Foothills Sentry June 2024

Foothills Sentry Page 14 JUNE 2024 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Baylee Backoff from Canyon High School holds off the advancing Chaparral player. Maddie Pereles, a CHS Knight, turns the corner in the Division 2 girls CIF lacrosse playoffs. Can- yon lost, 7-6. Spring playoffs tough road for local teams Jordan Simmons from Canyon High School gave up 4 hits and struck out 3 against Orange Lutheran. FHS goalkeeper Jenna Cardeno (99) got help from Sophia Katnik (mid- dle) setting up the defense. Sophia Katnik (right) from Foot- hill High forces a pass in the Divi- sion 1 finals. Hadley Mills (1) from Foothill High School keeps the Marlborough player out of scoring range. Addison Duvel (left), Ava Pistone (center) and Leni Marchetti control the face-off. Jenna Cardeno goes up to block the shot against Marlborough High School. Samantha Gresham from Canyon gets the welcome treatment after clearing the bases in the fourth inning to take the lead, 3-1, over Orange Lutheran. Canyon High School qualified five teams for the Division 2 CIF- SS playoffs. Eliminated in the first round were Canyon volleyball and boys lacrosse. Canyon soft- ball advanced to the quarterfinals, shutting out Camarillo, 11-0 in a first round win; the season ended with a loss to Orange Lutheran, 7-4. Foothill High’s girls lacrosse team was ranked No. 1 and was the No. 1 seed in the Division 1 lacrosse playoffs. The team faced Marlborough High School look- ing for revenge from last year’s loss in the championship finals. Foothill struggled to stay within one goal. Marlborough scored three goals in quick succession, taking a 7-3 lead. FHS Knights' Ilana Blum and Ava Pistone scored a goal each to cut the lead to 7-5, going into the third period. Marlborough scored five quick goals. Foothill responded with three, with only 6:18 remaining. The final score was in Marlbor- ough’s favor, 14-8, leaving Foot- hill as runner-up in Division 1. In Division 2 girls lacrosse, Canyon lost to Chaparral High School by one point. Canyon was tied with Chaparral, 6-6, and let it slip away in the fourth quarter, ending at 6-7. The season came to an end for the El Modena girls softball team when Mater Dei outscored them, 2-4. The ElMo boys baseball team lost to South Torrance, 6-8, after a first round win over Dana Hills, 9-3. In Division 1 boys baseball, Foothill lost to La Mirada, 2-5. Villa Park succumbed to Hunting- ton Beach in the second round, 3-5.