The team makes annual trek to Mammoth training camp. By Dennis OLIVER On Saturday, July 28, 48 members of the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Team headed north to Mammoth for their 22nd annual training camp. The camp is held in Mammoth Mountain RV Park in a large tent camping area. Besides the 48 current runners, […]
The Full Force Basketball Hawks took the Impact Summer League championship with an exciting double overtime win. Hawks point guard Tyler Carlson, who had six points, six rebounds and five steals, scored the first six points to start the game, but the Impact team scored the next 11 to lead at half time 11-6. With […]
The Crescenta Valley Falcon varsity football team will be kicking off its season the week school goes back in session. On Aug. 23 the Falcons will play a preseason scrimmage against Monrovia at 4 p.m. at CV High School. The games start for real on Aug. 31 when CV travels to Santa Paula High School […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Plant a seed and let it grow. It’s a basic metaphor that has frustrated soccer fans in the U.S. for decades: Plant all the seeds they want, the sport still lags behind others in sheer popularity. But here comes another season of the American Youth Soccer Organization, and maybe it’s fitting that […]
The La Crescenta Monarchs 9U Tournament baseball team took their La Crescenta pride to the Central Coast Showdown Baseball Tournament in Pismo Beach last weekend, winning the championship by going undefeated in five games over two days. This victory qualifies the team to compete next in the Triple Crown Sports National Tournament in Las Vegas […]
By Leonard COUTIN As the temperatures cooled on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 25, runners gathered at Crescenta Valley Park cross-country course for the second all comers Run in the Park. CV High coach Mark Evans welcomed the cross-country girls from Arcadia, and the West Torrance boys and girls runners, who were led by the […]
The Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA Dynamite gymnastics team recently competed at the National 2012 USAIGC championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There were 76 USAIGC clubs represented from the United States, Bermuda, Canada and South Africa and over 750 gymnasts competing. In the Copper Level, the local Y placed second in the nation. Twelve local girls from […]
By Leonard COUTIN As the temperatures cooled Wednesday afternoon, runners gathered at Crescenta Valley Park cross-country course for the second all comers Run in the Park. Coach Mark Evans welcomed the cross-country girls from Arcadia, and the West Torrance boys and girls runners, who led by the boy’s Coach Jason Druten and girl’s Coach Kirsten […]
Shawn Zargarian’s Falcon Basketball Camp invites youngsters to learn the game and have fun By Brandon HENSLEY When he took over the Falcons boys’ basketball program in the middle of the last decade, Shawn Zargarian said he was too overwhelmed to hold a summer basketball camp his first year. But Zargarian seems to be […]
The CSA 8U Tournament Team started out slowly this tournament season, but finished strong, winning the VCAA Champions of Summer tournament in Encino on July 19. After two tournaments and only a short time playing together, they entered this tournament with a 1-4-1 record, which coaches felt was not a good indication of their growing […]