The Glendale Community College men’s tennis team added another match to its schedule.
Glendale college men’s Coach Bob MacKay said the Vaqueros will face Middlebury College (Vt.) in a nonconference home match at 3 p.m. March 20.
Middlebury College is an NCAAÂ Division III program.
The Crescenta Valley High alumni baseball contest will take place at 5 p.m. March 27 at Stengel Field in Glendale.
Batting practice will begin at 3:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Crescenta Valley High baseball Coach Phil Torres.
A pair of local teams are ranked in the latest CIF Southern Section polls, released Monday.
The Flintridge Prep boys’ volleyball team remains ranked third in Division V behind Salesian and St. Margaret’s.
Preseason polls in baseball and softball were unveiled Monday, as well.
Former Glendale High and University of Oregon football player Jaiya Figueras will conduct the West Coast Football Academy from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the Glendale Sports Complex, 2200 Fern Lane, Glendale.
The cost is $25 per session and the event will focus on basic fundamentals, evaluations and more.
For more information, visit the organization’s website.
St. Francis High School's TJ Tree during an April 2009 track and field meet. (Scott Smeltzer/News-Press)
The St. Francis High track and field team opened its season Thursday with an impressive 73-53 Mission League road win against Harvard-Westlake.
The Golden Knights were without one of their top athletes in TJ Tree, a junior hurdler.
St. Francis Coach Pat Donovan said Tree, who fared well last season in the league finals, injured his bicep about three weeks ago.
Jason Hirsh, a 2000 St. Francis High graduate, made his initial spring training appearance Wednesday for the New York Yankees in a home contest against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Tampa, Fla.
He turned in quite a performance, as he went two-thirds of an inning.
The right-hander, who was acquired by the Yankees in July from the Colorado Rockies, struck out both batters he faced in the eighth inning.
The Yankees, who used seven pitchers, won the game, 6-3.
The St. Francis High volleyball squad opened its season Monday afternoon with a 25-23, 15-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12 nonleague home victory against Temple City.
It marked the first time in two seasons that the Golden Knights won a match, as they went winless last season.
Matt Grace contributed 53 assists for St. Francis, which received 17 kills from Michael Bacall, 15 from Wesley Coffey and 10 from Brandon Kim.
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy’s season-opening swim meet has been postponed, according to Flintridge Sacred Heart Athletic Director Stephanie Contreras.
The Tologs were scheduled to face Mayfield in a nonleague meet at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Contreras said the Flintridge Sacred Heart pool is still under construction.
It wasn’t clear if or when the meet will be rescheduled.
The CIF Southern Section Division II semifinal girls’ soccer playoff match between second-seeded Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and fourth-seeded Beckman will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Irvine High, according to Flintridge Sacred Heart co-Coach Frank Pace.
The winner will meet top-seeded Harvard-Westlake or Redlands East Valley in the title match at a time and location to be decided.
Flintridge Sacred Heart (19-1-3) has won the last two meetings against the Patriots (18-2-1).
The Glendale Community College women’s tennis team will participate in a pair of makeup matches, according to Glendale college Sports Information Director Alex Leon.
The Vaqueros will take part in nonconference road matches against Cerritos College and Mount San Antonio College.
The Cerritos match will take place at 2 p.m. March 30 and the Mt. SAC meeting will occur at 2 p.m. on April 1.
Crescenta Valley High School students held a benefit “waterless” car wash at the school’s parking lot on Saturday.  The funds raised will go to Joo Lee’s family.  Lee was the victim of a hit-and-run driver on Montrose Ave. in Montrose on New Year’s Day 2010.  Lee died of his injuries on January 6. Lee’s daughter, Suzie, [...]
The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls soccer team captured the CIF 2010 Southern California Regional Girls Soccer Division III Championship at Warren High School in Downey, CA., by beating San Diego’s Francis Parker High School 2-1.
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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Friday ordered an ex-fugitive to stand trial in the 1991 slaying of a Burbank teenager.
Rodolfo Gallegos, 34, is accused of killing 16-year-old Kenneth Caldera and wounding two others.
He is being held on $2 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned March 26.
Fresh fruits and vegetables and a variety of other items like flowers and sprouts are available at the Glendale Farmers Market on Brand Blvd. on Thursdays.
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Toll Middle School students held signs outside the Glendale school after class in support of their teachers. Â The students do not want their teachers to be laid off at the end of the year.
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Burbank Leader reporter Max Zimbert appeared on CNN’s Headline News Wednesday to talk about Amy Beck, a teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student.
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Third-graders at Valley View Elementary School in La Crescenta on Wednesday learned about evacuation and safety techniques from the Kid’s Safety House.
Awards were handed out Tuesday night to volunteers from throughout La Cañada Flintridge schools by the PTA at La Cañada High School.
From the Burbank Leader
[DEVELOPING] A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday postponed the arraignment of a Burbank Unified teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student so that she can continue to work with authorities, her attorney said.
Amy Beck, a 33-year-old teacher at Jordan Middle School, will remain in jail and is [...]
The La Cañada High School PTA has endorsed legislation introduced last month by State Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada) designed to encourage teens to call for help in emergency situations.
The bill, AB1999, would protect a minor from criminal prosecution if he dials 9-1-1 and remains with a friend during a medical crisis. The bill is [...]
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