Archive By Author - Dan Agnew
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.
Articles By Author - Dan Agnew
West Ranch's Tanner Skabelund: Only one way
Tanner Skabelund grew up in an environment that demanded a lot.
Foothill League 2013 boys volleyball preview: Teams have a lot to live up to
It's hard to figure out which team has more pressure on it.
Saugus baseball wins the hard way
Saugus Centurions baseball took one of the more stressful routes to victory.
Santa Clarita Valley NFL players hit the open market
Even before the NFL free agency period began, a few blockbuster deals were already made, according to reports around the league.
The Master's College's Jacqui Marshall: Compatible pursuits
All the other schools that tried to recruit Jacqui Marshall were aggressive and almost pushy.
Hart High boys volleyball jumps out to early lead
Toward the end of last season, Hart High boys volleyball was playing at a high level and showing signs of vast improvement from earlier in the year.
COC hoops: The ride comes to a stop
For a while, it looked like College of the Canyons men's basketball was going to keep this ride going.
Golden Valley boys volleyball hits reset
With a new head coach coming in at the last minute and a young team trying to recover from graduation losses, Golden Valley boys volleyball has its work cut out this season.
Canyon boys volleyball's rallying cry
Canyon boys volleyball is a team trying to develop trust among one another.
Prep boys hoops: Trinity gets a last shot
Don't close the book on this season just yet.
COC basketball: One common thread
All three athletes had their separate reasons for taking the paths they took.
Youth sports: Local AYSO teams make state
Even some of the coaches and parents in the community didn't realize a state championship existed for the American Youth Soccer Organization.
Colllege basketball: Upping the ante
It wasn't the win itself, it was the reaction that said it all.
Prep swimming: Hart boys, Valencia girls win at SCV Relays
Call it a soft opening to the Santa Clarita Valley prep swim season.
College women’s hoops: TMC loses in GSAC quarterfinals; awaits postseason fate
Ideally, The Master's College women's basketball team would have liked to head into the NAIA National Tournament with a little bit of momentum.
