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By Michael Shaked, Special to the Valley Sun | April 25, 2014
LA CAÑADA - In a first-place matchup between Rio Hondo League heavyweights, there was no shortage of power for either the La Cañada High softball team or visiting Monrovia. On Friday night, both teams belted two home runs each. But Monrovia added a pair of off-the-wall run-scoring doubles to get the better of the Spartans in a rainy 8-6 league victory. PHOTOS: Pair of doubles leads Monrovia to 8-6 victory over LCHS “There's some power in both lineups. That's a very good hitting team right there,” said La Cañada Coach KC Mathews, whose Spartans lost for the second time in league, the first coming against Temple City and both defeats coming against teams they had previously defeated.
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By Charles Rich, charles.rich@latimes.com | April 9, 2014
MONROVIA - Olivia Lam understands the pressure of handling two-out at-bats with runners in scoring position. It's something she's been successful at during her career. The La Cañada High softball player proved she could handle the situation during a crucial plate appearance Wednesday. Lam delivered a bases-loaded double with two outs in the fourth inning to help visiting La Cañada pick up an 8-3 victory against Monrovia in a key Rio Hondo League contest. La Cañada improved to 10-5, 3-0 in league.
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By Emin Avakian, Special to the Valley Sun | October 24, 2013
LA CAÑADA - For the second consecutive week, the La Cañada High football team was bested by an evidently superior league opponent. One week after falling to San Marino, the Spartans did little to prevent a 77-0 loss to the visiting Monrovia Wildcats Thursday night, suffering their largest defeat of the season. La Cañada couldn't muster anything on offense, managing 105 yards while its defense was overwhelmed by Monrovia's running game that totaled 221 yards. Moreover, seven turnovers and multiple blunders on special teams didn't help a La Cañada squad that fell to 3-5 and 1-3 in the Rio Hondo League.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | October 2, 2012
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - For the first time this season, the La Cañada High girls' volleyball team had both its standout outside hitters - Micaela Anderson and Kendall Walbrecht - in the lineup for a Rio Hondo League match with Monrovia at home Tuesday. Anderson returned to the lineup after she'd missed the previous four matches with an injury and helped La Cañada sweep the Wildcats, 25-19, 25-19, 25-10. The senior finished with eight kills, while Walbrecht added a team-high 14. “It feels really good [to be back]
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By Grant Gordon | February 13, 2012
On three occasions, the Renaissance Academy boys' basketball program has vied for a CIF Southern Section Division championship only to come up short. But many believe this season may very well be the best chance of them all. Renaissance, as expected, was bestowed the No. 1 seed in the Division 6 tournament on Sunday and will begin its championship quest on Wednesday when it hosts St. Monica Academy. “I think our schedule was tougher than a lot of teams in higher divisions,” said Wildcats Coach Sid Cooke.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | February 9, 2012
It would have been easy to count out the La Cañada High boys' soccer team on two different occasions in its regular season finale at Monrovia Thursday. But Jeff Becker, a senior forward for the Spartans, wasn't going to accept a loss even after it looked like the Wildcats had sealed the Rio Hondo League crown when Monrovia's Arturo Ramirez scored off a corner kick five minutes into stoppage time to give his team a one-goal lead. Most of the Wildcats began celebrating like the game was over, but Becker took the ensuing kick, raced down the field and worked his way around multiple defenders down the right side of Monrovia's box in a matter of seconds.
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By Gabriel Rizk, gabriel.rizk@latimes.com | February 8, 2012
PASADENA — The regular season mercifully ended with the Renaissance Academy boys' basketball team likely skidding sideways into the CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoffs. The Wildcats were held to just nine points in the fourth quarter of a 57-56 loss to Ribet Academy at the Pasadena Boys' and Girls' Club on Tuesday night to fall to 19-6 and finish 1-2 for third place in the Harbor League's gold division. As the third-place team in their league's division, the Wildcats, who are ranked atop Division 6, are still likely to get an at-large playoff berth, according to Coach Sid Cooke, but that was of little consolation to the coach, who has seen his team end the regular season on a three-game skid, while losing four of its last six overall.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | January 20, 2012
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — Clinging to a one-goal lead in a first-place Rio Hondo League showdown with Monrovia High, La Cañada High boys' soccer Coach Alex Harrison looked to kill some clock. The Spartans earned a goal kick in stoppage time Friday after a Monrovia corner kick went out of bounds untouched. Harrison asked the referee for a substitution, but was denied by the referee, who told Harrison it was at his digression to allow subs in stoppage time. "I've never had that happen before," Harrison said.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | January 12, 2012
MONROVIA — The city of Monrovia celebrated the second straight CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division championship won by the Monrovia High football team with a parade Thursday night. Before all the pomp took place, the La Cañada High wrestling team showed it still holds the bragging rights over the Wildcats on the mat as it picked up a 59-19 Rio Hondo League win at Monrovia Thursday. It's the second year in a row the Spartans defeated Monrovia — albeit much differently — as La Cañada pulled out a dramatic 34-33 home victory in last year's dual.