Archive By Author - Cary Osborne
An evolution: Golden Valley's Maverick Ahanmisi
It was two years ago that Maverick Ahanmisi sat on a cold bench, head down, while the bright spotlights of a production company encircled the court of Golden Valley High's gymnasium.
Coach hires are in holding pattern
Two months after Steve Pinkston resigned as head football coach at Golden Valley and Mike Kane did the same at West Ranch, both schools are unable to make a hire because of California's budget deficit.
Believe it
Golden Valley's Maverick Ahanmisi was having one of the greatest games in this valley's playoff history, but that didn't hold back an unrelenting charge by Foothill of Santa Ana Tuesday night at Golden Valley High.
Step for success
Excitement. Reality. Confusion. Frustration. Those were the four stages experienced by Canyon High graduate Matt Warr in one year.
Lance rides through SCV: Still hopes of a future finish
He came. He rode. And he was gone. Just like that. Lance Armstrong, beginning on the edge, took off from the starting line of the Amgen Tour of California on Town Center Drive in Valencia Saturday, and that was the most that anybody saw of the cycling superstar. The last two years saw the Amgen Tour of California finish in Santa Clarita, which meant a couple of loops through the streets of the valley, the ...
The Golden Valley rollers: Grizzlies win big
Golden Valley head basketball coach Chris Printz was pretty incredulous after Friday's road matchup with Brea Olinda in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIA playoffs.
Cards dealt a tough blow
Santa Clarita Christian girls soccer's second time in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs ended in heartbreak Thursday.
Ruiz’s miracle scores Cats a win
Touchdown. That was the name of the play and the result which gave West Ranch girls basketball a surprise 52-49 victory over No. 10 seed Whittier in the CIF-Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs on the road. With seconds left, Wildcats guard Erin Ruiz inbounded the ball to a teammate, grabbed a handoff, then launched from midcourt. The ball went through the net for the 3-pointer and victory as time expired. "Parents were rushing out of ...
Not your typical No. 3 team
Saugus girls soccer may be the most dangerous team in the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs.
Canyon already thinking about next year
Canyon learned the difference between tape and live action Wednesday. The Cowboys lost 69-41 to No. 1 seeded Thousand Oaks in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs on the road. "They are shockingly good," said Canyon head coach Chad Phillips of the Lancers. "When you look at them on film nothing particularly stands out. But they're shockingly good on the court." Phillips said his team struggled with the Lancers' size throughout. ...
SCCS chops down Twin Pines in round one
Don't call it an upset, but Santa Clarita Christian boys basketball drove Twin Pines of Banning out of its own building with a 72-53 victory in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division VIAA playoffs.
Outlook changes for preps
Prep athletics in the Santa Clarita Valley might avoid the budget ax altogether. Jaime Castellanos, superintendent of the William S. Hart Union High School District, said Tuesday he doesn't anticipate prep sports in the district being largely affected by the still-pending California budget and the cuts that will be made based on it. "A lot of our kids are involved in sports. If we cut athletics, it would have a damaging effect," Castellanos said. "I ...
Switching gears
Kris Rincon faced the realization that so many big-time high school athletes face once they reach college. There are other big-time athletes and even more bigger-time athletes.
A cut that might lead to worse
A friend of mine made the comment to me after reading a story in Saturday's sports section about the budget crunch having an effect on preps sports in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Budget ax may swing at sports
The state budget crunch may mean individual schools have to pay for substitute teachers when coaches travel with their teams, missing a day of school, according to some reports Friday.
Articles By Author - Cary Osborne
Community: Moore to host blood drive
Hart High graduate and NFL quarterback Matt Moore and local protein water company Spartos, a company he is a partner in, are collaborating with Providence Blood Donor Center on Saturday for a blood drive in Valencia.
Canyon's McCoy is girls hoops POY
For all that Canyon senior forward Alia McCoy had accomplished in her stellar basketball career, there was one thing she couldn't say.
Wildcat Harris leads All-Foothill boys hoops team
It's sort of a no-brainer for West Ranch boys basketball player Kevin Harris.
Prep girls hoops: Canyon falls in quarters to Lynwood
LYNWOOD - Why has Canyon girls basketball been the best winter sports team in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last four years?
Prep boys basketball: ’Cats can’t quite close
DANA POINT - In so many cases, a team is a reflection of its leaders.
Prep girls hoops: Canyon advances to CIF quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive season
No Santa Clarita Valley winter sports team can say what Canyon girls basketball can.
Prep girls hoops: Valencia falls against state 20th ranked team
This Valencia Vikings girls basketball game had so much going for it.
Prep boys soccer: Valencia’s best season in team history ends at the hands of Temescal Canyon
The Valencia Vikings boys soccer team was defeated by the Valencia Vikings - or in a more clearer terms, the Temescal Canyon soccer team playing Valencia style soccer.
