Archive By Author - Jon Stein
Saugus' Stacey Atwater: A winning battle
There will always be that one spot on the field for Saugus senior Stacey Atwater. That one spot where her senior season went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in a matter of seconds. "I know exactly where the spot is," she says. "This is where I got hurt. This is where all the pain and all the feelings (happened). I remember the sideline and it's really weird, all the memories ...
CIF basketball: Valencia can’t handle one of nation’s best
The Valencia girls basketball team knew its opponents would be tough in the first round of the CIF-SS Division IAA playoffs.
CIF soccer: Vikings cool off
The Valencia girls soccer team entered the postseason on a hot streak that saw them end the year with three wins and a tie.
CIF soccer: All it takes is one
Three goals had already whizzed past Saugus goal keeper Maddie Hebert. Her team was deadlocked through three penalty kicks with Tesoro High of Rancho Santa Margarita in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I playoffs, and she knew it was time to make a save. And so she did. Hebert cooly knocked away Taylor Thurmond's kick to give the Centurions a lead, and senior Serena Smith-Banas kicked in the final penalty kick to ...
CIF soccer: Future is bright for Trinity
Trinity Classical Academy boys soccer knew it was in for a challenge in its first year as a varsity program.
CIF soccer: Saugus stifled
It was a back-and forth-affair between the Saugus and Nipomo boys soccer teams in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division III playoffs at Nipomo High.
CIF soccer: ’Cats finish their best season
It may have been one game, but it was the culmination of so much more. The West Ranch girls soccer team entered the season with one goal - reach the playoffs for the first time in program history. And on Wednesday afternoon at Huntington Beach High School, they realized that goal. Even though that first playoff game ended in a 2-1 loss to Huntington Beach in the wild-card round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I ...
Women's college basketball: A threat, but no upset
The Master's College women's basketball team was locked in a tight, back-and-forth affair with Westmont College for 40 minutes on Tuesday night at Bross Gym.
Prep soccer: Vikes streak into postseason
The Valencia girls soccer team may not be celebrating a league championship, but that may not matter when the CIF-Southern Section Division I playoffs start on Friday.
Foothill League girls soccer: Cents’ championship march
The Saugus girls soccer team faced more than its fair share of adversity this season, as it searched for a third straight Foothill League title.
The Day After Soccer: Soccer’s stage set
In a matter of hours Tuesday, four Foothill League girls soccer teams saw their fates swing in wildly different directions. The day started off with West Ranch and Saugus battling to a 1-1 draw, opening up a golden opportunity for Hart to take control of the league title race with a win later in the day over Valencia. The Indians entered the day in a first-place tie with the Centurions. West Ranch took the field ...
Foothill League girls soccer: Saugus ties, but gets help
After playing an emotionally charged match earlier in the league season, the sequel between the Saugus and West Ranch girls soccer teams lived up to the original.
West Ranch's Kendall Moskal: All due respect
Kendall Moskal didn't realize it at the time, but there was more than a victory on the line when she stepped up to the penalty spot to take her team's final penalty kick against nationally ranked Flintridge Sacred Heart on Dec. 28.
Foothill League girls soccer: Full speed to the finish
When it was all said and done, players from both the Valencia and Saugus girls soccer teams looked as though they didn't know whether to smile or cry.
Prep soccer: Cards full of tricks
This sort of thing seems to run in the family. One day after his brother Michael scored three goals in a win for the Trinity Classical Academy boys soccer team, Daniel Stratton scored the last three goals of the game to lead Santa Clarita Christian past Pacifica Christian of Santa Monica 6-0 in a Heritage League contest on Thursday afternoon at Canyon Country Park. And it wasn't even the only hat trick of the game. ...
Articles By Author - Jon Stein
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.
Prep girls soccer: Indians turn for the worse
Things changed in a hurry for Hart Indians girls soccer on Tuesday.
Prep girls soccer: Save and a PK boost Vikings
After playing 100 minutes of scoreless soccer and four even rounds of penalty kicks, the Valencia Vikings girls soccer team needed a save and a goal to advance to the CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinals.
Prep girls soccer: Wrong place at wrong time for Cowboys
The ball just doesn't always bounce your way - and that's exactly what happened to the Canyon Cowboys girls soccer team in their CIF-Southern Section Division II playoff game with Wilson of Long Beach on Tuesday.
College men’s basketball: Icing on the cake
The College of the Canyons Cougars men's basketball team capped off its regular season on Saturday with an 82-76 victory over the visiting Santa Monica College Corsairs at College of the Canyons.
Prep girls basketball: Cents turn to their D
The Saugus Centurions girls basketball team knew the Sultana Sultans of Hesperia would want to send the ball inside in their first round CIF-Southern Section Division IIA playoff game on Saturday night at Sultana High School.
College women’s basketball: COC weathers Corsairs’ storm
Things got interesting between the College of the Canyons Cougars women's basketball team and the Santa Monica Corsairs on Saturday night at COC.
Prep boys soccer: One final save
It was only fitting.
Prep boys hoops: Cents’ season closed
The Saugus Centurions boys basketball team kept things close through the first half against the host Redlands East Valley Wildcats in their first-round CIF-Southern Section Division IIA playoff game on Friday night at Redlands East Valley High School.
