The 2015 year in sports saw championships for Village Christian, the Special Olympics take over Los Angeles for a week and the end of Brian Gadsby’s career as a Falcon. January The train kept on rolling for the 2014 CIF champion Falcons varsity football team, as it was recognized at Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office […]
By Brandon HENSLEY he roads around Elysian Park were tight and narrow, but runners from 29 Southland middle schools made the best of their day in the LA84 Foundation’s Run4Fun on Dec. 12. Rosemont Middle School was represented with 22 students, who competed in the 1.2-mile race which curved around Dodger Stadium. The Spartan eighth […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It’s about as high a concept as they come. Even though “The Flintstones” may have already taken a stab the size of a Wooly Mammoth’s tooth at it, it still conjures up intrigue for a full-length feature film: What if the asteroid thought to have killed off the dinosaurs missed Earth, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY He hadn’t been back in 20 years, and for one half at least, maybe he wished he had kept it that way. The Crescenta Valley Falcon varsity basketball team was keeping the game close, and Greg Goorjian was struggling. It was never like Goorjian to struggle when he was one of the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY There will be no victory parade down Honolulu Avenue this year, no sold out Moyse Field celebrating another unforgettable season. The defending CIF champions are not defending their championship anymore, because the Cathedral Phantoms came into the first round of the Southeast Division playoffs and blasted the Crescenta Valley Falcons 58-19 to […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Sophal Ear said he was floored when he heard the news. He was in San Jose when the call came in, and he couldn’t believe it. Ear is now a member of the Crescenta Valley Town Council. Ear was one of nine candidates to run in this year’s election, which took place […]
By Brandon HENSLEY After an up-and-down season, the Crescenta Valley High varsity football team is back in the playoffs. No, they didn’t win the Pacific League like they did last year, but the Falcons will have to embrace the fact they are still alive to repeat as CIF Southeastern Division champions. Crescenta Valley (7-3, 5-2 […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Several years ago, basketball star Dwayne Wade pitched for Converse in a commercial that showed just how many bumps and bruises he incurs over a game, and a career. The tag line was, “Fall down seven times. Stand up eight.” In La Cañada, though, Wade has nothing on horse rider Sloan Elmassian. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY From the beginning of this season, members of the Crescenta Valley High football team thought they were still the team to beat in the Pacific League. After a tough loss against Burbank in Week 4, that didn’t seem to be the case. It was the team’s first league loss of the season, […]
Photos by Dan HOLM Former NFL player Mike Hull enjoyed a special day back at his alma mater, Crescenta Valley High School. By Brandon HENSLEY It was Homecoming last Friday at Crescenta Valley High School. Not just for the students or the Falcon football team, but for one of the area’s most accomplished athletes. And […]