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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.

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.

BURBANK - A first half of frustration gave way to a second-half goal-scoring flurry for the Burbank High girls' soccer team Tuesday afternoon. Senior forward Maddie Carlborg led the charge for host Burbank, as the striker finished with a hat trick and had a foot in each goal, as Burbank responded with four unanswered scores en route to a 4-1 victory over Pasadena in Pacific League play. With the win, Burbank (11-6-1 overall, 6-1-1 in league) remained close with Arcadia (6-1-1)

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.

BURROUGHS HIGH - The Pacific League boys' basketball game between rivals Burbank High and Burroughs came down to the final minute Friday night. But despite scoring just one point in that final minute, it was the Bulldogs who ultimately prevailed, 55-52, in front of a ruckus and capacity crowd at Burroughs. In a game that saw four lead changes, it was the final one taken by Burbank early in the fourth quarter on an Andy Yanikyan basket that would not be relinquished. “This is the first time all season that we have played with confidence in the fourth quarter,” said Burbank first-year Coach Jerry DeLaurie, who got a team-high 23 from Yanikyan.

MEMORIAL FIELD - One goal meant quite a lot to the Burroughs High boys' soccer team Friday. The Indians scored a goal 31 seconds into their Pacific League contest against Burbank and they made the goal stick in earning a 1-0 cross-town rivalry win at home. However, Burroughs (8-5-2, 5-2 in league for 15 points) - which started the day in third place in league - found out just how important that one goal was when it got the results of two other key league matchups that also took place Friday.