Antelope Valley

LANCASTER - That winning feeling that took three years to cultivate lasted all but one week for the Glendale Community College football team. The visiting Vaqueros entered Saturday evening's American Division Pacific Conference season-opener with their first winning record since 2009 but struggled all night to find a rhythm offensively in falling, 24-12. With the defeat, Glendale dropped back to .500 at 2-2, while Antelope Valley improved to 3-0. “We're a young team and what I'd like to see from us on a weekly basis is improvement,” Glendale Coach John Rome said.

GLENDALE — St. Francis High football Coach Jim Bonds is a loving family man. And yet he couldn’t be happier spending part of his Thanksgiving at work on the field coaching. “I’ve been telling our team the last couple of weeks, there’s nothing better than football on Thanksgiving weekend,” said Bonds, whose team will continue its preparation on Thanksgiving day for its CIF Southern Section Western Division showdown at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Palmdale.

LA CRESCENTA — All signs pointed to a victory for the Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball team when it didn’t allow a field goal for nearly 14 minutes. Add into the equation the ability to play an up-tempo brand of offense and the ability to wear down their opponent on the boards and it amounted to the Falcons picking up an easy 54-37 victory against Antelope Valley on Thursday night in a pool-play game of the third annual Falcon Classic. “We did a good job of keeping them in front of us all night,” said Crescenta Valley Coach Shawn Zargarian, whose team will face Simi Valley in a rematch of last season’s tournament championship contest at 7:45 p.m. today.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — It didn't matter who was under center Saturday night. The Glendale Community College football team continued to play quarterback carousel for the second straight week, and were rewarded with two good performances from its signal callers. The Vaqueros rolled to victory, 20-9, in their home opener against Antelope Valley at Sartoris Field behind a balanced rushing attack from a trio of freshmen running backs and stable play from their two quarterbacks.

TODAY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL   Glendale Community College in Hartnell Classic, TBA   MEN'S BASKETBALL   Glendale Community College in Antelope Valley Tournament, TBA   GIRLS' BASKETBALL   Flintridge Prep vs. San Marino in San Marino Tournament, 7:30 p.m.     Hoover vs Glendale in third-place game of Hoover Tip-Off Classic,...

A Glendale woman was found safe Friday after two search and rescue teams scoured the mountains for her. Sizanush Migzanyan, 23, walked away from the Buckhorn Camping grounds Thursday afternoon clad in shorts, a summer top and flip-flop sandals after apparently arguing with her mother, said Mike Leum, a member of the Montrose search-and-rescue team. The team, along with the Antelope Valley search-and-rescue team, was called out to search for Migzanyan about 6 p.m., and with several hours' start on the search teams, dogs were called out to help find her. Leum was assigned to work with a bloodhound named Betty, who immediately smelled Migzanyan's scent on one path, he said.

BOYS? BASKETBALL The Glendale Panthers 14-under team picked up a 41-28 victory against the Simi Valley Vikings in the Castaic Valley Shootout. The Vikings took an early lead, but the Panthers stepped up to the challenge and led, 26-16, at the half. Glendale?s defense then held tough, as the Panthers cruised to the victory. Richard Elmoyan led the Panthers with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists and Alex Chirishyan contributed eight points, five rebounds and three assists.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Glendale Community College in Vaquero Shootout: The Vaqueros fell to Antelope Valley, 73-68, on Sunday in overtime in the championship game, and dropped to 2-3 this season. The Vaqueros defeated San Diego Mesa, 67-66, on Friday, and edged Cerritos, 72-65, on Saturday. Jerniece Johnson had 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and Shannon Kegley added 22 points against Antelope Valley. MEN'S BASKETBALL GCC 64, L.A. Pierce College 63: Durwin Williams led the Vaqueros with 29 points and eight rebounds and Mike Newton added nine points and Tyler Rose had eight points apiece, as GCC won Nov. 17 on the road.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan It's starting to become a routine. Heather Hamasaki pitches extremely well. Her defense comes through with a near-flawless effort. And a balanced lineup supports her with timely hits. The Glendale High softball team continued its dominating play in the Division II championship game of the ninth annual High Desert Classic. -- BOX SCORE -- -- Glendale 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 -- 5 7 2 Ant. Valley 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 -- 3 2 5 -- -- Glendale IP H R ER BB K Hamasaki 7 2 3 3 3 15 -- -- Ant. Valley IP H R ER BB K Dunn 7 7 5 2 1 4 -- -- WP-- Hamasaki (6-1)

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Fans of the Glendale Community College women's basketball team will have to wait a while longer to witness the Vaqueros' first home victory in two seasons. Glendale went 0-23 last year, but got off to a hot start this season, winning a pair of games at a tournament in San Diego to open the season. But after back-to-back home losses in its own Vaquero Shootout tournament, Glendale has yet to enjoy success on its home court. Glendale fell to Antelope Valley, 79-55, on Saturday.

LANCASTER - That winning feeling that took three years to cultivate lasted all but one week for the Glendale Community College football team. The visiting Vaqueros entered Saturday evening's American Division Pacific Conference season-opener with their first winning record since 2009 but struggled all night to find a rhythm offensively in falling, 24-12. With the defeat, Glendale dropped back to .500 at 2-2, while Antelope Valley improved to 3-0. “We're a young team and what I'd like to see from us on a weekly basis is improvement,” Glendale Coach John Rome said.

Here's a challenge for all you NIMBYers, naysayers, malcontents, apathetics and ignoramuses to contemplate: Put yourself in the shoes of an elected official trying to do what's best when the power brokers have given you the choice of getting nothing for your community or going along for the ride and maybe getting something. The easy response is that you would tell the crooks and liars, the special interests and the greed merchants, to go to hell. I know I would, but who would vote for me?

Maybe a change of routine will be just what the Glendale Community College football needs to get out of the blocks quickly this season. The Vaqueros' schedule will once again force them to navigate a Pacific Conference American Division that remains largely unchanged from last season, but Glendale will get started against a new trio of nonconference foes. Gone are Pasadena City College, Golden West and East Los Angeles, who went a combined 6-0 against Glendale over the past two seasons.

PASADENA - With the first month of the season nearly complete, Hoover High boys' basketball Coach Jack Van Patten couldn't be more pleased with the effort turned in by his team. Things have clicked early on for the Tornadoes, who have consistently been able to get their starters and reserves to play significant roles in leading them on their current winning streak. On Tuesday night, Hoover turned to reserve junior guard Jashley Francisco to keep the winning streak in tact.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Fans of the Glendale Community College women's basketball team will have to wait a while longer to witness the Vaqueros' first home victory in two seasons. Glendale went 0-23 last year, but got off to a hot start this season, winning a pair of games at a tournament in San Diego to open the season. But after back-to-back home losses in its own Vaquero Shootout tournament, Glendale has yet to enjoy success on its home court. Glendale fell to Antelope Valley, 79-55, on Saturday.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - In a year where the Glendale Community College women's basketball team is trying to find its way and bounce back from last season's winless tribulations, there are bound to be some bumps in the road. Like last Friday night. After falling behind by as many as 26 points, the Vaqueros fell to Los Angeles Southwest College, 75-61, Friday night. It was the first home game of the year for Glendale, and the first day of the weekend-long Vaquero Shootout tournament.

Officials on Wednesday broke ground on a $57.8-million project to build carpool lanes in both directions of the Golden State (5) Freeway from the Ventura (134) Freeway to Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank. It’s part a larger project that, when completed, will result in continuous carpool lanes from the 134 Freeway to the Antelope Valley. The latest project will build 2.7 miles of carpool lanes in each direction, said Mike Miles, director of District 7 for the California Department of Transportation.

BOYS? BASKETBALL The Glendale Panthers 14-under team picked up a 41-28 victory against the Simi Valley Vikings in the Castaic Valley Shootout. The Vikings took an early lead, but the Panthers stepped up to the challenge and led, 26-16, at the half. Glendale?s defense then held tough, as the Panthers cruised to the victory. Richard Elmoyan led the Panthers with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists and Alex Chirishyan contributed eight points, five rebounds and three assists.

LA CRESCENTA — All signs pointed to a victory for the Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball team when it didn’t allow a field goal for nearly 14 minutes. Add into the equation the ability to play an up-tempo brand of offense and the ability to wear down their opponent on the boards and it amounted to the Falcons picking up an easy 54-37 victory against Antelope Valley on Thursday night in a pool-play game of the third annual Falcon Classic. “We did a good job of keeping them in front of us all night,” said Crescenta Valley Coach Shawn Zargarian, whose team will face Simi Valley in a rematch of last season’s tournament championship contest at 7:45 p.m. today.

GLENDALE — St. Francis High football Coach Jim Bonds is a loving family man. And yet he couldn’t be happier spending part of his Thanksgiving at work on the field coaching. “I’ve been telling our team the last couple of weeks, there’s nothing better than football on Thanksgiving weekend,” said Bonds, whose team will continue its preparation on Thanksgiving day for its CIF Southern Section Western Division showdown at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Palmdale.