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Foothill League softball: Saugus has another trick up its sleeve
As if the Saugus softball team wasn't scary enough, the Centurions brought out yet another weapon.
Prep swimming: Indians are still on top
For most teams, it would have been a terrible way to start. Hart's A relay swim team was disqualified in the girls 200-yard medley, the first race of the meet. But these were the Indians, and the disqualification didn't stop them from winning the event and eventually the meet 100-70 to hand the Saugus girls team its first loss of the season on Wednesday afternoon at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center. The Hart boys had ...
Foothill League softball: In the clutch
Saugus catcher Karlee Bickford had already battled through seven pitches in the top of the sixth inning with the bases loaded and one out in a scoreless tie against perennial power Valencia.
Swimming: Locals leave mark
The Santa Clarita Masters Swimming club finished a successful first day of the Southern Pacific Masters Swimming Short Course Yard Regional Championship Meet at its home Santa Clarita Aquatic Center in third place among the 40 swim clubs present.
Swimming: Adults hit the water in regional
The Santa Clarita Aquatic Center will host the U.S. Masters Southwest Zone and Southern Pacific Masters Association Short Course Yards Regional Championship Meet today and Sunday beginning at 8 a.m. both days.
Foothill softball: Saugus responds with late surge
Just when Canyon thought it had climbed back into its game with the defending Foothill League champion Saugus softball team, the Centurions awoke.
Hart graduate is a national finalist
Hart High graduate and Oklahoma softball player Jessica Shults received one of the highest honors of her collegiate career this week, as the Sooners' catcher was named one of 25 finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award.
Foothill League swimming: An Indian washout
It was a similar story for the Hart swim team on Wednesday afternoon at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center.
Foothill League swimming: Don’t forget the Cents
The Saugus girls swim team saw an opportunity to solidify its position as a contender in the Foothill League race on Wednesday at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center.
Foothill League softball: Saugus early and often
The defending Foothill League champion Saugus softball team may have a lot of new faces on the diamond this season - having lost 12 players off the championship squad - but on Tuesday night at the William S. Hart softball complex, the Centurions wasted no time showing they have the pieces to defend their title.
Foothill League softball: Right off the bat
Valencia softball wasted no time showing its strength at the pitching position when it opened up the Foothill League season at West Ranch High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Saugus' Alanna Layton and Karlee Bickford: Battery still charged
"It's like my comfort zone," says Saugus senior catcher Karlee Bickford of the softball field.
Foothill League softball preview: It’s cluttered near the top
The always-difficult Foothill League looks to be as tight as ever this season, with nearly every team in the Santa Clarita Valley boasting top-flight talent both in the circle and in the batter's box.
Foothill loses playoff appeal
By a unanimous vote, the Foothill League's appeals before the CIF-Southern Section Playoff Groupings Appeals Committee against the section office's proposed baseball and girls tennis playoff groupings were rejected by the seven-person panel on Wednesday at the CIF-SS office in Los Alamitos.
2012 All-SCV Girls Soccer: Saugus' Serena Smith Banas, The last line
There was little doubt who the most intimidating player in the Foothill League was this season.
Articles By Author - Jon Stein
2013 Foothill League softball preview: Rife with talent
There's no secret who should win the Foothill League title this season.
Saugus' Mariah Lopez: Sooner than later
Ask your typical high school freshman where they want to attend college and you'll be lucky to get an answer.
Hart's Jessica Shults drafted by USSSA Pride
USA Softball player and University of Oklahoma catcher Jessica Shults has another option for her post-collegiate career. The Hart graduate was selected fifth overall by the USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league this week. She would join Valencia High graduate Jordan Taylor as the only Santa Clarita Valley products currently playing in the league. Taylor, coincidentally, is also on the Pride's roster. Shults would also join currently Oklahoma teammate, and arguably the ...
2013 All-SCV Girls Soccer: Valencia's Taylor Venegas, Rapid Ascent
Canyon's Connor and Logan Ferris: Striving siblings
Diving isn't exactly a team sport.
Four Santa Clarita Valley athletes named All-CIF
Hart baseball one ups Grizzlies
With their backs up against a wall from nearly the beginning, the Hart Indians never stopped battling.
Saugus volleyball ends Valencia's 112 match Foothill winning streak
Hart swim storms out of gate, Valencia sweeps Golden Valley
The Hart Indians swim team didn't waste much time flexing its muscle in opening up the Foothill League season.
Bats carry Canyon High baseball over Saugus
The Canyon Cowboys baseball team stuck to its script on Wednesday afternoon. Once again, Canyon's bats got hot early and the Cowboys jumped out to an early lead en route to a 9-4 victory over the Saugus Centurions at Canyon High School. Canyon (7-3 overall, 2-1 Foothill League) was aggressive from the start, scoring four first-inning runs to put Saugus in an early hole. Canyon starting pitcher Max Weinstein held up his end as well, ...
Foothill league boys tennis teams play openers
The Valencia Vikings picked up right where they left off last season, defeating the Saugus Centurions 15-3 in Tuesday's Foothill League opener at Valencia High School.
Five girls receive All CIF-SS honors from Foothill and Omega leagues
Led by Hart High's Sophie Cortes and Valencia's Taylor Venegas, five athletes from the Santa Clarita Valley earned All CIF-Southern Section honors when the teams were announced on Monday.
Foothill League divers ready for 2013 season
The Canyon Cowboys may be struggling in dual meets, but their diving team is among the best the Foothill League has to offer.
