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College basketball: A little Love late
At first it looked like a runaway victory for College of the Canyons' men's basketball.
The Day After Soccer: First boys, now the girls
The Canyon and West Ranch boys soccer teams entered their match on Tuesday looking to take sole possession of first place in the Foothill League.
Prep soccer: Saugus girls soccer earns top 30 national ranking
By Jon Stein Signal Staff Writer The Saugus and West Ranch high school girls soccer teams shot up the ESPNHS Powerade Fab 50 Girls' Soccer Rankings again this week. Saugus, which defeated Canyon and Hart last week, moved up six spots to No. 30 in the latest edition of the rankings. The rankings include teams from the eight states which play girls soccer during the winter season: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and ...
Foothill League boys basketball: Fire lit, Indians take off
For a few minutes on Tuesday night, the Hart High boys basketball team was being outworked and outhustled by Golden Valley at Hart High School.
Foothill League girls soccer: Hart strikes more
In a match up of two teams looking for their first Foothill League win of the season, the Hart girls soccer team got on the board early and held on for a 3-1 victory over Golden Valley on Tuesday afternoon at Golden Valley High School.
College basketball: Overtime woes
The Vanguard College men's basketball team erased a 10-point second-half deficit and took advantage of poor free-throw shooting from The Master's College to defeat the Mustangs 80-76 in overtime.
The Day After sports: All eyes are on Canyon High
Canyon High School is the place to be on Tuesday. The West Ranch boys basketball and boys soccer teams travel to Canyon High on Tuesday in the two marquee matchups of the day. The Wildcats' boys soccer team made it clear early on Friday that they wouldn't be looking ahead to Tuesday, though. West Ranch scored six goals and shut out Golden Valley in a 6-0 victory Friday. German Hernandez, Brett Karson, Connor Ashlock, Chris ...
Foothill League girls soccer: Saugus runs streak to 16
Angie Weiner scored two goals for the Saugus High girls soccer team and the Centurions extended their Foothill League unbeaten streak to 16 games with a 2-1 victory over Hart on Friday afternoon at Hart High School.
Foothill League boys basketball: Wildcats flex size advantage
If it isn't broken, why fix it? That seems to be the idea behind the West Ranch boys basketball team this season. The Wildcats, behind another dominant performance from 6-foot-7-inch center Ako Kaluna, defeated Golden Valley 82-43 on Friday at West Ranch High School. Kaluna posted a double-double - scoring 19 points on 8-of-11 attempts, pulling down 11 rebounds and blocking four shots - as he disrupted the Grizzlies (5-13, 0-2) on both ends of ...
Prep soccer: SCCS can’t find equalizer
The Santa Clarita Christian boys soccer team couldn't overcome goals in the first and second halves by Milken Community High School of Los Angeles and lost 2-1 on Thursday afternoon at Canyon Country Park.
Prep basketball: Grizzly growth spurt
You might not notice Nick Billy in a gymnasium. The Golden Valley senior stands 6 feet, 2 inches, a tall frame for an average person but an average frame for a basketball person. Once the ball goes up in the air, however, you'll see something different. "Even though he's the smallest center in the league," says teammate Wade Rodriguez, "he plays as if he were the biggest." There's a tenacity to Billy that's turned him ...
Foothill League boys basketball: Wildcats hold off pesky Hart
Down three points midway through the third quarter and with momentum squarely in the opposite corner, the West Ranch boys basketball team was on the verge of falling out of its Foothill League opener with Hart at Hart High School on Tuesday night.
Foothill League girls soccer: Cents plot their course
The Saugus girls soccer team knows winning a third straight Foothill League title will be no easy task.
Hart's Ashleigh Tippet: Tough shoes to fill
Goalkeeping may have been in Hart senior Ashleigh Tippet's blood - but it certainly wasn't in her closet.
Foothill League girls soccer preview: There for the taking
Last season, the Saugus girls soccer team ran away with the Foothill League title, going 10-0 on its way to a second consecutive championship.
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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.
