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.

College golf: Grimes takes fourth

Kris Grimes almost had a perfect finish to her College of the Canyons career. The sophomore was leading the California Community College Athletic Association Women's Golf State Championship headed into Tuesday's final round. It would have been her second straight state title and second consecutive tournament victory after she won the CCCAA Southern California Championship a week earlier. But she hit a rough patch through the final four holes on Tuesday at the par-72 Temecula ...

Saugus' Samantha Ortega: Improbable upturn

Saugus cross country head coach Rene Paragas has never been one to mince words. Earlier this season, when he was asked about this year's six-time defending state champion girls cross country team, he described his team as "a bunch of blue collar runners," and said he didn't expect anyone to win any individual races. That was two months ago, and Paragas was being honest. Then entered sophomore Samantha Ortega, who is putting together one of ...

Pro baseball: Next step for Valaika

Hart High graduate and former third-round draft pick Chris Valaika is headed to the Miami Marlins organization.

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

Canyon comes from behind to beat Saugus 6-4

Zachary Hanks, former Hart pitcher, commits to New Mexico St.

Former Hart High pitcher Zachary Hanks has officially committed to play baseball at New Mexico State University next season. The senior will receive a scholarship to play for the college.

Golden Valley's James Chevious has surprised on the track

On March 21, James Chevious experienced his first Foothill League win as a Golden Valley Grizzly.

COC baseball: Playing for playoffs

If College of the Canyons baseball is going to play its way into the postseason, pitching performances like Thursday's will certainly help.

Valencia baseball cools off West Ranch

J.D. Busfield just put Valencia Vikings baseball back in first place.

Wildcats volleyball in driver's seat with win over Hart

Golden Valley names new boys soccer coach

Golden Valley High School has named its new varsity boys soccer coach, the school announced Friday.

West Ranch baseball back on top

The surge back to the top continued for the defending Foothill League champion West Ranch Wildcats baseball team.

Foothill tennis roundup: Hope alive for Golden Valley

At the halfway mark in Foothill League play, Golden Valley boys tennis needed a signature win to keep realistic hopes of an automatic playoff spot alive.

Role reversal for Hart, Valencia boys volleyball

Something is definitely different about the Foothill League this year in boys volleyball.

Pac-12 Championships a ‘dream’ event for coach

Carrie Forsyth has been looking forward to this tournament for a long time.

2013 All-SCV Boys Soccer: Valencia's Zach Klindworth