By Timithie NORMAN Crescenta Valley girls’ softball team has been through a lot in the last year. Last season, the team and community lost Dan Berry, the girls’ varsity coach of nearly 30 years. Current head coach Mark Samford has risen to the task of leading a fresh group of players through the 2012 season, […]
By Timithie NORMAN An eclectic crowd of poetry-lovers gathered at the McGroarty Arts Center in Tujunga Sunday to enjoy an afternoon of spoken word and the biannual passing of the laurels to the area’s newest poet laureate, Dorothy Skiles. Skiles is the seventh laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, an honor bestowed by the six members of the […]
CV soccer coach Grant Clark reflects on the most school’s most dynamic season – yet. By Timithie NORMAN Since he began teaching Spanish at Crescenta Valley High School five years ago, first-year varsity soccer coach Grant Clark has also coached baseball and football. But after leading his team to a record-breaking 23-1-6 season (12-0-2 league) […]
By Timithie NORMAN Representatives of the Glendale Fire Department and Glendale Police Department will face each other in the Salvation Army’s Hoops Heroes charity basketball game at 3 p.m. on April 1 at the Glendale High School gymnasium. Now in its second year, the event is a fundraiser for local Salvation Army after-school programs including […]
Uniform standards hope to create safe, secure environment for students and teachers. By Timithie NORMAN Members of the Glendale Unified School District board of education met March 20 to discuss the latest plans for Measure S funds, which included numerous updates and renovations to the safety and security of all 43 campuses in the district […]
Boys’ soccer wins first ever CIF section title and is moving forward with SoCal regionals. By Timithie NORMAN After an undefeated season and four victorious CIF playoff games, three of which went into overtime or penalty kicks, the Crescenta Valley boys’ soccer team defeated rival and reigning CIF Southern Section Division IV champion El Rancho […]
By Timithie NORMAN More than 250 people flooded into the parking lot of Leo’s All-Star Sports Bar & Grill on Sunday afternoon to raise money for Drew’s Voice, a nonprofit organization recently founded in memory of Crescenta Valley High School student Drew Ferraro who took his life on campus on Feb. 10. Families ate barbecued […]
By Timithie NORMAN Building on last year’s success, the Crescenta Valley swim teams are back in the water and prepping for a competitive season. The girls’ team, led by Coach Pete Loporchio, has a majority of underclassmen and will focus on the technical aspects of improving stroke and endurance. “We do strength training and cardio […]
Back-to-back OT wins propel boys’ soccer team to first ever CIF Finals. By Timithie NORMAN The Crescenta Valley boys’ soccer team has already claimed the title of Pacific League champions. They have improved to 20-0-6, advancing the team to the CIF Southern Section Division IV championship for the first time in the program’s history. And […]