Prep soccer: Cards’ opponent on another level

Santa Clarita Christian School boys soccer knew it had a challenge on its hands playing against a team one division above it in the CIF-Southern Section.

Prep soccer: Too much time

Based on the looks on the faces of players after the game, you might have thought Saugus girls soccer lost the game.

Prep volleyball: Two locals are All-CIF

In volleyball, sometimes outside hitters get all the glory. In 2010, it was two non-glory positions that earned local players spots on the All CIF-Southern Section volleyball teams in their respective divisions last week. Valencia middle blocker Emily Ellias made the team in Division 1A and Santa Clarita Christian setter Joanna Masopust earned a spot on the Division 4A team. Ellias, who was also voted the 2010 Foothill League Player of the Year by the ...

Prep basketball: ’Cats clutch in the fourth

One night after giving up 88 points to Valencia, West Ranch had one goal in mind - play defense.

Prep basketball: Canyon to defend home court

It was only a matter of time for Canyon. Stifling defense helped the Cowboys overcome an early scoring draught in their 49-40 win over Highland of Palmdale on Friday night in the Canyon Classic boys basketball semifinal game at Canyon High School. Canyon not only overcame poor shooting, but had to play the first quarter without starting forward Darnel Haggerty, who was left out for disciplinary reasons. Highland led 6-2 by the end of the ...

Prep soccer: Valencia beats two opponents

Valencia girls soccer was not only trying to work in a new offensive system, it was trying to do it while dealing with the elements.

Prep soccer: Youth wins out

Santa Clarita Christian may have a young team this year, but Trinity has an even younger program.

Prep basketball: Hart staves off Knights

Hart girls basketball doesn't want to settle for mediocre this season. And even after a 52-40 victory over Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks Wednesday night at Hart High School, the team is still critical of itself. "They want to be great, and with that comes great individual responsibility," said Hart head coach Zach Koebel of his players. After last week's fourth-place finish at the Valencia High-Five Classic, Koebel said the team was capable of better. ...

Prep basketball: West Ranch hits groove

Early in the season, some teams are still trying to settle into a groove. In its second game of the year, West Ranch's offense looked plenty settled. The Wildcats dominated Panorama 82-36 in the Canyon Classic boys basketball tournament at Canyon High School on Wednesday. West Ranch (2-0) didn't leave much doubt about the game, quickly and aggressively finding open shots against an overmatched Panorama team. "We were just being unselfish with the ball," said ...

Prep soccer: Canyon done with draws

Amidst a difficult non-league schedule, Canyon boys soccer wanted to get a win under its belt after two straight draws. The Cowboys delivered with authority Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over Crespi of Encino at Canyon High School. This came four days after Canyon (2-0-2) drew 1-1 against defending CIF-Southern Section Division III champion Paramount which followed a 0-0 draw against Simi Valley last Wednesday. "The situation was, we put ourselves in a predicament ...

Prep basketball: Guests unkind to host

Golden Valley girls basketball started to figure out how to slow down the quick Gardena offense.

Prep basketball: Late boomers

Saugus could only hold Valencia's shooters in check for so long. After a somewhat stagnant first half for both teams, Valencia got its offense working and was able to topple a taller Saugus team 51-40 Saturday in a non-league game at the Valencia High-Five Classic at Valencia High School. The Vikings (2-2) earned fifth place in the classic with the win. "We run a lot of sets, so it gives us a lot of places ...

Prep basketball: Press slowly hobbles Hart

At first, Hart was taking advantage of Stockdale's aggressive style of defense. The Indians were finding open lanes and shots in transition when they were able to break the press. But Hart couldn't break the press consistently enough, and ended up on the losing end of a 65-47 game in the third-place matchup at the Valencia High-Five Classic Tournament. Hart (2-2) handled Stockdale's full-court pressure defense for the first half, trailing just 23-20 at the ...

Men's soccer: Cougars continue unlikely run

College of the Canyons hasn't just carved its way through some of the top-ranked men's soccer teams in California.

Prep basketball: Trinity drops inaugural game

Sometimes, a brand new program has to go through growing pains. Unfortunately for Trinity Classical Academy, those pains came in the form of a 59-24 loss to Armenian General Benevolent Union of Canoga Park on Thursday at Santa Clarita Christian School. It was Trinity's first-ever game as a varsity boys basketball program as well as the opening round of the SCCS 2010 Tip-Off Tournament. "I liked how hard our players worked," said Trinity head coach ...

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.

Hart's Myles Franklin named All-State sophomore

Hart High sophomore Myles Franklin was named an All-State sophomore by Cal-Hi Sports.

West Ranch goes 10-0 in Foothill League play

The West Ranch Wildcats completed a season sweep through Foothill League play on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over the Valencia Vikings by scores of 22-25, 25-18, 25-17 and 26-24 at West Ranch High School.

Foothill League track finals up next

All the focus was on the track at Tuesday's Foothill League track and field prelims at Valencia High School. Qualifying heats were held for seven varsity events in both boys and girls on Tuesday, all of which were running events. Finals for the field events will be held on Friday at Valencia, along with the rest of the league finals. In the meantime, the stage has been set for some tight competition in multiple events ...

TMC baseball sweeps major conference awards

The Master's College baseball earned a conference title on Saturday, and the team was rewarded with a cluster of awards on Tuesday with the release of the 2013 Golden State Athletic Conference baseball awards.

Cal's Max Homa leads by five at Pac-12 finals

Though it wasn't done with as much flare as the day before, Max Homa remained steady in the third round of the Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship.

Saugus' Rachel Eaton: Assuming her role

Every team has to have its role players.

Max Homa breaks course record at Pac-12 finals

On the first day of the 2013 Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship, Valencia High alumnus Max Homa broke a course record by carding a 9-under 61 at the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club on Monday.

Three COC products sign with NFL teams

The 2013 NFL Draft wrapped up this past weekend, but three more College of the Canyons products signed on with teams on Monday as undrafted free agents.