By Brandon HENSLEY Despite a roster overload, the 2012-13 Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team replicated last season’s success almost exactly. CV finished second in the Pacific League this year and made it to the CIF Southern Section Division 1A semifinals, where it lost to El Toro, falling one game short of the championship round. Last […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN The Crescenta Valley boys soccer team’s successful season ended Feb. 20 with a game against Century High School. The semi-final round of CIF knocked out CV with a 1-2 loss at home and left the team 19-4-7 overall and 8-2-4 in league wrapping a memorable season. “One of the downfalls of being […]
By Leonard COUTIN CV Falcons hosted track and field division champions Golden Valley at Thursday’s meet. Having competed last season against the Grizzlies – who were coached by his sons – Falcons coach Mark Evans was not surprised by the strength displayed by Golden Valley. “We did pretty well,” he said of Thursday’s competition, “but […]
The CV Falcons 14U team defeated nationally ranked Tri-City Ballers (13U team) 36-31 to win the Pasadena Rush tournament at Cal Tech College last month. The team, comprised of seventh and eighth graders from Rosemont Middle School, went undefeated through pool play defeating teams from Orange County, West Los Angeles, and Pasadena. In the championship […]
By Alan Der OHANNESSIAN The Hoover Tornados boys’ tennis team blew past the Falcons 12-6 on Thursday, Feb. 28, dropping Crescenta Valley’s record in the early season to 1-1. The Falcons were looking to win their second consecutive match after beating Glendale 10-8 on Feb. 26. But the Tornados were strong on the court, improving […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The La Crescenta Baha’i Community awarded 14 Crescenta Valley High School students with their Spring Virtue Awards on Tuesday afternoon at a ceremony in the school’s career center. “We recognize the kids that do the right thing,” said Michele Morris. Their teachers nominated the students and although all had different qualities attributed […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Is dance hip-hop or ballet? Is it jazz or tap? Does the type of dance define the student? At this year’s Crescenta Valley High School’s Spring Dance performance, the questions of who dances and how they dance will be played out on stage via a West Side Story-type of tale. “It’s a […]
Jog-A-Thon at Dunsmore Dunsmore Elementary School is having its 5th Annual Jog-A-Thon on Friday, March 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the lower field. The PTA fundraiser is an opportunity for about 400 Dunsmore students (kindergarten through sixth grade) to stay healthy while also raising funds to support the school’s programs including funding […]
Not-So-Mellow Yellow No matter what the calendar says, spring has arrived in my foothills neighborhood. It’s in the air. It’s covering my driveway. It has blanketed our cars until it’s hard to tell what color they are. It’s thick on the plants in our garden and has wafted in and covered all of the tools […]
Our Very Active Deukmejian Wilderness Park Last weekend my wife and I had the pleasure of attending one of the regular themed lectures/hikes at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The park has informational talks in the Trails and Open Space building, followed immediately by a short hike in the park to see first-hand what we’ve just learned. […]