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updateBehind stellar play of former Crescenta Valley High boys' basketball standout, Crimson is off to best start in eight years.GLENDALE -- The following is an update on local athletes competing at the collegiate level: Jim Goffredo (Crescenta Valley, 2003) junior guard, Harvard men's basketball -- The sharp-shooting Goffredo has gotten the Crimson off to a 5-1 start. In his first season as a starter, Goffredo has averaged a team-high 15.5 points per game, including a career-high 22 on Saturday night as Harvard fell at home to Central Connecticut State, 87-79.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — The end of one streak of dominance on Thursday night may very well lead to the end of another for the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy volleyball team. A 27-25, 22-25, 24-26, 25-16, 15-10 loss at Sacred Heart to Mission League archrival Harvard-Westlake ended an undefeated home streak dating back to the 2002 regular season. That loss came to the same Wolverines, who now are two wins away from denying the Tologs at least a share of the league title for the first time since 2003.

TODAY Glendale Central Library presents its Tuesday afternoon film "Terminal" at 2 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library auditorium, 222 E. Harvard St. For more information, call (818) 548-2040. Children in first grade and up are invited to come and practice their reading skills with a dog in "Barks and Books," from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library's Children's Rooms, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale. For more information, call (818) 548-2035.

Crescenta Valley High School alumnus Jim Goffredo, now a senior guard for the Harvard basketball team, has been named to the ESPN the Magazine District 1 All-Academic First Team. It marks the third consecutive year that a member of the Crimson basketball team has earned first team honors. The four other members of team includes Cornell's Graham Dow, Clumbia's Ben Nwachukwu, Canisius' Charles Harris and Vermont's Martin Klimes. Goffredo and the others will advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.

Glendale Quilt Guild meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard, at 7 p.m. following social hour at 6:30 p.m. The program lecture is Imagination and Inspiration . Speaker Judy Sisneros will present about 50 quilts, old and new. The meetings are free to members. The fee for non-members is $5. For information visit www.glendalequiltguild.org or call 888-337-8458. The May workshop will be on Saturday, May 12 at 9 a.m. and is titled Patch Pizazz ?

St. Francis High junior boys’ tennis standout Vinni Lodolo made history on Wednesday afternoon at the Studio City Tennis Center. Lodolo broke Harvard-Westlake’s decade-long streak of Mission League individual champions when he won the league singles crown. He bested Wolverines No. 2 singles player Matt Wagner, 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 for the championship. In the semifinal, which he advanced to a season prior, Lodolo, the tournament’s top seed, defeated Wolverines No. 3 player Andrew Berman, 6-1, 6-0. A Harvard-Westlake player had won the tournament every year since 1998.

Kyle Chen, a senior from La Canada High School, will present a violin senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in La Cañada High School Auditorium. Admission is free. The public is invited to attend. Chen's recital will feature selected pieces from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Lalo, Wieniawski and Stravinsky. Chen has a natural sensibility to delight audiences with his incisive and imaginative performances. He is not only bright but also ingenious, and unique. In addition to his solo achievements, Chen is also a major player in many orchestras from local, state and national level.

SOFTBALL Flintridge Prep 15, Chadwick 2: Denise van der Goot hit a home run and drove in three runs Wednesday to lead the visiting Rebels in a Prep League contest. She also struck out eight and picked up the win in the circle to improve to 4-4. Flintridge Prep (6-6 and 3-1 in league) finished with 16 hits. Emma Vine contributed four hits and drove in three runs and scored four times for Flintridge Prep, which received three hits from Charlotte Kay and got a pair of RBIs from Sydney Golombeck.

MINI-PARKS GO TO DESIGN WHAT HAPPENED The council approved a resolution adopting plans and specifications for the Harvard and Windsor mini-parks. WHAT IT MEANS The city will request bids from companies to design and build two mini-parks, one at 423 and 425 W. Harvard St. and another at 1300 and 1306 E. Windsor Road. The Harvard property is 12,000 square feet and the Windsor land is 16,500 square feet. The cost for both parks is projected at $1.01 million.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- Facing a must-win situation and with little marginfor error, the St. Francis High boys' basketball team played like a team on a mission Wednesday against Harvard--Westlake. Against a tight Wolverine defense, -- which limited area-leading scorer Michael Jenkins to just 14 points -- it was unlikely source Thomas Mason who elevated his play in a Mission League game. Mason had 17 points and six rebounds to lead his squad to a 64-54 win at St. Francis High.

LOS ANGELES - With two of its top swimmers on the opposite coast Thursday, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swimming and diving team had trouble when it came to matching Harvard-Westlake's star power. The Tologs' ensemble cast stole the show, however, picking up a 99-77 Mission League win at Loyola High that was built more on solid depth than outright dominance. "We definitely have a variety of specialty swimmers and even if we can't touch first in all of them, we can go second, third and fourth and that really helps us do the best we can do," said Sacred Heart junior Emily Balog, who won the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute, 1.72 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.72.

PASADENA - With virtually an all new lineup in play this season, the members of the St. Francis High golf team have an eye toward reaching the CIF playoffs for the first time since 2009. In trying to achieve that goal during the next two months, the Golden Knights figure to be involved in some close Mission League matches to test their fortitude. So far, the Golden Knights have met essentially every challenge thrown their way and, in the process, are off to an undefeated start to league.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - For a St. Francis High soccer team that's been down on its luck for most of the season, getting a hard-fought scoreless tie against Mission League-rival Harvard-Westlake on Wednesday might have felt just as good as a win. One can only wonder then how the Golden Knights felt following the Wolverines' stunning game-winning goal inside the final minute of extra time that sent St. Francis to a 1-0 league-opening loss at...

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - In front of a jampacked homecoming faithful, the St. Francis High football team went from disaster to delirium. On the strength of the fortuitous right foot of Billy McCreary, the Golden Knights culminated a 10-point, fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Harvard-Westlake, 23-20, when McCreary booted a 37-yard field goal with two seconds left to lift his team to victory in the Mission League opener for both teams. “We, came away with the victory - and it was amazing,” said McCreary, who also had a game-tying 29-yard kick in the fourth and a 32-yard field goal in the first half before the Wolverines scored 20 straight points to take a 20-10 lead into the fourth quarter.

The members of the St. Francis High football team more than held their own during the nonleague portion of their schedule, going 5-0 and limiting opponents to 6.8 points per game. Looking to replicate that in the Mission League might be a tall order, though the Golden Knights appear to be up to the challenge. St. Francis will get its first look at a league opponent when it meets visiting Harvard-Westlake in a league opener at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Friedman Field. The Golden Knights are ranked No. 4 in the latest CIF Southern Section Western Division poll and one of four league teams earning a top-10 ranking.

PASADENA — The window of opportunity for the St. Francis High baseball team to make the CIF playoffs out of the Mission League remains open, although the Golden Knights' recently completed two-game series with Harvard-Westlake certainly didn't do much to help the cause. After losing by 10 runs in a shutout on the road Tuesday, St. Francis was beaten, 9-3, by the Wolverines at Jackie Robinson Field on Friday afternoon for their fourth loss in a row and third straight in league.

GLENDALE — Since losing to Louisville High earlier this season, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swimming team has maintained a must-win mentality. There's no alternative for the Tologs if they want to claim a piece of the Mission League title for the second year in a row and they kept that goal within reach by beating Chaminade, 103-66, in a Mission League tri-meet Tuesday at Loyola High. "The big two are left," said Tologs Coach Steve Bergen, whose team (4-2, 2-1 in league)

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — For a season-opening meet, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and St. Francis High track and field teams couldn't have asked for a better start and finish. The Tologs and Golden Knights began their seasons on the road Thursday afternoon with a Mission League dual meet against Harvard-Westlake. Flintridge Sacred Heart and St. Francis proved to be resourceful by winning in grand fashion in the final events of their respective portions of the meet. Both teams were able to breath a sigh of relief, as Flintridge Sacred Heart posted a 65.5-61.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — From domination to devastation. While Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy co-Coach Frank Pace was quick to point out that he didn't believe his Tologs were ever dominating host Harvard-Westlake, his team's two-goal, first-half lead certainly put it in a dominating position. And during a six-minute span with the match tied late in Monday's Mission League match, the Tologs had once again found their offensive groove and were firmly in control of the run of the game until it all swiftly slipped away.

LOS ANGELES — As a showcase for two of the most talented and potent girls' soccer teams in the nation, Wednesday evening's clash between host Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and archrival Harvard-Westlake more than lived up to the hype. But as a showcase to determine the best of the best as it relates to the Mission League, Wednesday's evening's battle left everything unsettled. The Tologs rallied from an early one-goal deficit only to relinquish a one-goal halftime advantage en route to a 2-2 tie with the Wolverines at Occidental College in both teams' league opener.