By Mary O’KEEFE As Santa traveled down Honolulu Avenue in a Glendale fire engine waving to the last little child on the route, the 38th Annual Montrose-Glendale Christmas Parade on Saturday night came to an end as parade goers slowly left Honolulu Avenue. On their heels was an army of volunteers shifting focus from organizing […]
By Jason KUROSU During its Dec. 4 meeting the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. announced that current MSPA president Andre Ordubegian of Copy Network would remain on the board and Jeannie Bone of Casa Córdoba would join the board. The pair ran unopposed and were elected to three-year terms. MSPA Business Administrator and Event Coordinator Dale […]
Falcons win CIF to cap perfect season. By Brandon HENSLEY It was tough for Hudson Gossard to find words for what just happened last Friday night at Glendale High School. He paused frequently and looked down, then up, then down again. What could he say? His Falcons were champions at last. “It’s pretty surreal. […]
By Leonard COUTIN Woodward Park, just outside the heart of Fresno, was the site for the 28th annual CIF state cross-country championships. Ten top races were seeded, ranging from Division 1 to 5 in both boys and girls races. Favorites were challenged individually and the validity of pre ranked team outcome scores was tested. Division […]
By Leonard COUTIN he Falcon boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams faced some of their most challenging races at the championship CIF finals held on the Mt. SAC course over the weekend. Spectators of the Division 1 teams saw some of the most talented athletes in Southern California compete and it was no surprise new team […]
By Leonard COUTIN All eyes will be on Mt. SAC this Saturday when it again hosts the CIF cross-country finals beginning at 7:30 a.m. The top five teams in each prelims heat, plus the fastest team time among the three sixth places in the division, qualified for the finals this past weekend. The prelims were […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Pacific League cross-country finals will be hosted today, Thursday, Nov. 6, on the Crescenta Valley High School home course at CV Park in the early afternoon. “Qualifying out of our league for CIF prelims will be the top four teams,” explained CV’s Coach Mark Evans of the rules of advancing. “The […]
By Jason KUROSU Six months after local artists adorned 26 of Glendale’s utility boxes with murals as part of Big Draw L.A., the same work can be found at 11 of Montrose’s street corners. The month-long, worldwide campaign to spread a love and appreciation of art and drawing came to Montrose in two forms last […]
By Leonard COUTIN The 67th annual Mt. SAC invitational cross-country meet – the largest invitational in the world – was held on the college’s Walnut campus beginning on Friday, Oct. 17 and finishing on Saturday, Oct. 25. Attending were athletes from colleges, high schools, middle schools and even the elementary schools. An estimated 25,000-plus […]
By Leonard COUTIN As the cross-country season entered its mid-season point, the Crescenta Valley High School Falcons were faced with a second league meet on Oct. 16 at the home course of their rival, the Arcadia Apaches. Apache Philip Rocha commanded the lead position running 14:31.56, with his teammates close by. But it was the […]