College Football

TODAY FOOTBALL  Verdugo Hills vs. Crescenta Valley at Moyse Field, 7 p.m.  Glendale at Cathedral, 7 p.m.  St. Francis at Arcadia, 7 p.m.   WOMEN’S SOCCER  San Bernardino Valley College at Glendale Community College, 5 p.m.   MEN’S SOCCER  San Bernardino Valley College at Glendale Community College, 7 p.m.   WOMEN’S GOLF  Glendale Community College in Desert Classic at TBA, TBA   BOYS’ WATER POLO  Hoover in Ayala Tournament, TBA  Crescenta Valley in Thousand Oaks Tournament, TBA  Flintridge Prep in Bell Gardens Tournament, TBA   GIRLS’ TENNIS  Oakwood vs. Flintridge Prep at Scholl Canyon Tennis Center, 3:15 p.m.   GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL  Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in Gahr Tournament, TBA   SATURDAY FOOTBALL  St.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — It’s been 10 months and a little over a week since last season ended, but when the Glendale Community College football team kicks off its 2009 season at home against West Los Angeles College on Saturday, it will be 11 months to the day since the Vaqueros last won a game. For the entire team, but particularly the 20 returning sophomores second-year Coach John Rome welcomes back, much of the focus during the buildup to the new season has centered around improving on the previous one, in which the team showed early promise, but splintered under the weight of a rash of injuries and a five-game losing streak to play out the schedule.

GLENDALE — With the volatile Station Fire still burning out of control, the repercussions from it have caused many local high school teams to have their practice schedules thrown out of whack. The unhealthful air quality conditions have led to the Glendale Unified School District closing down all of its schools, including Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Hoover high. Those campuses have practically become ghost towns, leaving coaches and faculty members unsure as to when school and athletics will continue.