By Brandon HENSLEY Tonight marks not only the beginning of a new season for the Crescenta Valley High football team, but also a new era. Cole Doyle will take the field as the team’s starting quarterback when the Falcons host the Verdugo Hills Dons at Glendale High’s Moyse Field at 7 p.m. Of course, new […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Come for the T-shirt launchers and flying toilet paper, stay for the rock show. That might be a worthy tag line for the ongoing North American tour headlined by arguably the biggest band in pop-punk history. Blink-182 will wind down its tour with A Day to Remember in Southern California in late […]
By Brandon HENSLEY No matter who you talk to, members of the Crescenta Valley High volleyball team feel they are better equipped to handle this season than any recent one. It doesn’t have to do with just the attitude or the talent on the court. It’s also literally because the equipment itself is vastly superior […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Young basketball players in the community who may one day have dreams of playing for respected high school programs like Village Christian or Crescenta Valley would be wise to first take advice from coaches Bon Sam and Brent Ballard: fundamentals first. Sam and Ballard coach the girls’ and boys’ teams, respectively, at […]
By Brandon HENSLEY ith the start of another school year, local middle and high school teams are gearing up for fall competition. The Crescenta Valley varsity girls’ volleyball team has already been participating in preseason tournaments, which they did last week. The team will be led by second year head coach Kevin Boyke, and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School football team is currently on summer break before practice starts up again in August in preparation for the 2016 season. When the team returns from recess, it’ll be focusing on Verdugo Hills. On Thursday, Sept. 1, for the fourth consecutive season the Falcons will open against the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The proposed installation of 14 streetlights on La Crescenta Avenue dominated the most recent Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting on July 21. Though attendance was sparse, there were several people on council and in the audience who took sides on the matter. A meeting on Aug. 23 at the L.A. County Planning […]
By Brandon HENSLEY One of tonight’s agenda items at the Crescenta Valley Town Council will include information presented by L.A. County Public Works on possible implementation of streetlights above Foothill Boulevard. The issue has divided some in the community. James Chon of Public Works will be at the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd., at […]
By Brandon HENSLEY At its June 21 meeting at Verdugo Hills Hospital, the Crescenta-Cañada Rotary Club was treated to a debate from the Global Initiatives Alliance on the subject of video games and their usefulness to mental health. The seven-person panel, consisting of middle school and high school students from across the L.A. area, took […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Summer is full swing for most students, but the Crescenta Valley High School football team still has to wait a few more days for its break. It looks like it is well-deserved, according to Head Coach Paul Schilling. The Falcons have reached great heights the past three seasons, compiling a 29-5 record […]