La Mirada

LA MIRADA - A second-quarter injury to La Mirada High star running back Johnny Hills played an unexpectedly huge factor in Friday night's nonleague game between visiting St. Francis and the Matadores. Unfortunately for the Golden Knights, the injury forced No. 2 back Adam Carrasco to take over and the Matadores junior was well up to task. Carrasco rushed a career-high 36 times for 246 yards and two touchdowns and the Golden Knights committed a devastating turnover late in a 28-21 loss to the CIF Southern Section Southeast Division second-ranked Matadores.

LA MIRADA - After two possessions, the Crescenta Valley High football team found itself in good shape. Two touchdowns catches by wide receiver Nick Ruiz left the Falcons with a sizable lead. Then things came apart for Crescenta Valley, which had difficulty stopping La Mirada's passing attack once it finally had possession. Crescenta Valley surrendered three touchdowns in the air and saw its season conclude Friday night with a 35-30 road loss against fourth-seeded La Mirada in a CIF Southern Section Southeast Division first-round contest.

SEGER ? BORDERS Emma Seger and Randall Borders of Costa Mesa have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of David and Beverly Seger of Glendale. She graduated in 2003 from Crescenta Valley High School and graduated in 2008 from UC Irvine with two bachelor?s degrees, one in film and media studies from the school of humanities and the other in studio art from the school of fine arts. The groom-elect is the son of Phil and Marianne Borders of La Mirada.

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE - - The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 70th year, meets Tuesdays at the Elk's Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the second meeting of the year. KEOSHIAN CARRIES GCC TO WIN Maybe the Glendale Community College football team should stick to playing its games on the road. Things have certainly worked out for the best for the Vaqueros, who improved to 2-1 with a 31-19 nonconference road victory against San Diego Mesa College on Saturday.

LA MIRADA — While it's hard to say that one play won or lost the game, it was one play that turned the tide against the Crescenta Valley Major Baseball All-Stars. The play was a groundball in the fifth inning hit directly to Crescenta Valley second baseman Corey Tavizon, who attempted to tag the Claremont runner on his way to second base. The umpire ruled there was no tag applied and the inning continued with no outs and two runners on base. Claremont would use the boost to score five runs in the frame and hold on for a 9-3 victory in the winner's bracket of the North Sub-Divisional on Tuesday in La Mirada.

The Newport Beach based-Slammers girls under-16 soccer team defeated PDA Fury from New Jersey, 4-1, Sunday to win the Patricia L. Masotto Cup as the age group's national champion at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Orlando, Fla. The Slammers, which had beaten the Fury earlier in the tournament, 2-0, erased an early deficit when Jessica Gordon scored the first of...

The following are previews of the area's upcoming high school football games this week. With the Hoover High football team having won its first two games of the season for the first time since 2005, second-year Tornadoes Coach Andrew Policky said he was surprised to find out the last time Hoover opened a season with three victories in a row was 1958. “I was shocked because I thought the program had done that before back in the 60s or 70s,” said Policky, whose team will face visiting Temple City in a nonleague game at 7 p.m. Thursday at Glendale High's Moyse Field.

A Montrose man and a La Mirada man have been charged with burglarizing three residences in La Crescenta and Montrose after being arrested in Monday afternoon in Sparr Heights. Glendale Police Department officers arrested So-Il Cho, 26, of La Mirada, and Jason Hoon Kim, 22, of Montrose, in Cho's vehicle at about 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Verdugo Road and Sunview Drive. Glendale police called CV Sheriff's Station detectives because the incident happened outside Glendale city limits in unincorporated county territory.

In seasons past, from cross-town rival Crescenta Valley High to Burroughs to Pasadena and Arcadia, the St. Francis football nonleague schedule has been littered with Pacific League opposition. Only Arcadia remains standing now, however, as the Apaches will once again serve as the Golden Knights' first-week opponent. In addition, there is the glaring exodus of Crescenta Valley, meaning the long standing "Battle for Foothill Blvd. " is no longer, as the Falcons opted to fill their schedule with another opponent.

LA MIRADA — Perhaps the most tell-tale sign of a good ball club is its ability to handle adversity. It's overcoming those little mistakes, errors or moments during a game when nothing seems to go right. It's bouncing back, putting the miscues asides, and responding with precision the rest of the way. It's exactly what the Crescenta Valley Majors All-Stars did to perfection on Saturday afternoon, when the team surrendered what could have been a demoralizing five-error, four-run third inning, but regrouped to beat Montalvo in convincing fashion, 14-4, in the opening game of the North Sub-Divisionals at La Mirada.

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE - - The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 70th year, meets Tuesdays at the Elk's Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the second meeting of the year. KEOSHIAN CARRIES GCC TO WIN Maybe the Glendale Community College football team should stick to playing its games on the road. Things have certainly worked out for the best for the Vaqueros, who improved to 2-1 with a 31-19 nonconference road victory against San Diego Mesa College on Saturday.

LA MIRADA - A second-quarter injury to La Mirada High star running back Johnny Hills played an unexpectedly huge factor in Friday night's nonleague game between visiting St. Francis and the Matadores. Unfortunately for the Golden Knights, the injury forced No. 2 back Adam Carrasco to take over and the Matadores junior was well up to task. Carrasco rushed a career-high 36 times for 246 yards and two touchdowns and the Golden Knights committed a devastating turnover late in a 28-21 loss to the CIF Southern Section Southeast Division second-ranked Matadores.

The following are previews of the area's upcoming high school football games this week. With the Hoover High football team having won its first two games of the season for the first time since 2005, second-year Tornadoes Coach Andrew Policky said he was surprised to find out the last time Hoover opened a season with three victories in a row was 1958. “I was shocked because I thought the program had done that before back in the 60s or 70s,” said Policky, whose team will face visiting Temple City in a nonleague game at 7 p.m. Thursday at Glendale High's Moyse Field.

In seasons past, from cross-town rival Crescenta Valley High to Burroughs to Pasadena and Arcadia, the St. Francis football nonleague schedule has been littered with Pacific League opposition. Only Arcadia remains standing now, however, as the Apaches will once again serve as the Golden Knights' first-week opponent. In addition, there is the glaring exodus of Crescenta Valley, meaning the long standing "Battle for Foothill Blvd. " is no longer, as the Falcons opted to fill their schedule with another opponent.

LA MIRADA - After two possessions, the Crescenta Valley High football team found itself in good shape. Two touchdowns catches by wide receiver Nick Ruiz left the Falcons with a sizable lead. Then things came apart for Crescenta Valley, which had difficulty stopping La Mirada's passing attack once it finally had possession. Crescenta Valley surrendered three touchdowns in the air and saw its season conclude Friday night with a 35-30 road loss against fourth-seeded La Mirada in a CIF Southern Section Southeast Division first-round contest.

SEGER ? BORDERS Emma Seger and Randall Borders of Costa Mesa have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of David and Beverly Seger of Glendale. She graduated in 2003 from Crescenta Valley High School and graduated in 2008 from UC Irvine with two bachelor?s degrees, one in film and media studies from the school of humanities and the other in studio art from the school of fine arts. The groom-elect is the son of Phil and Marianne Borders of La Mirada.

There's no question that there were still some bad memories lingering in the minds of the members of the Crescenta Valley Major All-Star baseball team. Bad memories lingering from a loss a season ago and bad memories lingering from a loss just the night before. A call went against Crescenta Valley on Tuesday night in a loss to Claremont, leading to five runs and putting its season on the brink. The end did come on Wednesday, as Crescenta Valley saw its season conclude with a 20-3 loss to Tustin Western in an elimination game of the North Sub-Divisional at Auslam Stadium's Behringer Park in La Mirada.

LA MIRADA ? There's no question that there were still some bad memories lingering in the minds of the members of the Crescenta Valley Major All-Star baseball team. Bad memories lingering from a loss a season ago and bad memories lingering from a loss just the night before. A call went against Crescenta Valley on Tuesday night in a loss to Claremont, leading to five runs and putting its season on the brink. The end did come on Wednesday, as Crescenta Valley saw its season conclude with a 20-3 loss to Tustin Western in an elimination game of the North Sub-Divisional at Auslam Stadium's Behringer Park.

LA MIRADA — While it's hard to say that one play won or lost the game, it was one play that turned the tide against the Crescenta Valley Major Baseball All-Stars. The play was a groundball in the fifth inning hit directly to Crescenta Valley second baseman Corey Tavizon, who attempted to tag the Claremont runner on his way to second base. The umpire ruled there was no tag applied and the inning continued with no outs and two runners on base. Claremont would use the boost to score five runs in the frame and hold on for a 9-3 victory in the winner's bracket of the North Sub-Divisional on Tuesday in La Mirada.

LA MIRADA — Perhaps the most tell-tale sign of a good ball club is its ability to handle adversity. It's overcoming those little mistakes, errors or moments during a game when nothing seems to go right. It's bouncing back, putting the miscues asides, and responding with precision the rest of the way. It's exactly what the Crescenta Valley Majors All-Stars did to perfection on Saturday afternoon, when the team surrendered what could have been a demoralizing five-error, four-run third inning, but regrouped to beat Montalvo in convincing fashion, 14-4, in the opening game of the North Sub-Divisionals at La Mirada.