SPORTS Notes

GCC Sports News GCC men’s basketball player Gor Plavchyan was named Western State Conference Player of the Week for helping the Vaqueros beat Canyons and L.A. Valley College while the women’s team fell to Santa Monica City College. The baseball team posted three wins last week while the women’s tennis team won three matches last […]

Splish, Splash, They’re CIF Champs

  Falcon players and coaches reflect on winning water polo’s first Southern Section title. By Brandon HENSLEY As the seconds expired on the game clock, Crescenta Valley High School water polo coach Brent Danna jumped up and down, until he couldn’t jump anymore. So as the clock hit zero he somersaulted into the pool, followed […]

Basketball Team is Back in CIF Semifinals

  By Brandon HENSLEY It was loud, it was tough and it was nasty. In the end, though, the Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team punched a return ticket to the CIF Southern Section Division 1A semifinals with a 68-54 home quarterfinal victory over the Millikan Rams on Friday night. It is the second straight season […]

Soccer Loses CIF, Pablos Look to Future

Falcons are knocked out of playoffs, but the two Pablos helped the team to a successful season. By Aimee YEGHIAYAN Black and white. Yin and Yang. Pablo and Pablo. Some things just go together. Pablo Hernandez and Pablo Sotillo, members of the CVHS boy’s soccer team, definitely do go together. “The thing about Pablo and […]

Falcons Are Supercharged

Basketball team advances to quarterfinals with win over Edison Chargers. Now it’s Millikan on Friday. By Brandon HENSLEY So, this is looking a little familiar. The 2012 Falcon boys’ basketball team easily won its opening round playoff game at home and then took care of business on the road to set up a Division 1A […]

CV Girls’ Water Polo Recognizes Seniors

CVHS girls’ varsity water polo seniors Gabriel Isaacson, Breanna Lawton, Katie Benson, Cameron Campbell, Caitlin Connell, and Maggie Connell were recognized at the last home game of the season on Jan. 30. The girls were recognized during the game against Burroughs. CV finished the game strong 17-4. The varsity team now looks ahead to Pacific […]

Water Polo is One Win Away

By Brandon HENSLEY Brent Danna couldn’t help but excuse himself several times during his postgame interview to go over and hug several people within the Crescenta Valley High administration, including Principal Michele Doll. Eventually, he had to get back over and talk about why his girls’ water polo team so easily took care of their […]

Lady Falcons’ Soccer Season Ends

By Alan Der OHANNESSIAN The Crescenta Valley girls soccer season came to an end on Tuesday at CV High when the Falcons lost to Pasadena Poly 3-0 in the second round of the CIF Division III playoffs. The Panthers were a force to be reckoned with; they had beaten Valencia 5-0 in their first round […]