CSA 10U has strong showing at Summer Smash

The Crescenta Sports Association 10U tournament team made an outstanding showing in the La Cañada Summer Smash Tournament at the end of June winning three games before dropping in the championship contest 6-4 to Toluca Lake. The team opened the tournament by crushing Westlake 15-2. Later the squad mercied Palisades 17-2 in a quarter-final contest. […]

Working on their skills

By Michael YEGHIAYAN Although the start of the season does not officially get underway until Sept. 10 against Verdugo Hills, the Crescenta Valley Falcons varsity football team is well under way to build on last season’s performance. Paul Schilling, in his first year as head coach for the Falcons, does not anticipate major changes in […]

La Crescenta’s Girls 14U softball team earns first place

Playing over Father’s Day weekend, La Crescenta Thunder, the community’s only 14U girls fast pitch tournament team, went undefeated in the “Hit It Like It’s Hot” Sylmar tournament winning the division championship on June 20. Thunder defeated Sylmar 9-5 and Montebello 3-0 on Saturday. Thunder rolled to its second win over Montebello with a 6-2 […]

Diamond Rock Baseball Father’s Day Bash

Story and photo provided by CSA Pintos La Crescenta’s CSA Pinto Tournament team went 3-0, winning the Camarillo tournament title June 18-20. Pictured (bottom row from left) are Cody Cancelosi, Nathan Boulanger, Joshua Reyes, Justin Montoya and Trent Steele. Second row are Nathaniel Burke, Chad Ruf, Aaron Kim, Alex Salvador, Sam McCutcheon and Andrew Odom. […]

Strong play by U6 brings team to semi-finals

The U6 Baseball Tournament Team for Crescenta Sports Association, the Falcons, competed in the Camarillo Father’s Day Bash reaching semi-finals in its second straight tournament. The team was able to reach quarter finals thanks in part to an amazing catch by Nick Nolan in deep right field during pool play. Despite the outstanding play of […]

IOTEC wins CSA Pinto Championship

The Crescenta Sports Association (CSA) IOTEC captured the championship last Saturday with a 1-0 victory. The team finished with 19 wins, two losses and one tie and was coached by Dana Ruf and Troy Cancelosi. IOTEC, Integrated Office Technology, has sponsored CSA teams for the last five years. At the championship game, Cody Cancelosi led […]

La Crescenta Full Force reaches championship game

The La Crescenta Full Force eighth grade 14-year-old boys basketball team made a deep run in this past weekend’s National Junior Basketball Whittier Summer Blast Tournament June 11-12. Thirty-eight teams entered the tournament, which was played in several gyms throughout Whittier and nearby cities. The Full Force played a grueling schedule during the weekend tournament […]

Local results from CIF championships

Talent from Pasadena, Burbank and Arcadia proved their mettle at the two day CIF State Track and Field Championships held June 4-5 in Clovis. Congratulations to: Alexis Walker from Pasadena who tied second in the high jump at a height of 5’ 8”. Greg Dotson from Burbank who took second place in the 800 meter […]

Water polo heads to Olympics

The Falcon Water Polo Club in its first year of competition is headed to the National Junior Olympics after finishing  fourth in the Coastal Zone Junior Olympics qualifying tournament June 5-6. The Falcon girls, coached by Heather McGlaughlin, ended the weekend with a 3-2 record. The team of Grace Alegro, Devin Grab, Sabrina Pierce, Savannah […]

U6 takes second

The U6 Baseball Tournament Team for Crescenta Sports Association competed in the Newbury Park Memorial Classic Tournament recently finishing second in its pool. It was able to advance to the semifinals after overcoming an 11-17 deficit by scoring nine runs and getting three outs with only 20 minutes remaining in the game. Team leaders Nathan […]