The Crescenta Valley High School Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducting the Class of 2018 on Saturday, May 19 at Oakmont Country Club. inductees include Stacy Atwood (softball, class of 1992), Janelle (Del Soldato) Evans (track/cross country, class of 2000), Michael Goetsch (water polo, class of 1978), Dennis Gossard (football coach pictured above), Erik […]
By Brandon HENSLEY With Rosemont Middle School having a dominant year in sports so far, it’s now up to the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams to carry on the established dominance. So far, so good. Both Spartan teams won Wednesday against Toll Middle School on Rosemont’s field. The girls won, 6-0, and the boys also […]
Crescenta Valley High School water polo players Alex Garas, Kaitlyn Moguel and Lexie Kawachi were named this week to the ALL-CIF Southern Section Division teams in girls’ water polo. Garas, a junior, was named to the first team for the second straight year. She scored 58 goals this season in helping the Falcons win a […]
George Mason University softball catcher Sydnee Wells (above), a 2016 Crescenta Valley High School graduate, participated in the Charleston Southern Tournament held recently. It was the first time since 2013 that George Mason University took part in the contest, traveling to Charleston, S.C. to face Hartford, St. Bonaventure and two games against Charleston Southern. The […]
Before this week’s game against Los Osos, the Crescenta Valley varsity baseball team was 3-2 on the early season, after a 3-2 victory on Friday vs. Upland in the Bonita tournament, which was held from Feb. 24 to March 9. In the win, pitcher Luke Hempel (above) got the start. He went 4 1/3 innings, […]
By Leonard COUTIN The American poet Robert Frost described life choices in his poem, “The Road Not Taken.” For two sisters growing up in La Crescenta, their family – the Carrillo family – made choices early on, moving from Duarte to Glendale to lay down their roots and begin their journey through the Glendale Unified […]
St. Monica Academy’s historic boys’ basketball season ended Friday night in the CIF SS Division 5A semifinals against No. 1 seeded Duarte High School. The Crusaders, 14-0 in league, garnered its second league title and entered the playoffs as the fourth seed overall in Div. 5A. After defeating Westmark of Encino (71-50) in the first […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Rosemont Middle School is in the midst of another great sports year. Its basketball teams won the district championship, its flag football team won the district championship, and its girls’ volleyball team … well, you guessed it. About that volleyball team: It may not have been his first order of business as […]
Glendale High School has hired Cary Grant Harris to be its new varsity head football coach. Harris was a three-year starting cornerback for USC between 2006 and 2008 under Coach Pete Carroll. He was a two-time All-Pac-10 honorable mention player in 2007 and 2008 and was considered a top cornerback for the 2009 NFL Draft. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Rosemont Middle School Spartan football team finished the last game of the season on a high note on Thursday. They knew the 5-0 season is something to be proud of. The team was scheduled to play six games but due to the bus strike missed one that could not be made […]