Flintridge Sacred Heart

Erik Boal For the first time in two weeks, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls' volleyball team was actually forced to dip into its reserve tank to pull out a victory. After making a relatively challenging week seem all too easy in wins against La Canada, Arcadia and Pasadena La Salle, the Tologs had to dig down and earn Tuesday night's nonleague victory against L.A. Marlborough. Despite committing an uncharacteristic 33 hitting errors and missing eight serves, Flintridge Sacred Heart overcame its own miscues to post a 15-8, 10-15, 15-10, 15-7 win at home, its second victory of the season against the Mustangs following a Sept.

Erik Boal LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- Senior midfielder Jessica Hanson tallied two goals and an assist, including a breakaway tally in the 79th minute, but the Tologs fell just short against defending Mission League champion Chaminade in Thursday's match at home. Hanson -- who is tied with Flintridge Prep freshman Coco Kleinert for the area lead with 27 points -- scored in the 31st minute off an assist from Erin Marshall to cut Chaminade's lead to 2-1, and then assisted on Jackie Fisher's goal in the 54th minute to trim the deficit to 3-2. Lindsey Weening and Tina Lutizetti gave Chaminade (14-5-1, 3-1-1 in league)

Erik Boal LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- It was a bad situation from the get-go for the Chaminade High girls' volleyball team. Not only did the Eagles have to deal with Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, arguably the hottest team in the Mission League, but it was also senior night Tuesday at the Tolog gym, which highlighted the careers of four of Coach Nancy Tinkham's players. And if that wasn't a daunting enough task, matters were made worse for the Eagles just before the start of the match, when the Tologs were given an extra lift after learning that they had moved up to No. 3 in the latest CIF Southern Section Division IVAA rankings.

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene .   STRONG DEBUT FOR FSHA SOCCER TEAM A few months removed from a second-place Mission League finish, the Flintridge Sacred Heart girls’ soccer team continues to stride forward. The Tologs began their summer on Sunday in Torrance at the L.A. Watts Summer Games, winning all three opening-round contests. Sacred Heart won its first two matches by identical 6-0 scores over Venice High and Garey.

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL CO-MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Jillian Davis, Flintridge Sacred Heart, senior, outside hitter FIRST TEAM Kacey Knauf, Flintridge Sacred Heart, senior, setter Brittany Esser, Flintridge Sacred Heart, junior, opposite hitter SECOND TEAM Kathryn Gorsch, Flintridge Sacred Heart, senior, middle blocker Kim Heller, Flintridge Sacred Heart, senior, middle blocker FOOTBALL ...

FOOTBALL First Team Offense Mason Elieff, St. Francis, junior, wide receiver Paul Garcia, St. Francis, senior, offensive line Blake Milton, St. Francis, junior, running back Second Team Offense Kevin Holmquist, St. Francis, senior, offensive line Stephen McGee, St. Francis, senior, offensive line Kymm Snowden, St. Francis, junior, running back Matt Abbey, St. Francis, junior, quarterback...

Today TBA — Crescenta Valley girls’ basketball plays in Burroughs Tournament. 2:30 p.m. Flintridge Prep girls’ basketball hosts Alumni game. 3:15 p.m. Crescenta Valley girls’ soccer visits Glendale. 4 p.m. Flintridge Prep boys’ basketball hosts Alumni game.   Saturday 10 a.m. Crescenta Valley girls’ soccer plays Alumni game. 12 p.m. Flintridge Sacred Heart plays Watsonville in Tri-Valley Classic.

GIRLS' SOCCER Flintridge Sacred Heart 2, Don Lugo 2 (Flintridge Sacred Heart wins on penalty kicks, 5-4): The Tologs won the program's first regular-season tournament championship Saturday by edging host Don Lugo in the Don Lugo Holiday Classic. Sophomore Maddie Gonzales scored the winning penalty kick and goalkeeper Cissy Butler made the ensuing stop to give Flintridge Sacred Heart (5-0-1) the victory against Division I counterpart Don Lugo, which captured the Mt. Baldy League title last season.

Charles Rich Though expectations will always remain high for the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy volleyball team, sometimes it's best to go back to the basics. In one of those rare instances, the Tologs did just that as they focused their practices on hitting and digging. Hitting and digging proved to be Flintridge Sacred Heart's strongest assets in its 25-20, 25-19, 20-25, 25-20 nonleague victory against visiting Arcadia on Monday night. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Arcadia 20 19 20 20 Flint.

LOS ANGELES - In between helping win a pair of relay events, Kirsten Vose had enough energy to excel in her individual races. The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy freshman swimmer got stronger toward the end of her races and kept the Tologs unbeaten. Vose won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke Thursday afternoon to spark Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in a convincing 111-65 nonleague dual meet victory against Crescenta Valley at Loyola High. In the boys' portion of the meet, Loyola, the defending CIF Southern Section Division I champion, registered a 108-72 win against Crescenta Valley, which took third last season in Division III. Vose captured the individual medley in 2 minutes 16.28 seconds and the breaststroke in 1:08.67.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - Missing a second consecutive meet wasn't what James Knowles had in mind. With his right hamstring healthy, the St. Francis High track and field standout showed he's ready to defend his Mission League championships in a pair of hurdle events. Despite the cool temperatures, Knowles took to the course and heated up, as he captured the 110- and 300-meter hurdles in a Mission League dual meet against Harvard-Westlake on Wednesday afternoon. Knowles clocked 14.16 seconds in the 110 before finishing in 39.09 in the 300 for the Golden Knights, who suffered a 79-48 defeat.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - It's evident by the scores and the results this season that the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy water polo team is improving. But after a 14-8 Mission League loss to visiting Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and a performance that showed both how far the Tologs have come and how far they still need to go, first-year Sacred Heart Coach Andrea Artukovich insisted her team go even farther on Tuesday. "If they had energy to swim afterward, they could've worked harder [in the match]

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - Following nearly 37 grueling minutes, capped by her match-winning goal in sudden-death overtime, Hannah Walleck could barely celebrate. The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy water polo player was exhausted and relieved that the Tologs pulled out a 13-12 Mission League home victory against Alemany on Thursday afternoon. She was practically breathless moments after the match concluded. "I felt like this game was going to go on forever," said Walleck, who finished with seven goals, including the winner with 10 seconds left in the first sudden-death overtime.

Between the championship exploits of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer and Flintridge Prep boys' basketball, the ascent to state heights by a host of Glendale Community College teams and several local names popping up on the national level, 2011 had plenty of stories worthy of top-10 consideration. The final voting recognized the Tologs' first-ever CIF Southern Section Division triumph as the tops among them all, but there were many worthy contenders that made the cut and plenty more that didn't.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Two games, two wins, two shutouts and all seems to be rolling along as planned for the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team in its annual Los Tacos Holiday Festival. “It was a good day overall. We started to see some things that we've been working on jell,” said Tologs co-Coach Frank Pace, whose team opened up tournament pool play on Tuesday at the Glendale Sports Complex with a 6-0 drubbing of Santa Maria St. Joseph before defeating Royal, 3-0, in the afternoon cap. “We're about where we were last year at this point.” Which is great news for the Tologs (7-1)

LOS ANGELES - Saturday's match wasn't a Mission League affair that had title implications. It wasn't a CIF Southern Section Division I playoff contest that could've ended its season. For the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team, it was another nonleague contest. But for its opponent, St. Lucy's, it was an opportunity to knock off the top-ranked team in the nation by ESPN HS. That's exactly what the Regents did, shocking the Tologs with a 1-0 victory at Occidental College's Patterson Field, the team's first home loss since February, 2008.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy's soccer team was hardly overly dejected after its 1-0 victory over Crescenta Valley on Friday night at Glendale Community College. But then again, the Tologs, ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN HS and the defending CIF Southern Section Division I champions, were hardly overjoyed, either. "Definitely not upset, we came out with a win," said Tologs junior defender Sarah Teegarden, who was central in Sacred Heart (2-0) earning its second consecutive shutout to start the season.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — One of the areas that the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy volleyball program has been successful at over the last decade is the ability to close out close games. It's played a large role in helping the Tologs finishing at or near the top of the Mission League and led to lengthy playoff runs. Things are a bit different now, as the Tologs have struggled in that department. It showed during Thursday's night league home match against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.

1 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls' soccer: Just as no team equaled its unprecedented success during the 2010-11 season, no group of area high school athletes epitomized the concept of “team” better than the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team. “The way our team was structured, it was always team first,” senior midfielder Alyssa Conti said. “We did so much stuff outside of soccer itself to really build team bonding and make sure we were there for each other on and off the field.