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Prep boys soccer: Vikes keep on the gas
Normally, Valencia Vikings boys soccer is content with sitting on a one-goal lead and playing defense.
The Day After Soccer: Time to buckle down
It doesn't appear anyone is slowing down Valencia Vikings girls soccer lately. This Friday may very well be the last chance to stop the Vikings from winning their first Foothill League title since 2009. That's when Valencia takes on the league second-place Canyon Cowboys at 5 p.m. at Canyon High. "Our approach is we want to run the table," said Valencia head coach Sean O'Connell. "We know there's not a team that outplayed us yet ...
Prep boys soccer: Turnaround ‘D’
After losing its first three Foothill League games and allowing 12 goals along the way, the Saugus Centurions boys soccer team took it personally.
Prep boys hoops: Time heals ’Cats’ night
All you've got to do with the West Ranch Wildcats boys basketball team is give them a little time.
Saugus' Jacob Dawe: Too big to fail
The coaching staff at Saugus just kept waiting for it to happen. There he was, well over 6 feet tall by the time was a freshman in high school. He came from an athletic and supportive family. He was a hard worker, had good grades, the whole kit and caboodle. Saugus senior Jacob Dawe had the perfect makeup of a good basketball player all along, and his coaches knew it was only a matter of ...
Prep football: Canyon WR Drew Wolitarsky chooses Minnesota
Canyon High senior Drew Wolitarsky, a record-breaking wide receiver, made his official verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota on Sunday evening, his father John confirmed.
Prep boys hoops: Calm under pressure
Valencia Vikings boys basketball is a team that preaches chemistry and playing team ball.
Prep boys soccer: ’Cats back atop league
There's nothing like beating your league rival to heal all the wounds of a painful loss earlier in the week.
The Day After Soccer: Path of the leaders
Tuesday was a good day for Valencia Vikings soccer on the boys and girls side. Both teams came into the day at second place in the Foothill League, and both came out of it in first. But that's only a few of the major story lines going on here at the halfway mark of the winter league season. Boys With five games in the books and five to play, the league title race appears to ...
Prep boys soccer: Just a single goal in mind
The way the Valencia Vikings boys soccer team is playing defense these days, all they need is one goal.
College of the Canyons' Jaylen Bland: Right place, right time
Timing has been everything for College of the Canyons sophomore Jaylen Bland. For better or worse, it took a lot of strange twists and surprises for him to end up in a Cougars uniform. After enduring a frustrating freshman year of college basketball, it was actually an old high school rival who played a big part in bringing Bland back to the Los Angeles area where he used to live. "I ...
Prep boys soccer: A meeting of the minds
Instead of practicing earlier this week, Saugus boys soccer held a team meeting following a third straight Foothill League loss.
Prep boys hoops: Cents’ fresh start
Whether or not this game could be considered a must-win for Saugus boys basketball, the Centurions certainly played like it.
The Day After Soccer: Big games on horizon
If Hart girls soccer is the hottest team in the Foothill League, Valencia gets the title of most consistent.
College basketball: Cool customers
The theme of anyone coming up big on any given night has spilled over to the conference season for College of the Canyons men's basketball.
Articles By Author - Dan Agnew
Around the SCV: Local grads grab notice
Canyon High graduate Alysia Montano was named the USA Track and Field Athlete of the Week on Wednesday.
Prep boys soccer: Defensive mistakes doom Indians
The Hart Indians boys soccer team won its first two playoff games by limiting mistakes and finishing scoring chances.
Prep girls soccer: Cardinals’ conclusion
The core group of seniors on the Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals girls soccer players experienced a lot through the years.
Prep sports: First polls of the spring
Forget what the calendar says, spring is practically here in the world of sports.
Valencia boys soccer: Stuck in the middle
It's a simple question with no simple answer.
