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By Charles Rich, charles.rich@latimes.com | May 2, 2014
TEMPLE CITY - Any time the La Cañada High softball team has Olivia Leyva on base, it's a good sign. That again proved to be the case Friday, when La Cañada met host Temple City in a Rio Hondo League contest. Leyva had two hits, stole three bases and scored two runs to help La Cañada pick up a 7-3 win. “Olivia brings everything to us, from being steady on offense and defense to providing leadership,” said La Cañada Coach KC Mathews, whose team improved to 14-7, 7-2 and is trailing Monrovia (8-1)
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By Andrew J. Campa, andrew.campa@latimes.com | April 16, 2014
LA CAÑADA - With San Marino High pitching ace Jeff Bain not in the lineup, the prospects, if not odds, certainly seemed in favor of the La Cañada baseball team at the onset of its Rio Hondo League home game Friday afternoon. Yet, fortune was not on the side of the Spartans, who ran into a buzz saw in the form of San Marino No. 2 pitcher Miles Glazier. The junior left-hander was direct with his fastball and economical with his pitch count, which spelled doom for a La Cañada squad that didn't capitalize on its opportunities and fell, 6-0. “The difference was we just didn't get key hits,” Spartans Coach Alex Valadez said.
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March 21, 2014
SOFTBALL La Cañada 4, Temple City 1: The visiting Spartans began Rio Hondo league play Friday with a win against the defending league champion. The Spartans (6-3) scored all four of their runs in the third inning. Rio Hondo Prep 20, Flintridge Prep 4 (five innings): The Rebels lost at home Friday, dropping their second Prep League game in as many days via mercy rule. Julie Yi had two hits for the Rebels, including a double, and drove in a run during the Rebels' four-run fourth inning that drew the score to 11-4.
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By Robert Fulton | February 11, 2014
LA CA¿ADA - The La Cañada High boys' basketball team left no doubt Tuesday as to which team is the best in the Rio Hondo League. With an outright claim to the league title at stake, the Spartans thrashed Temple City at home, 63-48. “It's good to win the league title,” said La Cañada sophomore Ko Ko Kurdoghlian, who finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds. “It shows that we're the best in the league and it's just a good accomplishment.” The win improved the Spartans to 19-6 overall and 9-0 in Rio Hondo play.
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By Andrew J. Campa, andrew.campa@latimes.com | February 11, 2014
TEMPLE CITY - With an opportunity to clinch a share of a first league title in three years, the La Cañada High girls' soccer team certainly wasted little time Tuesday afternoon. The visiting Spartans scored two goals within the first six minutes of their Rio Hondo League match and had little difficulty in a 4-0 victory at Temple City High. With the triumph, the CIF Southern Section Division V second-ranked Spartans continued their unbeaten run as the squad improved to 17-0-1 overall and 8-0-1 in league, which secured La Cañada half of its first league championship since the 2010-11 season.
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By Nathan Cambridge, Special to the Valley Sun | January 24, 2014
TEMPLE CITY - Recently, the Temple City High boys' basketball team has taken over the top spot in the Rio Hondo League and La Cañada wants it back. La Cañada has won at least a share of 10 of the last 12 Rio Hondo league titles as part of Spartans Coach Tom Hofman's 21 Rio Hondo League titles in his 28-year varsity career at the school. However, last season it was Temple City that took home the Rio Hondo League crown, going undefeated along the way. The two schools matched up Friday night for the first time this season in a key league contest with the Rams as host.
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From Staff Reports | January 24, 2014
BOYS' BASKETBALL Flintridge Prep 61, Chadwick 60 (double overtime): Andrew Tsangeos hit a three-pointer as time expired to lift the host Rebels in a Prep League contest on Friday evening. Tsangeos finished with a game-high 30 points to help the Rebels improve to 7-11, 3-0 in league. Robert Cartwright contributed 15 points for Flintridge Prep. St. Francis 68, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 56: The host Golden Knights received 15 points apiece from Evan Crawford and Kyle Leufroy to earn a Mission League victory Friday.
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By Nathan Cambridge | January 24, 2014
LA CAÑADA - It had been so far, so good for the La Cañada High girls' soccer team this season. Even more, it had been so far, so perfect for the Spartans in the win column on the campaign, with the squad garnering 11 wins in 11 games going into their third Rio Hondo league contest. The Spartans put that unblemished record on the line when they welcomed Temple City to their home pitch in a Rio Hondo League matchup Friday afternoon. La Cañada had no problem handling the Rams and came away with a 6-0 victory.
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By Grant Gordon, grant.gordon@latimes.com | December 6, 2013
As reported via the school's athletic Twitter account @lacanadasports , La Canada High football Coach James Sims will not return for a third season with the Spartans. The tweet, which was released at roughly 5:30 p.m. Friday evening, read: “LCHS has decided to not renew the contract of head football coach James Sims, whose record was 7-14 in two seasons.” Sims, who was hired in 2012, navigated a 2-8 season for the Spartans in his first year after an abbreviated offseason with the program.