Locals find the going tough

GIRLS’ GOLF

Foothill League Match No. 2: Burbank placed fourth and Burroughs

was fifth Monday in the event at Vista Valencia Golf Course.

Hart placed first with a team total 184 strokes. It was followed

by Valencia (185), Saugus (221), the Bulldogs (242), the Indians

(261) and Canyon (367).

The low medalist was Valencia’s Stevy Loy, who fired a

two-under-par 31.

Burbank was paced by Amanda Keith, who shot a 40. She was followed

by teammate Kristine Lee with a 42, Michelle Chon with a 49, Debby

Gatton with a 55, Kierra McIntyre with a 56 and Lexi Vay with a 58.

Burroughs’ top finisher was Sydney Dunivant, who shot a 43.

Teammate Alexa Petroski shot a 47, Morgan Gunnell had a 51, Michelle

Arredondo had a 55, Katie Hodgens had a 65 and Ashleigh Moro had a

75.

YOUTH FOOTBALL

Burbank Vikings: The city’s youth tackle organization had to deal

with problems Saturday stemming from the fire in the hills above

Burbank.

The organization’s teams use Burbank High for their home games,

however, the school was used as a staging area for firefighters and

no games could be played at the facility.

As a result, three games had to be relocated to Saugus High and

four had to be postponed.

Leading the way for Burbank was its Senior Black (3-1) team, which

earned a 50-0 victory against Santa Clarita Tatonka.

On the losing end, the Bantam Black (1-3) lost to Santa Clarita

Seminoles, 36-6, the Bantam-Green (0-4) fell to Santa Clarita

Redskins, 34-6, and Senior Green (2-2) lost to Santa Clarita

Seminoles, 56-0.

CROSS COUNTRY

Kenny Staub Invitational: Fires emanating from the Verdugo

Mountains and Chatsworth area claimed another local sporting event on

Saturday.

Due to conditions deemed unsafe, the 38th annual invitational was

postponed.

Burbank and Burroughs were scheduled to take part in the meet.

The event, which is hosted by Crescenta Valley High and takes

place at Crescenta Valley Park, is scheduled for this Saturday at the

same place and, likely, the same 8:15 a.m. start time.

“We’re gonna go Saturday,” said invitational organizer and

Crescenta Valley Coach Mark Evans.

Unfortunately, the Bulldogs and Indians will be unable to attend

the makeup meet because they are scheduled to take part in the

prestigious Clovis Invitational the same day.

The event was called off around 5:20 a.m. Saturday morning. It

consists of 16 races covering three divisions and four levels (frosh,

sophomore, junior varsity and varsity).

“No one really had any problems [with the cancellation] after they

got out of their cars and saw all the smoke while they were driving

in,” Evans said.

Evans said that because of scheduling conflicts, some teams will

not return this week, and that he’s looking to add new teams.

Bellarmine-Jefferson High Coach Jim Couch said his teams might be

interested in competing in the meet.

-- Jeff Tully and Grant Gordon