Archive By Author - Cary Osborne
Around the SCV: Honors are still arriving
Football season may be in the distance, but honors keep coming for Santa Clarita Valley athletes.
Prep boys hoops:’Cats’ knockout punch
There's one thing West Ranch has been lacking this season, and it almost came back to bite the Wildcats on Tuesday at Valencia High.
Prep girls hoops: Valencia survives the scare
If the Valencia Vikings girls basketball team needed a scare sometime in Foothill League play, it came on Tuesday.
West Ranch's Lambirth gives college commitment
West Ranch defensive lineman Jake Lambirth has verbally committed to play football for Cornell University.
Prep boys hoops: Hart makes a point of its own
They wouldn't admit it, but the Valencia Vikings boys basketball team knew that a win against the Hart Indians at Hart High would have put in concrete that they are a legitimate Foothill League title contender.
Prep girls basketball: Hart to honor Lilley
She's still trying to figure it out. Is it rehearsal, number retirement then rehearsal dinner? Is it number retirement, rehearsal then rehearsal dinner? Whatever order it will be, it will be a hectic Feb. 1 for Hart High basketball great and former WNBA player Taylor Lilley. On that day, Lilley's No. 1 will be retired in a ceremony at Hart High at halftime of the boys basketball game between Hart and Golden Valley. That same ...
The Day After Hoops: A revealing day in league
Feb. 8, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2013. The tombstone is now set on Hart girls basketball's Foothill League winless run. For years the premier girls basketball program in the Santa Clarita Valley, the Indians have fallen on hard times, which included an 0-10 mark in 2012 in the Foothill League. On Tuesday, Hart defeated an up-and-coming Golden Valley team 53-44. The losing steak was 13 games. "It's bittersweet," said Hart head coach Terra Palmer of ...
Prep boys hoops: Time to take notice of Valencia basketball
Valencia boys basketball was away from the Santa Clarita Valley in the preleague season just long enough for people to forget about it.
Prep Girls Hoops: Favorite emerges
Canyon girls basketball has been the best team in the Foothill League over the last three-plus seasons and this year the Cowboys are again a title favorite.
West Ranch's Hannah Green: Resistance is fuel
From her New York City room, 2012 All-Santa Clarita Valley and Foothill League player of the year Megan Dawe can remember the faces she made.
Prep boys hoops: Little doubt left
A lot of things had to go right for Canyon boys basketball to defeat West Ranch on Friday night at Canyon High.
Prep girls hoops: Canyon girls put defense first
West Ranch power forward Hannah Green single-handedly makes the Wildcats a defensive team and Canyon girls basketball knew she was coming.
TMC women's basketball: The reason is teamwork
One day at a time and as a team. A simple explanation, provided by fifth-season head coach Dan Waldeck, but one that couldn't be any more accurate to describe the early success of The Master's College women's basketball team. The Mustangs are 14-0 and are not just winning games - they're blowing away the competition. Take their last game for example - the Golden State Athletic Conference opener. TMC defeated Hope International 94-47 on Tuesday. ...
The Day After Hoops: Up to the hype
There was a heavy atmosphere game on Tuesday night at Hart High school. While schools are still on winter break, the crowd filtered in slowly, but by the time the West Ranch-Hart game at Hart High started, there weren't enough seats for all the people. And a game between the two Foothill League title favorites, two top ranked teams in the CIF-Southern Section, didn't disappoint. At least it didn't disappoint West Ranch in a 70-63 ...
Foothill basketball: West Ranch’s game changer
Yes, it's very much a team game, but one player can really turn things around in a basketball game.
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Hart baseball survives better than Canyon
It was said on Wednesday that the story in Canyon's Foothill League opening win against West Ranch was the Cowboys' offense.
SCV Hoops Finale adds a clinic
The Signal's fourth annual SCV Hoops Finale is now days away and since the announcement of the game earlier in the week, an addition to the game has been made and players have given their commitments to play.
Canyon Cowboys baseball proves it can hit
All the signs were there.
2013 Foothill League baseball preview: Big turnover levels playing field
It can't be ignored that a balancing of Foothill League baseball took place mostly in the months of June through October of last year.
Golden Valley's Billy Fredrick: Mr. Grizzly
Ernie Banks is known as Mr. Cub.
Kansas City Royals' James Shields: Part of the solution
The Tampa Bay Rays won 90 or more games in four of the last five seasons.
Trinity boys basketball's run comes to an end
Trinity Classical Academy head coach John Brooks said he was shaking hands with Horizon High coaches after his Knights lost 52-33 in the second round of the CIF Division V State Basketball Championships in San Diego Saturday night when a Panthers coach paid a large compliment.
SCV Hoops Finale set for March 23
This past basketball season was one of the most exciting in recent memory because of the action on the floor and the support of the fans.
Canyon's Apsay offered by Arizona
Canyon junior quarterback Cade Apsay received his first scholarship offer Thursday from the University of Arizona, according to Canyon head coach Rich Gutierrez.
Trinity hoops: Knights win first-round state playoff game
The last people saw of Trinity Classical Academy boys basketball was a heartbreaking first.
Veteran SCV hoops coach going back to North Korea
Santa Clarita Valley veteran basketball coach Greg Hayes is going back to North Korea where he will once again guide an American basketball team for games and clinics.
The Master's College baseball enters the turn
The Master's College baseball team has reached an interesting point in the season - its 25th game.
Matt Moore: The next chapter awaits
The next two weeks are an anxious time for Hart High graduate and NFL quarterback Matt Moore.
Prep boys basketball: Trinity raises the bar
SANTA ANA - Immediately following every CIF championship game, a small ceremony takes place on the court where the champions and runners up receive plaques.
Prep boys basketball: No need to wait on Trinity
One. Just one Santa Clarita Valley boys basketball team has won a CIF championship.
