Temple City

PASADENA ? Inhaling the fumes from the floor polish for several hours was only part of the problem for Vigen Jilizian. The smell gave the Hoover High boys' basketball coach a headache, but so did watching his team close out a sloppy 54-45 Pacific League road victory against Muir on Monday night. The Tornadoes (13-1, 2-0 in league) did everything in their power to squander a 24-point lead in the second half. Jilizian vented during several timeouts. "We panicked and we talked at halftime that Muir would make a push at us in the fourth quarter," said Jilizian, whose team won its third consecutive game since suffering a 58-46 loss to La Cañada in a semifinal game of the Temple City/La Salle Tournament on Dec. 29. "I've been dealing with Muir [as a player and coach]

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL La Cañada 3, Temple City 1: Courtney McCutchan finished with a team-high 13 kills for the visiting Spartans in Wednesday's 25-15, 33-31, 25-27, 25-23 Rio Hondo League victory. Molly Burger collected 12 kills for the Spartans (5-8, 1-0 in league). La Cañada will next meet host South Pasadena in another league match at 3:30 p.m. Friday. GIRLS' TENNIS Flintridge Prep 10, Pasadena Poly 8: Sona Kazangian, Flintridge Prep's No. 3 singles player, swept her three sets during Wednesday's Prep League match at Scholl Canyon Tennis Center.

TODAY MEN'S SOCCER Citrus College at Glendale Community College, 7 p.m. WOMEN'S SOCCER Glendale Community College at College of Canyons, 4 p.m. GIRLS' TENNIS Burbank at Hoover, 3:15 p.m. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy vs. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Warner Tennis Center, 3 p.m. BOYS' WATER POLO Hoover vs. Burroughs, 3:15 p.m. Flintridge Prep...

SAN MARINO ? Coming off consecutive Rio Hondo League titles, the La Cañada High girls' tennis team understands how important it is get league play started with a victory. The Spartans did just that on Thursday, as they beat San Marino, 13-5, to open up league play at San Marino. "You got to win the first one if you want to be in contention for the league championship," Spartans Coach Joe Thompson said. Coming off its biggest win of the year, a 12-6 victory over then-undefeated Sherman Oaks Notre Dame two days prior, La Cañada (5-2)

Date ? Opponent ? Location ? Time 9/01 ? Monarch 36 ? LC 22 ? home 9/08 ? Crescenta Valley ? Away ? 7 p.m. 9/15 ? Glendale ? Home ? 7 p.m. 9/21 ? Gabrielino ? Home ? 7 p.m. 9/29 ? BYE 10/06 ? Harvard-Westlake ? Home ? 7 p.m. 10/13 ? Monrovia ? Away ? 7 p.m. 10/20 ? South Pasadena ? Home ? 7 p.m. 10/27 ? Temple City ? Away ? 7 p.m. 11/02 ? Blair ? Away ? 7 p.m. 11/09 ? San Marino ?

Team ? League ? Overall Temple City ? 5-0 ? 8-4 La Cañada ? 4-1 ? 9-3 Monrovia ? 3-2 ? 5-6 South Pasadena ? 2-3 ? 3-7 San Marino ? 1-4 ? 1-8-1 Blair ? 0-5 ? 0-10 Sept. 9 ? La Cañada 45 -- Pomona 21 Sept. 16 ? La Cañada 34 -- Glendale 7 Sept. 23 ? La Cañada 21 -- Gabrielino 9 Sept. 30 ? La Cañada 57 -- Crescenta Valley 10 Oct. 07 ? La Salle 35 -- La Cañada 15 Oct. 14 ?

Barreling through several running back drills during a recent practice after attending multiple summer camps might signal that Lavelle Peterson is ready to put up breakthrough numbers and return the La Cañada High football team to the top of the Rio Hondo League. There's more to it than just how Peterson looks, however. It will continue to take some good luck ? and health ? for the 17-year-old Peterson, who rushed for 1,468 yards in 158 carries for an area-leading 19 touchdowns last season.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE ? Maybe it was the heat or maybe it was because the calendar read July, when games aren't all that important. For some reason or another, the Hoover High boys' basketball team didn't come out with much energy in its opening pool-play game in the seventh annual Glendale College Vaquero Summer Tip-Off Tournament. The Tornadoes fell behind by 13 before finally "waking up," according to standout center Zareh Zargaryan, and defeated Temple City, 50-33, on Thursday at Glendale College.

Local voters will have the opportunity to help fill three Assembly seats with new members Tuesday, selecting nominees for the general election in November. Among them is the 59th Assembly District, which stretches from Hesperia to La Crescenta, with seven candidates to succeed Republican Dennis Mountjoy. They include Republicans Barry Hartz and Susan Slater, both of Apple Valley, Anthony Adams of Hesperia and, Christopher Lancaster of San Dimas. Also running are Democrats Elliot Barkham of Claremont and Nelson Gentry of Montclair and Libertarian Jill Stone of Temple City.

LA CA—ADA FLINTRIDGE ? It started as it was supposed to. A thunderous kill by Temple City High's Donald La was answered by one from La Cañada's Mike Gaudino. It looked as if it'd be the back-and-forth slugfest most thought it would be. Eight points later, the game, and match, took a stunning turn, as the Spartans ? led by Gaudino's match-high 27 kills ? rolled over visiting Temple City, 25-17, 25-21, 25-18, in Friday afternoon's Rio Hondo League boys' volleyball match at La Cañada High.