Schurr posted its first victory of the 2012 season by defeating Whittier. California remained undefeated by winning at Warren. La Mirada, meanwhile, improved its Suburban League record to 2-0 with a win at Bellflower.
Friday’s final scores
Schurr 10, Whittier 6
California 42, Warren 14
Servite 38, St. Paul 6
La Mirada 31, Bellflower 7
Whittier Christian 57, South Region #2 6
Laguna Beach 59, Pioneer 7
Chaparral 46, Santa Fe 0
Bishop Montgomery 34, Cantwell Sacred Heart 14
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Welcome to week 5 action. We have eight games scheduled for tonight. Whittier will look to improve to 4-1 as it hosts Schurr. La Mirada, meanwhile, continues its Suburban League schedule against Bellflower. Also, California will seek to remain undefeated as it takes on Warren.
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Tonight’s schedule
Del Rey League
Cantwell Sacred Heart at Bishop Montgomery, 7 p.m.
Suburban League
La Mirada at Bellflower, 7 p.m.
Nonleague
Schurr vs. Whittier at Whittier College, 7 p.m.
California at Warren, 7 p.m.
Pioneer at Laguna Beach, 7 p.m.
Santa Fe at Chaparral, 7 p.m.
Servite at St. Paul, 7:30 p.m.
Whittier Christian at South Region 2, 7 p.m.
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By Eric Terrazas, SGVN
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LA MIRADA – La Mirada High School ran into early roadblocks, but finished strong to defeat Cerritos in five games (20-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-11, 15-12) in Thursday’s Suburban League girls volleyball action.
Armed with momentum from winning the third and fourth games, La Mirada raced out to an 11-5 lead in the deciding fifth game.
Sara Hickman made four kills during the Matadores’ surge that also produced an ace from Selena Cartznes.
Cerritos, which into the match undefeated in league action, put together one last rally as it won five consecutive points. Stephanie Malouf and Arnelle Duru led the Dons’ run, each making two kills. But the Dons would draw no closer.
La Mirada scored the next three points to move within match point.
The Dons then cut the Matadores lead to 14-12 on Duru’s kill and a La Mirada error. The Matadores, however, secured the victory on a Cerritos serving error.
“We finished strong and that’s what I liked to see,” La Mirada coach Linda Reich said. “Finishing is one of the things we needed to work on and we did that.”
Hickman paced the Matadores’ attack with 16 kills and Valerie Montoya had 12 kills. Matadores setter Kyli Watkins contributed with 40 assists.
Read more: HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Matadores make move
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I barely cleared the .500 mark in week 4, posting a record of 6-4. We shall see how week 5 develops.
Here are my picks for week 5:
Last week’s record: 6-4
Season record: 35-14
Friday, Sept. 28
Del Rey League
Cantwell Sacred Heart at Bishop Montgomery, 7 p.m. — Bishop Montgomery
Suburban League
La Mirada at Bellflower, 7 p.m. — La Mirada
Nonleague
Schurr vs. Whittier at Whittier College, 7 p.m. — Whittier
California at Warren, 7 p.m. — California
Pioneer at Laguna Beach, 7 p.m. — Laguna Beach
Santa Fe at Chaparral, 7 p.m. — Chaparral
Servite at St. Paul, 7:30 p.m. — St. Paul
Whittier Christian at South Region 2, 7 p.m. — Whittier Christian
By Eric Terrazas, SGVN
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The California High School boys cross country team has experienced early season success, which has helped the Condors achieve a No. 7 ranking in the latest CIF-Southern Section Division 1 poll.
The Condors hope their promising start will lead to things much bigger than just a Top 10 rating.
On Sept. 8, California captured first place at the Great Cow Race in Cerritos by posting a school-record team time of 75 minutes, 59 seconds. A week later at the Woodbridge Classic in Costa Mesa, the Condors took sixth place in the sweepstakes race with a mark of 76:01.
“We ran pretty much the same time two weeks in a row,” California coach Tony DiMarco said. “That’s pretty good. The sweepstakes race (at Woodbridge) is a quick race. It’s nice to get into a big meet like that and be able to run well.
“This is the highest ranking we’ve had. I think we can finish in the top five if everything goes right. In Division 1, you never know because there’s a lot of quality teams.”
California’s top runners include juniors Jose Pacheco and Matlazomatli Rojas and seniors Sam Bautista, Leo Corcoran, Steven Vera, Joshua Roldan and Chris Ramirez.
Pacheco has already run a personal-best race of 15 minutes this year.
Other 2012 personal records already set include Corcoran, 15:11; Bautista, 15:14; Rojas, 15:16; Ramirez, 15:17; Vera, 15:19 and Roldan, 15:20.
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Montebello High’s football team returned to the win column last week with a 20-14 victory at Pioneer.
It marked the final nonleague contest for the Oilers (3-2), who have a bye this week. They open Almont League play Oct. 5 against Keppel.
“It was a good hard-fought game,” Montebello coach Pete Gonzalez said of the Oilers victory over the Titans. “I’m glad we came out on top. It’s nice to play local teams and have good football games. It was a lot of fun.”
Oilers quarterback Matthew Saenz and running back Marcus Portillo played major roles in last week’s triumph. Saenz completed 25 of 31 attempts for 199 yards and two touchdowns.
“He had a slight injury to his shoulder during the game,” Gonzalez said of Saenz. “He came back from that and he had a great game.”
Portillo caught 11 passes for 82 yards and also added 45 yards rushing against Pioneer.
This season, Saenz has thrown 1,097 yards and seven scores while connecting on 106 of 172 attempts.
Portillo has rushed for a team-high 368 yards and six touchdowns on 97 carries. He also has a team-leading 31 receptions for 212 yards and a score.
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LA HABRA – The Whittier Christian High School girls volleyball team closed out the nonleague portion of its schedule with an impressive 25-11, 25-15, 25-17 sweep against visiting La Serna on Tuesday.
Kylee Wolfe and Deanna Blaine formed a staunch 1-2 punch for the Heralds (17-2). Wolfe posted 17 kills to lead the Heralds while Blaine added 14 kills.
It was also the final nonleague contest for the Lancers (4-2).
Whittier Christian starts Olympic League play Thursday at Village Christian while La Serna will begin its Del Rio League schedule Tuesday at home against El Rancho.
“When (Wolfe and Blaine) get it going offensively and when we get everybody on the ball, I think we’re a real tough team,” Whittier Christian coach Shawn Hunter said. “We’re excited to get this win as we head into league. That’s when things start to count. We’re excited to take these last few games and get ready for Village Christian on Thursday.”
La Serna is also looking forward to league play.
“(Tuesday’s loss) was disappointing,” Lancers coach Monique Gayton said. “We start league play against El Rancho on Tuesday. It will be a good test for us. We’ll see how we’ll do.”
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El Rancho High School ended the nonleague portion of its schedule Friday with a tough 28-27 loss to Clovis East.
The defeat snapped a two-game winning streak for the Dons (3-2), who broke the 50-point barrier in those two victories against Bell Gardens (52-28) and Montebello (57-48).
Dons quarterback Joey Sanchez rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns in the loss to Clovis East. Running back Johnny Garcia added 144 yards and a score.
Though El Rancho posted 400 yards in total offense, it was hurt by turnovers.
“We put the ball on the ground five times,” El Rancho coach Vinnie Lopez said. “We weren’t executing like we normally do. We played a little sloppy. We are working on it.”
The Dons, who have a bye this week, will look to regroup as they prepare for their Del Rio League opener against California on Oct. 5 at El Rancho.
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