Winter Updates for Basketball Teams

By Brandon HENSLEY With the winter break upon Glendale area schools, it’s tournament time for both the Crescenta Valley boys and girls’ varsity basketball teams. Both squads were off for the beginning of the week as final exams took precedent, but today the boys’ team will be back at it at Burbank High to take […]

Golden Knights Defeat Spartans in the Battle of Foothill

By Michael DUMANSKY At the first home game of the regular basketball season, the St. Francis Golden Knights drew a crowd when they hosted their neighbor down the street, the La Cañada High School Spartans. St. Francis gave up the first basket giving the Spartans the lead early on 3-0. But that would be the […]

Championship Title for Falcon Football

Championship Title for Falcon Football

By Vincent PAGE Throughout the 2019 Falcon football season, the team has relied on phenomenal defensive play and a dominant rushing attack on offense. That got it to the CIF championship game on Friday night where it was business as usual for Crescenta Valley. The scene was straight out of a film. As CVHS prepared […]

Another Win for Alumni in Annual Basketball Game

By Brandon HENSLEY With football fever gripping the Falcon community this season, it might have been easy to overlook the unofficial start to basketball season last week. The annual alumni game between former Falcon greats and the current varsity squad went head-to-head on Nov. 27 inside the main gym at Crescenta Valley High and, as […]

Falcon Boys Wrap Up Cross-Country Season

  By Leonard COUTIN On Saturday, the CIF state cross-county championship finals held its 33rd annual competition in Fresno at picturesque Woodward Park. The Division II girls’ races started at 8:30 a.m. and the boys’ Division I race was the last race of the day starting at 1 p.m.    The anxiety of waiting to […]

Falcon Boys Take Home Second Place Title at the CIF Championship Finals

By Leonard COUTIN On Saturday, Nov. 23, River-side City Cross-Country Course hosted the CIF championship finals for Divisions 1-5 for the boys and girls three-mile run. The distance didn’t deter team supporters who crowded the course, which encompassed two and a half loops around the park and through the center of the course with runners […]

Falcons Bring Home CIF Title

By Vincent PAGE The CVHS football team made history on Friday completing their second 14-0 season, capped off by their CIF title win over Simi Valley High School by a final score of 19-16. The game was straight out of a movie with rain falling throughout the game and temperatures dipping into the low 40s. […]

Another Big Win for Crescenta Valley When Falcons Meet Eisenhower Eagles

Another Big Win for Crescenta Valley When Falcons Meet Eisenhower Eagles

By Vincent PAGE After an opening round matchup that saw the CV Falcons holding a tight lead over Peninsula High School for most of the game, the Falcons had another strong showing on Friday night facing Eisenhower High School in Rialto. Solid performances earned CV a final score of 45-20 inching the Falcons closer to […]

Sports Notes

The CVHS basketball season kicks off on Wednesday night, Nov. 27 when the annual alumni games are played at the school. Former Falcon greats will be playing against current teams. The soph/frosh is at 4 p.m., JV at 5:30 p.m. and varsity hits the boards at 7 p.m. Boys’ and girls’ swimming teams and the […]

CIF Cross-Country Finals in Sight for Falcons

By Leonard COUTIN Working tenaciously, and after traveling 80 miles, the Crescenta Valley High School Falcons cross-country runners were determined to step up their game on Nov. 15 to get through the stiff competition of the CIF prelims in Riverside. Twenty-four teams in each division will advance to finals. Division 1 had three heats in […]