Prep basketball: Hogging the Holiday

Lewis Stallworth scored a game-high 22 points, including 10 in the third quarter, to help the Hart boys basketball team pull away from Glendale, 72-56, in the championship game of its own Hart Holiday Classic at Hart High School on Saturday.

Prep soccer: Hart takes it all

The Hart girls soccer team may have finally hit its stride. After some early season struggles finding their footing under first-year head coach Justin Lundin, the Indians capped an undefeated showing at their own Hart Soccer Showcase with a 3-0 victory over Quartz Hill on Saturday afternoon at Hart High School. After going eight game without a victory to start the season, Hart is 6-0-1 in its last seven games, including a perfect 5-0 during ...

Prep soccer roundup: Hart gets its result

With high winds and a slick field, the conditions were hardly ideal for the Hart girls soccer team in the opening day of the Hart Soccer Showcase.

Prep hoops: Hart right on cue

Despite leading at halftime in its opening game of the Hart Holiday Classic, the Indians boys basketball team was looking to pick up the intensity heading into the third frame against visiting Burbank.

Brock Vereen: New kind of feeling

A year ago, University of Minnesota defensive back and Valencia High School graduate Brock Vereen was spending Christmas with his family.

Dina McBride: A journey worth taking

When Dina McBride stepped on the court at the United State Tennis Association 40s Hard Court National Championships earlier this month, it was hard to imagine she had suffered a gruesome injury in the same tournament just a year before.

Prep basketball: Making their luck

What started as a way to help a group of students looking to increase their academic and athletic opportunities, has blossomed in just six years into a successful international studies program at Santa Clarita Christian School.

Prep sports: Pair of Cardinals earn high marks in the Heritage

Award season has arrived for Heritage League fall sports, and 12 Santa Clarita Christian athletes found themselves on all-league lists in football or girls volleyball.

Prep soccer: Sticking with it

It would have been easy for the Canyon girls soccer team to give up, down two goals after a half without being able to find the back of the net.

Prep soccer: Can’t be ignored

Despite finishing the 2011-12 regular season as arguably the hottest team in the Foothill League, and starting out this season with an impressive record against quality competition, the Valencia girls soccer team remains unranked in the CIF-Southern Section Division II poll and is still looking to garner some respect.

Prep soccer: Hart’s identity search

The Hart girls soccer team has spent the last eight games searching for its identity under first-year head coach Justin Lundin.

TMC men’s basketball preview: Shaped by adversity

The Master's College men's basketball team always knew the importance of a quick start - but it learned last year that early success doesn't guarantee prolonged success.

TMC women's basketball preview: A sense of progression

After a disappointing 2011-12 season saw The Master's College women's basketball team fall in the first round of the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament after finishing eighth in the final standings, TMC is already back respect this season.

Prep basketball: Canyon holds its end

It was clear from the beginning that very little about Canyon's semifinal matchup with Grant in the Canyon Classic on Friday night would go smoothly.

Prep soccer: Caught at the end

Canyon showed just how quickly things can change on the soccer field. The Cowboys twice blew leads on Thursday night, as Quartz Hill battled back from an early hole to tie Canyon 3-3 at Canyon High School. With just 8:40 left in the contest and Canyon (1-3-2) clinging to a 3-2 lead, the Rebels' Alen Menjivar scored from inside the 6-yard box, his second goal of the game, to send the teams home in a ...

West Ranch eliminated from playoffs by Santiago for third time

West Ranch's Ashlyn Matheus: Riding high

West Ranch High Student Ashlyn Matheus still can't run - but she can certainly ride.

Santa Clarita Valley's Castaic Lake shines on national stage

The USA Swimming Open Water National Championships concluded Sunday with the men's and women's 5K races at lower Castaic Lake.

Centurions leave nine in scoring position in loss to Orange Lutheran

Saugus Centurions softball is going to be looking back at this one for a while.

West Ranch softball defeats Rancho Cucamonga in playoff opener

The West Ranch Wildcats softball team did their part first - then they received a little help from an unlikely ally 67 miles away.

Open Water Championships coming to Santa Clarita Valley's Castaic Lake

Saugus' Morsch capped career with Santa Clarita Valley best

When Jonathan Morsch's high school swimming career came to an end on Saturday, it was the culmination of 11 years of swimming - an 11-year venture that took Morsch from swimming out of necessity to swimming because he was one of the best the Santa Clarita Valley had to offer.

NCAA softball tournament takes on Santa Clarita flavor

Next level proves tougher for Trinity baseball

In its first season since moving up from the Heritage League to the more competitive Liberty League, the Trinity Knights softball team accomplished a lot by making the postseason.

Valencia softball left stranded

The Valencia Vikings softball team certainly had its chances to advance to the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I postseason.

Experiment a success for West Ranch lacrosse

The West Ranch Wildcats boys lacrosse team couldn't have dreamt of a more dramatic ending to its inaugural season.

Abbey Weitzeil steals the show at CIF swim finals

As soon as Abbey Weitzeil touched the wall in the 100-yard freestyle for her second individual CIF title of the day, the Saugus sophomore spun around to check the results on the board.

COC baseball in early hole at Super Regional

The College of the Canyons Cougars baseball team couldn't find an answer for Saddleback College Gauchos pitcher Evan Manarino on Friday.

Hart boys tennis falls to San Marino in rout

For the Hart Indians boys tennis team, the cause was rather simple.

Valencia tennis moves to quarters for first time since 2008

The Valencia Vikings continue on. For the first time since 2008 - when Valencia advanced to the quarterfinals of CIF-Southern Section Division I - the Vikings have made it past the second round. This time around, the Vikings play in Division II, and on Friday afternoon Valencia defeated the Temple City Rams 12-6 at Temple City High School. "The guys are stoked. They were really happy," said Valencia head coach Annie Kellogg. "I still had ...