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. ...

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.

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.

Valencia grad Nick Ferry wins NCAA volleyball title

For the second straight year, Valencia High graduate Nick Ferry got to experience a national championship.

Saugus baseball breaks the pattern in victory

It's almost as if the baseball gods wanted to test the Saugus Centurions.

West Ranch volleyball clinches outright Foothill title