World-Class Jiu-Jitsu Talent Cameron Mellott to Host Exclusive Seminar at Ace Performance Training

Ace Performance Training, a premier martial arts and athletic performance center in Southern California, is thrilled to announce an exclusive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling seminar with renowned Jiu-Jitsu talent, Cameron Mellott. This special event...

South Pasadena Little League Continues to Roll

After two games and two wins, there’s plenty of optimism as South Pasadena’s Junior Division baseball team continues to ride the wave at the Western Regionals in Bend, Oregon, with an opportunity to reach...

PGA Championship Winner Collin Morikawa’s Connection to South Pasadena

Some say this is only the beginning for Collin Morikawa, an overnight sensation who won the hearts of America Sunday by winning the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Morikawa, who shined...
PHOTO: Henk Friezer | The South Pasadenan | Senior Sawyer Fox heads down the pitch. South Pasadena High fell to Chaminade 2-1 in a CIF Division 3 wildcard double overtime loss at home on Tuesday.

SPHS Soccer | Season Ends for SPHS Boys Soccer Team

Under soggy conditions, on and off rain and threatening skies throughout the contest, South Pasadena High boys’ varsity soccer team nearly came away with a CIF-Southern Section Division 3 wildcard win on Monday before...

South Pasadena Resident Places 2nd in Long Beach Marathon | Mary Akor’s Triumph

Mary Akor turned in a solid performance Sunday, coming back to South Pasadena with a second place finish in the Long Beach Marathon. Akor trailed winner Nina Zarina of Campbell by more than three minutes...

Little League Challenger Division | Team Plays Ball Again!

It was a moment Scott Parker won’t soon forget, watching a young member of the team, wearing a facemask, as he sat in a wheelchair ready to take a swing at the baseball. “I’ve never...

SPORTS UPDATE | South Pasadena High Girls Soccer Team Records Big Win

Look out, here come the Tigers! Tory Lathrop, who guided South Pasadena High to a CIF-Southern Section title a year ago, has her team playing at a high level again. The Tigers came away with a...
PHOTO: Henk Friezer | The South Pasadenan | The Kohler family Super Bowl party.

Super Bowl Parties resume in South Pasadena

Like millions of football devotees throughout the world, Marcel and Jason Kohler of South Pasadena hosted their tradional Super Bowl party. After a covid related hiatus, the Kohlers resumed an annual tradition when friends,...

Powder Puff Brings The Noise and Dancing Boys

With a score of 44-12, SPHS Senior Class of 2018 beat the Junior Class of 2019 at the annual Powder Puff game held Friday, March 9 at South Pasadena High School’s Roosevelt Field. Historically...

Big Improvements for SPHS Athletics Facilities | Groundbreaking Slated for November

When you turn 113 years old and showing signs of age, well, a facelift is in order. That’s exactly what South Pasadena Unified School District officials have decided to do with the athletic department at...

Letter to the Editor | Save Our 18 Hole Arroyo Golf Course

Dear City Council and Community Members, I have lived in South Pasadena for more than 35 years now. My children grew up and graduated from our school sustem and I took my turn as PTA...

SPHS Football Friday Night Win | Tigers Close in on CIF Football Title

Now it’s getting remarkably close, something that hasn’t happened at South Pasadena High in 46 years.  With Friday night’s lopsided win on the road, the Tigers’ varsity football team is now only two wins away...

Tigers Football | SPHS Now 5-0 to Start Football Season

A bye week couldn’t come at a better time said South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi, recognizing his undefeated team has two weeks to prepare for Monrovia, the perennial favorite, it seems, every...
PHOTO: Dan Rider | The South Pasadenan News | SPHS/South Pasadena Football Homecoming Win over La Canada Oct. 20, 2023.

SPHS Football Preview | Three Players to Watch in Friday’s CIF Southern Section Playoff...

Tomorrow night, the South Pasadena Tigers will make the near 40-mile trek down the 210 freeway to face the Los Osos Grizzlies in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division 9 playoffs. The...

Football Numbers Decline | Tigers Coach Responds to Changing Climate

Jeff Chi, like many high school football coaches throughout the country, wishes his team’s numbers were up as he’s aware of a growing national trend in the sport’s decline. According to a survey administered by...
PHOTO: Emiko Essmiller | The South Pasadenan | Tiger Run 2023

SPHS TIGER RUN | 26th Annual Run has Record Breaking Year

The Tiger Run, along with the weekly Tiger Bingo, are the South Pasadena High School Booster Club’s primary fundraisers that support over 40 clubs, teams, and organizations at South Pasadena High School. The proceeds...

Dodgers Looked To Even Series Against Astros

Now there are concerns whether the World Series will return to Los Angeles for a Game 6 after the Dodgers fell to the Astros Friday night 5-3 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The team...
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SPHS Varsity Girls Cross Country Headed to California State Meet

The South Pasadena High School Cross Country Varsity Girls are state-bound! After placing 5th in the CIF-SS Finals at Mt. SAC this past weekend, they have qualified to compete at the California State Meet...

SPHS Sports Wrap Up

GOLF South Pasadena High School’s freshman sensation Lauren Calderon shot a combined score of 142 over 32 holes last week to set a new Rio Hondo League record and win the overall Individual golf league...

Tigers Basketball Wind Down A Strong Season

South Pasadena High’s girls’ basketball team, coming off a 59-44 loss to first place La Canada last Friday, hosts Temple City Tuesday night as the regular season ends this week. The Tigers, 5-3, 11-15 overall,...

CIF Water Polo!

Rancho Cucamonga High travels to South Pasadena on Wednesday for a first-round CIF-Southern Section girls’ water polo match against the Tigers. The Division 3 game gets underway a 5 p.m. South Pasadena comes into the contest...

SPHS Students Compete in 2018 Special Olympics High School Spring Games

Recently, several Adapted Physical Education students took part in the Special Olympics High School Spring Games. The team competed in the softball throw, tennis ball throw, 100-meter race, and 200-meter race and earned first and...

Why Friday Football Game was Cancelled Between South Pasadena High and Monrovia

It remains a question mark whether or not South Pasadena High’s football team will close out an already COVID-19 shortened season Friday night against Temple City based on what happened just prior to their...

SPEF Summer Camps Coming Your Way!

SPEF is offering more summer camps than ever as their summer programming continues to grow. It all started six years ago with their popular A.C. Green Camp. SPEF executive director, Stacey Peterson, reached out...

Pasadena Poly Joins Rio Hondo League | Panthers in for Football this Fall

Calling it a “classy program,” South Pasadena High Athletic Director Anthony Chan likes the idea that Pasadena Poly becomes the newest member of the Rio Hondo League in football. Pasadena Poly moves out of the...

SPHS Sports Update: Mar 9-13 | Wet Weather Dampens Week’s Scheduled Games

South Pasadena High’s wasted no time getting off to a fast start in Rio Hondo League baseball action as the Tigers upended rival San Marino 4-2 in their season opener last Friday on the...

SPUSD Gym Measure SP Update | Completion Nears for Projects at SPHS, SPMS

South Pasadena High School - Athletics Project With the installation of finishes underway, we are in the home stretch. We will be completing the main lobby front entrance, final sealing of the gym flooring, and...

SPHS Football | 4th and Inches: South Pasadena’s playoff run ends in a 30-27...

Senior quarterback Mason Overacker rifled a pass into the endzone with less than two minutes remaining to lift Los Osos to a 30-27 CIF Southern Section Football Division 9 opening round victory Friday night...

South Pasadena High Girls’ Golf Team Hosts Golf-A-Thon Fundraiser

Members of the South Pasadena High girls’ golf team have come up with a unique way for the public to support their efforts. On April 5, the team will hold a golf-a-thon at Arroyo Seco...

A Well-Conditioned SPHS Football Team Ready for Season

In a word, South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi says “gutsy” best describes his team as the Tigers prepare to hit the road August 23 to face Mountain View of El Monte in...
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