This article was modified on March 10. By Leonard COUTIN The CV Falcon track team squared off against the strong team from Santa Clarita, the Golden Valley Grizzlies, in a post-season meet on Thursday. Golden Valley sits on a bluff overlooking the valley, and is continually plagued by extreme gusts of winds. The windy conditions […]
By Leonard COUTIN The fifth annual Burbank relays were held on Saturday at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Burroughs High School. Athletes from across Southern California area performed well in competition, both in the relays and individual running events. Schools with well-established running programs, like Agoura Hills, Saugus, Canyon, South Pasadena, as well as […]
By Leonard COUTIN CV High School track and field Head Coach Mark Evans has been honing his program this year, assembling some of the finest coaches available to assist the Falcon athletes in preparing for the upcoming season. Building a staff of 10 additional coaches promises to provide the Falcons with the necessary skills to […]
Local Area Girls’ basketball celebrated CIF titles and a trip to Sacramento, while on the track, Flintridge Prep’s Jack Van Scoter couldn’t be caught. January The Falcons boys’ basketball team won its league opener in a frenzied home game against Burroughs’ High School 61-50. Always a testy matchup, partly because of the play on […]
By Leonard COUTIN Foot Locker held its 38th annual Cross-Country National Championships on Saturday at Morley Field in Balboa Park in San Diego. The 5000m cross-country course offered a premium running terrain: a flat, wide and open berth that allowed the 40 runners easy access to get quickly off the starting line. They headed out […]
By Leonard COUTIN Ending the state competitions, the 38th annual Foot Locker Cross-Country Championships regional races provided CVHS distance runner Colin FitzGerald an opportunity to finish his season on a high note on Saturday. Competition was held at Mount San Antonio College (Mt. SAC), which has been well documented as one of the finest cross-country […]
By Leonard COUTIN The morning was a perfect one on Saturday for athletes preparing for the 30th Annual CIF State Cross-Country Championship hosted at Woodward Park in Fresno. Runners knew it was going to be a long day with 10 divisional races and 10 podium award presentations for the top 10 individuals and top three […]
By Leonard COUTIN As he rounded the last curve of the course, only one runner stood between Falcon Colin FitzGerald and the finish line. Despite being a tad tardy building speed for the finish – “I started my kick a little late,” said FitzGerald – he accomplished a personal best mark with a time of […]
By Leonard COUTIN On Friday morning, the Division 1 Southern Section prelims were hosted on the Riverside City Golf Course. From last year’s invitational and prelims experiences, the athletes referred to the course as the “dust bowl” lot. In addition to being like a wasteland, the course was full of potholes that runners had to […]
*CORRECTION IN BOLD By Leonard COUTIN Emotions were high at the Pacific League conference cross-country finals held on Thursday at the Falcons’ home course at Crescenta Valley Park. By the end of the day it was known which teams qualified to move forward to the CIF prelims being held at RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE on Friday, […]