Archive By Author - Paul Putignano
Foothill League swimming: Hart's Nicolette Barreiro, miracle in motion
Occasionally, events occur that truly make a person step back and re-evaluate his or her priorities.
Foothill League Boys Swim Preview: Foothill League redux
Some Foothill League swim coaches are going to be focusing inward this season, rebuilding after many key graduations.
Prep baseball: Very Gooding
In the moment, Golden Valley third baseman Anthony San Miguel's slow roller toward the shortstop seemed innocuous enough.
Prep softball: Home security
The Valencia softball team had already won the Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Prep softball: Still work to do for ’Cats
West Ranch head softball coach Bob Shults believes this year's team could be the best in program history.
College track and field: Rapid development
When The Master's College distance runner Anthony Pizzo stepped to the starting line on March 5 at the Ben Brown Invitational in Fullerton, there wasn't fear. There wasn't intimidation.
Prep softball: Foothill’s early faceoff
The first Foothill League softball games aren't for nearly a month, but some teams are already running into each other.
TMC notebook: Women take new ground
The Master's College men's cross country team took a giant step forward in the fall with the program's first Golden State Athletic Conference title and an 11th-place finish at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Championships.
College swim: Korth tops NCAA Div. II
It hasn't been the most conventional journey, but Hart High graduate Nick Korth made it to the top nonetheless.
Prep volleyball: Mistakes melt Wildcats
It's not only a new year for the West Ranch boys volleyball team, it's also a whole new starting lineup.
Prep softball: Hart has an ace and a bat
Sometimes coaches opt to use designated hitters in the batting order rather than risk an injury to their starting pitcher.
Prep softball: Veteran Cents sweep twin bill
The Saugus softball team is one of the most experienced groups in the Foothill League. In its season-opening doubleheader against Newbury Park, it played like it. The Centurions benefited from a pair of home runs in game 1 to win 3-1 and routed the Panthers in a four-inning second game 19-0 on Tuesday at Central Park. Saugus features 11 seniors and five NCAA Division I commits, many of which have been mainstays at the varsity ...
Basketball: The professionals
Only three players with Santa Clarita Valley ties have played in the NBA's or WNBA's regular seasons.
Prep softball: Turf defended
A glance at the long list of softball players returning to Foothill League competition provides evidence that this year could be a very strong one for local teams. So does the league's performance at the 20th annual Hart Varsity Softball Tournament. Three Foothill teams - Canyon, Hart and West Ranch - advanced to the semifinals of the winner's bracket Saturday at Central Park, while Golden Valley moved on to the consolation semis of the 16-team ...
TMC notebook: Ushering in the spring
The end has finally come for The Master's College men's and women's basketball teams.
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