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View MoreIlyana Papke-Flores scored both touchdowns, including a pick-six with three minutes left, as Westridge beat Nogales 13-6 in the CIF-SS Division 5 quarterfinals Tuesday. The Tigers travel to Peninsula on Saturday for the program's first semifinal.

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View MoreWestridge beat Windward 33-18 in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 second round on Saturday and will travel to Nogales for a Tuesday quarterfinal, while Pasadena Poly's inaugural season ended with a 43-20 loss to Prep League co-champion Village Christian.

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View MoreJohn Muir and Pasadena High meet in the annual Tuna Tussle boys water polo match Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, with Muir entering at 10-4 and the Bulldogs at 9-6.

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View MoreJohn Muir and La Salle both hit the road Friday for Week 4 high school football, with the Mustangs facing a tough Newbury Park squad and the surging Lancers traveling to Woodland Hills Taft.

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View MoreUCLA announced all home football and basketball tickets are now free for students, starting Saturday when the Bruins host Purdue at the Rose Bowl in their Big Ten home opener.

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View MorePasadena High's girls volleyball team swept John Muir 25-10, 25-14, 25-8 on Thursday, dropping the Mustangs to 1-2 just two days after they snapped a year-long winless streak.

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View MoreTickets for the 2027 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 113th Rose Bowl Game went on sale Wednesday, Sept. 2, at $202.90 through Ticketmaster, with a separate Pasadena resident sale planned later this year.

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View MorePasadena's free World Cup Soccer Tournament for players ages 12–18 held opening rounds at Robinson Park on July 24 and is set to move its championship matches to Rose Bowl Stadium on Sunday, August 2.

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View MoreRose Bowl Aquatics Center Executive Director Melanie Sauer told Pasadena's Senior Commission on July 14 that the facility faces unresolved funding and operational challenges as it prepares to host 2028 Olympic diving, with no formal LA28 agreement signed and program-space capacity already near 100%.

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View MorePasadena's Northwest Commission formally adopted 2028 Olympic preparedness as a yearlong strategic priority on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, as the Rose Bowl prepares to host men's and women's Olympic soccer gold medal matches and LA28 opens volunteer applications and a second ticket drop.

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View MoreKidspace Children's Museum hosts Scooper Bowl Sunday on Sunday, July 19, with nine LA-area ice cream vendors offering free samples to mark International Ice Cream Day, timed to the same date as the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final.

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View MoreThe Rose Bowl will open its field, press box, and original 1922 locker room for guided public tours on Friday, July 31, two years before the stadium hosts the 2028 Olympic soccer finals.
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