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From Staff Reports | January 11, 2014
OFFENSE QB - Andrew Williams, Senior, Burroughs Second-team All-Pacific League pick completed 112 of 184 passes for 1,467 yards with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions. In addition, he had 65 carries for 221 yards and three touchdowns. RB - Jadon Henry, Senior, La Cañada Talented All-Rio Hondo League first-teamer rushed for 478 yards in 55 carries and five touchdowns. RB - Daniel Jung, Junior, Glendale Nitros' biggest offensive threat had 914 yards in 120 carries, averaging almost eight yards a carry and notching nine touchdowns.
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By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com | December 25, 2013
The struggles and triumphs of the Glendale Bears Youth Football and Cheerleading organization read like the pages of a Hollywood script. The group fell victim twice to embezzlers, leaving the organization broke. Then, the young players had a defeating season last year with no touchdowns. Their luck, however, turned around this year and they nearly won a conference title. During the last seven years, the nonprofit has worked hard to overcome major financial woes stemming from a breach of trust.
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By Kelly Corrigan, kelly.corrigan@latimes.com | December 6, 2013
After initial reports of the death of actor Paul Walker and his friend, race-car driver Roger Rodas , emerged earlier this week, Crescenta Valley High assistant football coach Dennis Hughes recalled he had once coached Rodas. “When this happened, I saw the name Roger Rodas and kept thinking, I know that name. That was one of our guys,” Hughes said this week. Hughes coached Rodas in the early 1990s on Hoover High's football team, with Rodas playing defensive back. He remembered Rodas as a kind, “silent leader on the team,” who never skipped practice.
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By Robert Fulton, Special to the News-Press | October 19, 2013
CULVER CITY - It wasn't easy, but the Glendale Community College football team got it done. Down four on the road at West Los Angeles College, Vaqueros quarterback Sean Murphy found tight end Tanner Mays on an out route off of play action for the go-ahead touchdown strike from three yards out with about 29 seconds left. PHOTOS: Glendale College vs. West L.A. College football “It scared me,” Murphy said. “I thought I overthrew him, but luckily he has long arms and he got it.” Glendale held on to defeat West L.A., 24-21, to keep the Wildcats winless, while snapping an 11-game American Division Pacific Conference losing streak of its own. GCC, which lost to the Wildcats, 41-6, at home last season, improved to 3-3 overall, 1-2 in conference.
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By Andrew J. Campa, andrew.campa@latimes.com | October 18, 2013
GLENDALE - Eight total turnovers, 28 combined penalties and lethargic play throughout slowed down an emotional war of words before, during and after Friday evening's Pacific League football contest between Glendale High and host Crescenta Valley at Moyse Field. Whatever hype was generated 24 hours before the game on Twitter didn't help either side, particularly the Falcons, who overcame a potential trap in the form of the Nitros in a 27-7 victory. “This wasn't our best game. We weren't sharp, we made mistakes and we should have played better,” said Falcons quarterback Brian Gadsby, who completed 12 of 23 passes for 95 yards, two interceptions and one touchdown.
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By Grant Gordon, grant.gordon@latimes.com | October 18, 2013
LA CAÑADA - In a season so far characterized by dominance, the St. Francis High football team has certainly put forth more spectacular performances than it did on Friday night. PHOTOS: St. Francis vs. Cathedral Mission League football However, St. Francis still could not have asked for a more impressive start to the season than the undefeated one it continued, as Golden Knights senior running back Joe Mudie rushed for 183 yards and two long touchdowns in 15 carries to highlight a 31-21 Mission League victory over visiting Cathedral at Friedman Field.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | October 18, 2013
It appears the Glendale Community College football team is in prime position to snap another losing streak Saturday. Coming into a game against a winless West Los Angeles College squad, the Vaqueros are poised to win their first American Division Pacific Conference contest in 12 games. Still, Glendale Coach John Rome knows his team is in no position to take anything for granted. “[West LA] is 0-5, but they probably think if there's a game they can win it's going to be this week,” said Rome, whose team has lost its last two games and is 2-3, 0-1 in conference coming off a bye week.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | October 15, 2013
GLENDALE - The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 71st year, meets Tuesdays at the Elk's Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the sixth meeting of the year. FALCONS RELIVE WILD RIDE With impeccable timing, the Crescenta Valley High football team got its biggest win of the year a week after its first loss. At the Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club Tuesday, Falcons Coach Paul Schilling was all too happy to recount his team's 48-47 overtime Pacific League win against a then-undefeated Burbank.