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. ...

Prep basketball: Hustle beats length

Going up against a much taller opponent, the solution for Valencia girls basketball was to do what it intends to do each and every game this season - hustle and rebound.

Prep tennis: Valencia pair knocked out

This year's Valencia girls tennis team never went away easily. Its doubles team of Ashley Keith and Tina Inchalik embodied that attitude all season long. And although the pairing fought until the very last point on Tuesday at the CIF-Southern Section Individual tournament on Tuesday, its run came to an end in the round of 32 at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center. Keith and Inchalik fell behind early in both sets and couldn't recover, eventually losing ...

Prep soccer: Indians find the right formula

Once this Hart boys soccer team starts clicking, it appears to be pretty dangerous. Osmar Martinez scored two goals to help lead a second-half surge for Hart, which won 5-1 over Quartz Hill on Tuesday at Hart High School. Playing with its usual short-passing style that emphasizes maintaining possession, the Indians (2-0) came alive offensively and scored four of their five goals in the second half. "We started passing more to feet and then we ...

Prep volleyball: From start to finish

When all the Foothill League's coaches were surveyed at the beginning of the year, Delaney Knudsen was the popular pick for league player of the year.

Golden Valley cross country: Glimpse of the future

Golden Valley freshman Bianca Tinoco stood in line with a smile on her face while waiting to go up on stage to be honored for what she had just done.

CIF cross country: Legacy continues

FRESNO – It was a tense couple of minutes for Saugus. The girls cross country team, surrounded by coaches, parents and alumni, could do nothing but wait. When the word finally arrived that Saugus had won its seventh straight state championship, the team celebrated as if it were the school's first. The girls team won the CIF State Division II championship by its slimmest margin yet, led by sophomore Samantha Ortega's second-place finish in a ...

CIF cross country: Saugus surpasses its expectations

FRESNO – The seven state titles in a row almost diminish what this year's Saugus girls cross country team did.

CIF cross country: Some Fresno familiarity

If Saugus is the present cross country power, maybe Golden Valley is the future. Golden Valley will be represented by just two runners on Saturday at the CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. The two Grizzlies headed to state are senior Nolan Del Valle, who will run in the boys division II race, and freshman Bianca Tinoco, who set to make her state debut in girls Division II. In those same ...

Prep cross country: Their piece of the dynasty

It's become an unofficial tradition in recent years for alumni to drop by Saugus High School the week of Thanksgiving to visit their old teammates and coaches on the girls cross country team.

Saugus cross country: Up there with the best

For years, all they've heard people say is, "How about that Saugus girls cross country team?"

CIF football playoffs: Canyon offense halted on road

ATASCADERO - The usually prolific Canyon High offense may have finally met its match. On a rainy, slippery grass field at Atascadero High School on Friday night, Canyon could never quite get its footing - literally - as it fell short 30-14 against Atascadero in the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division quarterfinals. The usually pass-heavy Cowboys (8-3-1) struggled to move the ball through the air early and the ground game wasn't enough to match the more ...

CIF cross country: Plenty to watch for

Anything short of a CIF championship would be a major disappointment for Saugus girls cross country, which has stood atop the CIF-Southern Section Division II rankings all season long.

TMC baseball's A.J. Work: Homeward Bound

When A.J. Work last left Idaho as a high school baseball player, he was just a wide-eyed kid trying to figure out how he was going to compete with the "big boys."

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.