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Foothill League swimming: Indians reassert dominance
The Hart swim team didn't take part in any preseason dual meets before beginning the Foothill League season by defeating Canyon last week.
Prep softball: A world of difference
After exploding for 11 runs in an 11-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader with Pete Knight High School of Palmdale, the Canyon High softball team may have been hoping it saved some runs after a 4-2 loss the second game.
Prep swimming: Depth in the water
Before either team could focus on making a run at reigning Foothill League champion Hart High this season, the Valencia and West Ranch swim teams had to prove they could beat each other when the two squads opened their league seasons Tuesday at the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center.
Foothill League boys swimming preview: Hart is a cut above
The race for a Foothill League title in boys swimming will likely play out the same way it has for the last 16 years - with Hart High finishing on top.
Foothill League girls swimming preview: Indians are still loaded
In all likelihood the 2012 Foothill League girls swim season will produce quite the race. It's just unlikely to be for first place. Hart, which has won 29 of the last 30 league titles, is poised to win again this season - but should the Indians slip up, they'll find there are two talented squads right behind them. Those two schools, Saugus and Valencia, are poised for a dramatic race for the second spot. Valencia ...
Saugus' Abbey Weitzeil: Scene stealer
Abbey Weitzeil is fast. Really fast. And she has quickly become the talk of the Foothill League. The 15-year old Saugus freshman swimmer began her high school swim career this season, and even before she makes her first league appearance for the Centurions, she'll be anything but a secret weapon. Weitzeil qualified for the 2012 Olympic Team Trials in the 100-meter freestyle after swimming in 57.14 seconds at the junior national championships. She'll travel to ...
Former Hart swimmers compete at NCAA Div. II Championship
Two former Hart High swimmers turned in All-America performances at the NCAA Division II Women's Swimming and Diving Championships this week.
Foothill League baseball: Sprinting and finishing
There was little doubt which team was the aggressor on Friday afternoon at Canyon High School in a game between Hart and Canyon.
Prep softball: Massetto is Trinity’s first
Trinity Classical Academy can now add its first name to the long list of Santa Clarita Valley athletes who have received athletic scholarships to play at the college level.
Around the SCV: TMC signs SCCS star
The Master's College men's soccer team signed Santa Clarita Christian School senior Chad Latch on Monday.
Prep baseball: Good and plenty
What started out as a pitcher's duel on Thursday afternoon, quickly became a blowout, as the CIF-Southern Section Division VII No. 1-ranked Santa Clarita Christian School baseball team scored eight runs in the third inning and defeated Trinity Classical Academy 18-1 at The Master's College.
College basketball: TMC falls out of title picture
Anthony Cammon hit a jump shot with four seconds left to send The Master's College basketball into overtime in its game against Southwestern Assemblies of God in the quarterfinals of the National Christian College Athletic Association national tournament on Wednesday in Winona Lake, Indiana.
Foothill baseball: Indians are more timely
Saugus High baseball's problem wasn't necessarily hitting when it hosted Hart in the Foothill League opener for both schools Wednesday afternoon.
Prep softball: One is enough for the Vikings
With Valencia softball's bats remaining relatively quiet through the duration of its game against Oxnard High on Tuesday, the difference between victory and defeat fell squarely on the shoulders of senior Vikings pitcher Carly Mortensen.
Prep softball: Learning on the mound
The Hart varsity softball team wanted to win its own Hart varsity softball tournament after entering the final day with a semifinal matchup against Camarillo High. But more importantly, the Indians wanted to continue to get playing experience for a pitching staff with few innings under its belt. So, despite 7-3 losses in both the semifinal to Camarillo High and the third-place game to El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, the Indians are happy to ...
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Valencia softball walks-off on 3-run HR by Nicole Joseph
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.
