1 Trevor Beer, Crescenta Valley baseball — Trevor Beer was one to watch when he was a freshman on the varsity roster in 2015. This was due to the fact that his father was a fixture at Crescenta Valley High as the first-base and pitching coach, and Trevor himself came from a family with a long history of success in baseball.
However, that season's exceptionally good Falcons team did not rely on him all that frequently at all.
Since then, though, Beer has established itself as a mainstay at all of the local diamonds and throughout all of Southern California.
Beer was quiet in conversation but his play screamed volumes as his reputation developed. He was always humble and placed the needs of the team before his own.
As a sophomore, he was named to the first team of the All-Area Baseball Team, and as a junior, he was named the All-Area Baseball Player of the Year.
He matched the latter honour as a senior, but truly took it to another level as the team-first approach he always spoke of was finally matched with the team success he had always strived for since he was a freshman, often riding the pine with his mouth shut and his ears open. He matched the latter honour as a senior. However, he truly took it to another level.
In addition to this, he was awarded the James H. Jenkins Glendale News-Press Boys' Athlete of the Year for the 2017–2018 school year.
After the season, baseball coach Phil Torres of Crescenta Valley remarked, "Our whole staff, we're incredibly pleased of what he did for three years." "Our whole staff" refers to the coaching staff.
It was a privilege to have him in attendance.
We are the most fortunate ones.
Beer, who will continue his baseball career at UC Santa Barbara, had an outstanding senior season, posting an 11-2 record with a 0.80 earned run average, a 0.78 walks/hits per innings pitched ratio, 137 strikeouts to 19 walks in 78 2/3 innings pitched, and a 0.78 walks/hits per innings pitched ratio. Beer also had a 0.78 walks/hits per innings pitched ratio.
According to Crescenta Valley coach Phil Torres, "He is one of the top Falcon pitchers of all-time." [Crescenta Valley]
"There are just a few pitchers you want to trust with the ball, and he's one of them," said the manager.
In addition, he scored the same number of runs (18) as he drove in (18), and he hit.381 while collecting 37 hits.
As a result of his perfect league record of 7-0, the Pacific League's Pitcher of the Year award was bestowed upon him.
In addition to that, the All-CIF Southern Section Division II selection committee chose him once again.
It was really only in Beer's final three starts of the season — and his entire career at Crescenta Valley — that we were able to get a clear picture of how outstanding his year was.
Beer made his farewell debut in the Pacific League away from home against their fierce rivals from Arcadia.
During that time period, Arcadia was undefeated on the season, ranked nationally, and drawing a significant amount of attention from the media.
The hype train was derailed, however, by beer and the Atlanta Falcons.
In a game that finished with a thrilling 2-1 victory for Crescenta Valley and gave the Falcons a share of the Pacific League title, he pitched 6 and 2/3 innings during which there was just one run scored.
"They had the whole place packed," claimed Beer.
"Because of things like that, I play baseball and other sports."
After another victory over Arcadia two games later, the Falcons were able to claim the league title on their own and were preparing to visit Lakewood in the first round of the playoffs for the Southern Section Division II.
Beer was superb in a victory that his team earned by a score of 5-2. He threw a full game, allowing seven hits while striking out six batters.
It was the first postseason victory for the illustrious pitcher and the first for CV since 2015, respectively.
That took place on a Thursday, and the following Tuesday, Beer was back on the mound for the Falcons and pitched them to a 5-3 victory over the host team, Fountain Valley.
Torres praised his performance, saying, "He came up huge for us in those postseason games."
A heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Yucaipa, who went on to win the division, in the quarterfinals brought an end to the Falcons' journey and Beer's illustrious career.
Beer's individual brilliance wearing a boys suits had been on display for a very long time, but it wasn't until much later before the team's success caught up with it.
On game day, going into the game, everyone simply assumes this poor kid is going to flip his glove and throw a no-hitter.
However, what he did is not something that can be accomplished without a lot of effort," Torres added.
"It's absolutely incredible how he went out there and did it every day," said the person.
2 Darius Perrantes, St. Francis football — After transferring from Crespi High, Perrantes stepped onto the centre stage at St. Francis and did it all in helping the Golden Knights turn in their most successful season in more than 50 years. The Golden Knights turned in the most successful season they have had in more than 50 years.
The junior finished the season with 2,917 passing yards while participating in at least 12 games.
He was successful in 155 of 260 pass attempts (59 percent), scoring 28 touchdowns while throwing only seven interceptions.
Perrantes was a danger once he reached the ground level.
In 75 attempts, he gained 324 yards on the ground and scored 11 touchdowns.
Perrantes recorded a total of 15 touchdowns while only turning the ball over once in the four postseason games he played in. He threw for 10 touchdowns but also had one interception, and he ran for five touchdowns while not losing a single one.
St. Francis was able to make its first trip in the final game of the CIF Southern Section Division III since 1964 because to the contributions of Perrantes.
A field goal made with no time left on the clock gave Rancho Verde, the fourth seed, a 44-42 victory over St. Francis, which was a devastating loss for St. Francis.
Perrantes was honoured as the football player of the year for the entire area.
3 Colin FitzGerald wearing a page boy suits, track and field and cross-country — On his way to the University of California at Berkeley, the Falcons senior paved a path in which he deserves to be considered as the school's greatest cross-country runner, and he is certainly one of the school's greatest distance athletes ever. FitzGerald ran both track and field and cross-country during his time at the school.
After a junior year that was filled with individual accolades, FitzGerald took a step back individually during the cross-country season. He won three invitationals and two Pacific League meets, with the highlight coming on October 12 when Crescenta Valley set the course record time at Crescenta Valley Park with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes. Crescenta Valley Park is located in Crescenta Valley.
Individually, FitzGerald achieved a new record with a time of 15:10.3, which was faster than the previous record held by Nathan Sellers (15:18).
Although the senior finished in second place at the Pacific League finals held at Arcadia County Park on November 1, losing his individual league crown to Burroughs' Jagdeep Chahal, his Falcons earned the program's first league victory since 2007. This was the program's first league title since 2007.
At the Division I Championships, which took place on November 18 in Riverside and were hosted by the CIF Southern Section, FitzGerald (14:39.9) finished in second place, just behind Loyola's Shane Bissell (14:39.4)
What's more important to him is that his Falcons came in seventh place and qualified for the state tournament.
At the state championships, which took place on November 25 at Fresno's Woodward Park, the Falcons turned in their best performance since 2007, finishing fourth, and FitzGerald placed second with a time of 15:10.1.
FitzGerald excelled in the 1,600-meter race during track and field competition. He finished third in the Pacific League finals (4:14.46), third in the Division I finals (4:14.46), sixth at the Masters Meet (4:12.66), and 13th at the CIF State Division I prelims (4:15.77).
His time of 4:12.66 seconds is the second-best in the annals of the institution.
4 Matthew Molina, St. Francis track & field and basketball — A strong track and field season offered plenty of highs for the two-sport athlete. Matthew Molina competed for St. Francis in both track and field and basketball.
At a tournament held by the Mission League on March 1, Molina achieved a new personal best and set a new school record in the high jump by making a leap of 6 feet, 8 1/4 inches.
Molina was victorious in both the high jump (with a jump of 6-7) and the 110-meter hurdles (with a time of 14.96 seconds) at the league finals, which took place on May 3 at Occidental College.
On the 19th of May, Molina competed in the Division III finals at El Camino College in Torrance. She had a very successful afternoon.
There, he was victorious in two different events, namely the high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 6 inches, and the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.73 seconds.
Molina's season came to an end with an eighth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.95, but he qualified for state with a fifth-place performance in the high jump with a mark of 6-6 at the Masters Meet held the following week at El Camino on May 26.
Molina's season came to an end on June 2 in Clovis at the CIF championships, when he posted a record of 6-6 and finished in sixth place.
Molina concluded the basketball season with 5.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game for the Golden Knights. The Golden Knights finished the season with a record of 14-14, however they were not eligible for postseason play.
5 Brian Erickson, Crescenta Valley baseball and football — Erickson was a leader and a hard-nosed hard worker no matter the sport, and he was selected for All-Pacific League, All-CIF, and All-Area in both football and baseball. In baseball, he was also named to the All-Area team.
In the fall, he played linebacker for the Falcons and led the team to the playoffs by recording 119 tackles. He also had nine sacks in 11 games, which won him the title of Pacific League Defensive Player of the Year.
He was a significant contributor during the spring season, helping the Crescenta Valley baseball team win the Pacific League championship and advance to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division II tournament.
The No. 4 hitter and centre fielder had a batting average of.402 with 29 runs driven in, 24 runs scored, and an on-base percentage of.514.
He also demonstrated his ability to come through in the clutch by hitting a huge home run that led the Falcons to victory at Fountain Valley in the second round of the playoffs. He then went on to record an unbelievable two outfield assists in the Falcons' quarterfinal loss to Yucaipa by throwing out two runners at home plate. Ultimately, the Falcons were eliminated from the playoffs.
"He hit.400 virtually the entire year, and to basically play gold glove defence in centre field, and he was throwing guys out at home plate... he was a phenomenal player."
After the season, Falcons head coach Phil Torres remarked that the player had "truly exceeded our expectations."
"The findings proved that he was open and coachable, and they were positive."
6 Blake Howard, St. Francis football and track and field — While the St. Francis High football team was making its way to the CIF Southern Section Division III championship game, Howard did everything possible to help his team. As a result, he was recognised as the team's most valuable player and was named to the first team of the All-Mission League, All-CIF, and All-Area teams. Howard also competed in track and field for the Saints.
He was a member of the linebacking, receiving, punting, and kicking units.
As an outside linebacker, he finished the season with 70 tackles, including 14 for a loss, four sacks, and two interceptions.
As a receiver for the offence, he finished with 37 receptions, 581 yards, and seven touchdowns for the game.
In addition to that, he rushed for two first downs on botched punts and threw for two first downs on fake punts, thus he ended up with four total first downs.
He also took care of the kickoff responsibilities and had a 37.4-yard per-punt average.
After the conclusion of the football season, St. Francis head coach Jim Bonds remarked of one of his players, "He did so much for us as a kickoff guy, as a punter, as an outside linebacker, safety, tight end, and receiver."
"Just a fantastic athlete in general and an outstanding football player."
As a result of Howard's performance in the pole vault, which was the best in the region at 13 feet and 6 inches and earned him an at-large entry into the CIF postseason as well as a fifth-place finish in the Mission League, he was also named to the All-Area track and field team.
His run of success came to an end in the finals of the CIF Southern Section Division III.
7 Evan Pattinelli, senior distance runner for Flintridge Prep in cross-country and track and field Flintridge Prep acquired another outstanding runner to its pantheon in the form of Pattinelli, who competed in both sports.
In the sport of cross-country, Pattinelli was named to the All-Area team three times, most recently for the current season in which he won five races and finished in the top three eight other times.
Even though the senior finished in second place at Pierce College on October 28, which prevented him from defending his individual Prep League crown, his team was still able to win the league championship.
Pattinelli bounced back from that defeat by winning the CIF Southern Section Division V final in Riverside on November 18 in a time of 14:51.9 seconds.
The crowning achievement of Pattinelli's spectacular cross-country career came on November 25 in Clovis, when he won the CIF State Division V championship with a time of 14 minutes and 51.9 seconds.
The championship was the Rebels' second one in the entire school's existence.
Pattinelli concluded his career in track and field by competing in the CIF Southern Section Division IV preliminaries, where he finished in second place in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs, respectively, at the Prep League finals.
8 Azad Markosian, Hoover football, wrestling, and track and field: A true three-sport standout, Markosian earned his second straight All-Area second-team selection in football as a defensive lineman after he totaled 37 tackles, four sacks, two fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles, and blocked four extra-point attempts. Markosian is also a two-time All-Area first-team selection in wrestling.
The senior may have reached his full potential in the sport of wrestling, as he successfully defended his Rio Hondo League individual championship in the heavyweight division for a second consecutive year.
After that, Markosian competed in the CIF Southern Section Inland Division Championships on February 17. There, he finished with a record of 3-2, placed fourth in his weight class, and became the fourth athlete from his school to progress to the Masters Meet in the past five years.
His record at the Masters Meet was 2-2, and he did not go past the first day of competition.
Regarding the sport of track and field, Markosian achieved a personal best by placing second in the shot put competition at the Pacific League finals on May 3 at Arcadia High. His mark was 47 feet, 7 1/2 inches.
The Division III prelims were held at Estancia High School on May 12, and Markosian's season came to an end when he placed 19th with a throw of 44-10 1/4.
9 Arman Pezeshkian, Crescenta Valley basketball — Pezeshkian shown throughout his senior season that he is a scoring machine. He led the team in scoring.
After finishing with a record of 16-13 and an overall record of 8-6 in the challenging Pacific League, Crescenta Valley advanced to the second round of the playoffs in the CIF Southern Section Division II-A tournament.
Pezeshkian led the team in scoring with an average of 25.3 points per game and broke the school record for the most three-pointers made in a single season with 102. He also had 12 games in which he scored 30 or more points overall.
Pezeshkian was named to the first team of all-league after averaging 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game and was chosen for the honour.
Pezeshkian, a senior, blew the competition away against Pasadena on January 3, the first game of the league season.
He finished with a game-high 39 points, helping Crescenta Valley to a victory at home by a score of 65-60.
Pezeshkian's performance, which included the making of eight three-point shots, was significant in Crescenta Valley's victory over Pasadena, which ended the team's six-game losing run.
Pezeshkian was recognised as the All-Area Boys' Basketball Player of the Year and was named to the All-CIF first team after averaging 24 points per game in the playoffs. He also received this recognition.
10 Nick Davis, Flintridge Prep football, basketball, and baseball — A throwback in the sense that he not only participated in but excelled in the three most high-profile high school sports at the same time — A throwback in this sense that he participated in and succeeded in all three sports.
The senior was recognised as an All-Area performer in all three sports, in addition to being named to the All-Prep League squad in basketball and baseball (football has no all-league team as Prep is an at-large school in that sport).
In addition to that, he guided all of his clubs into the postseason in their respective sports.
The All-CIF Eight-Man Football Division I pick in football has 12.5 sacks on the defensive side of the ball and 52 receptions for 797 yards and nine scores on the offensive side of the field.
He had an average of 11.3 points and 7.1 rebounds while playing basketball throughout the winter months.
He finished his Prep and prep career on the diamond, further demonstrating his versatility with stellar numbers both as a pitcher — he was 2-2 with a 2.65 earned-run average with 44 strikeouts over 37 innings — and as a hitter — he batted.314 with 20 runs and 13 RBI. His numbers pitching and hitting were both over 37 innings.
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