Tigers Win! Tigers Win!

The SPHS Tigers boys volleyball team won the Rio Hondo League championship on Thursday, beating Gabrielino 3 games to 1. The Star-News article is here. The first playoff game will be Friday, May 11th, at home at 7:00 p.m. The opponent will be determined on Monday. The Tigers won in spite of playing without captain and setter, Kevin Kuramoto, who was forced to leave the San Marino match on Tuesday with a hand injury. Kevin wound up tearing the webbing of his right hand between the two middle fingers, and required seven stitches at Huntington Hospital. Without their setter, Cody Carpenter did a fine job filling in. Way to go, Tigers!

In other news, South Pasadena High School won the sportsmanship award for the Rio Hondo League. Mark was selected to go to Dodger Stadium and receive the award on behalf of the school, and he invited me to go along. A nice father and son time at the baseball stadium. I was sitting too far away to take a picture of Mark on the field, so I took a picture of Mark on the big screen.

The game was great, as the Giants beat the Dodgers, and Barry Bonds hit a mammoth home run to center field, much to the chagrin of the Dodger faithful in attendance.

However, while all the sportsmanship winners sat in the same section, there were several fights that broke out. When Pedro Feliz hit the game winning home run, a Giant fan in our section stood up and clapped. He was immediately doused with beer from an irate Dodger fan, and some male bonding ensued, complete with the use of less than acceptable language. The father sitting next to me muttered, "So much for sportsmanship." Sad.