Updated: CIF finals will be held Saturday, May 19 at El Camino College. Field events will start as early at 10:30 a.m. with running events at 1 p.m. (note time change). By Leonard COUTIN Trabuco High School has historically been the site of the Division 1 CIF track and field prelims. Last year the […]
By Leonard COUTIN After five months of intense workouts and preparation, invitationals and local league track meets, the track and field season celebrated conference finals throughout the state that will lead winners into the next round of the CIF prelims. The local Pacific League track and field conference finals were held last Thursday at Arcadia […]
By Leonard COUTIN Sparked by a contagious enthusiasm, the first Crescenta Valley High School Spring Showcase dance production, produced by Yana Karibyan, was a creative success presented by 100 young students who performed their free-style hip hop rhythmic moves at the school’s MacDonald Auditorium. Karibyan, a 2003 graduate of Glendale High School, designed the show […]
By Leonard COUTIN The American poet Robert Frost described life choices in his poem, “The Road Not Taken.” For two sisters growing up in La Crescenta, their family – the Carrillo family – made choices early on, moving from Duarte to Glendale to lay down their roots and begin their journey through the Glendale Unified […]
By Leonard COUTIN On Saturday, Dec. 9, Balboa Park in San Diego hosted one of cross-country’s most exciting invitationals – the 39th Annual Foot Locker National Cross- Country Final. The invitational presented 10 of the best runners from four regions across the United States: Northeast, South, Midwest and West. Eyes were on returning winner Claudia […]
By Leonard COUTIN Over the weekend, two historic and prestigious cross-country championships took place: the Nike Nationals and the Foot Locker West Regional. Both meets are held in high regard in the athletic community. One is held in the Portland, Oregon area and the other is locally run on the Mt. SAC course with the […]
By Leonard COUTIN The area’s best cross-country runners from Arcadia, Burbank, Crescenta Valley and La Cañada Flintridge proved themselves to be worthy opponents at the CIF State Cross-Country Championship Finals held at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday. It was a perfect day for families and friends to cheer on the runners who sacrificed so […]
By Leonard COUTIN Remembering the hundreds of hours spent in preparation, athletes took to the Riverside City cross-country course on Saturday for one of the toughest competitions of the year – the Southern Sectional CIF championship cross-country finals. Southern California schools are classified by size in all five divisions of the CIF. The best of […]
By Leonard COUTIN The CV Falcon boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams conquered the Southern Section cross-country prelims held on the Riverside City course on Friday, Nov. 2 and look prepared to return on Saturday for the CIF 2017 championship finals. Although the course initially presented problems with high winds and dust, this season the course […]
By Leonard COUTIN Arcadia hosted the Pacific League cross-country finals at its home course in the County Park of Arcadia on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Assembled were individuals from all eight of the League high schools: Arcadia, Burbank, Burroughs, Crescenta Valley, Glendale, Hoover, Pasadena and Muir. The pressure to take home a win no doubt went […]