Glendale High

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — Her former coach remembered his freshman phenom hitting a game-tying solo home run against archrival Crescenta Valley High in 2005. Her current coach praised her leadership. She recalled hitting a mammoth home run this year that landed on the tennis courts at Glendale High. “It all came back full circle with that home run [against Arcadia],” Amy Bishop said. Bishop, a senior playing her final game as a Nitro, had plenty of fond memories Thursday.

GLENDALE — Perhaps nothing could be better than taking a 150-mile bus ride north and stopping at a Santa Barbara cafe on an unseasonably warm winter day. The Glendale High girls’ water polo team found something even more to its liking after reaching its final destination — a playoff victory. Glendale received a team-high five goals from Kristina Terzyan and four from Katren Ter-Oganesyan to record a lopsided 14-5 win on Tuesday against Santa Ynez in a CIF Southern Section Division IV wild-card match at Lompoc Aquatic Center.

BURBANK — With the Glendale High and Burroughs boys’ basketball teams having struggled throughout the first part of the season, they can each pinpoint a major reason why — lack of rebounding. The Nitros and Indians squared off in the first of two Pacific League meetings Monday, with both seeking to curb their rebounding deficiencies. Glendale owned the boards to break through into the league win column. Glendale received 11 points and 11 rebounds from Taron Israelian and eight points and 10 rebounds from David Yetenikyan to record a 63-54 road win. “Rebounding was the difference in this game, and we got it when we needed it,” said Glendale Coach Steve Snodgress, whose team improved to 6-10 and 1-2 in league.

BURBANK — The final 30 seconds of Wednesday night’s Burbank Summer League game between the Glendale High and Burbank girls’ basketball teams featured suspense that would usually be reserved for some point in the regular season. There’s no chill in the air, but the final moments kept everybody’s attention. Glendale had two shots on its final possession, but couldn’t convert in a 25-24 loss. Playing their second game of the summer season, the Nitros held a 24-22 lead before Burbank’s Evelyn Abrami made a three-pointer from the left side to give the Bulldogs a 25-24 lead with 27 seconds left.

LA CRESCENTA — Once it completed a seven-point comeback early in the fourth quarter, things began to look up for the Glendale High boys’ basketball team. That quickly changed for the Nitros, who saw their new-found momentum halted during a three-minute lapse. Glendale concluded pool-play competition in the Falcon Classic on Thursday night with a 57-54 loss to Alhambra at Crescenta Valley High. The Nitros (3-4) will meet South Pasadena in the tournament’s fifth-place game at 4:45 p.m. today.

ALHAMBRA — Once she’s on the court, it’s all business. For Joyce Librando, the star doubles player for the Glendale High girls’ tennis team, it’s a matter of getting back to competing and becoming acclimated with a new partner after her former teammate graduated last spring. She’s got a cool-customer demeanor, ready to work with sophomore Samantha Sismundo to help earn valuable points for the Nitros in their quest to get back to the playoffs.

BURBANK — It took only one game for veteran Glendale High boys’ basketball Coach Steve Snodgress to figure out his team. Granted, he’s willing to see how the Nitros fare over the course of 20-plus summer league games. However, it’s better to know now what needs to be addressed so that things can get fixed during the next six weeks or so. Snodgress addressed several of the issues following Glendale’s 61-48 loss to Grant on Tuesday afternoon in a Burbank Summer League game at Burbank High.

GLENDALE — He liked the school's location. He liked the school's instruction. And, most importantly, he liked the school's baseball program. Those were the reasons why Glendale High baseball standout Jesse Meaux, who'll be a senior in the fall, chose to verbally commit to play for UC Santa Barbara. "It seemed like nothing could be wrong with them," Meaux said. "If baseball wasn't a part of it, I would still want to be a part of UC Santa Barbara." Meaux — who noted that he'll receive a scholarship for his tuition and books — said the Gauchos coaches thought he would be a good fit. "They have a great coaching staff," Meaux added.

BURBANK — They played, arguably, one of their better matches of the season — before falling apart. The members of the Glendale High girls' volleyball squad impressively competed in a strong second game, seizing the momentum to possibly win a match. That idea vanished quickly, mostly because of inexperience. Glendale dropped the final two games and suffered a 25-17, 17-25, 25-16, 25-16 Pacific League road loss to Burbank on Tuesday. Glendale first-year Coach Claudia Choi held a 15-minute team meeting in the south end of the Burbank High gymnasium to discuss went wrong for the Nitros (2-13, 2-11 in league)

BURBANK — One week into the season, and there’s nowhere to go but up for the Glendale High boys’ basketball team. The Nitros encountered their toughest outing of the year thus far during Friday night’s 64-32 loss to Chaminade in a ninth-place game of the 41st annual Bulldog Tip-Off Classic at Burbank High. Judging by Friday’s outing, the Nitros are in need of an inside presence, a rebounder or two and somebody who can push the ball upcourt. The Nitros (1-3)