The defending Foothill League champion Saugus softball team may have a lot of new faces on the diamond this season - having lost 12 players off the championship squad - but on Tuesday night at the William S. Hart softball complex, the Centurions wasted no time showing they have the pieces to defend their title.
Valencia softball wasted no time showing its strength at the pitching position when it opened up the Foothill League season at West Ranch High School on Tuesday afternoon.
"It's like my comfort zone," says Saugus senior catcher Karlee Bickford of the softball field.
The always-difficult Foothill League looks to be as tight as ever this season, with nearly every team in the Santa Clarita Valley boasting top-flight talent both in the circle and in the batter's box.
By a unanimous vote, the Foothill League's appeals before the CIF-Southern Section Playoff Groupings Appeals Committee against the section office's proposed baseball and girls tennis playoff groupings were rejected by the seven-person panel on Wednesday at the CIF-SS office in Los Alamitos.
There was little doubt who the most intimidating player in the Foothill League was this season.
Special Olympics Southern California is partnering with Hoops of Hope to host the inaugural Shoot-a-thon on Saturday at Noon at the City of Santa Clarita Sports Complex.
By a unanimous vote, the Foothill League's appeals before the CIF-Southern Section Playoff Groupings Appeals Committee against the section office's proposed baseball and girls tennis playoff groupings were rejected by the seven-person panel on Wednesday at the CIF-SS office in Los Alamitos.
For all its accomplishments in the water, it remains one of the most unrecognized sports in the Foothill League.
At the inaugural Santa Clarita Valley Invitational, the Hart High swim team continued to bolster its status as the valley's top program, as it took first place in the team standings in both boys and girls competition.
Valencia baseball's contest on Saturday afternoon with Rocklin High School in its second game of the Anaheim Lions Tournament may have been better categorized as a friendly game.
The Foothill League has submitted formal appeals to the CIF-Southern Section office on behalf of two sports - girls tennis and baseball - after receiving the proposed playoff groupings for the 2012 through 2014 seasons on March 9.
In some ways, every high school swimmer is alone. When a swimmer steps up and prepares to enter the water, the individual nature of the sport is as present as ever. But then, the swimmers reach the other end of the pool. And as they prepare to flip around and head back toward the start, the sounds of cheering teammates make it clear - high school swimming is a team sport. But for Trinity Classical ...
Five local swimmers have been selected to USA Swimming Select Camps, including former Hart swimmer Konrad Antoniuk and current Hart swimmer Tamara Santoyo.
The goal is always to rest injured players, hoping they heal in time for the next match. But on Thursday afternoon, West Ranch and Hart boys tennis needed their players to heal on the court. And in a match that came down to the final round on Thursday afternoon, West Ranch held off Hart to win 10-8 and take sole possession of second place in the Foothill League at Hart High. Baron Von Kessler, who ...
Scorer, distributor, decision-maker.
By Jon Stein