Prep volleyball: Three locals selected for All-CIF teams

Three Santa Clarita Valley girls volleyball players made the All-CIF list, which was released Tuesday.

NFL: Up and comers

Some of the Santa Clarita Valley's newest professional football stars are showing signs of long-term promise in the NFL.

Awards: The haul for the fall

The fall season is complete for The Master's College and College of the Canyons, and now is the time of year to honor the outstanding athletes from each school for the season that was.

College soccer: Former Canyon, COC player headed to CSU L.A.

Canyon graduate Jordan Markovich will play soccer any way he can. After playing soccer the past two seasons with two different schools, he's adding a third to his list with a commitment to Cal State University, Los Angeles on Thursday. After graduating high school in 2011, the former two-time All-Santa Clarita Valley first-team selection spent his freshman year of college playing at Azusa Pacific University before playing for College of the Canyons this past fall. ...

Prep volleyball: West Ranch's Skabelund signs with BYU

Adding to the strong tradition of college-caliber men's volleyball players to come from the Santa Clarita Valley, West Ranch senior Tanner Skabelund will play for Brigham Young University next season.

Prep basketball: Saugus can still play D

The method is always the same for Saugus boys basketball, even if most of the players are different. With gobs of new starters on the roster, the Centurions still played their signature hard-nosed defense and spread the ball around nicely. It was a winning recipe in Saugus' 73-42 season-opening win over Eastside of Lancaster on Wednesday in the first round of the Canyon Classic tournament at Canyon High School. All 14 of Saugus' rostered players ...

Prep soccer: Early Lions get ‘Cats

In the long run, the two-time defending Foothill League champion West Ranch boys soccer team could be in good shape again this season.

College basketball: TMC wrecks Tech

Given a strong recruiting class, The Master's College men's basketball is a team capable of big things this season.

COC men’s basketball preview: Endless possibilities

College of the Canyons men's basketball has played with several different starting lineups this season.

Golf: Graeme McDowell still leader at Sherwood after three

THOUSAND OAKS – Technically, this World Challenge golf tournament is mostly being played for bragging rights.

Golf: Foreign flavor

THOUSAND OAKS – Graeme McDowell is one of just three international players in the field at the World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual.

Golf: McDowell takes three-stroke lead at World Challenge

THOUSAND OAKS – Graeme McDowell is one of just three international players in the field at the World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual.

Prep basketball: Pressure gets to Hart

Hart girls basketball is still in the rebuilding phase, but head coach Terra Palmer isn't using that as an excuse.

Prep basketball: The two tip-offs

It's not a rivalry yet, but Santa Clarita Christian and Albert Einstein Academy set the tone for some exciting matchups down the road.

Prep cross country: All Saugus at Nike Nationals

It's nothing out of the ordinary for the Saugus girls cross country team. But for Saugus senior A.J. Yarnall, it's historic. Following last weekend's results at the CIF State Cross Country Championships, the Saugus girls team was selected, along with Yarnall, to compete at the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday in Portland, Ore. Yarnall, who was picked as an individual at-large qualifier, becomes the school's first-ever qualifier for the Nike event on the boys side. ...

West Ranch softball makes first quarterfinal

West Ranch Wildcat Julia Lombardi hit the ball into center field for what appeared to the final out of the softball team's season.

Golden Valley's Nolan Del Valle commits to UC Irvine

One of the best runners in Golden Valley High School history just finished his four-year career at the school.

Pair of Golden Valley coaches step down

Scott Drootin didn't guide the Golden Valley Grizzlies baseball team to any championships, but he built up the program in many other ways.

'Cowboy Round-Up’ passing tournament a success

When Canyon High football head coach Rich Gutierrez thought of the idea of hosting a passing tournament in the spring, his goal was to get some top level football programs involved.

CIF track and field finals: Onward they move

Was it the traditional display of dominance for the Foothill League? Not exactly.

COC's Tim White wins state triple jump title

One year later, Tim White wasn't going to let anyone get in his way of a state championship.

Golden Valley's Azaria Hill: Athlete in her blood

Clusters of runners whiz by every couple of minutes.

Valencia can't handle Harvard-Westlake in Division I playoffs

Foothill League announces all-league boys volleyball

Einstein baseball is in and out

In its first playoff appearance in team history, Albert Einstein Academy baseball didn't get any breaks.

Valencia baseball wins CIF-SS Division I wild card

The bats may be coming around just in time for Valencia Vikings baseball. Patient and effective hitting put Valencia in front early and an A.J. Balta grand slam put the game out of reach as the Vikings beat the Westlake Warriors 11-2 on Tuesday in a CIF-Southern Section Division I wild-card matchup at Valencia High School. "We saw the pitches we wanted and we hit them," said Balta, who started for the first time in ...

Valencia tennis caps it off in the quarters

One break of serve here, another tough bounce there, and that was enough to prevent the Valencia Vikings boys tennis team from moving on in the postseason.

COC men's golf wins its sixth state title

College of the Canyons golf head coach Gary Peterson still vividly remembers when his men's golf team won its first state championship 20 years ago.

COC softball knocked out of playoffs

It isn't the kind of repeat College of the Canyons softball was looking for.

Season slips away from COC baseball

Everything seemed to be set up perfectly for College of the Canyons baseball.