By Brandon HENSLEY Jason Hogan, Crescenta Valley High School Class of 2001 who participated in track & field and football, was involved in an incident last week that left him temporarily paralyzed. Hogan broke his C3, C4 and C5 vertebrae, and severely bruised his spinal cord on June 26 while working security for an event […]
The local qualifier for the Trusted Choice Big I Youth Golf Classic was held at the Oakmont Country Club on June 24. This event was hosted by the Insurance Agents and Brokers of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena. The low round in the boys division was captured by San Marino High School golfer Mason Chiu shooting […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School varsity football team is about to take a much-needed summer break after a hectic passing league schedule that began in May. The Falcons so far have gone 24-10 with two ties. Quarterbacks Ty Hill and Evan Nelson have split time at the position. Hill has been out […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School boys’ varsity basketball team was 10-6 in summer league action as of Tuesday night. The Falcons took three out of four games in the San Fernando Valley last week in the annual War on the Floor tournament. Similar to last year, the team will count on Chris […]
Kids ages 7 to 13 came out to Montrose Park last week for the annual Falcons Summer Baseball Camp, hosted by Crescenta Valley High School baseball coach Phil Torres. Helping Torres was his staff as well as current and former players. The camp was held June 15 to June 18 for three hours a day. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The differences are always striking in the summertime. Players grow their hair out, or simply grow. Faces mature, arms get bigger and new guys are asked to prove themselves worthy of playing time once the real season begins months from now. All of that has been on display this month for the […]
Crescenta Valley High School softball players Melanie Abzun and Hailey Cookson were named to the All-Pacific League first team, as voted on by the league’s coaches. Both Abzun and Cookson were seniors this season and led the Falcons to a 16-11 record, and 9-5 in league. The team lost in the first round of the […]
Scott Cox stopped by Los Gringos Locos in La Cañada to sign a congratulatory card for community member Bob Baffert, whose horse American Pharoah won the Triple Crown. The public is invited to sign the card at the restaurant located at 631 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada. Photo by Brandon HENSLEY
By Brandon HENSLEY A man is never a success until his kids have outpaced him. That’s a saying Jim Smiley, a popular teacher at Crescenta Valley High School, threw out one afternoon inside his classroom perched on the third floor of the aging 2000 building. It was late May, a week before another graduating Falcon […]
By Leonard COUTIN The 97th CIF state track and field finals were held Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of Buchanan High School in Clovis. CIF officials chose the location as the official site for track and field competitions for the next several years since the facilities are not only state-of-the-art but the […]