Loyola athletics - Cub track athletes set multiple PRs at Mustang Relays - Loyola baseball sweeps Crespi - Volleyball defeats Redondo in three sets
Loyola track & field has big weekend
At the Mustang Relays hosted by Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, multiple Cub athletes recorded personal records in a variety of events.
Junior MASON RATKOVICH ran a torrid two laps to lead Loyola's 4X800 relay team to a first place finish with an impressive 8:01.86 clocking.
Senior football players ALEX JOHNSON (UCLA) and NATHAN BUSTOS finished in second and third place, respectively, in the 100m with personal best times of 11.20 and 11.28. It won't be long before those two bust through the 11-second barrier.
MICHAEL HUTTON (50.88) ran a 50.88 400m to win the first place medal.
Cub 1600m runners ANTHONY STONE, BRANDON COBRIAN, LIAM JAMIESON and VINNIE GIANCHINI finished in first, third, fourth and fifth places, respectively, to dominate the field. Stone recorded a time of 4:27.79.
Loyola's CESAR MELENDEZ had the second best throw in the shot put with a personal best toss of 52-09.50.
Bustos added to his personal record in the 100m by leaping 20-06.75 in the long jump to secure fourth place.
The Cub pole vault crew participated in the Oaks Christian Maurice Greene Invitational on Saturday in Westlake Village. Junior WILL O'BRIEN had a personal record-tying 14'5" vault which was good for first place. He is improving week to week under the excellent tutelage of pole vault coach FERNIE HERNANDEZ.
Loyola hosts Crespi this afternoon in a Mission League dual meet which starts at 3:00 p.m.
Cub baseball sweeps Crespi in first Mission League series
On Saturday in the second game of a Mission League doubleheader against Crespi at Hartunian Field in Encino, Loyola's varsity baseball team scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out a 6-4 win and complete a three- game sweep of the Celts. In the opening tilt senior GARRETT SPICUZZA pitched a complete game, allowed only four hits and struck out eight in the Cubs' 3-0 victory. On Friday, Loyola outlasted Crespi, 12-10, in a hitters' slug fest. The Cubs host undefeated Notre Dame (8-0, 3-0) in the first contest of a three-game Mission League series at Mark P. Robinson Diamond. The Knights are the top ranked team in the Southland according to the Los Angeles Times. Loyola is 6-2 overall.
Loyola volleyball takes out the broom against Redondo Union
The Cub varsity volleyball team improved its overall record to 11-1 in a three-set, 26-24, 25-16, 25-21 sweep of third-ranked Redondo Union at Leavey Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The sweep of the Sea Hawks should move fifth-ranked Loyola up in this week's CIF Southern Section Division I coaches' poll.
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At the Mustang Relays hosted by Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, multiple Cub athletes recorded personal records in a variety of events.
Junior MASON RATKOVICH ran a torrid two laps to lead Loyola's 4X800 relay team to a first place finish with an impressive 8:01.86 clocking.
Senior football players ALEX JOHNSON (UCLA) and NATHAN BUSTOS finished in second and third place, respectively, in the 100m with personal best times of 11.20 and 11.28. It won't be long before those two bust through the 11-second barrier.
MICHAEL HUTTON (50.88) ran a 50.88 400m to win the first place medal.
Cub 1600m runners ANTHONY STONE, BRANDON COBRIAN, LIAM JAMIESON and VINNIE GIANCHINI finished in first, third, fourth and fifth places, respectively, to dominate the field. Stone recorded a time of 4:27.79.
Loyola's CESAR MELENDEZ had the second best throw in the shot put with a personal best toss of 52-09.50.
Bustos added to his personal record in the 100m by leaping 20-06.75 in the long jump to secure fourth place.
The Cub pole vault crew participated in the Oaks Christian Maurice Greene Invitational on Saturday in Westlake Village. Junior WILL O'BRIEN had a personal record-tying 14'5" vault which was good for first place. He is improving week to week under the excellent tutelage of pole vault coach FERNIE HERNANDEZ.
Loyola hosts Crespi this afternoon in a Mission League dual meet which starts at 3:00 p.m.
Cub baseball sweeps Crespi in first Mission League series
On Saturday in the second game of a Mission League doubleheader against Crespi at Hartunian Field in Encino, Loyola's varsity baseball team scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out a 6-4 win and complete a three- game sweep of the Celts. In the opening tilt senior GARRETT SPICUZZA pitched a complete game, allowed only four hits and struck out eight in the Cubs' 3-0 victory. On Friday, Loyola outlasted Crespi, 12-10, in a hitters' slug fest. The Cubs host undefeated Notre Dame (8-0, 3-0) in the first contest of a three-game Mission League series at Mark P. Robinson Diamond. The Knights are the top ranked team in the Southland according to the Los Angeles Times. Loyola is 6-2 overall.
Loyola volleyball takes out the broom against Redondo Union
The Cub varsity volleyball team improved its overall record to 11-1 in a three-set, 26-24, 25-16, 25-21 sweep of third-ranked Redondo Union at Leavey Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The sweep of the Sea Hawks should move fifth-ranked Loyola up in this week's CIF Southern Section Division I coaches' poll.
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