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Prep swimming: Depth in the water
Before either team could focus on making a run at reigning Foothill League champion Hart High this season, the Valencia and West Ranch swim teams had to prove they could beat each other when the two squads opened their league seasons Tuesday at the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center.
Foothill League boys swimming preview: Hart is a cut above
The race for a Foothill League title in boys swimming will likely play out the same way it has for the last 16 years - with Hart High finishing on top.
Foothill League girls swimming preview: Indians are still loaded
In all likelihood the 2012 Foothill League girls swim season will produce quite the race. It's just unlikely to be for first place. Hart, which has won 29 of the last 30 league titles, is poised to win again this season - but should the Indians slip up, they'll find there are two talented squads right behind them. Those two schools, Saugus and Valencia, are poised for a dramatic race for the second spot. Valencia ...
Saugus' Abbey Weitzeil: Scene stealer
Abbey Weitzeil is fast. Really fast. And she has quickly become the talk of the Foothill League. The 15-year old Saugus freshman swimmer began her high school swim career this season, and even before she makes her first league appearance for the Centurions, she'll be anything but a secret weapon. Weitzeil qualified for the 2012 Olympic Team Trials in the 100-meter freestyle after swimming in 57.14 seconds at the junior national championships. She'll travel to ...
Former Hart swimmers compete at NCAA Div. II Championship
Two former Hart High swimmers turned in All-America performances at the NCAA Division II Women's Swimming and Diving Championships this week.
Foothill League baseball: Sprinting and finishing
There was little doubt which team was the aggressor on Friday afternoon at Canyon High School in a game between Hart and Canyon.
Prep softball: Massetto is Trinity’s first
Trinity Classical Academy can now add its first name to the long list of Santa Clarita Valley athletes who have received athletic scholarships to play at the college level.
Around the SCV: TMC signs SCCS star
The Master's College men's soccer team signed Santa Clarita Christian School senior Chad Latch on Monday.
Prep baseball: Good and plenty
What started out as a pitcher's duel on Thursday afternoon, quickly became a blowout, as the CIF-Southern Section Division VII No. 1-ranked Santa Clarita Christian School baseball team scored eight runs in the third inning and defeated Trinity Classical Academy 18-1 at The Master's College.
College basketball: TMC falls out of title picture
Anthony Cammon hit a jump shot with four seconds left to send The Master's College basketball into overtime in its game against Southwestern Assemblies of God in the quarterfinals of the National Christian College Athletic Association national tournament on Wednesday in Winona Lake, Indiana.
Foothill baseball: Indians are more timely
Saugus High baseball's problem wasn't necessarily hitting when it hosted Hart in the Foothill League opener for both schools Wednesday afternoon.
Prep softball: One is enough for the Vikings
With Valencia softball's bats remaining relatively quiet through the duration of its game against Oxnard High on Tuesday, the difference between victory and defeat fell squarely on the shoulders of senior Vikings pitcher Carly Mortensen.
Prep softball: Learning on the mound
The Hart varsity softball team wanted to win its own Hart varsity softball tournament after entering the final day with a semifinal matchup against Camarillo High. But more importantly, the Indians wanted to continue to get playing experience for a pitching staff with few innings under its belt. So, despite 7-3 losses in both the semifinal to Camarillo High and the third-place game to El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, the Indians are happy to ...
Prep softball: Title ’Cats
Down by a run, and unable to get much going all day against Chaminade High pitcher Taylor Stewart, West Ranch softball coach Bob Shults figured Kylie Sorenson might decide to lay down a bunt in front of the third baseman in the semifinal game of the Hart softball tournament at Central Park on Saturday. And he wasn't about to let one of his best hitters bunt. "She's the ultimate team player," Shults said. "I said, ...
TMC notebook: Men’s hoops headed to NCCAA finals
Spring sports are under way at The Master's College with the baseball team in midseason form. The squad took to the diamond this week in Golden State Athletic Conference play, finding success against conference foe San Diego Christian. The women's tennis team, struggling to start the season, faced off with Concordia this week in their ninth match of the season. But while The Master's College has two teams approaching the midway point of their seasons ...
Articles By Author - Jon Stein
College baseball: TMC aiming at greatness
By Jon Stein
Prep boys basketball: Their Knight
A year ago, the Trinity Knights boys basketball team knew it had something special in a crop of seven incoming freshman.
Prep boys soccer: Soccer season ends with West Ranch loss
The West Ranch Wildcats boys soccer team felt like it left everything on the field during Thursday's CIF-Southern Section Division IV second-round matchup with the Oak Hills of Hesperia Bulldogs.
Prep girls soccer: Better is bested as Vikings fall
There was no question from either sideline who the better team was during Thursday's CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinal contest at Valencia High School.
