Brent Ballard (No. 23), who coached the Crescenta Valley High School girls’ lacrosse team to the CIF championship last weekend, is no stranger to CIF titles as evidenced by this photo from 31 years ago. He was La Cañada High School’s star point guard for coach Tom Hofman (center) and helped the Spartans defeat San Dimas, 62-53, in the title game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on March 7, 1992. It marked the first CIF-SS boys’ basketball championship in La Cañada High School’s history. Ballard earned All-Rio Hondo League first-team honors as a senior for the Spartans, who finished the season with an outstanding 27-3 record. - Outlook Valley Sun file photo
First published in the May 20 print issue of the Glendale News-Press.