Printz exits near the top

In a surprising move, Chris Printz has resigned as head coach of the Golden Valley boys basketball team.

West Ranch starts strong

J.J., yes. C.J., no. It was certainly in the realm of possibility that West Ranch sophomore golfer J.J. Holen would shoot the low-round in the first Foothill League match and lead his team to a victory. But for C.J. Espino, a 5-foot-3-inch, 105-pound sophomore to stand right with the 6-footer and also lead the Wildcats to victory, that would be a surprise. It happened Tuesday as Holen and Espino both shot 74s on the par-72 ...

Grizzlies hire new coach

Golden Valley football just pressed reset on its football program. The Canyon Country high school hired Andy Campbell, formerly of Silver Valley High in Yermo, to be its third head coach in school history on Friday. Golden Valley football, a program marred by losses, ineligibility, and lack of participation since its varsity debut in 2005, hopes Campbell is the solution to the team's lack of success. "His track record of being able to take programs ...

Party crasher

There is this consensus going around that West Ranch High will be the Foothill League boys golf champion. Consider it a tap-in for the Wildcats.

League title to lose?

It comes around the same time every year. Tony Moskal, the boys varsity golf coach at Golden Valley, spouts a load of truth with a heavy dose of humor before the Foothill League golf season tees off.

Japan repeats in WBC

LOS ANGELES - The tournament is called a classic, yet it's still in its infancy. Baseball's biggest international star made it grow up Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

US unable to overcome big innings

LOS ANGELES - Beaten-down, undermanned, gutsy, whatever you want to call Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, add one more term to it - done. Despite a late rally, the United States couldn't undo Japan's fourth-inning death knell and fell to the Japanese 9-4 in the WBC semifinals at Dodger Stadium Sunday night in front of 43,630.

For sale: Champions Tour sponsorship

When AT&T bowed out of sponsoring the Champions Classic, it was said a professional golf competition in the Santa Clarita Valley would be dead after this year's event.

U.S. to play Japan

SAN DIEGO - Now the United States knows what it's up against - Japan's pitching.

PHOTO UPDATE: Lasting impression: Forsman wins AT&T Champions Classic

Maybe it's destiny or something in the poana greens at Valencia Country Club. Just off the 18th green Sunday and finished with his 54 regulation holes at the AT&T Champions Classic, Champions Tour golfer Dan Forsman turned and asked where a playoff hole would be played.

Local man’s opportunity of a lifetime

For the Santa Clarita Valley, the lasting impression of what may be the final Champions Tour tournament at Valencia Country Club isn't necessarily Dan Forsman kissing an orbed crystal trophy. It's not necessarily that this was the third consecutive playoff at the event.

AT&T Champions Classic: Sindelar stays on top

If there is a playoff at this year's AT&T Champions Classic, Joey Sindelar said he'd like to have something to do with it.

AT&T Champions Classic: Sindelar scintillates in first round

Just four days ago, golfer Joey Sindelar touched the Valencia Country Club Course for the first time.

Golf legend Gary Player lives on and on

Gary Player's not done. The legendary golfer, who many consider the greatest international golfer ever, finished a 15-minute conversation on Wednesday in a dining area at Valencia Country Club. Hands were already shook and goodbyes were given, but Player stood up, one knee on a chair, and looked at the trees just off the tee box on hole No. 1. "It's not a case of speaking your mind," Player resumes. "It's about being interested in ...

AT&T Champions Classic: A future in doubt

Odds are not in favor of a Champions Tour professional golf tournament returning to the Santa Clarita Valley after this week's tournament.

Golden Valley football documentary to be shown in Santa Clarita

A movie documenting the 2012 Golden Valley football team will play to an invite-only audience on Wednesday at the Edwards Valencia Stadium 12 theaters.

United States titles won at Castaic Lake

Christine Jennings and Alex Meyer were the big winners at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships on Friday at lower Castaic Lake.

Canyon's Weinstein named Foothill Player of Year

After Canyon baseball lost on Thursday in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I playoffs at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Cowboys head coach Adam Schulhofer took the opportunity of having a quiet bus to give his players some good news.

Five early errors put Trinity baseball in hole it can’t get out of

This one hurts.

Mistakes finally cost Canyon baseball in first round

West Ranch baseball falls to Los Alamitos in opening round

The West Ranch Wildcats had to battle to the very last game of the regular season to win their second straight Foothill League baseball title.

Hart High football duo given college offers

Hart High School's highly touted offensive duo has significant college offers on the table.

SCCS baseball outdueled by Hesperia

A young Santa Clarita Christian softball team came into last week a win away from a Liberty League championship.

All locals miss cut at CIF golf playoffs

There's one word for it - shock.

Softball CIF brackets released, six SCV teams in

Coming into the 2013 softball season, there was a lot of hope within the Santa Clarita Valley that come playoff time, a Foothill League team could make a run.

6 area baseball teams make postseason

For one of the most competitive baseball seasons in Santa Clarita Valley prep history, the area gets no rewards in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.

Hart baseball misses out on playoffs for first time since 1986

Golden Valley tennis sees school-best run come to end

The most successful boys tennis season in Golden Valley High history ended Wednesday with the Grizzlies losing 16-2 to La Canada High in La Canada in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs.

Hart tennis clutches up to move on

The Hart Indians boys tennis team is still alive in the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs and it can thank two unlikely heroes.

Saugus' Dylan Freyre: Raised on baseball

Mother's Day is Sunday and Dylan Freyre will go camping with his mother, Stacy, to celebrate.