Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART ACADEMY -- The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls' basketball team knew its handicap on the hardwood Monday: turnovers. As much as the Tologs try, they can't avoid it. Once again, turnovers haunted them in a nonleague loss to Immaculate Heart. The Pandas forced 30 turnovers as they defeated the Tologs, 64-45, at Flintridge Sacred Heart. "Our turnovers killed us," said Flintridge Sacred Heart Coach Ron Sarber, whose team dropped to 1-2. "We got a little lazy on defense in the third quarter."

LA CAÑADA FINTRIDGE — With the formidable nonleague portion of their schedule just about complete, the members of the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy are about ready to move on to bigger things. Winning a fifth consecutive Mission League title would be one of them. The Tologs received 28 assists and eight digs from senior setter Sam Orlandini and 12 kills and nine digs from senior outside hitter Katie Condon to post a resounding 25-14, 25-14, 25-15 nonleague home victory against Marlborough on Friday night.

GLENDALE ? Questions abound concerning their respective lineups. Talk to Crescenta Valley High and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls? golf coaches Ken Johnson and John Milligan and they offer opposite viewpoints about their programs. Crescenta Valley won its first-ever Pacific League championship last. The Falcons will bring back senior standout Christine Cho, the league?s reigning most valuable player who advanced into the Southern Section Individual Finals, and sophomore Katie Park.

GLENDALE ? The following are updates on local athletes competing at the collegiate level: Lauren Bustos (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 2006) freshman defender/midfielder, Fordham University women's soccer ? With the help of Bustos, a two-time All-Area Girls' Soccer Player of the Year, the Rams are off to a good start this year. Bustos, who led Flintridge Sacred Heart to four consecutive appearances in the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs, was selected to the all-tournament team after Fordham notched a 2-1 victory against Columbia University on Sunday at the NYC Nike Classic at St. John's University's Belson Stadium.

SOUTH PASADENA — Cross-court passes were intercepted by the members of the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy basketball team and converted into points. That told Flintridge Sacred Heart second-year Coach Gino Pacella that the Tologs were getting somewhere after not playing up to par during the first several weeks of the summer season. Flintridge Sacred Heart played aggressive defense, inducing 31 turnovers, en route to a convincing 38-18 victory against Westridge on Monday afternoon in a South Pasadena High Summer League contest.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE ? In short, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy basketball team wasn?t ready. It showed from the opening tip and lasted until the final horn mercifully sounded following a fourth quarter that featured a running clock and no hope of overcoming a 51-point deficit. Flintridge Sacred Heart suffered an 84-33 loss to Fillmore on Saturday night in a pool-play game of the second annual La Cañada High New Year?s Ball Tournament. It was Flintridge Sacred Heart?

GLENDALE — Finding a group of golfers to compliment their top players in the lineup will be the key for a pair of local high school girls’ golf coaches. While there may be some choices, it’s been a big concern for Ken Johnson and Bill Sanchez, who serve as coaches at Crescenta Valley High and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, respectively. The recent fires that ravaged the area meant many of the athletes couldn’t take to golf courses to practice. It’s also led to Johnson and Sanchez not being able to find ample time to round out their lineups.

DOWNEY — There was a feeling-out period for both teams to begin Friday night’s CIF Southern California Regional Championships Division III girls’ soccer title game between Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and Francis Parker. But there was nothing ginger or tentative about the 63 minutes of physical, grinding soccer that followed the game’s only three goals scored. At times simply a stalemate between Sacred Heart’s uncharacteristic, long-kicking, frenetic style and Francis Parker’s methodical, bruising approach, the latter 3/4 of the match saw the Tologs toughen up and hang on for a 2-1 victory at Warren High in Downey, clinching the first-ever regional crown in program history.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — For a brief time, they didn't come close to resembling a team that had lost 18 consecutive matches. The members of the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy water polo squad put together some crisp passes, made some steals and actually held a lead. Unfortunately for the Tologs, the losing skid wasn't snapped because of a bad four-minute stretch. Flintridge Sacred Heart suffered an 8-3 Mission League loss to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on Thursday at Flintridge Prep.

GIRLS' SWIMMING Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy at CIF Southern Section Division I prelims: Kirsten Vose put herself in a good position to win her first CIF title Thursday at Riverside City College. The sophomore won both her preliminary races in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke in respective times of 2:03.47 and 1:03.27. The Division I finals will take place Saturday at 5 p.m. with the top nine finishers in each race Thursday swimming in championship races Saturday and the 10th to 18th swimmers taking part in a consolation final.

LOS ANGELES - Steve Bergen let his Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swim team know he isn't the sharing type before its final Mission League dual meet of the season. While Sacred Heart had earned itself a share of the league title with a win over Alemany Tuesday, the Tologs coach told the team in a pre-meet, pump-up speech that he intended to be the sole champion - just like last year - on Thursday. It turned out the Tologs needed little motivation against a considerably smaller Chaminade squad, as they won nine of 11 events and had two of the top-three finishers in all eight of the individual events for a 117-40 victory over Chaminade at Loyola High.

LOS ANGELES - When the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swimming team took its seat atop the Mission League back last year, it did so with depth. It takes a different approach this year for the Tologs, who relied on their stars of Kirsten Vose, Katie Altmayer, Emily Balog and Kate Herrill to deliver a 99-84 victory over host Harvard-Westlake in a league dual meet Tuesday at Loyola High. That foursome started the meet with a win and CIF Southern Section Division I postseason consideration time in the 200-yard medley of 1 minute, 54.39 seconds and at least one member of that group had a hand in all nine of the Tologs' wins on the day. Flintrdge Sacred Heart won just five events in a 99-77 win over Harvard Westlake last season.

SOUTH PASADENA - While the goals were twofold at Friday evening's third annual South Pasadena High Tiger Track and Field Invite, achievements were more than plentiful for the several local schools and athletes who competed. Blair, Crescenta Valley, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, Muir, Pasadena, St. Francis and South Pasadena all enjoyed measures of success, led by the host Tigers. PHOTOS: South Pasadena Tiger Track and Field Invite South Pasadena notched two varsity victories, including back-to-back wins from varsity 1,600-meter junior runners Helena Van Loan and Josh Wilson.

At the conclusion of the Mission League girls' soccer season, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy came up one goal short of sharing the league crown. Though the Tologs were forced to settle for second, Flintridge Sacred Heart was bestowed the league's highest individual honor. Tologs senior defender Kayla Mills was recently voted the Mission League Most Valuable Player, while senior midfielder Sarah Teegarden was the Mission League Defensive MVP. Joining their fellow Tologs on the all-league honor roll were seniors Savannah Viola and Krista Meaglia and sophomore Hanna Armendariz, who were first-team selections, while seniors Kendall Sandoval and Hailey James, along with junior Dani Garcia, received second-team acclaim.

LA CANADA - In some ways, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and Flintridge Prep softball teams are similar. That proved to be evident when the teams met Wednesday afternoon in a nonleague contest at Flintridge Prep. The Tologs and Rebels both possess strong lineups. However, both teams are still trying to shore up their respective pitching staffs and defense. Flintridge Sacred Heart showed some more pop Wednesday, as it finished with 11 hits en route to a 21-11 win in a contest called after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.

TRACK AND FIELD Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 103, Chaminade 23: The Tologs began their season Thursday with a Mission League win at St. Francis High. Flintridge Sacred Heart received first-place efforts from Daelyn Moon in the 400-meter race in 1 minute 2.22 seconds, Noëlle Niederhaus in the 1,600 (5:47.9), Kayla Mills in the 100 (13.6) and Alex Donner in the shot put (26 feet 5 inches). Moon worked with Hailey James, Claire Kostelnik and Kayla Montgomery to win the 4x100 relay in 52.13.