Pasadena Poly

BOYS' GOLF Pasadena Poly 200, Webb 205: Host Pasadena Poly received two-over par 37s from Willy Moffly and Manny Medrano on Thursday in a Prep League opener at Marshall Canyon Golf Course. Poly got a 39 from Daniel Zhu to improve to 6-0. South Pasadena 219, Monrovia 231: Cole Teague and Henry Sue each had two-over-par 38s on Thursday for the Tigers in a Rio Hondo League match at Almansor Golf Course. On Tuesday, South Pasadena (3-2, 2-0 in league) posted a 232-246 league win against Temple City at Eaton Canyon Golf Course.

PASADENA - The Pasadena Poly and Rio Hondo Prep softball teams renewed their rivalry in Pasadena on Thursday. Last season, the two squads tied for the Prep League title. On Thursday, Rio Hondo struck the first blow of the young Prep League season, as Poly fell to the Kares, 4-0. “Give them credit,” Poly Coach Steve Beerman said. “They came out ready to play and they put the ball in play. They got some good, clean hits, and timely hits.” Prep exploded for four runs in the top of the first inning, behind three hits and a walk.

Perhaps the Pasadena Poly boys' soccer team didn't have the strongest season in 2012-2013. Yet, what the Panthers can boast something no other squad in the city can claim - exclusivity - as junior striker Ali Kamal was the lone local name present on the All-CIF Southern Section boys' soccer list released Monday afternoon. Kamal is making his second straight appearance on the Division VI list after earning a third-team nod last season. This year, Kamal led the Prep League third-place Panthers (9-9-5)

Maybe no sport dominated the Pasadena area more this winter season than did girls' soccer, as three teams advanced to the CIF Southern Section semifinals and two more made it to divisional championships. Perhaps it's no surprise that local teams warranted more representation on the recently-released All-CIF list than in any other sport, as 18 players from Marshall Fundamental, Pasadena Poly, San Marino and South Pasadena highs were chosen. The top individual honors were claimed by a pair of Eagles, as Marshall junior midfielder Jordan Snowden was named the Division VII Most Valuable Player and Esteban Villanueva was named coach of the year.

From a total of seven teams and nearly 100 respective players, the CIF Southern Section selected seven local athletes from South Pasadena High and Pasadena Poly to the All-CIF Southern Section lists, which were released Monday afternoon. The back-to-back defending Prep League champion Panthers took five of the seven slots, with two Division VI first-team selections in sophomores Lindsey Kelleher and Allison Woo. Early this month, Kelleher was named the Prep League co-Player of the Year after leading the Panthers to a 22-3 record and a quarterfinal berth in the postseason.

Perhaps it was fitting that the ardent competition that came to define Prep League girls' water polo in 2012-13 was also applicable at award time. Pasadena Poly, Mayfield Senior, La Salle and Westridge battled throughout the course of the year for league supremacy with the Panthers coming ahead both during and after the season. Poly earned six Prep League first- and second-team honors with the biggest prize coming in the form of sophomore driver Lindsey Kelleher being named the league's co-most valuable player along with Chadwick School's Jenna Solberg.

PASADENA - There now remains only one undefeated boys' golf team within the Pasadena area. Pasadena Poly has made certain of that. The Panthers continued their local tour by topping the only other unbeaten, visiting La Salle, 209-229, in nonleague play Tuesday afternoon at par-36 Brookside Golf Course No. 1. The victory ran the Panthers' record to 5-0 as Poly completed its nonleague schedule with victories over South Pasadena (212-252 and...

DOWNEY - Exactly one week earlier, the Pasadena Poly girls' soccer team felt the agony and disappointment of a loss to Bishop Amat in the CIF Southern Section Division III title match at Corona High. Perhaps fittingly, the Panthers found redemption at Downey Warren High's Justice Field this Saturday afternoon. PHOTOS: Pasadena Poly girls' soccer wins CIF Regional Championship Poly rebounded from that deflating postseason defeat and the injury of star forward Sarah Mendenhall in scoring three first-half goals en route to a 4-2 victory Saturday morning - the same score it lost by last week - over two-time defending state Division III champion Westlake Village Oaks Christian in the CIF State California Regional Soccer Division III championships.

PASADENA - For the second time in a week's span, the Pasadena Poly girls' soccer team will be playing for a crown. The Prep League champions earned a berth to Saturday's CIF Southern California Regional Division III Soccer Championships at Downey Warren High at 10:30 a.m. after defeating visiting Ventura St. Bonaventure, 2-1, in Thursday afternoon's semifinals at La Salle High. Second-seeded Poly (22-2-1) will face fourth-seeded Westlake Village Oaks Christian (23-3-1) for the second time in eight days, this time for championship.

PASADENA - If there's a reward perhaps better than a bye, it's the sort of contest the Pasadena Poly girls' soccer team needed Tuesday afternoon. Only days removed from a difficult CIF Southern Section Division III championship defeat , the Panthers bounced back with a 6-0 victory over visiting Victorville University Prep in the first round of the CIF Southern California Regional Soccer Division III playoffs. PHOTOS: Pasadena Poly v. University Prep CIF first-round State Championship girls soccer After the triumph, the talk was no longer on the Panthers' 4-2 loss to Bishop Amat on Saturday, but on the team's home regional semifinal match Thursday afternoon versus St. Bonaventure (13-9)