Harvard Westlake

NORTH HOLLYWOOD - For the first 30 minutes of Monday evening's pivotal Mission League match between the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team and host Harvard-Westlake, the teams went back and forth to the tune of a scoreless stalemate. But over the last 10 minutes of the opening half, the Wolverines took a decisive edge and a two-goal blitz in a two-minute span turned the match for good, as Harvard-Westlake handed the Tologs their first loss of the season with a 3-0 victory.

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 — With a victory needed to clinch an automatic playoff berth, the St. Francis High football team left nothing to chance and wasted no time in determining its own fate. On the strength of a 24-point first half and scoring on its first six drives overall, the Golden Knights trumped host Harvard-Westlake, 34-14, Friday night in both team's Mission League finale. "It couldn't have come at a better time," said St. Francis Coach Jim Bonds of his team's performance, which put the Golden Knights at 6-4 and 3-2 in league and clinched a postseason berth that will be unveiled with Sunday's CIF Southern Section Western Division pairings.

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.

TODAY GIRLS’ SOCCER  Firebaugh vs. Holy Family at TBA, 3:30 p.m.  Crescenta Valley at Arcadia, 3:30 p.m.  Harvard-Westlake vs. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy at Glendale Community College, 5:15 p.m.   BOYS’ SOCCER  St. Francis at Harvard-Westlake, 5 p.m.  Flintridge Prep at Chadwick, 3:15 p.m.  Arcadia at Crescenta Valley, 3:15 p.m.   GIRLS’ BASKETBALL  Holy Family at Notre Dame Academy, 5:15 p.m.   BOYS’ BASKETBALL  St.

Charles Rich St. Francis basketball Coach John Jordan talked about bringing out the measuring stick. What Jordan and the Golden Knights couldn't do was measure up to 6-foot-9 standout Alex Stepheson of Harvard-Westlake. St. Francis couldn't contain Stepheson in its 77-48 Mission League home loss to powerhouse Harvard-Westlake before a noisy crowd on Friday night. Stepheson finished with 21 points and a game-best 17 rebounds against the undersized Golden Knights.

Charles Rich Two lights flickered inside the St. Francis High gymnasium during a 50-minute stretch Thursday. The hopes of the St. Francis boys' volleyball team making the postseason now flicker after the Golden Knights put up a lackluster effort in a 25-21, 25-21, 25-20 Mission League home loss to Harvard-Westlake on Thursday night. Harvard-Westlake (8-8, 6-4 in league) grabbed sole possession of third place in league behind Loyola and Alemany.

Charles Rich NORTHRIDGE -- Her pride had taken a beating. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy senior pole vaulter Priscilla Reynado had to regain a measure of pride entering Friday's Mission League track and field finals at Cal State Northridge. The defending two-time defending champion had a vault of 9 feet 6 to finish second behind Sherman Oaks of Notre Dame's Claire Parker (10-0) to qualify for the CIF preliminaries next Friday at Cerritos College in Norwalk.