Canyons

BURBANK — In the second round of its host tournament, the Burroughs High girls' basketball team ran into an opponent that simply outplayed it in all facets of the game. The 62-41 final score ended a loss to Sierra Canyon in which the Indians trailed throughout, and by double-digits from the second quarter on. Riddled by injuries, Burroughs' rotation consists mostly of freshmen and sophomores, but Coach Vicky Oganyan only wanted to focus on the players on the court, not the ones on the bench.

CANYON COUNTRY — The Burroughs High football team continued its daunting nonleague gauntlet through tough Foothill League competition with a game against Canyon Country Canyon on Friday evening. The Indians opened the season last week with a loss to Saugus, and following the game against the Cowboys, they end their nonleague schedule with a contest against Hart on Thursday. Burroughs Coach Keith Knoop is hoping his squad will be able to learn and grow as a result of playing against solid opponents and that learning curve will prepare the Indians for Pacific League play.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Shortly after helping the Crescenta Valley Junior All-Star softball team win the District 16 championship against Burbank on Tuesday night, pitcher Olivia Thayer paused briefly before describing the makeup of her team. "Our team is like a puzzle and we know how to put the pieces together," Thayer said after Crescenta Valley posted a 15-1 victory in the championship game called after six innings because of the 10-run mercy rule at Scholl Canyon Ball Fields.

A 42-year-old Burbank man fell to his death at the Grand Canyon National Park on Friday as he reportedly attempted to hop from one rim outcropping to another, according to the National Park Service. The man, identified as Andrew N. Stires, fell 500 feet around 1 p.m. just off the trail between Pipe Creek Vista and the visitor center on the South Rim of the canyon, according the agency. A Forest Service representative could not be reached. Authorities were unable to recover his body until Saturday due to high winds and thunderstorm activity.

CANYON COUNTRY — It only took seconds for the Burroughs High football team to get the hot start it needed. Defensive back Bo Faunce picked off Canyon quarterback Jonathan Jerozal on the third play of the game to set up a touchdown from running back Tadeo Zuniga on the ensuing next play. But while Cowboy fans sat baffled at their slow start, the game developed into a back-and-forth thriller that ended in a 37-31 Canyon victory Saturday, as Jerozal and the offense outmatched the Burroughs' defense, leaving the Indians with a defeat on the road.

BURROUGHS VS. CANYON   WHEN: 7 p.m. today. WHERE: Canyon High. RECORDS: The Indians are 1-0; the Cowboys are 0-0. LAST WEEK: Burroughs lost to Saugus, 26-20; Canyon didn't play. OUTLOOK: Burroughs played well at times last week against the Centurions. However, there were other times in which the Indians had their problems. The team's defense couldn't stop the run, and Burroughs wasn't able to sustain a solid running game. Despite the difficulties, the Indians remained in the game, as Saugus scored the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter.

GLENDALE — Toshiteru Fujisaku had a performance that most No. 9 hitters would dream of having. Plate appearances have been hard to come by for the Glendale Community College baseball player throughout the season, but he hasn’t let it deter him from making the most of any opportunity handed to him by Coach Chris Cicuto. Fujisaku enjoyed his biggest moment of the season Thursday afternoon, as he hit a pair of three-run home runs and drove in seven runs to carry Glendale college to a 13-6 Western State Conference victory against rival College of the Canyons at Stengel Field.

CANYON COUNTRY — It took the Burbank High boys’ basketball team 13 years to get back to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section playoffs. If the Bulldogs hoped to erase an even longer drought and somehow advance to the semifinals for the first time in more than four decades, they would have to beat a talented Canyon Country Canyon team on the road. Burbank was able to battle back from a poor first-half Tuesday to defeat the Cowboys, 65-59, in a Division IIAA quarterfinal contest.

VALENCIA — In holding College of the Canyons’ offense scoreless for the final 52-plus minutes of Saturday night’s Northern Conference National Division contest at Canyons, the Glendale Community College football team showed it really is just as good, if not better, than its recent string of stellar performances would indicate. But with another frustratingly mediocre performance, the Vaqueros’ offense did nothing to shake the reputation for ineffectuality that it has simultaneously developed.