SAVAGE SOPHIA: Bishop Amat’s Serafin drops six in an 8-1 win; Glendora, El Monte, Arroyo, San Dimas all lose

Bishop Amat’s Sophia Serafin put on a show during the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 girls soccer quarerfinals on Friday, scoring a season-high six goals with an assist in a 8-1 rout over visiting Chaminade.
Serafin, the Stanford-bound forward who missesd her sophomore and junior seasons because of injuries and commitments with U.S. national youth soccer teams, has made the most of her senior year.
The multi-goal effort by Serafin, who scored four of her goals in the first half, pushed her season goal-total to 39 as Amat advanced to host Claremont, a 1-0 overtime winner over Royal, in Tuesday’s semifinals.
Bishop Amat, winners of CIF-SS titles in 2011 and ’13, also received goals from Alexandra Jaquez and Nayeli Diaz to improve to 24-3.

Glendora’s best season ever ends: After a two-year hiatus, the South Torrance High School girls soccer team looks like it’s ready to get back into the CIF Southern Section championship business after a convincing 3-0 win over Glendora in the Division 3 quarterfinals on Friday afternoon at South High.
No. 2-seeded South (18-1-2) plays at Flintridge Prep in the semifinals on Tuesday.South led 2-0 at halftime and then dominated the possession game in the second half. The Spartans put the game out of reach in the 50th minute on a bang-bang-bang play by Holly Kaemerle.
Olympia Katsouridis lofted the ball into the Glendora 18-yard box and Kaemerle came in with the flying header. Her shot was saved, there was a rebound, Kaemerle pounced on it and shot and had it saved again. But there was another rebound, and again Kaemerle was there to pounce on it, and this time knocked it into the net, putting the game out of reach.

San Dimas falls in PKs: A penalty kick by Gabrielino in the 54th minute broke open a close game and the Eagles went on to beat San Dimas 8-3 in a CIF Southern Section Division 5 quarterfinal match on Friday afternoon.
The Eagles (16-3-2) will face Maranatha or Crean Lutheran next Tuesday in the semifinal round.
The Eagles were leading 4-3 when it appeared Ciannah Correa tripped over the legs of Saints keeper Riley Osuna, who had made a diving catch of the ball near the front of the penalty area.
The referee gave Osuna a yellow card and Izel Gutierrez put the PK into the corner of the goal for a 5-3 lead.
“That PK changed the everything,” Saints coach Josh Arenas said. “I was told that (Correa) had cleat marks (on her) and that was an automatic PK.”

CIF-Southern Section Playoffs results
Girls Soccer
Friday’s quarterfinals
Division 3

Bishop Amat 8, Chaminade 1
Claremont 1, Royal 0, OT
South Torrance 3, Glendora 0
Division 5
Gabrielino 8, San Dimas 3
Division 7
Lennox Academy 0, Arroyo 0, LA advances in PKs 3-2
Pacific 2, El Monte 0

Tuesday’s semifinals
Division 2

Temecula Valley at La Mirada, 3 or 5 p.m.
Division 3
Claremont at Bishop Amat, 3 or 5 p.m.
South Torrance at Flintridge Prep, 3 or 5 p.m.
Division 5
Gabrielino at Crean Lutheran, 3 or 5 p.m.
Division 7
Lennox Academy at San Gabriel Mission, 3 or 5 p.m.

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Big fourth quarter rally saves Rowland; Bishop Amat, Glendora roll again

ROWLAND KEEPS THE FAITH: When Rowland needed to keep the faith, it looked to junior sparkplug Faith Castillo, and did she ever deliver.
Castillo made the go-ahead free throws with 30 seconds left, and Rowland held on for a come-from-behind 53-52 victory over Walnut in Wednesday’s CIF Southern Section Division 2AA quarterfinals, sending the Raiders (26-1) to Saturday’s semifinals where they will host Camarillo, a 57-39 winner over Downey.
Walnut’s sophomore center Theresa Lin opened the fourth quarter with six straight points to give the Mustangs a 48-40 lead with 5:50 left, but the Raiders kept battling.

Duarte comes up short: Every coach says that defense wins championships and the Huntington Beach High School full-court press was the difference as the Oilers shut down Duarte 51-34 in a CIF Southern Section Division 1A girls basketball quarterfinal match on Wednesday night.
The third-seeded Oilers (21-7) will be at second-seeded Esperanza in a semifinal game on Saturday night.“
I think our height advantage gave them a tough time,” Oilers coach Russell McClurg said. “We went after the weakness of their smaller guards and they had trouble throwing over the top of the press.”

CIF-Southern Section Playoff Results
Girls Basketball Basketball
Wednesday’s quarterfinals

Division 1A
Huntington Beach 51, Duarte 34
Division 2AA
JSerra 49, Los Altos 47
Rowland 53, Walnut 52
Division 3AA
Glendora 66, Yucca Valley 28
Bishop Amat 47, San Clemente 30
Division 4A
Pomona 51, Aquinas 32

Saturday’s semifinals
Division 2AA

Camarillo at Rowland, 7 p.m.
Division 3AA
Bishop Amat at Thousand Oaks, 7 p.m.
Oxnard Pacifica at Glendora, 7 p.m.
Division 4A
Pomona at Knight, 7 p.m.

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Boys Soccer playoffs: Nogales El Monte, Northview advances to quarterfinals

CIF-Southern Section Playoffs Results
Boys Soccer
Wednesday’s second round
Division 2

El Rancho 3, Chino Hills 1
Division 3
Citrus Valley 1, Diamond Bar 0
Claremont 2, Saddleback 0
Division 4
Norwalk 1, Glendora 0
Division 5
El Monte 1, Baldwin Park 0
Rialto 1, Diamond Ranch 0
Division 6
Nogales 2, Desert Hot Spring 0
Wilson 1, Azusa 0
Adelanto 6, La Puente 2
Division 7
Northview 1, University Prep 0

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Diamond Bar, Schurr, Pasadena Poly headed to girls water polo championships

Diamond Bar heads to title game: Ashley Yoo took up water polo three years ago because she thought it was a better alternative than having to take physical education when she was a freshman at Diamond Bar High School. It turned out to be a good decision.
Yoo scored four goals to lead the Brahmas to an 11-3 win over Chaffey on Wednesday in a CIF Southern Section semifinal at Ontario High.
The win sends Diamond Bar (26-7) into Saturday’s CIF-SS title match against top seed Santa Ynez (19-10), a 7-5 winner over Whittier in the other semifinal, at Irvine High.The win sends Diamond Bar (26-7) into Saturday’s CIF-SS title match against top seed Santa Ynez (19-10), a 7-5 winner over Whittier in the other semifinal, at Irvine High.
The match was one between two teams having their best season in school history. Neither had ever been to the playoffs previously.
Chaffey started its program in 2001 while Diamond Bar started its program only three year ago. The Brahmas were 7-22 a year ago, so the thought of winning a championship wasn’t necessarily there.

Girls Water Polo
Wednesday’s semifinals
Division 2

Schurr 7, Agoura 5
Division 4
Oxnard 10, South Pasadena 3
Division 5
Pasadena Poly 6, Santa Ana Valley 4, OT
Division 7
Santa Ynez 7, Whittier 5
Diamond Bar 11, Chaffey 3

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Wednesday Recap: Glendora girls basketball is headed to the semifinals

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Girls basketball
Glendora 66, Yucca Valley 28 — Karlee Fink had 15 points, Michelle Can scored 12 and Alex Lowden had 11 for the Tartans (25-5) in a CIF Division 3AA quarterfinal victory.

Boys soccer
El Monte 1, Baldwin Park 0 — Carlos Navarro scored the winning goal and goalie Andrew Espinoza had a shutout for the Lions in a Division 5 second-round win.
Chino 2, Santa Monica 0 — Michael Arellano and Raymond Perez each scored for the Cowboys in a Division 5 second-round match.
Santa Paula 5, Garey 2 — Ivan Escobar scored twice for the Vikings in a Division 5 second-round loss.

Boys tennis
Edgewood 13, West Covina 5 — The team of Ryan Van and John Situ won two sets in doubles for the Bulldogs in a nonleague loss.

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Girls water polo semifinal scores, final matchups

Wednesday’s semifinals

Division 2
No. 4 Schurr 7, No. 1 Agoura 5
No. 2 Riverside Poly 6, No. 3 King 5

Division 4
No. 3 Peninsula 10, No. 2 South Pasadena 3

Division 5
No. 1 Pasadena Poly 6, No. 4 Santa Ana Valley 4, OT
No. 3 Xavier Prep 8, No. 2 Tesoro 7

Division 7
No. 1 Santa Ynez 7, No. 4 Whittier 5
No. 2 Diamond Bar 11, No. 3 Chaffey 3

Saturday’s finals at Irvine HS
Times TBA

Division 2
No. 4 Schurr (29-2) vs. No. 2 Riverside Poly (20-9)

Division 5
No. 1 Pasadena Poly (21-5) vs. vs. No. 3 Xavier Prep (26-7)

Division 7
No. 1 Santa Ynez (20-10) vs. No. 2 Diamond Bar (25-7)

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