Baseball:
La Canada secured an outright Rio Hondo League championship on Monday.
And they did so in dramatic fashion.
With the game tied at 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning, the Spartans scored seven times to claim a 9-2 victory at MHS.
With one game to play, the Spartans lead the Wildcats by two games.
LCHS out-hit MHS, 12-6, including a 4-0 advantage in extra-base hits.
Fritz Phillips went six innings for La Canada and he allowed one run on five hits and a hit batter.
Phillips issued three walks and registered nine strikeouts.
Phillips got out a couple bases-loaded jams.
Joe Bell allowed an unearned run on one hit and a pair of walks.
Bell fanned a pair of Wildcats.
Scott Burns provided 1 2/3 scoreless and hitless innings and issued one walk to earn the win.
Evan Huelster went 3-for-5 with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
Troy Grise and Sutton Powers walked and had one single apiece.
Lucas Martinez drew a pair of walks and scored.
Greyson Lorenzini drove in a run on a sac fly in the second inning, and he scored in the seventh.
Lorenzini also went 5 2/3 innings and surrendered a pair of runs on seven hits and a pair of hit batters.
Lorenzini walked three and struck out four LCHS batters.
Padraic Brusseau provided 1 1/3 scoreless and hitless innings and walked one.
La Canada got to Wyatt Barrier for seven runs on five hits, three walks and a hit batter over his two innings of work.
Barrier struck out a pair of Spartans.
Ross Piken doubled, scored twice and hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning.
Chase Regan went 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.
Austin Loughrin drew a pair of walks, singled and scored two runs.
Brandon Mohaghegh tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the sixth with a sac fly and scored once for the Spartans.
Will Park went 2-for-4 with a walk, run and one RBI.
Joe Bell walked and singled.
Finn Flowerhogan tripled in a run in the ninth and scored.
Benji Geller drew a pair of walks, singled in a run in the seven run ninth inning and scored.
Ethan Wong doubled.
Up next: The Spartans host the Wildcats on Wednesday to close out the regular season.
Quotable:
La Canada coach, Nathan Bernstein: “We were 1-11 two years ago, went 8-4 in 2026 and now we’re the league champions. We felt pretty confident that we’d compete for a league title this season. Expectations are one thing, but going out and doing it is another. Ross Piken had a huge day for us, including his three-run home run in the ninth. I have a ton of respect for Monrovia and for Coach Blackmore and what he’s built. Monrovia always has a lot of toughness and grit. We’re just happy to get it done, because we have nothing but respect for that program. Fritz Phillips gave us an incredible performance. It was only his second start of the season and he worked his way out of a couple of jams. It was nice to see a senior like Scotty Burns come in and get the job done on the mound like he did.”
Box Score:
LC: 0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-7-(9)
M: 0-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-(2)
Win: Scott Burns
Loss: Wyatt Barrier
HR: Ross Piken (LC)
3B: Finn Flowerhogan (LC)
2B: Ross Piken (LC), Ethan Wong (LC)
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Rio Hondo League Standings:
La Canada (18-9, 10-1)
Monrovia (17-6-1, 8-3)
San Marino (19-8, 6-5)
South Pasadena (6-19-1, 3-9)
Temple City (4-18, 1-0)
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