fell to South Hills, 24-26, 25-14, 15-4 before besting Van Nuys, 25-23, 24-26, 15-13. Viewpoint 3, Glendale Adventist Academy 0: Glendale Adventist put up a fight in the final game, racking up 22 points, but was still swept by Viewpoint, 25-14, 25-12, 25-22, in a Liberty League match Thursday.

BOYS' SOCCER Crescenta Valley 2, Burbank 2: An Alex Berger goal off a throw-in inside the final minute of regulation saved the Falcons (4-0-6) from their first loss of the season in a Pacific League match Friday at Burbank. Berger also assisted on Pavle Atanackovic's first-half goal. Crescenta Valley, which tied Glendale in its league opener on Tuesday, is 0-0-2 in league. St. Francis 3, Crespi 0: Billy McCreary, Thomas Banks and Derek Bell all scored goals for visiting St. Francis, which improved to 2-7-4 and 1-1 in the Mission League on Friday.

GIRLS' GOLF Crescenta Valley 221, Burroughs 238: Audrey Chung of Crescenta Valley carded a five-over-par 41 on Wednesday to earn medalist honors in a nonleague match at De Bell Golf Club. Amy Park had a 43 for the Falcons (14-9-1). GIRLS' CROSS-COUNTRY Holy Family in Horizon League meet: The Gaels finished last in the five-team event Wednesday at Griffith Park. Alejandra Hernandez was ninth for the Gaels, who got a 10th-place effort from Gaby Diaz.

TRACK AND FIELD Crescenta Valley in Camarillo Distance Relays: The Falcons' quartet of Cali King, Diane Lombardi, Claudia Pham and Anneke Kakebeen took the top spot in the 4x1,600-meters relay Friday night in a time of 22 minutes 21.45 seconds — which was the second-best time in the nine-year history of the meet. King ran a 5:27.9 leg to lead off and the time was matched by Kakebeen on the anchor. Lombardi ran a 5:43.6 leg, while Pham followed in the third leg at 5:41.7.

BOYS' BASKETBALL Crescenta Valley 57, Arcadia 45: Crescenta Valley overcame its first-quarter shooting struggles to earn a Pacific League win Friday night against rival Arcadia. The Falcons trailed, 13-6, after the first quarter before regrouping to build a 27-22 halftime advantage. “We came out so excited with all of the fans cheering and the guys were overly excited,” said Crescenta Valley Coach Shawn Zargarian, who received 18 points and 12 rebounds from Christian Misi to snap a two-game losing streak and improve to 16-4, 5-2 in league.

SOFTBALL Crescenta Valley 8, Temple City 1: Hannah Cookson hit two home runs to lead the Falcons (4-0) to a win in the championship game of the Duarte Tournament on Saturday. Cece Martinez, Sydney House, Delaney Gay and Jessica Morena each recorded multi-hit games. Long Beach Poly 8, Hoover 4: Briana Manzanero, Kaitlyn Williams and Kenya Buckley each went two for three for the Tornadoes in a Cypress Tournament loss on Saturday. Hoover also lost to Fullerton, 9-1, in the same tournament on Saturday.

BOYS' GOLF Crescenta Valley in Pacific League Match No. 1: Led by a seven-over-par 77 from Paul Park, the Falcons finished second with a score of 416 behind Arcadia (372) on Wednesday at Brookside Park No. 2 Golf Course. Crescenta Valley (7-3, 4-1 in league), which finished three strokes ahead of third-place Burroughs, got 82s from Adrian Chia and John Lee, an 87 from Aaron Peskett and an 88 from David Moreno. Maranatha 200, Flintridge Prep 200 (46-48): Jack Bouchard carded a one-over-par 36 to lead the Rebels, who fell on a card-off between the teams' No. 6 golfers at Altadena Golf Course on Wednesday.

LA CRESCENTA - Taking a brief break from spring practice sessions, a quartet of area high school football teams looked for early indications to determine how their respective skill position units would respond facing live competition. For the most part, Crescenta Valley, Hoover, Burroughs and Burbank had mixed results during the first day of the annual Gordy Warnock Passing Tournament at Crescenta Valley on Friday afternoon. Crescenta Valley and Hoover each split their two games, while Burroughs and Burbank dropped both of their contests.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - One bad inning can end one heckuva good season. Essentially, that's what happened on Thursday afternoon at Stengel Field, as the host Crescenta Valley High baseball team out hit and, at least for six innings, out pitched visiting Tustin, but could never come back from allowing a six-run second inning en route to a CIF Southern Section Division II first-round exit at the hands of the Tillers, 7-4. "That's tough to...

For the first time since 2008, the Crescenta Valley High baseball team captured the Pacific League championship this season. The last time that happened was also the last time the Falcons (20-7) advanced past the first round of the playoffs. Whether or not history repeats itself this season will depend on how well the Falcons match up with Tustin, which visits Stengel Field at 4:15 p.m. today for a CIF Southern Section Division II first-round game. The first key, according to Falcons senior right fielder Troy Mulcahey, a veteran of the last three CV teams, is to approach the game with an appropriate level of focus and urgency.

LA CRESCENTA - In Tuesday afternoon's CIF Southern Section Division III softball wild-card outing, Crescenta Valley High came out swinging and so too did Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. Problem for the host Falcons was, the Knights were sending line drives into the outfield, while the Falcons countered by swinging at bad balls out of the zone. It amounted to a four-run deficit for CV after an inning that ultimately set the tone throughout the Falcons' season-ending 9-4 loss to Notre Dame.

LA CRESCENTA - An unlikely CIF Southern Section Division III playoff run that began with a come-from-behind victory over the 10th-seeded squad, followed by a win against the No. 7 team, came to a screeching halt Saturday evening for the Crescenta Valley boys' volleyball team. The unranked Falcons dropped their quarterfinal match against visiting No. 2 seed South Torrance, 25-15, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21. "Like I told my guys, they made a couple big plays that we didn't. We missed a couple.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL South Torrance at Crescenta Valley, 7 p.m.: Crescenta Valley (19-9) will continue its surprising CIF Southern Section Division III playoff run against second-seeded South Torrance (23-4) in a quarterfinal match tonight. The Falcons posted a 25-19, 22-25, 25-14, 25-13 second-round home win Thursday after rallying from a 2-0 deficit to topple L.A. Baptist on Tuesday. South Torrance, which won the Pioneer League title, has posted playoff victories against Cypress and Santa Ynez.

ARCADIA - After a disastrous shutout loss to Glendale High a week earlier, Crescenta Valley High's softball was looking to gain some positive momentum heading into next week's CIF postseason. It found it in the form of a 13-2 five-inning rout of archrival Arcadia on the road Thursday in both teams' Pacific League finale. "We wanted to get this game over and get into CIF," said senior catcher Allison Lacey, who went two for two with a pair of runs batted in and two more runs scored.

LA CRESCENTA - First the Crescenta Valley High boys' volleyball team broke Cerritos' spirit with a decisive win in a pivotal third game. Then the host Falcons simply broke the match wide open with a fourth-game rout to claim a 25-19, 22-25, 25-14, 25-13 victory in a CIF Southern Section Division III second-round playoff game on Thursday night. "That was a blast, it was so much fun," said Falcons outside hitter Wesley Cormier, who finished with 10 kills and four blocks and had four kills and an ace in the final game, which Crescenta Valley led by as many as 15 points.

NORTH HILLS - Just a game away from its season ending and roughly a decade removed from its last first-round playoff triumph, the Crescenta Valley High boys' volleyball team had quite the obstacle to overcome in a short period of time. In less than an hour, the Falcons turned a bleak situation into a positive one by rallying for a 22-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-14, 15-12 CIF Southern Section Division III road win against L.A. Baptist on Tuesday night. In some respects, the Falcons (18-9)

BOYS' GOLF Crescenta Valley in CIF Southern Section Northern Team Divisional: The Falcons placed 16th in the 19-team event Monday at Soule Park in Ojai. Playing without three regular scorers, the Falcons shot a 431. Andrew Cho paced Crescenta Valley, which finished second in the Pacific League, with a five-over-par 77. The Falcons also received an 83 from David Moreno, 87 from Andy Kim, 91 from Michael Rinder and a 93 from Cody Renfro. "They did OK, and it was an opportunity for some of the others to play and get more experience," said Crescenta Valley Coach John Pehar, who said the Falcons were without Adrian Chia, Paul Park and Patrick Kallas because of advanced placement testing.