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By Emin Avakian, Special to the Glendale News-Press | January 10, 2014
LA CRESCENTA - In front of a near capacity crowd in its home gym, the Crescenta Valley High boys' basketball team scored a key Pacific League victory over Muir. The Falcons were able to execute their game plan on both ends en route to an impressive 52-41 home victory on Friday evening. “Huge win,” said Falcons Coach Shawn Zargarian, who led the program to the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section playoffs and a trip to the state tournament the last two seasons. “Muir is a good team with a good tradition.
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By Emin Avakian, Special to the Glendale News-Press | December 27, 2013
BURBANK - It was a slow start that ultimately proved instrumental in the final result. The Crescenta Valley High girls' basketball team was held scoreless for the first 5 minutes 31 seconds of its West Coast Holiday Festival second-round meeting with Chaminade, while giving up the game's first 13 points and trailed by double digits for most of the 63-49 loss to the Eagles on Friday evening at Burroughs High. After falling behind, 13-0, the Falcons settled down and played effectively, but Chaminade never let up and will advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament on Saturday.
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By Charles Rich, charles.rich@latimes.com | November 1, 2013
LOS ANGELES - Once all the lights worked properly, Stefan Smith was ready to go to work. The start of Flintridge Prep's intersectional road contest against Hawkins was delayed for nearly 15 minutes while two of the four light poles briefly malfunctioned. It gave Smith, the standout senior running back on the Flintridge Prep football team, time to take a deep breath and think over the game plan while the lights slowly reset. Smith quickly grabbed the spotlight, as he scored a pair of touchdowns to carry Flintridge Prep to a 21-13 victory Friday night.
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By Charles Rich | July 15, 2013
It's a simple game plan that's worked positively throughout the postseason for the Crescenta Valley 9-10 All-Star softball team. Instead of swinging away for the fences during each at-bat, Crescenta Valley has adopted the formula of putting the ball in play and using its speed to put up crooked numbers. It worked again for Crescenta Valley, which posted a 9-1 win against Culver City on Sunday in a Southern California State Championship contest at Harvey Field in Jurupa. Crescenta Valley, which previously won District 16 and Section 2 championships, will next face District 58 champion Tri-Valley in a semifinal game at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the same venue.
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By Emin Avakian, Special to the News-Press | June 8, 2013
GLENDALE - The Glendale Jewel City-Jewish War Veterans Bears practiced their bunting Thursday in preparation for the game plan against the Andy's of Crescenta Valley in Saturday's District 16 junior baseball first-round game. While the game plan proved effective, and practiced proved once again to be instrumental, the Bears were aided by sloppy play on the part of the Andy's and cruised to an 11-4 win in the afternoon tilt at the Scholl Canyon Ball Fields. Crescenta Valley struggled from the mound and defensively in a game that was called in the fifth inning due to the two-hour time limit, as it issued 10 walks and committed five errors.
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By Andrew J. Campa, andrew.campa@latimes.com | May 4, 2013
There was no clean sweep in local boys' volleyball when the CIF Southern Section released its playoff pairings Saturday morning. Reigning Prep League champion Flintridge Prep will carry the torch as the lone postseason entry when the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs begin Tuesday evening. Flintridge Prep (17-7) will host Cerritos Whitney (14-5), the Academy League third-place entry, in the first round on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Even though the Rebels are no stranger to the postseason, there are still several unknowns.
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By Gabriel Rizk, gabriel.rizk@latimes.com | August 27, 2012
Coming off one of the worst seasons in program history, which included just one win and the unprecedented cancellation of two games due to an insufficient number of players, the Flintridge Prep football team needed to make some changes. First and foremost, the Rebels needed more players, and through a concerted effort to recruit on campus, their numbers have grown to 23, up from last year's 18. Fifteen are seniors. Beyond that, though, Rebels Coach Antonio Harrison saw the need to make some fundamental alterations at the core of the program in shuffling up his coaching staff and overhauling the team's approach to defense and special teams.
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April 2, 2012
Hundreds of people packed the stands Sunday to watch Glendale firefighters successfully defend their title against their police counterparts during the second annual Hoop Heroes basketball charity game. Although the police had practiced their game for months, they lost to firefighters, 51-37, at Glendale High School. Nearly 600 people packed the bleachers for the game, which raised $5,000 for Zone Academy, the Salvation Army's after-school program for at-risk youth. The audience was also asked to donate canned food items as part of the game's admission, resulting in an estimated 1,000 pounds of canned goods for the Salvation Army's pantry, organizers said.
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By Max Zimbert | January 16, 2010
SOUTH GLENDALE — A group of Horace Mann Elementary School students on Friday were the youngest consultants Glendale parks and recreation officials said they had ever worked with. The group of a half-dozen mostly fourth- and fifth-graders presented pitches for a new proposed park space on Maryland Avenue, about three-tenths of a mile away from the school. “One of the purposes was problem solving and a higher level of thinking skills,” Assistant Principal Lynda Teems said.
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By Gabriel Rizk | November 27, 2009
GLENDALE — Whether they ended the past season on solid footing or on shaky ground, all area boys’ basketball teams — record-wise, at least — start the season anew on equal footing, ready to begin the chase for league titles and playoff berths. The most successful area program last year was Flintridge Prep, which captured its second consecutive Prep League title and advanced to the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV-A playoffs for the second year in a row. Odds would seem to favor the Rebels’ chances of duplicating their recent success, considering Coach Garrett Ohara returns 80% of his starting lineup.