Today's Prep Sports from the Daily News

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Title: L.A. Daily News - Today's Prep Sports

DAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | SPORTS | BUSINESS | ENTERTAINMENT | OPINIONS | SEARCH | INFO     Prep Sports Rising teams to cross paths Two longtime San Fernando Valley high schools who recently became football rivals square off Friday, when Crespi (2-0) of Encino plays at Birmingham (0-2) of Lake Balboa. Never mind the records -- these are two teams on similarly successful paths. Birmingham, a City Section champion in the 1960s, is enjoying a tremendous resurgence under coach Ed Croson. The Patriots have three league titles, a section championship and a 40-12 record in his four-plus seasons. They qualify as one of the area's best programs of the new millennium....[MORE] Page 3 The combined passing yardage of Birmingham of Lake Balboa quarterback Andrew Miramontes (349) and Valencia quarterback Michael Herrick (335) in Friday's 43-26 Valencia victory, when the Vikings overcame a 26-21 third-quarter Birmingham lead....[MORE] • Glendale plans memorial for coach • Montclair Prep RB gets high five Athletes of the week Athletes of the week DYLAN JAEDTKE Senior Royal High of Simi Valley Jaedtke anchored a first-place finish for the Highlanders cross country team at the Woodbridge Invitational at Woodbridge High in Irvine on Saturday night. His time of 14 minutes, 49 seconds (ninth place overall) was the Highlanders' fastest and it helped the team pass 2003 champion Don Lugo of Chino Hills and a touted team from Winter Park, Fla. Jaedtke's teammates, Hudson Andrews, Michael Cybulski, Matt Gulden and Daniel Benson all posted sub-15:45 times on the 3-mile course....[MORE] Athletes of the week Daily Chatter La Canada is right on schedule La Canada High boys' water polo Larry Naeve couldn't decide if his team's scheduling should be described as genius or stupid. Without even playing a scrimmage, the Spartans opened against the defending Southern Section Div. III champion and a day later headed north to face some of the top teams in Central California....[MORE] MORE IN DAILY CHATTER >> School Statistics • AGOURA • ALEMANY • ANTELOPE VALLEY • BELL JEFF • BIRMINGHAM • BURBANK • BURROUGHS • CALABASAS • CAMARILLO • CAMPBELL HALL • CANOGA PARK • CANYON • CHAMINADE • CHATSWORTH • CLEVELAND • CRESCENTA VALLEY • CRESPI • DESERT • DESERT CHRISTIAN • EAGLE ROCK • EL CAMINO REAL • FLINTRIDGE PREP • GLENDALE • GRACE BRETHREN • GRANADA HILLS • GRANT • HART • HARVARD WESTLAKE • HIGHLAND • HOLLYWOOD • HOOVER • KENNEDY • L.A. BAPTIST • LA CANADA • LANCASTER • LITTLEROCK • LOYOLA • MALIBU • MOJAVE • MONROE • MONTCLAIR PREP • MOORPARK • NEWBURY PARK • NORTH HOLLYWOOD • NOTRE DAME • OAK PARK • OAKS CHRISTIAN • PALMDALE • PARACLETE • POLY • QUARTZ HILL • RESEDA • RIO MESA • ROSAMOND • ROYAL • SAN FERNANDO • SAUGUS • SIMI VALLEY • ST. FRANCIS • ST. GENEVIEVE • SYLMAR • TAFT • THOUSAND OAKS • VALENCIA • VAN NUYS • VASQUEZ • VIEWPOINT • VILLAGE CHRISTIAN • WESTLAKE MORE IN SCHOOL STATISTICS >>     Information Copyright � 2004 Los Angeles Daily News Los Angeles Newspaper Group Feedback This is a send-only address, replies will be ignored. Please use the links below for assistance. E-Mail services provided by    You are subscribed to Los Angeles Daily News as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change your address or preferences, add or delete newsletters, or unsubscribe