College golf: Locals look to stay focused

On a course like Karsten Creek, home of the 2011 NCAA Division I College Men's Golf Championships, it's about damage control.

All-Foothill League boys volleyball: Coaches honor Oppler

The best players in any sport are usually the ones that want the ball in pressure situations.

Prep boys tennis: All Vikings on the forefront

Valencia waltzed its way through Foothill League play and the rest of the regular season. The apt result - nearly every player on the team was honored in the 2011 All-Foothill League boys tennis teams. Leading the way on the all-league singles team is junior J.R. Macalutas, who went 22-0 against Foothill opponents for the league champion Vikings. "I felt really accomplished this year because Jason Ferlianto is really good," Macalutas said of the second-best ...

Around the SCV: Two for Hart, one more for GV

As the spring seasons come to a close, colleges are already filling up rosters for next year.

College golf: UCLA's Carrie Forsyth, the sweet taste of success

The second time around can sometimes be even sweeter. At least those were the sentiments of UCLA women's head golf coach Carrie Forsyth, whose team claimed its second NCAA Division I national championship under her tutelage last week. Forsyth, a 1989 Canyon High graduate, also coached the Bruins to a title in 2004. "It was awesome. After our win in 2004, when you win it the first time it's such a big deal, but you're ...

TMC Golf finishes 12th

The Master's College men's golf team finished tied for 12th place at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championships.

CIF baseball: Vikings can’t rise this time

DANA POINT - After the usual postgame team meeting in left field, Valencia baseball coaches and most of the players walked back to the dugout like they always do.

TMC golf: Return to form

The kind of season Kevin Anderson is having warrants an explanation. Truthfully, not even Anderson himself is exactly sure why he suddenly put together a stretch of the best golf of his life for The Master's College this year. But he has. And oddly enough, the senior has done it a year after one of his most disappointing campaigns of his competitive career. "I guess I attribute it to, I don't know, more of a ...

CIF tennis: Foothill Leaguers exit early at Individuals

Often times, the CIF-Southern Section boys tennis Individual tournament simply comes down to draws.

College baseball: TMC finishes even

Playing in the National Christian College Athletic Association World Series for the first time in school history, The Master's College baseball finished just the way it did the regular season - with an even .500 record.

CIF softball playoffs: Trinity’s sports season comes to end

It had the offensive production. It had the pitching. But Trinity Classical Academy softball fell just short of its first-ever playoff victory.

CIF softball playoffs: West Ranch squeezed in

Haley Hineman had been asked to lay down a bunt several times before this season. Never had the West Ranch sophomore faced such a scenario with a CIF-Southern Section Division I playoff game on the line. Hineman successfully executed a walk-off squeeze bunt in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift West Ranch softball to a 6-5 win past Moorpark in Thursday's first-round game at West Ranch High School. It marks the first playoff ...

CIF baseball playoffs: Trinity debuts then exits

Just about every Trinity Classical Academy sport competed in its first varsity season during the 2010-11 school year and made strides, including baseball.

Around the SCV: Jackson named all-state

When Lonnie Jackson first took the court for Valencia basketball, he was told he had little chance to gain any significant recognition for his talents outside of the Santa Clarita Valley.

CIF volleyball: Vikes hit familiar wall

IRVINE - For a program like Valencia boys volleyball, watching a season come to an end in any match other than a CIF championship is a disappointment.

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.

COC softball inches closer to state

Once again, College of the Canyons softball is one win away from making the state finals.

Usuals get it done at CIF track and field prelims

Golden Valley, Saugus and Canyon were the three clear frontrunners throughout the Foothill League track and field season.

West Ranch tennis can’t match up

No matter how the lineup was arranged, West Ranch Wildcats boys tennis was going to have a tough time.

Vikes double up in round 1

Valencia boys tennis head coach Annie Kellogg summed it up best by quoting the opposing coach.

CIF volleyball roundup: Foothill one and done

The Foothill League collectively went 0-for-3 in the boys volleyball playoffs this season.

West Ranch volleyball ousted in first round

Valencia Country Club hosts U.S. Open qualifier

Johnny MacArthur just got one step closer to playing in one of the world's biggest golf events.

Valencia's Chad LeDuff: Fitting of the distinction

People used to tell Christy LeDuff that her son had a gift.

Canyon baseball takes out the drama against G.V.

The Canyon Cowboys have been involved in a lot of wild games in recent weeks in Foothill League play.

Max Homa, Valencia graduate, wins Pac-12 individual title

Valencia High graduate Max Homa claims he was stressed out and nervous all week long.