SCOREBOARD : PREPS

Playoffs in girls’ tennis, girls’ volleyball and water polo began this week with Glendale-area schools well represented among the playoff teams.

In girls’ City Section tennis, Eagle Rock will meet Carson in the 3-A Division final Friday at the Racquet Centre in Studio City. First-round Southern Section matches today include La Canada at Crescenta Valley in a Southern Section Division II match.

In girls’ City Section volleyball playoffs that began Tuesday, Eagle Rock played Hamilton, Marshall played Fairfax, and Franklin played Sylmar.

In Southern Section volleyball that begins today, Hoover plays Paramount in a Division II match, Flintridge Prep plays Bonita in Division V, and Glendale Adventist plays Pilgrim in Division VI. La Canada played a Division IV wild-card match against Arroyo on Tuesday. The winner was scheduled to meet St. Mary’s today.

In water polo, Pacific League champion Crescenta Valley played host to Sonora, and Glendale traveled to La Habra for first-round Division II games. La Canada plays at Magnolia today in a Division III game.

Margarito Casillas of Hoover won his third consecutive Pacific League cross-country championship and will compete in the Southern Section prelims Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College.

Casillas, a senior, covered the three-mile course at Crescenta Valley Park in 14 minutes 57 seconds. Michelle Zayas of Crescenta Valley won the girls’ title in 19:47.

Crescenta Valley won the boys’ team championship. Arcadia won the girls’ title.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

After two victories over winless opponents, the Glendale College football team takes a six-game winning streak into Saturday’s Western State Conference game against Harbor.

Glendale improved its record to 7-1 and 6-1 in the WSC with a 75-0 victory over Compton Saturday. It was the Vaqueros largest margin of victory since an 80-0 victory over Harbor in 1962.

“I was in a state of shock,” Glendale Coach John Cicuto said in regard to his team’s play against Compton. “Your concern in a game like that is whether your kids will play up against a team that isn’t very good.

“Our kids, to their credit, came out to play.”

Glendale rolled up 392 yards against a Compton team that was trying to gain the school’s first victory since 1989. The Vaqueros forced eight turnovers, including four interceptions, two by Vance Mitchell.

Glendale running back Pathon Rucker gained 110 yards in eight carries and scored two touchdowns. Angel Martinez caught four passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns.

Glendale meets Harbor (6-2), which lost to Moorpark, 35-8, Saturday.

“This week, we’ll see how good we really are,” Cicuto said. “Harbor has a lot of weapons they can hurt you with.

“But our kids should have all kinds of motivation because now you’re talking about a chance to not only to win a division, but possibly a conference championship.”

The Glendale men’s soccer team, ranked 15th in the state, plays host Friday to fifth-ranked Santa Barbara in its final WSC game. Glendale improved to 8-2-3 and 7-1-2 in the WSC last week with a 2-1 victory over Mission.

The Glendale women’s volleyball team concludes its season by playing host to College of the Canyons on Friday and Bakersfield on Tuesday. Glendale (3-11) also defeated West Los Angeles last week.

The women’s basketball team begins its season Thursday in a three-day tournament at Mt. San Antonio College.

The men’s basketball team begins play Saturday at home against Antelope Valley.

COLLEGES

The Occidental football team concludes its season Saturday when the Tigers travel to Redlands for a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against the Bulldogs.

Occidental, (5-3, 3-2 in the SCIAC) is coming off a 42-3 victory Saturday over Claremont. Redlands, which is 7-1 and leading the SCIAC at 5-0, defeated Whittier, 45-14, last week.

Brian Madlanbayan scored on runs of 17 and 10 yards for Occidental against Claremont. Quarterback Erik Messal scored on runs of 11 and 34 yards.

Redlands leads the SCIAC in offense with 292 yards a game and defense with 103. Occidental is second in both categories, averaging 291 on offense and 159 on defense.

Redlands is led by running back Sean Cheatham, who has gained 1,110 yards in 172 carries.

The Occidental women’s volleyball team finished in a three-way tie for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship, but the Tigers were denied a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs.

Occidental, which tied La Verne and Claremont, lost a conference playoff match against Claremont. Claremont defeated La Verne to receive the SCIAC’s automatic bid to the playoffs and La Verne was selected as an at-large team.

La Verne is playing host to a six-team regional that begins tonight and includes Claremont, Colorado College, Trinity (Tex.), UC San Diego and Menlo College.

Occidental, under first-year Coach Jeff Campbell, finished 17-6 and 9-3 in the SCIAC.

The Occidental men’s and women’s cross-country teams will compete Saturday in the Division III West Regional at Mills College in Oakland.

The men’s team is led by senior Jose Garcia, the SCIAC individual champion. Senior Konstantine Kindreich and freshman Will Allan were second and third, respectively, at the SCIAC meet two weeks ago in Chino.

Senior Arcelia Gomez, the SCIAC women’s champion, leads the Tigers along with senior Becky Kopchick and freshman Kelly Dearborn.

PREP ATHLETES OF WEEK

Cathy Leung and Yoko Matsumoto, Crescenta Valley--Leung, a junior, and Matsumoto, a freshman, defeated Asher Jayasinghe and Julie Liang, 6-2, 7-5, to win the Pacific League doubles championship in girls’ tennis.

COLLEGE ATHLETE OF WEEK

Vance Mitchell, Glendale--Mitchell, a sophomore defensive back from La Canada, intercepted two passes during the Vaqueros’ 75-0 rout of Compton College.

The 5-11, 190-pound Mitchell had 45 yards in return yardage.

HOW THE AREA’S TOP PREP FOOTBALL TEAMS FARED

Rank, Team, Record Entering Week and Synopsis

1-- Crescenta Valley: 8-1; Defeated Hoover, 46-0. The Falcons scored 31 points in the first 13 minutes and held Hoover to 47 yards of offense. Crescenta Valley concludes the regular season Friday at Arcadia.

2-- Marshall: 7-2; Defeated Hollywood, 50-0. Everett Green caught three touchdown passes from Shane Gerard as the Barristers cruised to a Northern Conference victory. Marshall plays host to Verdugo Hills on Saturday.

3-- Glendale: 5-4; Lost to Pasadena, 28-24. The Dynamiters fell to 0-4 in the Pacific League after they were unsuccessful on four conversion attempts, three of which were for two points. Glendale plays rival Hoover on Friday.

4-- Franklin: 5-4; Defeated Wilson, 28-6. Eric Jaimes caught a 45-yard touchdown pass and kicked field goals of 44 and 32 yards for the Panthers, who play Lincoln on Friday.

5-- St. Francis: 3-5; Lost to Chaminade, 42-3. St. Francis scored a field goal on its opening possession but was shut out the rest of the way and only got inside the Chaminade 20 twice. St. Francis plays St. Bernard on Friday.

6-- Eagle Rock: 3-6; Defeated Verdugo Hills, 10-6. Neil Dominguez gained 100 yards in 18 carries for the Eagles in a Northern Conference victory. Eagle Rock concludes its regular season Friday against Hollywood.

7-- Hoover: 1-8; Lost to Crescenta Valley, 46-0. The Tornadoes managed only 47 yards and committed seven turnovers. Hoover concludes its season Friday against rival Glendale.

8-- La Canada: 3-6; Lost to Temple City, 43-0. The Spartans crossed the Temple City 40 only once and committed four turnovers in a Rio Hondo League defeat. La Canada concludes its season Fridayagainst Blair.

9-- Verdugo Hills: 1-7-1; Lost to Eagle Rock, 10-6. David Bryant completed 13 of 25 passes for 199 yards in the Dons’ defeat. Verdugo Hills plays at Marshall on Saturday.

10-- Flintridge Prep: 5-3; Lost to Brentwood, 44-26. The Rebels spotted Brentwood a 23-7 halftime lead and could not catch up in the nonleague game that concluded Flintridge Prep’s regular season. Flintridge Prep opens the Southern Section Eight-Man Division playoffs Friday at Webb.

11-- Ribet Academy: 5-2; Ribet did not play last week because Pilgrim canceled the game. The Fighting Frogs will open the Southern Section Eight-Man playoffs Friday at home against Cuyama Valley (4-5).

Rankings according to Times Glendale sportswriters’ poll.