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 Vincent PAGE, intern s the weather gets colder and Christmas lights go up, high school soccer season begins. That includes the Crescenta Valley High School varsity boys’ team. Head Coach Grant Clark has led his team to a 1-3-1 record as of Sunday, including a 4-1 win against Chaminade High School earlier this month. […]
The annual Montrose Christmas Parade is expected to draw record crowds ready to cheer 125 entries. By Charly SHELTON n Montrose, Christmas means a giant tree in the Montrose Shopping Park, Santa Claus flying over in a helicopter and the annual Montrose Christmas Parade. Now in its 39th year, the Montrose Christmas parade is held […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Mike Hull was never considered a Golden Boy growing up playing sports, but on Friday at his alma mater, he received a golden football for his career accomplishments in front of the Crescenta Valley High School student body. Hull and the school were given a golden ball by the National Football League […]
On Oct. 7, local students of all ages, along with teachers, school administrators, city officials and parents, put on their walking shoes for the Fifth Annual Walk-to-School day. There were meeting points for the various schools around the valley that included Two Strike Park and Montrose and Dunsmore parks. This was the largest “organized” […]
By Brandon HENSLEY For a moment, Christina Bircher may have been so overwhelmed at the magnitude of her new job that some wires in her mind might have crossed. Bircher, a former Falcon cheerleader, said she never realized how big the program was until she started coaching all 96 Crescenta Valley High School kids. The […]
By Brandon HENSLEY t was fun while it lasted but on Thursday night in a stadium that was half as full as it was 10 months ago for the CIF championship game, the Crescenta Valley High football team’s winning streak came to an end, stopping at sweet 16. The Falcons were overmatched on both sides […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The hopes are high once again for the Crescenta Valley High football team, but at least after one game, the road to success in 2015 will look a lot different. The Falcons opened their season Thursday night at Verdugo High School, and just like the previous two seasons, they easily handled […]
By Vincent PAGE, intern The Crescenta Valley High School Lady Falcons’ lacrosse team has come off an inaugural season in which they went 8-7, becoming the first inaugural team in Southern California to post a winning record. However, that was not quite good enough for coach Boz Crowther and his team, as they hosted tryouts […]
In addition to seeing helicopters and those who fly them, attendees to Saturday’s event became a part of history. By Mary O’KEEFE ero is a term used, at times, arbitrarily but last Saturday the term “hero” was the best way to describe the men and women who took part in the American Heroes Air Show. […]