By Brandon HENSLEY This one time, Aleks Verga was sliding down the luge race course when she lost control of her sled. This was always a fear of hers. When the 11-year-old first tried luge, she was scared. Though the diminutive Verga wasn’t a stranger to racing downward on mountains – she’s an avid skier […]
By Leonard COUTIN This past weekend Azusa Pacific University and Arroyo High School joined forces to hold the annual Meet of Champions High School Distance Classic. Unfortunately adidas, which had been a solid sponsor in the past, failed to make it to the negotiating table this year. It was left to APU/Arroyo to pull the […]
By Vincent PAGE, intern Baseball has been and always will be a significant part of America’s past. The sport is to America what soccer is to Europe. But this is also true for Cuba, a country that has had its fair share of disagreements with the U.S. However, recently baseball was the tool used to […]
Evan Nelson finally earned a chance to start at quarterback last season before everything changed on one play. Now he opens up about the struggles of his 2015 season. By Jessica SHUMATE, intern It was Oct. 30 at Burroughs High School’s brightly lit field. Before the game, Falcon senior Evan Nelson was […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Falcons hosted its first scoring track and field Pacific League tri meet of the year on March 10 competing against Glendale and Muir. CVHS Coach Mark Evans was ready for what has been a strong rivalry dating back to the early ’60s against the Glendale Nitro Dynamiters. Early on the […]
The Crescenta Valley girls’ varsity basketball team ended its season last Saturday at Mater Dei High School in the second round of the Division II state playoffs. The 69-32 defeat to the Monarchs may have been tough to swallow, but considering all the Lady Falcons accomplished, the season is something to be proud of. The […]
By Brandon HENSLEY For his sixth grade promotion, Drake Barron received a mountain bike from his parents. Here was a boy about to embark on a new journey into junior high, and to do so he needed a new ride. His parents, after all, are Tanya and Ted, who run Janssen’s Carpet Cleaning in La […]
The Rosemont Spartans football team ended with a perfect season after traveling to Toll Middle School on March 3. It defeated Toll 35-6.
By Leonard COUTIN The Crescenta Valley Falcons hosted the Canyon Cowboys in a non-scoring dual track and field meet on Thursday. Canyon Coach Paul Broneer brings many years of experience to the track; he ran the Glendale High School Dynamiter program for 17 years, then was at Burroughs High School before moving to Santa Clarita. […]
While John Pingry was at the dual CV track meet on Thursday afternoon (Glendale and Muir) at CV to see his son, a CV student, compete he caught this pic of sprinter Nick Tralongo. While the performance by Tralongo is impressive, perhaps more eye-catching is the toddler and future track star seen to his left. […]