Foothill League boys tennis prelims: Straight expectations

Not everyone was playing in their usual spots at the Foothill League boys tennis prelims. That didn't change the fact that the top four seeds advanced as expected to the semifinals in both singles and doubles play on Wednesday at the Paseo Club. The league's top two teams for the regular season, Valencia and West Ranch, make up the majority of the field which will compete in today's final rounds. Last year's singles champion, Valencia's ...

Foothill volleyball: The first phase

One goal down, two to go. Coming into the season, Valencia boys volleyball wanted to win the Foothill League first and foremost. It did that by finishing off league second-place Hart 3-0 on Tuesday at Hart High School, clinching an outright League title. With scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-23, the Vikings (18-7, 9-0) have now won at least a share of 11 straight titles and have stretched their state-record league win streak to 101 ...

Foothill League baseball: When life throws a curve

Scott Kerrigan wasn't supposed to be sitting in the dugout the whole season. Not this season. Not his senior year. Not the year he was supposed to impress scouts and light up radar guns and prove why he is Saugus' undisputed ace. But sometimes that's how baseball is. Sometimes that's how life is. The Saugus pitcher knows that more than anyone now, given the blow he was dealt just weeks before the start of this ...

TMC baseball: Season walkoff

Coming into its regular season finale, The Master's College baseball team knew it didn't have a chance to qualify for the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament.

Foothill baseball: Saugus sees no stop sign

Earlier in the week, Saugus baseball couldn't get much of anything going offensively against Golden Valley.

Foothill League boys volleyball: Grizz get in with win

This is a new Golden Valley boys volleyball. New attitude. New approach. That's what it committed itself to coming into the day. After two losses in its last three Foothill League matches, the Grizzlies got what they needed, a 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-12) dispatching of Canyon on Thursday at Golden Valley High. "When we put pressure on ourselves, we don't play as well," said Golden Valley senior setter Colton Korne in reference to his team's ...

Foothill League boys tennis: Valencia caps perfection

All the pressure was on Valencia. Going into Wednesday's Foothill League boys tennis finale, it hadn't lost a single dual match this season. Its top singles and doubles players hadn't dropped a set in league play. Yet the Vikings were the more cool and collected team against West Ranch, making the shots when they needed to and winning enough close sets to take a 15-3 win at West Ranch High School. It marks the fifth ...

Foothill boys volleyball: Indians use different formula

Hart boys volleyball has many different formulas for success. That came in handy when one of its top hitters was having an off day. Canyon learned the hard way that the Indians are capable of adapting on the fly during a 3-0 Hart win on Tuesday at Canyon High. Hart had a scare in the second game, but held on for the sweep, 25-16, 25-22 and 25-18. Senior J.J. Mosolf, normally one of Hart's best ...

Foothill League boys volleyball: Not the quitting type

Alec Schlossman had every reason not to play volleyball. Those who know him probably wouldn't be surprised to find out he stuck with it. The 17-year-old is not exactly the quitting type. But the Golden Valley junior has had plenty of hurdles to clear along the way. When he was a freshman, Schlossman played for both the school's freshman basketball team and a team at Legacy Volleyball Club. Eventually, he would have to choose one ...

Foothill League baseball: Can’t ignore Canyon

Just winning a couple games isn't enough for Canyon baseball this year. It wants to be a legitimate Foothill League contender. The Cowboys helped their case with a convincing 10-3 win over West Ranch on Friday at Canyon High. It puts Canyon (9-12, 4-5) just a game behind the Wildcats for third place in the standings thanks to a complete-game pitching performance by J.T. Arguellez and timely contributions from the top of batting order. "We've ...

Foothill boys volleyball: Hart still building off Vegas experience

It isn't that Hart boys volleyball isn't taking its opponents seriously. The team just has a certain swagger all of a sudden. Since returning on Tuesday from playing nine matches in a Las Vegas tournament, Hart boys volleyball has dominated two straight Foothill League opponents in two days, keeping a secure hold of second place behind Valencia. After a shutout of Golden Valley on Wednesday, the Indians repeated with another 3-0 takedown of West Ranch ...

Foothill League baseball: Hart livens up at right time

Sometimes the best way to judge a pitcher is to based on his response when under duress. Enter Hart's Tyler Glasnow, who struggled a bit with control early on Wednesday and had to pitch with his team behind nearly the entire game. Glasnow's refusal to give in paid off in the seventh inning, when the Hart bats came up with two big runs that resulted in a 2-1 Foothill League victory over Saugus on Wednesday ...

Foothill League boys volleyball: League of their own

A decade ago, Valencia boys volleyball was nothing more than an up-and-coming program at a relatively new school.

TMC baseball: Winning ways

Closing in on the last few series of the season, The Master's College baseball needs to win games any way it can.

Foothill League baseball: At the right time

Canyon baseball had the hitting part figured out. It was just a matter of doing it with runners on base.

Canyon track and field's Devin Baldwin: Endless tenacity

Foothill League girls track and field preview: Turnover effects

Foothill League boys track and field preview: Separation time