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  • Burbank Boys Volleyball Takes Village Christian Four Sets

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    Burbank lost to visiting Village Christian in four sets, but it was a tough match. (Photo by Rick Assad)

    By Rick Assad

    It was tense, it was tight and it was a fierce and exciting battle when Burbank High hosted Village Christian in a nonleague boys’ volleyball match.

    On Friday afternoon the Crusaders and Bulldogs divided the first two sets, but the visitors took the next two and earned a 25-14, 25-23, 25-16, 25-23 triumph.

    In the second set, Village Christian led 4-2 with a kill from junior outside hitter/middle blocker Danny Franco but a block from Burbank senior Farkhat Taishev evened it at 7-7.

    Burbank junior Michael Becker added a kill that leveled it at 12-12 and a push from Village Christian junior middle blocker Alex Franco tied it 14-14.

    A kill from Burbank junior Brandon Chong tied it at 16-16 and a tapper from Becker knotted it at 18-18.

    The Crusaders (1-1) forged in front 20-19 on a winner from senior outside hitter/opposite hitter Alex Garcia as the Bulldogs (0-2) called a time out.

    A kill from Village Christian junior outside hitter Alex Kazaryan made 22-21 in favor of the visitors but the Bulldogs took four of the next five points including a push from Burbank senior Caiden Kai Abarabar that sliced the Crusaders’ lead to 23-22.

    The Bulldogs powered in front 24-23 on Alex Franco’s hitting error and the set was capped on a hitting miscue by Kazaryan.

    Brandon Villaflor is Burbank’s head coach and even though the Bulldogs lost, he liked what he saw.

    The Bulldogs talk it over before getting on the floor versus the Crusaders. (Photo by Rick Assad)

    “I’m proud of my team today despite the results,” he said. “We stayed aggressive with our offense as well as staying scrappy throughout the match.”

    Villaflor added: “I thought we did a good job of responding to their runs and their attacks,” he said. “We just couldn’t make a run ourselves at times.”

    During the final game it was deadlocked at 4-4 on a kill from Becker and a spike from Burbank senior Tyler Tran made it 7-7.

    Village Christian then went on a 6-2 run and led 13-9 on co-blocks from junior middle blocker Nicholas Vartanian and junior outside hitter/middle blocker Aaron Kim.

    When Alex Franco chimed in with a stuff, the Crusaders led 16-12 and Village Christian junior setter Walton Salazar tossed in a block for a 17-13 lead.

    Vartanian’s kill made it 20-16 but Burbank took five of the next six points and evened it at 21-21 on a kill from Chong.

    Village Christian led 23-21 on a block from Salazar as Burbank asked for time and the Crusaders won two of the next three points including a spike from Kazaryan for the set.

    The initial set was tied at 3-3 on a kill from Kazaryan and knotted at 7-7 on a winner from Taishev.

    Village Christian dashed ahead 14-9 on a tapper from Vartanian and 16-11 on a winner from Danny Franco which saw Burbank request another time out.

    Sophomore setter Sawyer Raub made it 19-11 in favor of the Crusaders and the advantage became 21-13 on a service winner from Kazaryan.

    Village Christian moved in front on back-to-back blocks from Alex Franco that made it 22-14 as Burbank needed another stoppage in play and by Danny Franco that made it 23-14. A push from Danny Franco sealed the game.

    The third set was deadlocked at 3-3 on a push from Becker but the Crusaders led 9-6 on a tapper from Danny Franco.

    It became 12-8 on a winner from Danny Franco and 16-13 on a kill from Kazaryan.

    A service ace from Kazaryan increased the cushion to 20-13 and Danny Franco’s stuff made it 22-15 as Burbank asked for another halt to the action.

    Danny Franco then added consecutive kills that made it 24-16 and 25-16 for the set.

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  • Burroughs Boys Volleyball Sweeps Claremont

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    Burroughs needed three sets to knock off Claremont, but the match was close. (Photo by Rick Assad)

    By Rick Assad

    One set was an absolute classic and the other two were very good and when the nonleague boys’ volleyball match was concluded, Burroughs took the nod over Claremont on Tuesday afternoon.

    The Bears’ 31-29, 25-17, 25-19 victory was set in motion behind the powerful hitting of outside hitter Ian Duffield, who had 16 kills and middle blocker Skyy Alston, who added six spikes with two aces and two blocks.

    Between the two, they were a lot to handle but they made their presence known from the very outset.

    Joel Brinton is the longtime Bears’ head coach and was also pleased that his club was challenged in that first game.

    “That first set was really good for us. We got to experience some adversity and then see us perform at a high level when we needed to,” he said. “You try to create those repetitions at practice but it’s impossible to. So, it was nice to get that experience.”

    Brinton added: “I’m proud of the team for ignoring some questionable calls and persevering and finding a way,” he stated.

    While the Bears took the match, it wasn’t an easy time as the Wolfpack battled at every turn to make it competitive.

    The initial set was knotted at 25-25 on a hitting error by outside hitter Gavin Etterbeek of the Bears (1-0).

    Ian Duffield tallied 16 kills for the Bears. (Photo by Rick Assad)

    Burroughs pulled ahead 29-28 on Duffield’s kill and led 30-29 on a winner from middle blocker Jack Szaras.

    Duffield’s bullet sealed the first set and added a bit of relief, and it coincidentally also carried some momentum over to the next set.

    The first game began with Szaras adding a block to make it 4-4 and a push from Etterbeck made it 11-8 in favor of the hosts.

    A tapper from Alston increased the margin to 14-10 and it became 15-11 on a kill from Duffield.

    A winner from Alston made it 19-18 and Duffield’s tapper saw the Bears march ahead 22-20 as the Wolfpack (0-1) asked for a time out.

    When Duffield unloaded a spike the Bears led 23-22 but the Wolfpack rallied and led 24-23 on a kill from Anderson Van-Travis.

    Duffield’s push evened it at 24-24 and Etterbeck’s dagger made it 25-24 in favor of the Bears.

    The next set was deadlocked at 3-3 but the Bears pulled ahead 6-3 on a kill from opposite hitter/middle blocker Marco Santiago-Dorn (five kills).

    A tapper from setter Riley Brinton (26 assists) made it 14-11 and Brinton’s winner increased the margin to 16-13.

    Duffield contributed a push that made it 17-13 as another stoppage in play was requested by Claremont.

    Duffield wasn’t done as he added a kill to make it 18-13 and a service ace from Duffield saw the lead extended to 21-15.

    Duffield’s spike made it 23-16 and Santiago-Dorn’s rocket capped the game and a two sets to none lead.

    The Bears fell behind 5-1 in the third set on a mishit and trailed 8-3 on a kill from Cooper Longyear of the Wolfpack.

    Claremont led 11-7 on an ace from Alex Hoffmeister but then the Bears started to rally as they drew within 14-11 on a push from Brinton and it was tied at 14-14 on an ace from Alston.

    Duffield’s tapper tied it at 15-15 and a block from from Szaras made it 18-16 and a stuff from Etterbeek saw Burroughs pull ahead 19-16.

    Duffield’s push made it 23-18 and Santiago-Dorn’s spike concluded the set and match.

    Libero/defensive specialist Devon Romo contributed seven digs for the Bears.

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