By Brandon HENSLEY Another year, another flag football championship for the Rosemont Spartans. Quarterback Chase Center threw for a touchdown and ran for another in last week’s season finale against Wilson Middle School, a 13-2 Spartan victory. With the win, Rosemont finished its season 5-1, and won the district championship outright. If Wilson had won, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School boys’ basketball team had its season end at the hands of Oak Park High School last Friday. The Eagles used their size, specifically 6’8″ freshman Riley Battin, to disrupt the Falcons’ offense, and came away with a 66-46 victory at Oak Park. “Offensively, we hit a wall […]
By Brandon HENSLEY One of Jon Sampang’s proudest moments in life came after a loss, surrounded by his Crescenta Valley teammates who were openly weeping in the locker room. For some, it was the end of a season. For the seniors, it was the end of their high school career. Sampang was one of those […]
By Brandon HENSLEY If you were to view the Rosemont Spartans’ flag football team as a mathematical pattern, you’d predict the team would score eight touchdowns today against the Toll Titans. It only makes sense, seeing as how in each of their first games they’ve doubled their offensive output: one touchdown vs. Roosevelt, two vs. […]
Whether their husbands are going off to war or heading for other uncertain destinations, military wives of yesterday and today share the same angst waiting for their loved one to come home. By Brandon HENSLEY Carolyn Baldwin simply didn’t think about it. That was her mindset, to not feel sorry for herself or wrap her […]
By Brandon HENSLEY They came for Novalee – and it was worth every nickel. The Elks Lodge in Tujunga was rockin’ last Saturday night as the community gave time, money and good wishes to support “Strength for Novalee,” a fundraiser for La Crescenta resident Misty Harlan to help pay for medication for her daughter. From […]
By Brandon HENSLEY With one week remaining in the regular season, it looks to be a three-team race once again for Pacific League supremacy in boys’ varsity basketball. Only this time, the third team in question does not reside in Altadena, but rather off the 2 Freeway on Broadway 10 minutes south of La Crescenta. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Rosemont Middle School flag football team defeated the Toll Titans 12-0 at Toll Middle School on Jan. 29. The win evened the Spartans’ record at 1-1 (they lost previously to Roosevelt 7-6 on Jan. 22). In the game against Toll, quarterback Chase Center went out with a knee bruise and Max […]
Both Falcons and Mustangs are lights-out in the third quarter, but CV pulls away for fourth straight win. By Brandon HENSLEY They’re feeling much better about themselves these days. You couldn’t tell where exactly the season was going when the Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team started the Pacific League season 0-2, then 1-3. It wasn’t […]
By Brandon HENSLEY At first, it was a blur. Misty Harlan’s emotions were all over the place in 2011 when doctors told her the news. Of course, being a new mother, what was she to think? Her daughter, just 6 months old, was given less than a year to live by the neurosurgeon. So Harlan […]