The Crescenta Valley-based basketball organization Full Force participated in the Santa Barbara Swoosh March Madness Tournament the weekend of March 13-14 held at the UC Santa Barbara Thunderdome. Sixty-nine teams from central and southern California participated in the tournament’s boys and girls divisions fifth grade through high school. Full Force sent its 12U team and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Photos by Leonard COUTIN In a move that was as surprising as a warm March day in Southern California, the Crescenta Valley High football program named its new head coach last week, varsity assistant Paul Schilling. Meaning the new era will look a lot like the old one, which is just fine […]
Last month, Kaitlyn Ireland, a junior at Crescenta Valley High School, organized an astronomy night for her Gold Award, which is Girl Scout’s highest achievement. When deciding on the theme of her Gold Award, she knew she wanted to incorporate her love of astronomy and her belief that young girls should be encouraged to reach […]
For three weeks, Billy Adler, an eighth grader at St. Bede School, studied more than 400 words for the 14th annual Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee, held last Saturday. The most difficult word for him to memorize – voluptuous – was ironically the one that made him the winner. The spelling bee, judged by Clark […]
Six members of the journalism class at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy won awards in a healthy lifestyle essay contest sponsored this year by the Los Angeles Times in concert with the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthem Blue Cross. The winners attended a congratulatory luncheon at the Times building in downtown Los Angeles where each received […]
This year marks 100 years for the Boy Scouts of America and the Verdugo Hills Council, which was founded in 1922, is joining with packs across the nation in celebrating the milestone. The Council’s annual gala celebration of scouting is being held on May 8 at the Glendale Civic Auditorium and organizers are confident that […]
Dr. Cynthia Livingston, principal of Fremont Elementary School, celebrated the traditional Blue and Gold dinner with Cub Scout pack 304 from Fremont. The Blue and Gold dinner is celebrated around the world during the same month each year. Photo by Leonard Coutin
St. James sent its decathlon team to the Annual Junior High Decathlon for Catholic Schools on Saturday, March 6. An all day event, the decathlon consists of the super quiz, the logic test and individual tests for certain subjects. St. James placed sixteenth out of 101 schools competing. Individual awards were also earned by students […]
Boy Scouts Silas FitzGerald, left, and Nico Pappas from troop 317 were in charge of selling stuffed animals at their troop’s rummage sale on Saturday. The troop is based out of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. The much needed funds raised at the rummage sale will go toward camping supplies and troop field trips. Photo by […]