Arcadia

The Burbank High baseball team got a taste of what it takes to compete with the top teams in the Pacific League last season. The Bulldogs tied for second place with Arcadia and were competitive with champion Crescenta Valley. “What we were able to accomplish last season and how we played in league, that is something that we're looking to build on,” Burbank Coach Bob Hart said. “We are looking to continue that success in league and hopefully carry that over to the playoffs.” Providence is also coming off a successful year after taking a season off from Liberty League competition.

BURBANK - The Burbank High girls' basketball team had a chance to do more than just notch a cross-town rivalry win when it took on Burroughs on Thursday. With the Bulldogs already clinching a playoff spot and the Indians securing a share of the Pacific League championship prior to the contest, Burbank had a chance to deny Burroughs an undisputed title. A Burbank win would make the Indians share the crown. Burbank came out like a team determined to throw a monkey wrench into Burroughs' plans.

ARCADIA - With four minutes remaining in their game Tuesday afternoon, the Burroughs High and Arcadia girls' basketball teams were locked in a tie. It would be those four minutes that would determine which squad would secure a share of the Pacific League championship. With both the Indians and Apaches coming into the contest tied for first place in the league with just one loss each, the squads were prepared for a tough outing. However, it was Burroughs which stepped up its game in the final minutes, withstood a final Arcadia charge and was able to walk away with a 49-45 victory on the road.

ARCADIA — With two games remaining in the Pacific League campaign, the Burroughs High girls' soccer team still had a chance at winning a league championship. However, to keep their hopes alive, the Indians had to defeat a streaking Arcadia squad on Tuesday. Burroughs did make it interesting. but couldn't recover from a sluggish first half and fell to the Apaches, 2-1, at Arcadia City Hall Field. The loss marks the end of a title run for the Indians (12-11-2, 9-3-1 in league)

BURBANK - Going into its penultimate game of the Pacific League boys' soccer season Tuesday hosting fourth-place Arcadia, the championship could not be denied first-place Burroughs if it won its final two games. But, with second-place Crescenta Valley locking horns with third-place Pasadena at the same time, the Indians could step right into their first league title since 2009 with a victory and just a little help from the Bulldogs. Burroughs received that help when Pasadena played to a 1-1 draw with the three-time defending champion Falcons.

GIRLS' WATER POLO Burbank 7, Arcadia 5 : The Bulldogs won their consolation match on Tuesday at Burbank High in the Pacific League Tournament. Burbank will now play Hoover at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. BOYS' SOCCER Burbank 4, Hoover 1 : The Bulldogs improved to 4-7-1 in the Pacific League with a victory Tuesday at home. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Burbank 60, Hoover 41 : The Bulldogs stayed in the hunt for a second-place finish in the Pacific League with a victory at Hoover.

BURBANK - The Burbank High girls' basketball coaches and players must have thought they were seeing a bad rerun when they faced Glendale on Wednesday in a Pacific League game. When the teams squared off for the first time earlier this month, the Bulldogs built a late lead only to have to hold off the pesky Nitros down the stretch. The scenario was the same Wednesday, as Burbank was up by as many as 15 points until Glendale whittled the advantage down to six in the fourth. However, as was the case in the first matchup, the Bulldogs were able to hold on for the victory, this time by 12, 55-43.

ARCADIA - The Burbank High girls' basketball team, sitting in third place in Pacific League play, had a chance to go on the road to knock off one of the league's co-leaders in Arcadia and climb the standings. However, that would be a tall order against the Apaches, ranked No. 13 in the latest CIF Southern Section Division I-AA poll, and it got even tougher when the Bulldogs lost starting senior Jamie Gonzalez early. “We just thought that without having [Gonzalez] our team didn't click as well,” Bulldogs senior Courtney Seidler said.

BURBANK - It will be telling to see how the Burbank High girls' soccer team recovers from what it endured Friday afternoon. The Bulldogs came into their latest match entrenched among the top-tier teams in the Pacific League standings, with Burbank, Crescenta Valley, Arcadia and Burroughs all within striking distance of one another. Burbank was hoping to stay in the midst of that elite pack and knock Arcadia down a few pegs when it hosted the Apaches Friday. But a lackluster performance by the Bulldogs did just the opposite, as it was Arcadia that turned back Burbank with a 1-0 victory.

BURROUGHS HIGH - Shooting woes are something the Burroughs High girls' basketball team is familiar with. Two days before taking on Burbank Friday in a Pacific League cross-town rivalry contest Friday, the Indians endured a horrendous shooting performance against Arcadia and, as a result, suffered their first league loss. Although Burroughs didn't come out and exactly torch the nets against the Bulldogs, it didn't have as much difficulty scoring in the early going as Burbank did. Taking advantage of those woes, the Indians jumped out to a big lead at halftime, but had to hold off a surging Burbank team down the stretch to notch a 54-46 victory at home.