Winning's not the only thing

Hart baseball's biggest accomplishment in 2008 thus far is the team being in first place in the ultra-competitive Foothill League - to some.

Cougars get call, Howell doesn't

There were three National Football League prospects with local ties going into this past weekend's NFL Draft.

Delio enjoys stellar debut

At this point, Saugus High graduate and Cal State Northridge golfer Nick Delio has to acknowledge that his future is bright.

Athletes will be gauged Saturday

It's pretty difficult to gauge how good of an athlete you truly are. Your parents might tell you one thing, your coaches another thing. One local training facility, in partnership with Nike, will tell you how good of an athlete you truly are. On Saturday morning, Velocity Sports Performance - a brand new sports training center located on 25461 Rye Canyon Road in Santa Clarita - will host the Nike SPARQ Training 2008 My Better ...

No more waiting

Motivation comes in many forms. For some, it's words. For others, it's the past. Motivated to become champions, the West Ranch boys golf team and Hart High's Johnny MacArthur became just that Wednesday at TPC Valencia. West Ranch won its sixth league match out of six by shooting a team score of 385 at Wednesday's Foothill League Final/Newhall Land Cup. The Wildcats boys golf team is now the first Foothill League champion of any sport ...

A second chance

It was a missed putt that ultimately cost Hart High golfer Johnny MacArthur the Foothill League Most Valuable Player in 2007.

HOLLEN ONE

It's kind of difficult for West Ranch golf coach Jeff Holen to gush about one of his freshman golfers.

Finding home

His wife sits in the faded peach-colored seats beyond Reese Field, clutching a pastel-colored fleece blanket.

Hart's turn again

Hart center fielder Trevor Brown carefully crafted out an answer as to what two Hart wins this week against previously Foothill League first-place Valencia meant.

Valencia eases into title share

There are a couple of things you can expect this time of year. Taxes are due on April 15 and around a week or so of that date, Valencia boys tennis is clinching a Foothill League title. For the third consecutive season, the Vikings will wear the crown after an 18-0 victory over Saugus clinched at least a tie for the championship with two matches remaining in the regular season. It was another in a ...

Video: Valencia Vikings Volleyball No. 1

This valley has produced some fine programs this decade - a national champion in Valencia softball, two-time state champion Saugus cross country, a state champion in Canyon football, but there is little argument as to what the dominant program has been in this valley.

Any room for wrestling?

He said it's now a running joke. Paul Strickland, a board member for the William S. Hart Union High School District, said items for future consideration are brought up at the end of board meetings. Strickland has brought up wrestling so often, it's now expected that he'll raise the issue every time. "At the last meeting, we had a number of people there for the ratification of the teachers' agreement. Also there were people there ...

TPC Valencia tries to let secret out

Some might argue that this is a football town. Others might say baseball, softball or even volleyball. But golf has entered the equation lately. With the success over the last five years of junior golfers and one professional, Jason Gore, and the abundance of courses in the area, golf is thriving. Identifying that, TPC Valencia, just five years old, is seeking to increase its membership. The country club opened up its course Monday to over ...

Angels bombed by Laird

ANAHEIM - The perception of the Texas Rangers going into 2008 is that, among other weaknesses, they don't have much hitting.

A selfless athlete is rewarded

The prep basketball season is well past us now, yet stories of selflessness are timeless. The amount of time Valencia High basketball player John Otavka will remember his senior season is the rest of his life. Otavka can tell people he was good enough to be selected to the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBA) Division II-AA first team for his contributions during the 2007-08 season. He was the only boys basketball player from ...

SCCS baseball knocked out of playoffs

Santa Clarita Christian baseball's performance on Tuesday in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division VII playoffs fell right into line with what it has done throughout the season.

Golden Valley hires new baseball, cross country coaches

They move quickly at Golden Valley High.

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.