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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.
Prep basketball: The Knights stand taller
Trinity Classical Academy boys basketball team used a combination of size and speed to disrupt the San Fernando Valley Academy of Northridge from the opening tip on Thursday night at Velocity Sports Performance.
All-SCV Girls Tennis: Rebecca Ho, Step to perfection
There are few constants in life - and even fewer in sports. But this season, Golden Valley singles player Rebecca Ho proved to be one of them. She was infallible during league play - and with a few exceptions - throughout the 2011 season. Ho completed a remarkable run through the Foothill League, dispatching her opponents with ease and finishing the regular season with a 27-0 league record and 46-1 overall record during the regular ...
All-SCV Girls Tennis: Shenelle Trujillo & Michelle Savage, Even better, given time
The 2011 All-SCV doubles team of the year wasn't even a team at the beginning of the season.
Prep boys basketball: Fatigued in the final
It was an inside-outside game Friday night at Hart High School. That is, Hart High freshman point guard Myles Franklin dominated with mid-to-long range jumpers on one end, while Grant High's 6-foot-7 inch center Gor Plavchyan took control in the post on the other end when the two schools met in the championship game of the Indian's own Hart Holiday Classic. In the end, the inside game of Plavchyan and the Lancers won out, as ...
College hoops: COC's tank runs empty
The College of the Canyons men's basketball team entered the championship game of the Cougar Holiday Classic against Antelope Valley on Thursday night at College of the Canyons in search of their first championship at their own tournament since 1997.
College basketball: COC makes overtime count
The College of the Canyons men's basketball team had already climbed back from a series of holes to force overtime against Palomar College in the semifinals of the Cougar Holiday Classic on Wednesday night at College of the Canyons.
Prep sports: Under the stripes
The men and women officiating games across the Santa Clarita Valley likely aren't familiar to most fans.
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Weitzeil leads Foothill pack at CIF swim prelims
The champions: West Ranch baseball wins back to back titles
As soon as the ball reached the glove of West Ranch Wildcats first baseman Jordan Benty for the second out of a game-ending double play, the Wildcats came storming out of the dugout, dog piling in front of the mound in celebration.
The surprise champion: SCCS baseball wins Heritage League
Valencia softball comes from behind to beat Hart
The Hart Indians nearly pulled off a remarkable win over the second-place Valencia Vikings with an inexperienced pitcher in the circle.
Saugus softball puts itself in good position for playoff berth
The Master's College wins GSAC tournament with win over San Diego Christian
CIF releases Boys Volleyball playoff brackets
It sure looks like something's missing.
Foothill softball roundup: League teams make push
The Foothill League was thrown a curve ball on Tuesday, and Valencia was one of the beneficiaries.
Valencia swim looks to be legitimate threat for Hart
It's been a while, but on Thursday the Foothill League Finals boys meet is far from a sure thing.
Foothill softball roundup: Centurions unfazed by Vikings
Holding a lead in the seventh inning against the Valencia Vikings is something the Saugus Centurions remember well.
Short-handed win for Hart swim over Canyon
Hart baseball defeats Valencia in walk-off fashion
West Ranch softball defeats Valencia for two-game lead in standings
