Archive By Author - Jon Stein
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.
Saugus girls soccer: Empty feeling
When the Alemany girls soccer team was walked off the field at Saugus High School on Thursday afternoon it was clear they were exhausted, yet ecstatic.
Women's college basketball: Stretched thin
The College of the Canyons women's basketball team played neck-and-neck with the state's top-ranked team, Ventura College, for 37 of the game's 40 minutes.
College basketball: TMC’s second gear
Down 10 points early in the second half to Grace College of Indiana, The Master's College's men's basketball team was on the verge of falling too far behind the NAIA Division II No. 7-ranked Lancers.
Prep athletics: Cardinals, Knights are honored
Santa Clarita Christian School athletics underwent a major change this season when its perennial championship football team left the 8-man game it had always played for 11-man football.
Heritage soccer: SCCS breaks out
The Santa Clarita Christian School girls soccer team was doing nearly everything right against Trinity Classical Academy on Friday at The Master's College in both teams' Heritage League opener. There was just one problem - despite taking longer than expected to find the opening goal, SCCS completed the shut out 3-0. Part of the struggle to score was because of the inexperience of a Cardinals team that features no seniors. The ...
Prep sports: Locals make impact at privates
Despite the six Foothill League teams having been eliminated from the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division football playoffs, a group of five kids with Santa Clarita ties will be taking part in a CIF state bowl game.
Prep soccer: West Ranch picks it up
The West Ranch girls soccer team didn't think it had played its best soccer of the season Thursday when it hosted Ventura at West Ranch High.
COC notebook: Canyons hoops now above .500
It was a quiet week for College of the Canyons athletic programs, with only the men's and women's basketball teams in action.
Canyon basketball: Canyon gets cooled off
The Canyon boys basketball team got off to a hot start this season, winning its first seven games and advancing to the championship game of the Canyon Classic on Saturday.
TMC notebook: Hoops teams are playing up
Facing its toughest test of the season, The Master's College men's basketball tallied an upset of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics No. 15 Biola early in the week before taking on a top-flight NCAA Division II program in No. 14 Cal Poly Pomona to close the week.
TMC men's basketball: The rise continues
In its first game since defeating No. 15 Biola on Tuesday The Master's College men's basketball team had reason to worry about having a let down when it hosted Central Bible College of Springfield, Mo., on Friday at Bross Gym.
Prep soccer: Saugus with a familiar start
The Saugus girls soccer team seems to have picked up right where it left off. Coming off back-to-back Foothill League titles - including a perfect 10-0 run through the league last season - the Centurions defeated Ventura High 7-0 on Thursday afternoon at Saugus High to remain undefeated on the season. Using a combination of size and strength, the Centurions had the better of the opportunities throughout the game, and finally broke through with the ...
Articles By Author - Jon Stein
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.
