Implementing new schemes and adding wrinkles to an offense or defense during the season is common practice for any basketball team.
After winning the CIF State Cross Country Championship on Nov. 26, the Saugus girls and Golden Valley boys traveled to Portland, Ore. on Saturday to take part in the Nike Cross Nationals against some of the top competition from around the country.
In its own gym, on its own floor, in its own tournament, the Valencia girls basketball team wasn't about to lose on back-to-back nights.
After rolling through their first two games of the Valencia High Five Classic with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points, the Valencia girls basketball team ran into the aggressive defense of Royal High in a semifinal matchup Friday night at Valencia High School. The Vikings turned the ball over on back–to-back possessions with the score tied at 56 and under 30 seconds remaining, leading to four Royal points and a 60-56 Valencia loss. ...
This early in the season, first-year Hart High boys soccer coach Adonay Jovel is still trying to figure out what he has on a team that lost many of its starters off last season's Foothill League runner-up squad.
After finishing last season in third place and as the only Foothill League team to defeat league champion Canyon, the Saugus girls basketball team enters the 2011-12 season with sky-high expectations.
The Hart girls soccer team controlled most of its match against Thousand Oaks on Tuesday at Hart High, maintaining possession and producing the better scoring opportunities throughout.
In the field of play, it was a quiet week in athletics on The Master's College campus, as only the men's and women's basketball teams took to the court. The women returned from Thanksgiving festivities to notch a pair of victories this week. The men played just one game on Saturday, when they took on La Sierra in Riverside.
The Hart High football team saw its return trip to the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division second round end in blowout fashion Friday night at College of the Canyons.
During the previous decade, the Hart-Westlake rivalry was as close as it was fierce. The Indians met the Warriors each season from 2000-2009, splitting the series with five wins each before the two teams stopped scheduling each other in 2010. Tonight though, the CIF has scheduled the matchup for them, as both teams will meet in the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoffs' second round at College of the Canyons at 7 ...
The College of the Canyons women's soccer team had control of its California Community College Athletic Association Women's Soccer Southern California Regional second-round matchup with San Bernardino Valley College for nearly the entire match.
In its second straight trip to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Cross Country Championships, The Master's College men's team posted another top ten finish as a team, and the women's team ended in a similar spot. It ended another historically successful season for both programs. With basketball just starting up, many of TMC's fall sports come to an end with the women's soccer team reaching the National Christian College Athletic ...
The College of the Canyons women's soccer team wasted no time jumping out to an early lead Saturday when it hosted Antelope Valley College in the first round of the California Community College Athletic Association Women's Soccer Southern California Regional at COC.
MIRA COSTA - Hart's back in familiar territory. After missing the playoffs last season for the first time under head coach Mike Herrington, the Indians find themselves back in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoffs after a 15-14, come-from-behind victory over Palos Verdes at Mira Costa High on Friday night. For 59 minutes, the Hart offense looked as though the return trip to the playoffs wouldn't last through the night. The ...
The Foothill League's best girls tennis players traveled to Carpinteria on Friday to take part in the CIF-Southern Section Individual playoffs.
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 Hart Indians nearly pulled off a remarkable win over the second-place Valencia Vikings with an inexperienced pitcher in the circle.
It sure looks like something's missing.
The Foothill League was thrown a curve ball on Tuesday, and Valencia was one of the beneficiaries.
It's been a while, but on Thursday the Foothill League Finals boys meet is far from a sure thing.
Holding a lead in the seventh inning against the Valencia Vikings is something the Saugus Centurions remember well.