By Vincent PAGE On a recent scorching day, the Crescenta Valley High School Falcons varsity football team was found on its practice field, honing their craft. On this particular day, they finished practice with a dreadful combination of conditioning drills. Three stations, each more strenuous than the last. The mastermind behind each of these stations? […]
The last Crescenta Valley cross-country All-Comers meet will be held Aug. 9 at Crescenta Valley Park. All levels of runners are invited to participate. There will be two races, a 2K run, which starts at 6 p.m., and a three-mile run beginning at 6:25 p.m. There is a $5 entrance fee for all participants, which […]
The Crescenta Valley High School varsity boys’ soccer team will hold its first ever home tournament, the Crescenta Valley Soccer Classic, from Dec. 27 to Dec. 30. The field of teams competing will be limited to a first-paid, first-served basis. There will be eight teams divided into two pools of four teams, and each team […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It was no surprise that the leader of the pack on Wednesday at Crescenta Valley Park was Colin FitzGerald. The CVHS track and cross-country star sported a blue tank top as he won the 2K race, and half an hour later he was shirtless zooming down the lanes to the finish line […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It was only a month ago pundits and prognosticators salivated at the thought of a three-team race in the National League West. The Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies were bunched together like brothers forced to share the same room. Excitement and tension were in the air. This was going to be […]
By Brandon HENSLEY For the past four seasons, the the CVHS Falcons’ varsity football team kicked off its season by playing Verdugo Hills, either at VHHS or the Falcons’ home field at Glendale High. That will change this year when CV gets on a plane and flies across the country to commence the 2017 high […]
The Crescenta Valley United Softball Association’s 10 and under all-star team placed third at the SoCal USA Western District Championship Tournament in Oxnard the weekend of June 18, which earned them a trip to the USA Softball’s State Championship Tournament the weekend of June 30-July 2. The team is composed of members Haley Krohn, Alexa […]
The Mustang-10U team won the Pony West Zone East Region Section 1 championship on Sunday, July 2 in West Covina. The team, which previously took first place in its division at CSA’s own Battle of the Foothills tournament in June, will advance to Pony regions to be held July 13-18 in West Covina. The Pinto-7 […]
By Brandon HENSLEY With a successful first season at Village Christian School behind him, Chris Casey will be holding a baseball camp later this month centered on the science of hitting. The camp will be held July 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tujunga Little League Field, and will be led by Casey […]
By Vincent PAGE A major problem for football players over the past decade, according to research, is concussions. As parents become more aware of the long lasting damage caused by concussions, the most concerning being chronic traumatic encephalopathy, fewer parents are allowing their kids to play football, opting instead for sports such as baseball and […]