Asics Clovis Invitational Marks Mid-season Arrival for Runners

By Leonard COUTIN Shoe manufacturer Asics sponsored one of the most prestigious cross-country meets on pre-state cross course at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday at the Asics Clovis Invitational. Celebrating its 37th year and with more than 18 races held throughout the day, this meet had more than 4,000 athletes running the 5000-meter course. […]

LA CAÑADA GLADIATORS 10.15.15

Contributors are Paul D. Fitzgerald, Bruce Millstein, Chad Runnels, and Tony Ponce.   JR. GREMLIN FLAG La Cañada Gladiators v. El Sereno Stallions (Teams do not keep Score)   No report received.   Gremlins La Cañada 35, El Sereno 6   The La Cañada Gladiator Gremlins returned to their winning ways Sunday with a 35-6 […]

CV Dominates Hoover, Looks to Homecoming with Muir

  By Jessica SHUMATE, intern   The Falcon football team showed no mercy Friday night against Hoover High School. Sharing the home field with Hoover, both teams felt the need to claim the turf. After four quick quarters CV defeated Hoover with the final score of 49-0. The game began slow as CV’s defense casually […]

Return of the Blue Army

Return of the Blue Army

By Brandon HENSLEY For a moment, Christina Bircher may have been so overwhelmed at the magnitude of her new job that some wires in her mind might have crossed. Bircher, a former Falcon cheerleader, said she never realized how big the program was until she started coaching all 96 Crescenta Valley High School kids. The […]

Falcon Boys Rally at Staub/Barnes Invitational

Falcon Boys Rally at Staub/Barnes Invitational

By Leonard COUTIN This past weekend the Crescenta Valley running community celebrated the 48th Annual Staub/Barnes Cross-country Invitational. The event honors the legacy of two men, Kenny Staub, GUSD athletic director, and John Barnes, the former Glendale High School cross-country and track teams coach. The Staub/Barnes Invitational, held at Crescenta Valley Park, hosts many of […]

Falcons Look to Sweep Glendale Schools

Falcons Look to Sweep Glendale Schools

By Brandon HENSLEY With a change in strategy, the Crescenta Valley High School football team put forth a dominant effort last Friday to collect its first Pacific League win, a 59-7 thumping over the Glendale Nitros. On Friday, the Falcons (3-2) will try to sweep the Glendale-area’s schools for a third straight year as they […]

Falcons Look to Sweep Glendale Schools

Falcons Look to Sweep Glendale Schools

  By Brandon HENSLEY With a change in strategy, the Crescenta Valley High School football team put forth a dominant effort last Friday in collecting its first Pacific League win, a 59-7 thumping over the Glendale Nitros. On Friday, the Falcons (3-2) will try to sweep the Glendale-areas school for a third straight year as […]

Falcons Lose in Low-Scoring Affair

Falcons Lose in Low-Scoring Affair

      By Jessica SHUMATE, intern Things have changed since last season for the Crescenta Valley Falcons’ football team. They are no longer the undefeated team they were before. It’s a whole new ball game. On Friday night against Burbank, both teams struggled to get points on the board. Burbank and CV sat uncomfortably […]

Falcons Grab Silver at First League Meet

Falcons Grab Silver at First League Meet

                By Leonard COUTIN The first Pacific League cross-country meet of the season was held Thursday on the Arcadia Apaches’ home course. The athletes ran a course that is flat overall with several loops running throughout the parks. All top boys varsity contenders huddled together throughout the first […]

Spartans’ Boys and Girls Open Season with Wins

Spartans’ Boys and Girls Open Season with Wins

    By Brandon HENSLEY The new coach of the Rosemont Middle School girls’ basketball team liked what he saw in his team’s first game Sept. 24. The Lady Spartans hosted the Toll Titans, and thanks to a smothering defense, Rosemont ran away with a 35-4 victory. Just how Bon Sam drew it up. “I […]