By Brandon HENSLEY Coached by a wealth of knowledge and experience from the Crescenta Valley High School football program – correction: the CIF champion CV football program – the Rosemont Middle School flag football team controlled almost every aspect of its season opening game last week against Roosevelt. The Spartans ruled the time of possession, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY For the first time in years, the Pacific League in varsity boys’ basketball is about as stable as California’s fault lines. There are no more sure things about this league, like how Crescenta Valley, Muir and Pasadena usually give each other its only losses. Whoops. The Falcons already have three losses, Muir […]
By Brandon HENSLEY L.A. County Regional Planning is hoping to meet with the board of supervisors in March for a vote on its General Plan Update, said planner Leon Freeman at the Jan. 15 Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting. According to L.A County, the General Plan Update is a comprehensive update of the existing plan. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School boys’ basketball team entered Wednesday night’s game against Pasadena still searching for its footing in the Pacific League, in more ways than one. The Falcons went to Burbank High School on Monday and beat the Bulldogs 78-59, their first league win in three tries, and did it […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The train kept on rolling for Crescenta Valley football this week as the Falcons varsity team was recognized at Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office on Tuesday at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting. The players each were given a certificate from the County of Los Angeles with the Falcons logo […]
By Brandon HENSLEY If nothing else, for Crescenta Valley basketball, it was a wild way to ring in the New Year, not to mention the start of Pacific League play. Jeremy Hayes banked in a contested jump shot with three seconds left to break a tie game, and the Muir Mustangs defeated the Falcons 46-44 […]
Kate Hansen mania, World Cup fever, big news for Special Olympics and … oh yeah, that Falcon football team. It was all part of a memorable year in sports for the Crescenta Valley area. By Brandon HENSLEY January St. Francis soccer coach Glen Appels won his 400th game on Jan. 15, beating Crespi 2-1 for […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Connor Van Ginkel will spend part of his holidays in South Carolina playing football. The Crescenta Valley High School wide receiver has been selected and will play in the National Underclassman Combine (NUC) All-American game on Dec. 30 in Myrtle Beach. Players will start practice on Dec. 27, and the game will […]
By Brandon HENSLEY he rain came and washed away the first night of Community Christian Church’s Drive Thru Nativity scenes but, as CCC’s Pastor Bob Snyder said, he’s not the one who controls the weather. “I’m not in charge,” Snyder said. “The creator of the universe is. He’s the one that sends rain. That’s above […]
The Falcons set out to rebound from a heartbreaking last season to prove this time around they belonged with the elite. That proof now lies in the form of a 2014 CIF championship. By Brandon HENSLEY From indecision to leaving no doubt. That’s what went through the mind of Brian Gadsby over the course of […]