Soccer

Rodak, Munoz & Gonzalez Score in South Pasadena’s 3-0 Victory at Monrovia; Tigers Secure Rio Hondo League Title

Feb 05 2025 02:55:47

Photos by Devin Harbaugh

Boys Soccer:

Monrovia had a chance to put itself in position to claim a Rio Hondo League title win a Tuesday night win over their visitors from South Pasadena.

Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the Tigers ruined senior night with a 3-0 victory.

Instead, it was SPHS that headed home as the RHL champs.

South Pasadena took a 1-0 lead in the first half when Samuel Rodak scored off an assist from Emilio Gonzalez.

Midway through the second half, Joel Kim assisted Aiden Munoz to extend the SPHS lead to 2-0.

Finally, late in Tuesday night’s game, and in light rain, Emilio Gonzalez converted on a penalty kick.

Ethan Nott blocked six shots in goal for the Tigers.

And that included a couple saves off the foot of Monrovia’s leading scorer, Micah Maljian.

Gabriel Simuta finished with an estimated seven saves for MHS.

Up next: SPHS closed out the regular season on Wednesday with a home game against fifth-place San Marino.

MHS travels to winless Blair today in their regular season finale.

Box Score:
SP: 1-2-(3)
M: 0-0-(0)

Rio Hondo League Standings:
South Pasadena (14-2-3, 7-0-2)
Temple City (7-7-2, 6-3)
Monrovia (13-3-5, 5-2-2)
La Canada (7-9-4, 1-4-1)
San Marino (4-7-3, 1-5-1)
Blair (0-13-1, 0-6)

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