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.

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.

West Ranch softball defeats Valencia for two-game lead in standings

West Ranch volleyball will at least share title

The Saugus Centurions looked determined to put the West Ranch Wildcats title celebration on hold for at least one more game.

Megan Dawe named NYU's Freshman of the Year

Megan Dawe, a 2012 Saugus High graduate and freshman at New York University, was named the school's female Freshman Athlete of the Year, the school's athletic department announced last week.

Saugus’ Tara Olson to swim at next level

Saugus High senior and Canyons aquatics swimmer Tara Olson will continue her swimming career in college next season.

Greg Hayes' North Korea trip canceled

Veteran Santa Clarita Valley basketball coach Greg Hayes' scheduled return trip to North Korea this summer has been canceled, he told The Signal this week.

Canyon softball's Julianna Carlos finally gets her chance

COC baseball stays on course with 9-3 win over West L.A.

The College of the Canyons Cougars baseball team likely has a pretty attractive resume if it ends up needing an at-large bid into the postseason.

Foothill softball roundup: Saugus jumps back in

It's been a rough start to Foothill League play for the preleague favorite Saugus Centurions, who entered Thursday's game with the Canyon Cowboys at 1-2 in league.

Hart easily beats rival Valencia

What was supposed to be a significant battle between the reigning champion Hart boys and up-and-coming Valencia turned out to be on the anticlimactic side.

Canyon baseball comes from behind to beat Hart 6-5

Foothill tennis teams are fighting for postseason

West Ranch's Lauren Lombardi: Fully recovered

One hundred percent. Every play. Every day.

West Ranch uses big inning to beat Canyon 8-3

Foothill League swim roundup: Messages sent at meet

The meet itself wasn't particularly close, but the day certainly sent a message to Golden Valley - they're on the right path.

Foothill softball roundup: Wildcats open strong

It was quite the Foothill League opener for reigning All-Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year Kylie Sorenson on Tuesday afternoon.