Archive By Author - Cary Osborne
Prep soccer: Preleague win is a win
It's always this time of year that Valencia boys soccer opens up with a home game under the lights.
Prep cross country: Grizzlies keep on running
It's not over for Golden Valley cross country. Second chances have presented themselves in the form of the annual Foot Locker West Regional this Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. The event is the qualifier to the Dec. 8 Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships in San Diego - another U.S. prep championship like this Saturday's Nike Cross Nationals in which the Saugus girls team and Saugus boys cross country runner A.J. Yarnall ...
Prep basketball: Adapting early
There is no Santa Clarita Valley girls basketball team this season that has to change things up more from the last than Saugus.
Prep basketball: Adapting early
There is no Santa Clarita Valley girls basketball team this season that has to change things up more from the last than Saugus.
Prep basketball: ’Cats can close
It was a case of don't wake the sleeping giant at West Ranch High on Tuesday night. After a fast start, the Wildcats boys basketball team fell into a 2 1/2 quarter slumber against visiting Crespi of Encino and its big man Ako Kaluna was more frustrated than productive. Then a fourth-quarter surge keyed by an aggressive defense, a greater desire and the 6-foot-7-inch Kaluna led West Ranch to a 72-68 victory in the season ...
CIF football playoffs: Facing the curse
For the entire season, even before the season began, Valencia's wide receiving corps and skill position players in general have been held in high regard.
Anthony Costleigh: Valencia’s hammer
There's the hammer. And there's the nail. And regardless of Valencia senior linebacker Anthony Costleigh being just 5-feet, 10-inches tall and 185 pounds, he'll hammer any nail, any size. Valencia defensive coordinator Robert Waters says he is one of the biggest hitters Valencia has ever had. "I don't know why. You have to ask him," Waters says on how a kid of his size has a fearlessness beyond that of most players who have played ...
COC soccer's superb season ends
One loss the whole season and it came at the wrong time. College of the Canyons women's soccer lost 1-0 to Ventura College in the second round of the California Community College Athletic Association Regional Playoffs at Cougar Stadium on Wednesday. The loss ended one of the best seasons in program history. The nation's No. 3 team in Junior College Division III, according to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, finished the campaign at ...
CIF tennis: Still a little bit of life
Prep girls tennis season still has life locally as the Valencia doubles team of Ashley Keith and Tina Inchalik advanced in the CIF-Southern Section Division II tournament on Monday.
Golf: No luck for Delio, Gore
Two Santa Clarita Valley golfers fell short of making the final qualifying stage for the PGA Tour this past weekend. Jason Gore and Nick Delio both participated in the second stage of Q School at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta. Had they finished in the top 19, they would have advanced to PGA West - TPC Stadium & Nicklaus Tournament Course in LaQuinta. The top 25 finishers at that event are eligible for PGA ...
Prep hoops: West Ranch's Kaluna commits to NAU
West Ranch senior basketball player Ako Kaluna has committed to play for Northern Arizona University, becoming the first NCAA Division I basketball player from the Stevenson Ranch school.
CIF cross country: Saugus' section
WALNUT - Saugus High is again, without a doubt, the best cross country program in the Southern Section.
CIF football playoffs: Vikings' point of return
QUARTZ HILL - Everything was fast. From the scoring drives to the postgame speech. It was as if Valencia football was in a hurry to get to the point that has been its biggest obstacle in recent history. Valencia cruised past Quartz Hill Friday night 42-7 at Quartz Hill High in a second-round CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoff game that was never close. Now the Vikings (9-3) host Palos Verdes next Friday in the Northern ...
CIF football playoffs: No one gets it easy now
No. 1 went down and No. 2 was falling. The Northern Division was almost upside down. Then Valencia (8-3) turned things around and defeated Paso Robles 43-36 in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoffs last Friday, avoiding No. 1 Palmdale's fate. Yet it has to be concerning for the Vikings that they had to struggle to win. Not so, said Vikings head coach Larry Muir. "They were a handful. We survived ...
College football: Cougars relish one last chance to play
On Oct. 6, College of the Canyons was all but left for dead. Leading up to that day's game with Antelope Valley College, COC was 1-4 and on the outside looking in on a postseason appearance. Cougars head coach Garett Tujague was already talking about shifting gears on the season - giving his freshman more opportunities to prepare for the 2013 season. Six weeks later, COC is now 6-4 and in the postseason. The Cougars' ...
Articles By Author - Cary Osborne
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.
