By Brian PARK CV Weekly Intern Guard Cassie Pappas scored 27 points and had three steals as the Falcons (15-4, 5-1 in league) defeated the Burbank Bulldogs (8-10, 3-3 in league) 57-26 at Crescenta Valley on Wednesday night. The Falcons started the game off fast, scoring seven straight points before the Bulldogs made a free […]
Shooting for Glendale Community College on Wednesday night was former CV Falcon Narbeh Ebrahimian, now a freshman at the college. The former Falcon is playing forward #35. On Wednesday, Glendale hosted West Los Angeles. Glendale won 64-63.
By Andrew SIMON In the second half of the Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball game at Burbank on Wednesday, Coltrane Powdrill decided the burden was on him to lift a struggling Falcons squad. “I think we were kind of lackadaisical on the offensive end and defensive end, so I felt I needed to kind of pick […]
By Walsh CARVALHO The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team is already off to another good start this season, finishing its preseason tournament play and tying its league opener against Harvard-Westlake 1-1. The line-up is predominately of freshman and sophomores and led by co-head coaches Frank Pace and Kathy Desmond (Desmond’s 16th season). The Flintridge […]
By Walsh CARVALHO Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a small school of about 400 students nestled in the hills near La Cañada Flintridge. The school boasts academic excellence and competes athletically in one of the toughest leagues in the San Gabriel Valley, the Mission league. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy varsity basketball program is a work […]
By Walsh CARVALHO As 2009 ends it is an opportunity to reflect on the stellar performances by many local athletes and athletic programs. Crescenta Valley High School boasted a few teams that made it to the CIF Southern Section championship brackets. Boys’ basketball made it to the first round of the Division IA championships Girls’ […]
By Walsh CARVALHO The Crescenta Valley Falcons Baseball Organization, led by 14-year veteran CV head coach Phil Torres and assistant coach/CV boys’ athletic director Dave Mendoza, held its annual baseball camp Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 at Stengel field. Torres was in good company at his annual camp, which is targeted for third to eighth […]
By Walsh CARVALHO The CIF Southern Section announced some of their ALL-CIF teams last week, and nine local athletes made their families and coaches proud. Two high schools from the area, Crescenta Valley and La Cañada, were represented on the list which says a lot about their athletic programs and coaching staffs. Crescenta Valley topped […]
By Walsh CARVALHO The Crescenta Valley Falcons have had an inspirational start to their season. They recently won the Falcon Classic, which they hosted, by beating Simi Valley with a score of 53-52. “Simi Valley game was a great game. It was our third time in the championship game in three years. We lost to […]
By Brian PARK CV Weekly Intern After winning 13 regular season games and one postseason game last year, the Falcons have begun the process of building a unified team with new head coach Kiel McClung at the reins. After losing four productive seniors and playing without starting midfielder Alex Baerger, the Falcons looked shaky to […]