Latest update: Fri. Dec 12. 2008

All Foothill League Team Signal

CoMVPs (L to R) Haylee Parkinson, Alyssa
Selve, Tommy Mc Guan & Anthony Pizzo.

"We see so many acts of kindness. From the gentleman who walked through our back door to make a donation, his 4-year-old son carrying a grocery bag almost as big as he was, to Shaina Katz, the 16-year-old who planned her "sweet 16" birthday party since the age of 9. Shaina is such an inspiration to us all, asking her friends not to bring gifts for her but to donate grocery cards to the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry."  See full Articla  on the Food Pantry in the Signal

Mike Kent's CIF Prelim PHOTOS

Senior, Hanah Fillas stepped up big time to contribute to our
teams success Saturday. As our alternate, she finished as our
number 4 girl securing a spot in the CIF Finals next Saturday.

Photo by Mike Kent
Anthony Pizzo finishing is final CIF
race for Canyon Cross Country.

CIF Prelims RESULTS Signal Article
Our Girls Advance to Finals with a 4th place finish.
Team Time: 99:39 4th
Gr Time Place Last Name First Name
11 18:57 5 Selve Alyssa (a 1 second PR in much worse conditions)
11 19:08 7 Parkinson Hayley (only 2 seconds off what she ran last month
11 20:21 23 Gatton Jessica
12 20:31 30 Fillas Hannah (a huge race filling in for Devon)
11 20:42 37 Lopez Gillian
11 20:52 41 Contreras Elvia
12 21:12 51 Telles Marissa
10 alt Goff Devon
11 alt Katz Shaina
12 alt Demsher Nicole
11 alt Mahotz Kaitlyn

Anthony Pizzo placed 8th in his heat in 16:05
Tommy McGuan placed 16th in 16:14

These were outstanding performances under less than ideal
conditions. The Silmar fire caused us to travel the back way
via Pearblossom Hwy and Hwy 2.  The temperature was in
the 90's by the time the girls ran at 10:35.

Girls Appearances in CIF Finals
1 CIF Finals 1982
2 CIF Finals 1991
3 CIF Finals 1995
4 CIF Finals 1996
5 CIF Finals 1997
6 CIF Finals 1998
7 CIF Finals 2000
8 CIF Finals 2001
9 CIF Finals 2002
10 CIF Finals 2003
11 CIF Finals 2004
12 CIF Finals 2005
13 CIF Finals 2007
14 CIF Finals 2008 (8th appearance in last 9 years!)

Banquet is Dec 10th.  RSVP by Nov 25. INFO

Foothill League Finals  Photos
Signal Article
Daily News

Our girls qualify for CIF as 3rd Place Team

Var Boys Finish a disappointing  4th
Anthony Pizzo and Tommy Mc Guan
Advance to CIF as 4th & 5th runners.

Boys All League Team

James Snow is FS League Champ!
Final League Standings

GIRLS DIVISION II (latest CIF-SS rankings Oct 27th)
1. Saugus, Santa Clarita
2. Canyon, Anaheim
3. Mira Costa, Manhattan Beach
4. Redondo Union, Redondo Beach
5. Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
6. Sultana, Hesperia
7. Simi Valley
8. Newbury Park
9. Canyon, Canyon Country
10. Ayala, Chino Hills

"Number 5" man Chris Bissonette wins the (photo courtesy Don McLean)
the Food Pantry 5K in 16:45!!! Sergio Castillo is right behind.

Canyon Cross Country Results: Photos, and here
Mt SAC Invitational -- Signal Article

Alyssa, Gillian, Hayley, Devon, and Jessica run
as a pack the first mile of Mt SAC.

The Girls Varsity placed 2nd (Race 56) for Div I & II schools: We scored 64 points to
Newbury Park's 62. NP is currently the 8th Ranked School in CIF Southern Section
Division II schools. Only 7 Teams qualify for the State Meet, so this shows that
we are getting close to our goal of qualifying for State. Note: our team time of 97:28
was faster than Newbery Park's. Alyssa Selve (5th 18:58) Hayley Parkinson (6th 19:06)
and Jessica Gatton (7th 19:15) led the way. All three made our "All Time Top 20 Mt SAC List"

Tommy, Michel, and Anthony run well at Mt. SAC

The Boys Varsity took 3rd (Race 61) with 127 points. (South Torrance won with 63,
and Hemet 2nd with 105) Tommy Mc Guan (3rd 15:44) and Anthony Pizzo (4th 15:49)
both moved into our "All Time Top 20 Mt SAC List"

The Boys JV (Race 51) took 2nd (De La Salle was 1st) led by Tim Snow (3rd 17:25)

The Girls JV (Race 54) also took 2nd (Saugus was 1st) led by Hannah Filas (7th 20:44)

The Boys Sophomores (Race 77) took 2nd led by James Snow (15th 18:24) and
Tim Gonzales (17th 18:26)

The Girls Sophomores (Race 81) finished 5th with Sarah Saldana (11th 12:10) leading the way.

The Girls Freshmen (Race 74) placed 4th paced by Sarah Miller (18th 22:02)

GIRLS Mt SAC
Team Time 97:28 2nd
Gr Last Name First Time Place Division
11 Selve Alyssa 18:58 5V
11 Parkinson Hayley 19:06 6V
11 Gatton Jessica 19:15 7V
11 Lopez Gillian 20:01 24V
10 Goff Devon 20:08 26V
11 Contreras Elvia 20:33 41V
12 Fillas Hannah 20:44 7JV
12 Telles Marissa 20:52 52V
11 Mahotz Kaitlyn 20:56 9JV
12 Demsher Nicole 21:05 10JV
11 Katz Shaina 21:08 12JV
10 Saldana Sara 21:10 11So
9 Miller Sarah 22:02 18Fr
9 Cusumano Holli 22:16 22Fr
10 Arnold Jamie 22:36 33So
9 Walker Janice 22:52 31Fr
10 Lee Gabrielle 23:08 46So
11 Foster Vanessa 23:23 54JV
12 Nenadov Hannah 23:32 60JV
9 Selve Caitlyn 23:37 44Fr
10 Wims Sarah 23:41 55So
11 Capistrano Madi 23:41 65JV
11 Cass Kasey 24:13 84JV
9 Springer Christina 24:18 55Fr
9 Rush Hannah 25:08 69Fr
10 Zavala Brenda 25:31 86So
9 Shaner Aura 26:30 94Fr

BOYS Mt SAC
Team Time 82:00 3rd
Gr Last Name First Time Place Division
11 Mc Guan Thomas 15:44 3V
12 Pizzo Anthony 15:49 4V
12 Noris Michel 16:32 24V
11 Bouchet Mason 16:55 49V
11 Gavin Matthew 17:00 55V
12 Bissonette Christopher 17:07 59V
11 Pineda IV Joe 17:13 67V
12 Snow Tim 17:25 3JV
12 Cruz Christopher 17:35 6JV
11 Estrada Paul 17:53 11JV
11 Rutherford James 17:58 15JV
12 Moreno Kenneth 18:05 18JV
11 Denise Garret 18:13 24JV
10 Snow James 18:24 15So
10 Gonzales Timothy 18:26 17So
10 Driedger Steven 18:34 23So
10 Becerra Jacob 18:47 27So
10 Marte Roger 19:49 57So
12 Reyes Fabian 19:51 70JV
10 Willis Sam 20:23 76So
10 Valadez Saul 20:25 77So
10 Bakkedahl Nick 20:35 86So
10 Boutros Brandon 20:49 92So
12 Yglesias Christopher 20:53 97JV
10 Morquecho Aaron 21:22 103So
10 Castillo Sergio 22:03 128So
10 Hernandez Daniel 22:26 137So
10 Walker Matheson 25:57 176So

Here's why Coach Broneer missed practice today:

Meet Charles Anthony Broneer, 7 lbs 13 Oz
and 20.5 inches long.  He is Grandchild #6!
So now the score is tied, 3 boys and 3 girls.

2008 Santa Clarita Valley Invitational at Castaic
Complete RESULTS are in. Dyestat Photos
Signal Article by Bruce Bourquin
Daily News Blog by Erik Boal
Mike Kent's Photos

A great time was had by all today at the SCV Invite. We had 1570 runners complete
the 2.97 mile course under near perfect conditions. The temperatures were in the 70s
and we even had a brief rain shower just before race time to cut down the dust on the
dirt trails of the course, clean air, and no smoke from the recent fires.  You may
recall, our meet was cancelled in 2006 due to fire and last year, many teams could
not make it due to the fire in the tunnel on the 5 freeway.  Thank you to all the
Canyon Parents for all your help.  Especially, the Saunder's for providing the
electricity, Steve Gold, Kathy Kennedy-Gold and Rick Deluca for help with Hytek and timing the meet. Steve Low, The Gonzales family, The Goffs for helping set
up and for all the parents who manned the Concession Tables, The finish crew,
and the Traffic Crew. We could not have done this meet without you.

Highlights:
Arcadia Boys dominated the Large Schools race winning with 25 points, followed
by Knight (90) and Canyon 3rd with 112 points. Tommy Mc Guan was our first finisher (8th in 15:50) followd by Michel Noris (13th 16:28),
Mason Bouchet (22nd 16:51) Joe Pineda (37th 17:07) and Chris Bissonette
(43rd 17:15).  Anthony Pizzo (Achilles Tendonitis) and Timmy Gonzales
(sore knee) were unable to  finish the race.

Canyon Girls 1st! won the Girls Varsity Race over Highland but it was as close
as it gets. Both teams scored 50 points, but Canyon's 5th girl placed 16th, while
Highlands was 32nd. so, Canyon wins the tiebreaker. (using the 5th girl tie-breaker)
the Girls Varsity with 50 points, followed by Highland (50) and Taft (92).
Hayley Parkinson (4th 18:52) and Jessica Gatton (5th 19:03) led the way,
followed by Alyssa Selve (12th 19:45), Gillian Lopez (13th 19:48) and our
deciding 5th runner was Devon Goff (16th 19:54).  Our 6th and 7th girls were
also key, as they both beat Highland's 5th runner.  They were Elvia Contreras
(25th 20:16) and Marissa Telles (27th 20:18).

Canyon JV Girls 1st! won the Girls Junior Varsity Race with 35 Points
to Knight's 48 pts. and Moorpark's 62. Hannah Fillas (2nd 19:55) and Kaitlyn Mahotz
(3rd 20:43) led the charge.

Canyon Boys JV 2nd took 2nd in the Boys JV race behind winner Arcadia
(15 pts) We had 44 points.  Matt Gavin (6th 17:21), Tim Snow (7th 17:23), Chris Cruz
(9th 17:39), Paul Estrada (10th 17:42) and James Rutherford (12th 17:48) scored.

Canyon Boys FS 2nd took 2nd in the Boys Frosh/Soph race. James Snow
led the way with a 17:04.

Foothill League #2 RESULTS
Erik Boal (Daily News) Article
Bruce Bourquin Signal
Mike Kent's PHOTOS

Michel Noris, Anthony Pizzo, and Tommy Mc Quan at the start of League #1


Matthew Gavin winner of the Boys JV Race led our team to a first
place finish despide being without 4 of our top JV runners.

Sat Oct 11th Clovis Results Photos
Complete results can be found at: http://www.clerkofthecourse.com/clovis08/results.php

Hayley Parkinson led our girls varsity to a 3rd place finish in the
girls Extra Large School Division with at 5th place finish in 18:59.
Alyssa Selve finished 9th in 19:07.

Race #12 - Girl's High School Varsity EL : 12:15
3 112 1:38:47 19:45 5 9 19 34 52 68 79 5 8 17 32 50 65 76

5 Parkinson Hayley 11 18:59
9 Selve Alyssa 11 19:07
19 Gatton Jessica 11 19:42
34 Goff Devon 10 20:14
52 Katz Shaina 11 20:45
68 Telles Marissa 10 21:06
79 Lopez Gillian 11 21:14

Anthony Pizzo led our boys varsity to a 7th place finish (just 29 points out
of 2nd) in a very closely contested race.  He placed 8th in 16:06 followed
by Tommy Mc Guan (11th 16:16).

Race #13 Boys High School Varsity
7 Canyon (Canyon Country 227 1:23:49 8 11 50 82 85 100 124

8 Pizzo Anthony 12 16:06
11 Mc Guan Tommy 11 16:16
50 Noris Michel 11 16:55
82 Gonzales Timmy 10 17:15
85 Bissonette Chris 12 17:17
100 Bouchet Mason 11 17:26
124 Snow James 10 17:37

Elvia Contreras led our Girls JV team to a 2nd place finish placing 3rd in
20:42, followed closely by Hannah Fillas 4th in 20:52.

Race #14 - Girl's High School JV LS : 1:10
2 51 1:46:44 21:20 3 4 8 21 27 55 3 4 8 16 20 41

3 Contreras Elvia 11 20:42
4 Fillas Hannah 12 20:52
8 Mahotz Kaitlyn 11 21:14
21 Demshire Nicole 12 21:46
27 Cusumano Hollie 9 22:10
55 Amaro Sabrina 9 23:15

Our Boys JV also placed 2nd led by Joe Pineda's 11th place finish in 17:35.

Race #15 - Boy's High School JV LS : 1:40
2 85 1:29:12 17:50 11 18 24 27 29 34 73 8 14 19 21 23 26 52

11 Pineda Joe 11 17:35
18 Snow Tim 12 17:44
24 Estrada Paul 11 17:54
27 Gavin Matthew 11 17:58
29 Rutherford James 11 18:01
34 Moreno Kenneth 12 18:07
73 Deiedger Steven 10 18:54

Nike Vintage Volkwagon "Getting Ready for Race Day"
Tour is comming to Canyon HS The week of October 20th!
See video from Kenny Staub/John Barnes meet!
Coach DeLong and Coach Velard in front of Nike Van.  Picture
on the van is Canyon's own Lauren Fleshman!

Staub/John Barnes Photos, Results
Daily News Erik Boal Article
Signal Bruce Bourquin Article

Our boys team won the Sweepstakes Trophy!
The top 7 Varsity Times, the top 5 Soph times and the top 5 JV times are
added together. The team with the lowest total time wins the Trophy.

Our Boys JV team took the 2nd Place trophy led by Paul Estrada's 7th place.
James Snow led our Soph team to a 3rd place finish.

Our Girls Varsity took 5th led by Alyssa Selve and Haylee Parkinson

GIRLS'  CROSS COUNTRY  RANKINGS (Daily News)
1. Saugus
2. Crescenta Valley
3. West Ranch
4. Canyon
5. Simi Valley 6. Highland 7. Agoura 8. Royal 9. La Reina 10. Oak Park

Banquet Date Set: Wed Dec 10th at Robinsons Ranch

Foothill League Meet #1 Results: Boys  Girls
It was HOT HOT HOT action at Castaic!
Eric Boal's Article and $11 story  Dyestat Photos

FOOTHILL LEAGUE Meet #1
CROSS COUNTRY SCORE SHEET
    Boys                                   Girls
                        Varsity
1 5-0 Saugus                5-0 Saugus
2 4-1 Valencia               4-1 West Ranch
3 3-2 Golden Valley       3-2 Canyon
4 2-3 Canyon                 2-3 Hart
5 1-4 Hart                    1-4 Golden Valley
6 0-5 West Ranch          0-5 Valencia

                Frosh/Soph
1 5-0 Saugus                5-0 Saugus
2 4-1 Hart                    4-1 Valencia
3 3-2 Valencia              3-2 Canyon
4 2-3 Canyon               2-3 Hart
5 1-4 Golden Valley      1-4 Golden Valley
6 0-5 West Ranch         0-5 West Ranch

                Junior Varsity
1 5-0 Canyon                5-0 Saugus
2 4-1 Hart                    4-1 Canyon
3 3-2 Golden Valley       3-2 West Ranch
4 2-3 Valencia               2-3 Hart
5 1-4 Saugus                1-4 Golden Valley
6 0-5 West Ranch          0-5 Valencia

Sept 17, 2008
Congratulations on beating CV and Pasadena in all 6 divisions!
(Note: CV's Girls Varsity and Zach Torrez,were held out by their coach to rest up for
Woodbridge)
Mike Kent's PHOTOS
    Boys Varsity Canyon 21 Crescenta Valley 38 

L to R: Anthony Pizzo, Timmy Gonzales, Chris Bissonette,
Tommy McGuan, Michel Noris, Chris Low, James Snow

    Girls Varsity Canyon 16 Crescenta Valley 45

L to R: Elvia Contreras, Devon Goff, Hayley Parkinson
Jessica Gatton, Shaina Katz, Hannah Fillas, Alyssa Selve

              Boys FS CANYON 22 - CV 40 

     Girls JV CANYON 18 -- Crescenta Valley 47

photos by Mike Kent

Girls FS Won 15-50
Boys JV Won 15-47 

Sept. 12, 2008
Results

Seaside Invitational: Dyestatcal.com has the girls results.

Dyestat has girls photos.
Daily News Article

MyPhotos If you have any more photos, please share here:
paulbroneer-gdx3@post.me.com

Mike Kent's PHOTOS

Anthony Pizzo has the top Canyon Boys time  of the day 15:14

Season Preview article by the Signal.

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Nate Sparks
Click here for updates on Nate's condition.
(our 6-4 high jumper, and the kicker on our football team)
is at Kaiser, Woodland Hills, Hospital currently in the ICU.
He is undergoing chemo for Leukemia and could use our encouragement. 
Please send cards to his home at 16096 Comet Way, Canyon Country, 91387.
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Coach Velarde won a Grant for Sierra Vista P.E. Link

Here are some Mammoth Photos.  If you have any good ones you'd like to share, 
please try to upload them to the "Mammoth2008" Gallery.  You can do this from
your mobile phone or email.  Just upload your photos or movies to email to:
paulbroneer-c3jb@post.me.com This is my first try at this, so I hope it works.
So far 3 people (and one photo company) have contripbuted pictures to the site. 
This seems to be an easy way to share Photos. Give me some feedback.
paulbroneer@me.com I may need to protect the site with a password in the future.


Photo found at Mike Kent's Photos  (Thanks)
Here's the team below Rainbow Falls.  What a great trip we had. See this picture and more
at www.dyestatcal.com