Sacred Heart

LOS ANGELES - The only time the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team succeeded in finding the back of the net against Chaminade on Thursday night, the resulting goal was waved off. When Hanna Armendariz' shot that seemed to have given the Tologs the lead 17 minutes into the Mission League match was nullified by a late offsides call, the reversal of fortune looked like little more than a temporary setback for a Sacred Heart team that...

The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. TOLOGS GET ALL-LEAGUE NODS Though the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy softball team didn't appear in the playoffs, a group of Tologs still put up respectable numbers throughout the season. The statistics caught the attention of the six Mission League coaches, who named Kelly Jacobs , Kelly Trueblood and Sumner Hanula to the all-league team. Jacobs, a junior left fielder, earned a spot on the first team after batting .466 overall with two home runs, 11 stolen bases and 16 runs batted in. In league, she batted .353 with five stolen bases and five runs batted in. "She was easily our most consistent hitter," said Flintridge Sacred Heart Coach Kirk Nishiyama , whose team finished 9-13, 3-7 in league for fifth place.

GLENDALE — There are quite a few changes from last season, as it relates to the area's girls' swimming scene. Two of the area's finest individual talents, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy's Andrea Kropp and Glendale's Katalina Sher, are no longer around and Crescenta Valley and Flintridge Prep have gone in new directions with coaching. With a senior-heavy squad, Sacred Heart enjoyed the most success of the bunch last season, but just because Kropp, the reigning News-Press Female Athlete of the Year, is winning titles at Princeton now, Tologs Coach Steve Bergen sees no reason why his team can't continue to win titles in the prestigious Mission League.

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — Thursday afternoon’s Horizon League volleyball match might not be the most accurate way to judge the Holy Family volleyball team. At times the Gaels looked shaky, particularly in the second game, and at others they looked dominant. In the end, substitutions and erratic play might have made it impossible to gauge where Holy Family is at after a 25-12, 25-21, 25-18 sweep of Sacred Heart at the Glendale YMCA. “There was a lot of positives we can take from this,” Holy Family Coach Robert Bringas said.

SOUTHWEST GLENDALE ? Defense kept the Holy Family girls? basketball team in control for most of Saturday night?s Horizon League contest against Sacred Heart of Jesus at Pacific Park Community Center. That could only carry the Gaels so far, however, and a offensive lapse in the fourth quarter that saw the team go scoreless over the last seven-plus minutes proved to be their undoing. Sacred Heart came back from a seven-point deficit to take its first lead since the first quarter with 2:10 to play in the fourth and held on for a 42-39 win. ?

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE ? The way things were going for Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy?s soccer team, it seemed as if this might very well be another season of disappointment when it came to playing rival Harvard-Westlake. But for the first time this millennium, victory was to be had by the Tologs against the Wolverines. A Mimi Roukoz first-half tally stood as the game-winner with the Sacred Heart defense standing tall for a full 80 minutes, leading the Tologs to a 1-0 Mission League win against Harvard-Westlake on Friday night at St. Francis High.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — During the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy volleyball team's 17-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 home loss to Chaminade in its Mission League opener on Tuesday night, Tologs Coach Ann Arlie found her team lacking in desire. Just as troubling, Arlie noted something else has been missing from the squad this season, namely the swagger that formerly accompanied a program accustomed to winning league titles. "In all honesty, I don't think that our team has the attitude any more of, 'We're Sacred Heart and we're gonna win,'" said Arlie of the Tologs, who won four league titles from 2003-06 and have finished second behind Harvard-Westlake the last three seasons.

?Third-time?s-the-charm? was the theme for Flintridge Sacred-Heart Academy coming into the CIF Southern Division IA volleyball championship on Nov. 17 at Cypress College. Instead, the Tologs? season came to an end just days after upsetting top-ranked Santa Barbara. Sacred Heart Head Coach Shelli Orlandini said her girls were underdogs all season. The only time they played like one was against Mission League rival the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines, who beat the Tologs in four games in the title match, 24-26, 25-7, 25-21, 25-21, for the program?

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — Apparently there's a purpose in scrimmaging prior to a season-opening match. As far as the members of the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy volleyball team are concerned, they learned a great deal. Seemingly, it helped them during their opener Thursday night against visiting Upland. Sacred Heart received 21 kills and 12 digs from outside hitter Camille Coffey and 13 kills from outside hitter Alyssa Walton en route to a 27-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-20 nonleague home victory.

LOS ANGELES - With just four events remaining in Tuesday's Mission League double-dual meet, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swimming team's grip on the league championship was loosening. Defending-champion Alemany, which entered the meet at Loyola High as the last undefeated squad in league besides the Tologs, had closed a double-digit lead down to five points after Sacred Heart was shut out of the top two spots in the 500-yard freestyle. No one had seen the Tologs' best yet, it turned out, as Sacred Heart swept the final four events to quickly remove all doubt about who now holds the crown.

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.

SOFTBALL Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 11, Louisville 1 (five innings): The host Tologs picked up a Mission League victory Thursday. The games was called after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Flintridge Sacred Heart improved to 10-11-2 and 1-7 in league. San Gabriel Mission 8, Holy Family 2: The Gaels fell Thursday in an Horizon League road contest. Holy Family dropped to 6-13 and 3-4 in league with one league game remaining Tuesday at Alverno. The Gaels are in third place in league.

LOS ANGELES - Since the end of last summer, Kayla Montgomery has experienced her share of discomfort. Forced to deal with nagging pains in her hip and both knees, the talented Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy track and field athlete has still managed to flourish in her multiple races. She temporarily brushed aside the soreness Thursday at the Mission League finals at Occidental College and managed to extend her season in several events. “I had to go out there and push myself through the pain,” said Montgomery, who qualified in the 400-meter race with a fourth-place finish in a personal-best mark of 59.02 seconds.

VALLEY GLEN - After proving to be the best team in the Mission League by winning its second league crown in a row, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy swimming squad was out for individual glory at the Mission League Finals. All together, the Tologs won six of 11 league titles, set five new school and three new meet records, including a league record, Tuesday at L.A. Valley College. Sacred Heart's Kirsten Vose had the finest showing, as she won four league titles and had a hand in all three meet records.

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.

ARCADIA - While there were no local victories to boast of at Saturday's 46th annual Arcadia Track and Field Invitational, there were still a few standout efforts. Crescenta Valley High led the way, as the Falcons picked up a couple of bronze medals in different relay competitions. The Falcons boys' distance medley squad picked up the program's first third-place finish in the race that begins with a 1,200-meter run, followed by 400- and 800-meter legs, and concluding with a 1,600-meter distance run. Crescenta Valley's order began with junior Nick Beatty, followed by senior Alex Damla and juniors Matt Manalo and Gabe Collison.

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.