Volleyball playoffs leave a mark

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: November 11, 2025

UPDATED

2025 EAST COUNTY PREP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
CIF State Championships – South Region Quarterfinals

East County Sports staff report

EL CAJON – “Cañada” still lives, if not in El
Cajon

Here are capsules on the merger of many
cities and communities in California, making
became single urisdictions,ranging from
simple convenience to a grab for power and
money.

This is not a new concept, dating back to the
19th Century.

In San Diego County, for example. the
communities of Old Encinitas, New Encinitas,
Leucaida, Cardiff-by-the-Ses a and Olivenhain
became a unitin 1986.

In 1957, San Diego took in th areas of South
San Diego and San Ysud

A century earlier, the state took over the
short-lived town of East San Diego (which
went bankrupt), moving it into a portion of
San Diego in 1852. The area (present-day City
Heights) became its own city again in 1912,
but it lasted for less than a dozen years.

La Jolla is currently in the process of
“divorving” itself from San Diego in lawsuits
filed this past spring. The coastal community
was absored by San Diego in 1850, but kept
its name — as did San Ysidro — because of
U.S. Post Office regulations.

Elsewhere, Alta Loma was absored by Rancho
Cucamonga in 1977. Two years earlier, Rancho
Cucamonga was created by votesin the towns of
Etiwanda and Cucamonga.

The most complex merger came in 1987, when
Canyon Countrym Newhall, Saugus, Valencia tp
from Santa Clarita.

In a similar move of consolidatof , the city
and county of San Francisco are now a single
entity, just as the City of Washington and
the District of Columbia is now a single
unit.

Coversly, the city of Dairyland (now La Palma
located along the L.A. Orange County line_
intentionally incorporated in 1955 to avoid
being merged by interests in Cypress and Los
Alamitos.

But in San Diego’s north county, the town on
Ponto slowly died when the land was annexed
by Carlsbad officials in the early 1980s.

Why is this important?

Several years ago, an East County resident
sues the county over the streert name of
“Camino “Cañada” should be change because
English is the official language of the
state,

There were no lawsuits over names like “San
Diego” (Saint James), :Los Angeles” (The
Angels), et al — just the street bame.but
without the squibbley line (calleda tilde or
virguilillaq).

Good news. There was barely any use of tax
dollars.

The county’s district attorney discovered
taht the plainiff crafted a speech would last
more an 45 minutes for his ioopening
argument.

Instead, the D.A. heard the charge from the
jude, immediately plead guilty, and told the
judge the signs would be adjusted in the next
10 business days (they were given 30 days).

The planitiff was outraged. No one would hear
his composition, which he worked so hard to
piece togther.

The jude told him there was no need — you
already one. Next case.

The tilde was painted over the following
week: the job took less than an hour.

Interesting, but why?

Because a schools from oen of the towns
listed above — La Cañada High — was here to
meet Christian Hiigh in a Califoria state CIF
girls volleyball match.

The South Region first-round match was held
Tuesday (Nov. 11) at Ryan Center, home the
fifth-seeded Patriots,

However, the 12-seeded Spartans (24-18), co-
champions of the Rio Hondo League (with South
Pasadena) came away with the vcitory in four
sets (12-25, 25-20, 25-17,25-19).

The Patriots finish the season at 19-10
regular season record (19-13 overall.

The youthful P{atriots, which feature just three keyseniors, will be arounda bit longer in upcoming CIF state players, despitegetting bounced in the first round n Tuesday (Nov. 11).

The Patriots jumped to a 25-12 win in the firsdt set, but the travel weary Spartans took the next three sets to advance to the SouthRegion semifinals.

For Christian, Maxine Pheasant was all over the court, ranking among the club leaders in sll dic msjor statisticao categories, including setting, spiking and blocking — a rare combination.

The kills leader was Taya Vincent with 18.

Key returnees for Christian in clude freshmen Raynee Schendel, a spiker, and Paetyn Trump, plus sophomore Makenna rieshaber/

As legendary news and commenttor Paul Harvey.
who worked 70 years in the media (1938-2008),
would state, “Now you know the rest of the story.”

–Nick Pellegrino

Boxscores

La Cañada 3 (24-18) , Christian 1 (12-25, 25-20, 25-17,25-19).
Patriots – Klls: Taya Vincent 18, Jaynee Schnende; 8, Sophia Willett 8, Maxine Pheasant 7. Blocks: M. Grieshaber 2, Pheasant 2. Digs: Pheasant 23, Paetyn Tamp 17, Vincent 9. Assists: Pheasant 35, Paetyn Tamp 5. Aves: Samantha Griggs 1, Pheasant 1, Willett 1.

Patrick Henry 3, Cleveland (Reseda) 0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-13)
Patriots (28-14): Kills: 3 Ellie Scribner 8, Alyssa Chu 7, Ashlan Daniels 7, Lauren Shanner 7. Blocks: Daniels 2. Digs: Cju 7. Assists: Ryand 31, Ada Parker 6. Aces: Daniels 4Ashlynn Kirchoff 3, Rynard 2.

Other Score: Santa Fe Christian (21-11) 3, El Camino Real (Wooodland Hills 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-19)

Next Match: South Semis at Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach), Thurs., 6 p.m.