Prep girls volleyball: Fall approaching fast

It seems like only a few weeks ago that girls volleyball competition was in full swing. Well, technically, it was for most of the Foothill League's varsity players. Most of them wrapped up club volleyball season around the beginning of the month. Within two weeks, just about every Foothill League team was back in the gym preparing for the fall season. "There is no break for girls volleyball," said Saugus head coach Zach Ambrose. The ...

Lacrosse makes a push

When John Torres helped create the Santa Clarita Youth Sports Association in 2006, his vision was to expand the area's youth football scene.

PONY baseball: W.S. Hart picks up pair of titles

William S. Hart baseball teams are raking in the championships these days. In a one-week span, Hart saw its PONY-13 all-stars and PINTO all-stars both win officially-sanctioned tournaments. First, the PONY team won the Southern California North Zone championship on July 11, only to bow out a week later in the super regional just short of the World Series. On Sunday, PINTO followed with a West Zone World Series title, the highest possible achievement at ...

Blue Heat soccer: A lot to be desired

It was a surprising breakout season for the Santa Clarita Blue Heat in just its second year of existence.

Golf: Delio ready for PGA push

It doesn't really matter what level of golf it is, it's every man for himself. That's never been more true for Nick Delio than it is now. The former Saugus High golfer and recent Cal State Northridge graduate will spend the next few months preparing for the rigorous stages of Professional Golf Association Qualifying School. At the end of the final stage in December, Delio hopes to come out as a PGA professional. "When you ...

Golf: Homa, Lee stay busy

The summer is seen as an offseason or a break for some athletes. Two local golfers see the season as an opportunity to ascend the rankings. In Max Homa's case, it's the World Amateur Golf Rankings, where Homa sits at 49th. The University of California, Berkeley junior and Valencia High graduate has made significant strides of his own this summer, coming off a fourth-place finish at the Players Amateur in Bluffton, S.C. on July 10. ...

Prep volleyball: Legacy clubs face the best

Quality club volleyball isn't just a novelty in the Santa Clarita Valley anymore. "Reputable" might be a good way to describe it now. Between last week's Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships in Minneapolis and the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix before that, area club players are going toe-to-toe with some of the best talent in the country. Legacy Volleyball Club in Valencia sent a total of four boys teams to the Junior Nationals, which concluded on ...

The AD Q&As: Matt Dixon, Trinity Classical Academy

Trinity Classical Academy Athletic Director Matt Dixon has a lot on his plate. For him and the rest of the school, everything is still new. The school just concluded its first season of varsity CIF athletics in almost every sport in 2010-11. For now, Dixon is getting all the teams, coaches and paperwork aligned for the upcoming season. Trinity rents from Northpark Community Church, which means it has no control over facilities built on campus. ...

Alison Lee: SCV standout picks UCLA

She's already competed in two U.S. Women's Open tournaments. She's No. 8 in the American Junior Golf Association Polo rankings and has five top 5 finishes in AJGA tournaments this year.

The AD Q&As: Steve Waldeck, The Master’s College

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of Q&As The Signal is conducting with every Santa Clarita Valley sports program's athletic director. The purpose of it is to give you, our readers, an insight to the athletic issues at each school and to also get you more familiarized with the athletic programs, who is running the school's athletic programs and what their opinions are.

College football: Collin Keoshian, a quick return

Former Santa Clarita Christian School running back Collin Keoshian is still waiting to play his first down of college football.

Rodeo: A force on a horse

Chrissy Madgwick has spent a good portion of the summer at Lake Hughes in the northern part of the Angeles National Forest.

W-League soccer: Some unfinished business

All the Santa Clarita Blue Heat wanted to do was control the tempo, gain the momentum and secure a playoff spot.

Minor League Baseball: Locals star in Triple-A

All-Star week isn't only taking place in Phoenix - at least not for Minor League Baseball.

Prep football: SCCS back to square one

They might have to learn how to play more zone coverage than man-to-man on defense. They'll most likely have to open up the passing game a lot more rather than relying so much on the ground attack.

Canyon track and field's Devin Baldwin: Endless tenacity