Baldwin shines for Spartans in leadership role

Above: La Canada senior forward Will Baldwin. (Correspondent photo by Larry Goren)

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Five years after leaving the championship Arcadia High School baseball program under a cloud of suspicion and allegations, Mike Parisi is back coaching in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Spartans go to great length

La Canada’s Riley Kessler, Left, fights for the ball with Temple City’s Maureen Ho Tuesday. (SGVNStaff Photo Keith BirminghamSXSports)

Question: Are the Spartans the area’s best?
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With National College Signing Day coming up, where are some of the area athletes going?

So far, Muir’s Cherrish Wallace has signed to go to Baylor, Alhambra’s Noe Ramirez put his signature down to play at Cal State Fullerton, and Arcadia’s Kevan Walker mulling over his UCLA verbal and other offers. Anyone else ready to sign?

Maranatha’s Sarah Tyler (21) fights for the ball with Flintridge Sacred Heart’s Carter Vettese during a recent match. (SGVN Staff Photo Keith BirminghamSXSports)
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DIVISION I
1. Servite, 2. Santa Margarita, 3. Cabrillo (LB), 4. Millikan. 5. Los Alamitos, 6. St Francis, 7. Aliso Niguel, 8. Jordan, 9. Quartz Hill, 10. San Clemente.

DIVISION II
1. Ventura, 2. Poly (Riverside), 3. Brea Olinda, 4. Santa Barbara, 5. Saugus, 6. Mira Costa, 7. Montclair, 8. El Toro, 9. Arlington, 10T. Foothill, 10T. West Torrance.

DIVISION III
1. La Habra, 2. Santa Ana, 3. Saddleback, 4. Fullerton, 5. California, 6. Century, 7. Paramount, 8. Laguna Beach, 9. Santa Maria, 10. Bellflower.

DIVISION IV
1. Santa Monica, 2. Cathedral, 3. Coachella Valley, 4. South Torrance, 5. La Quinta (La Quinta), 6. Ganesha, 7. Kaiser, 8. Indio, 9. Jurupa Valley, 10. Channel Islands.

DIVISION V
1. Mountain View, 2. St Genevieve, 3. Hesperia, 4T. Salesian, 4T. San Jacinto, 6T. Carpinteria, 6T. Duarte, 6T. Silverado, 9. Beaumont, 10T. Granite Hills, 10T. Monrovia, 10T. Oaks Christian.

DIVISION VI
1. Animo Leadership, 2. Dunn, 3. Arrowhead Christian, 4. Desert Hot Springs, 5. Woodcrest Christian, 6. Buckley, 7. Bishop Union, 8. Ontario Christian, 9. Montclair Prep, 10. Malibu.

Above: Muir’s Cherrish Wallace in a 40-30 win over Pasadena.
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Renaissance Academy No. 1; Spartans ranked third, Bulldogs fifth

Above: Pasadena’s Blaine Radley in a game at Burbank.

Even with the loss to Burbank, Pasadena is still a team to watch come playoff time. Your thoughts.
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This area matchup is so big between schools just 1.79 miles apart, it needed to be moved out of the area.

Actually, it’s part of a one-day event, but La Canada High School’s boys basketball team will face the area’s top-ranked team, Renaissance Academy in the “War on the Floor” to be played Saturday at Taft High in Woodland Hills.
Too bad this game didn’t happen a year ago.

Above: La Canada’s Will Baldwin.

Above: Renaissance Academy’s Hector Harold

Question: Who will win this titanic cross-town tilt?

Fabled blogger TomS, who I had the pleasure of meeting this week at a game, had this idea, so what were some of the top moments in 2007?

Pasadena boys basketball team winning CIF championship

Mayfield girls volleyball team winning CIF title

La Salle girls soccer team wins CIF title

Among other big moments in 2007:
In no particular order

1. Monrovia falls to Bishop Amat in CIF baseball title game.
2. Flintridge Sacred Heart reaching CIF girls volleyball title match.
3. Pasadena football team beats No.2-seed Chaffey in CIF playoffs.
4. Renaissance Academy makes it to CIF boys basketball title game.
5. Flintridge Prep reaches CIF girls basketball title game.
6. San Marino wins CIF boys tennis title.
7. Keppel wins boys and girls swimming titles.
8. Muir dominant in track and field.
9. Maranatha takes CIF girls cross country title.
10. Blair football team rises to RHL title.