By Leonard COUTIN Glendale Community College boasts a tradition of having developed one of the finest athletic programs in California. To recognize the athletes, coaches and staff members who have contributed to the development of these programs, Glendale established the Athletic Hall of Fame 15 years ago. Celebrated on campus, thereby utilizing its own culinary […]
By Leonard COUTIN It was a rough start for top Falcon performer Colin FitzGerald at the 68th Annual Mt. SAC Cross-country Invitational held on Saturday. At the beginning of Race 59, the Sweepstakes Individual Race, FitzGerald stumbled and fell as the runners set off down the course. FitzGerald barely missed a step before jumping up, […]
By Leonard COUTIN It was Falcon Colin FitzGerald who raised the bar for the competition at the second Pacific League cross-country meet held at Arcadia Park late Thursday afternoon. FitzGerald, with rivals Alexander Hirsch of Burroughs and Apache Tony Segura, all juniors, pushed the pace throughout the three-mile course that ended in a dual sprint […]
Crescenta Valley Weekly hosted its anniversary party and annual celebration of The Finest, those voted by readers of CV Weekly as the very best in their field. The party took place at Deukmejian Wilderness Park (voted the Finest sunset view) and catered by Frank’s Famous (voted the Finest caterer) and Goodie Girls Cupcakes (voted Finest […]
By Leonard COUTIN On Saturday, the 38th running of the Asics Clovis Invitational was held on the Woodward Park cross-country course outside the Fresno community of Clovis. It attracts some of the best teams and individual athletes in and out of the state and runners consider this meet of major importance as it marks middle […]
By Leonard COUTIN CV High School hosted the 49th Annual Kenny Staub/ John Barnes Invitational Cross-country Meet on Saturday on their home course at CV Park. Conceived by former Glendale High School Coach John Barnes, the meet typically attracts local talent as well as some of Southern California’s best runners. But this year many top […]
By Leonard COUTIN For several months the Falcons’ cross-country team has trained diligently in preparation for the 2016-17 season. That training was put to the test in the first league meet on Sept. 22 hosted by the Falcons at CV Park. The Falcons knew that they would have tough competition in the returning Burroughs boys’ […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School football team got back on track last week with a dominating 51-12 win over the La Cañada Spartans at Moyse Field in the annual Gordy Warnock Game, named after the longtime CV coach who passed away several years ago. The victory moved the Falcons record to 2-1, […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Falcons’ cross-country team gets to stay close to their home when they host the next three meets at CV Park. Crescenta Valley High School Head Coach Mark Evans scheduled a non-scoring invitational last week that included his Falcon runners and athletes from four other high schools. Participants included two traditionally strong […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Falcon varsity boys claimed a strong victory when they hosted the first non-scoring tri-meet at CV Park on Thursday. Each year running against Newbury Park and Camarillo high schools proves to be a very competitive meet for the Falcons in the early season. From the beginning of the race, CV junior […]