Prep girls basketball: Viking response

Valencia Vikings power forward Sandra Ikeora was in the doghouse early at Valencia High Saturday night in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IAA playoffs.

Prep boys hoops: Hart’s end of the road

TORRANCE - For Hart Indians boys basketball, it's wait till next year. Hart was simply outsized and was relegated to a jump-shooting team in its 64-55 loss to West Torrance High on Friday in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIAAA playoffs at West High. With most of its team expected to return next season, including star guards Lewis Stallworth and Myles Franklin, and two undefeated lower level teams, the Foothill League's second-place ...

Prep boys hoops: Arriving in time

The Valencia Vikings boys basketball team started the Foothill League season fast, then spun out to a 2-5 record in its last seven games.

Prep girls soccer: The game tilts to SCCS

Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals girls soccer senior Colette Blake said the first half of her team's game with Rolling Hills Prep of San Pedro on Thursday felt like it was being played on a tilt.

Prep sports: G.V. lists coach jobs

Although the jobs have been listed on the William S. Hart Union High School District website, it doesn't mean that Golden Valley's current boys basketball and boys soccer coaches won't return next season to guide their respective teams.

Prep boys basketball: Not this time

Quite the opening act. But not the way the Hart Indians basketball team would have liked it. The Indians survived - barely - and defeated the North Torrance Saxons 86-83 on Wednesday in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIAAA playoffs at Hart High. The game was too much like Indians' 62-61 loss that cost them the Foothill League championship last Friday - a game in which they led early and lost the ...

Prep sports: Foothill’s other game

There was a game being played in the gymnasium. Two teams going at it with a goal to win. There were blowouts, close games and classics this season. That doesn't even include what happened on the court. The game was the one being played between the Foothill League's student sections. In a twice-a-week game of one-upsmanship, the six Foothill schools prided themselves on almost a fictional Foothill League title - the title of ...

Prep girls hoops: Valencia gets its share of Foothill title

No way the West Ranch Wildcats were going to keep up. Not with pressure, piled on top of smothering pressure by the Valencia Vikings girls basketball team. That was the mind-set of a determined Valencia team that defeated West Ranch at West Ranch High on Friday 71-52. With the victory, the Vikings (20-7 overall, 9-1 Foothill League) split the Foothill League championship with Canyon. It marks the first title for Valencia since 2005. "Finally," said ...

Prep boys basketball: West Ranch wins Foothill crown outright

One by one, as West Ranch Wildcats seniors exited the game late in the fourth quarter at West Ranch High, they kissed the school logo at center court.

Signed up for college

Valencia High senior safety and four-year varsity starter Tedric Thompson decided not to go to the school where his brother and friend play.

Foothill road leads to splits

For the Valencia Vikings and Canyon Cowboys girls basketball teams, it's simple. If each team wins it splits the Foothill League title.

Valencia’s Thompson commits to Colorado

Valencia High senior safety and four-year varsity starter Tedric Thompson confirmed to The Signal this morning that he has accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Colorado.

Prep boys hoops: Saugus takes advantage

In a way, one could say Canyon Cowboys boys basketball shot itself in the foot on Tuesday night by not taking advantage of second chances.

Prep girls hoops: The title is in sight

Can Canyon close? That's the question set up by the Cowboys girls basketball team's 63-35 win on Tuesday at Canyon High over the Saugus Centurions. If Canyon (21-4 overall, 8-1 Foothill League) beats heavy underdog Hart, the worst it could do is a share of the Foothill League title with Valencia - a fourth straight championship for the Cowboys. "Our goal is to finish strong," said Canyon sophomore Delaney McCann, who scored eight ...

Prep sports: Polls give a playoff glimpse

We are just one week away from the CIF-Southern Section winter playoffs. Rankings released by the CIF-SS give an indication as to who is postseason bound next week. The highest ranked teams are in boys basketball. If Foothill League co-leaders West Ranch and Hart can close out this week with victories, they will likely see top four seeds in the playoffs. West Ranch (17-6) is at No. 3 in the Division IA poll behind No. ...

West Ranch's Slauson chooses CSUN

West Ranch outfielder Tony Slauson verbally committed to Cal State Northridge earlier this month, according to Wildcats head coach Casey Burrill.

Foothill goes three up, three down in golf playoffs

With so many strong teams in the field, not much was expected from the Foothill League's three teams in the CIF-Northern Team Divisional at Soule Park Golf Club in Ojai.

Hart baseball upsets West Ranch to sweep season series

Something didn't feel quite right about the Hart Indians being up six runs on the West Ranch Wildcats on Friday at West Ranch High.

Vikings in win-win situations at Foothill tennis finals

Foothill League tennis elite true to form

The Foothill League boys tennis prelims is usually an event of little surprise.

Hart's win causes Foothill fluctuation

This Foothill League continues to be the wackiest in one respect and the most competitive in another respect in recent memory.

West Ranch baseball's Tony Slauson has made a name for himself on varsity

It was the bottom of the seventh inning.

Golden Valley tennis still has hope for playoffs

There's hope at Golden Valley.

West Ranch locks up Foothill League title

West Ranch boys golfer Joey Downey would have really had to have a blow-up round on Wednesday at TPC Valencia in the sixth and final Foothill League match to not win the league's Most Valuable Player.

No longer in question as West Ranch golf locks in on title

Decisions, decisions, decisions and decisions.

Valencia tennis dominant in claiming 8th straight title

The Hart Indians had to do something to stop the oncoming locomotive that is Valencia Vikings boys tennis.

Canyon baseball: Up and running

Five years, 133 games, 486 runs.

Canyon baseball takes another path to victory

A sign of a good team is its ability to withstand adversity.

West Ranch baseball's Bennett counters Valencia

After watching Valencia's top starting pitcher J.D. Busfield pitch the Vikings back into a share of first place in the Foothill League standings on Wednesday, it was time for West Ranch's ace to respond.

Foothill tennis roundup: Hart, Vikes set for battle

Hart and Valencia boys tennis both took care of business on Thursday.