SPORTS Notes

Walk Run at the Rose Bowl A three-mile walk/run/bike around the Pasadena Rose Bowl takes place on Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. All participants can meet in Parking Lot K beside the golf course – be sure to wear a white T-shirt. This is coordinated by the Sunland-Tujunga Community Adventist Church. For more info, call […]

CV Falcons Look for Payback vs. San Marino

CV Falcons Look for Payback vs. San Marino

After a high-scoring Week 1 victory, CV football is focused on the Titans, who beat them badly last year. By Brandon HENSLEY If you drafted Brian Gadsby in your high school fantasy football league that doesn’t exist, then congratulations – you earned a ton of theoretical points and probably won your league last week, which, […]

Getting Football Ready

Getting Football Ready

On Aug. 29, The Orthodontic Studio of Montrose donated NFL quality mouth guards to the St. Francis High School varsity football team for the 2013 season. The event, titled “St. Francis Night at the Studio,” invited each player to the office to get fitted for a custom NFL mouth guard. Gio’s Baguettes & More of […]

Sports News from GCC

GCC athletics had a very solid week last week as the football team opened the season with a 35-7 win over El Camino Compton College Saturday, the men and women’s cross country teams each took third in the very competitive Fresno Invitational Saturday and the women’s soccer team won a pair of 2-1 games over […]

SPORTS NOTES

Golf Tournament Coming Up CVHS boys basketball is hosting the 2013 James Jenkins Memorial Falcon Golf Tournament on Oct. 21 at La Cañada Country Club. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. followed by a putting contest, lunch and then the shotgun start at 1 p.m. Sponsorship packages available. Plenty of prizes! For more information, contact Patti […]

»Crescenta Valley 2013 Football Preview

»Crescenta Valley 2013 Football Preview

Falcons Hope for Total Team Effort By Brandon HENSLEY 2012 Season: 19.4 points per game/22.3 points allowed per game/4 touchdowns passes all year/3 different quarterbacks used. Record: 5-5. Missed CIF playoffs. Players to watch in 2013: Brian Gadsby, QB/Kevin Hello, RB-DB/Connor Van Ginkle, WR. Could be possibly interesting: Pavle Atanackovic was a star kicker for […]

Players See Stars When Galaxy Comes to Town

Players See Stars When Galaxy Comes to Town

By Michael YEGHIAYAN Young fans of “the beautiful game” came out in force last Thursday to take part in a soccer clinic developed by the Los Angeles Galaxy organization. Members of Glendale’s AYSO Region 88 were in attendance at the Glendale Sports Complex for an evening of soccer instruction with the current major league soccer […]

SPORTS notes

The first meeting of the Glendale Quarterback Club under the direction of Rick Dinger, the club’s 71st president, will be held at the Oakmont Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the meeting at noon. Guest speaker is Robert Lee who played college football at Oregon State University, then […]

Brock and Brandon’s NFL Preview

With the NFL regular season starting in one week, CV Weekly sports writer Brandon Hensley recently exchanged emails with Brock Hendricks, a 2010 Crescenta Valley High School graduate currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. There was too much to discuss; the two didn’t even get into Tim Tebow, which may or may not be […]

Huh Finishes in Top 20 in The Barclays

Golfer John Huh, a 2008 Crescenta Valley High School graduate, placed 15th in The Barclays, the PGA event held in New Jersey Aug. 22-25. Huh shot a 73. The position was disappointing as Huh came off a strong finish in the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship on Sunday, Aug. 18 in North Carolina where he placed […]