Archive By Author - Jon Stein
Prep basketball: Making their luck
What started as a way to help a group of students looking to increase their academic and athletic opportunities, has blossomed in just six years into a successful international studies program at Santa Clarita Christian School.
Prep sports: Pair of Cardinals earn high marks in the Heritage
Award season has arrived for Heritage League fall sports, and 12 Santa Clarita Christian athletes found themselves on all-league lists in football or girls volleyball.
Prep soccer: Sticking with it
It would have been easy for the Canyon girls soccer team to give up, down two goals after a half without being able to find the back of the net.
Prep soccer: Can’t be ignored
Despite finishing the 2011-12 regular season as arguably the hottest team in the Foothill League, and starting out this season with an impressive record against quality competition, the Valencia girls soccer team remains unranked in the CIF-Southern Section Division II poll and is still looking to garner some respect.
Prep soccer: Hart’s identity search
The Hart girls soccer team has spent the last eight games searching for its identity under first-year head coach Justin Lundin.
TMC men’s basketball preview: Shaped by adversity
The Master's College men's basketball team always knew the importance of a quick start - but it learned last year that early success doesn't guarantee prolonged success.
TMC women's basketball preview: A sense of progression
After a disappointing 2011-12 season saw The Master's College women's basketball team fall in the first round of the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament after finishing eighth in the final standings, TMC is already back respect this season.
Prep basketball: Canyon holds its end
It was clear from the beginning that very little about Canyon's semifinal matchup with Grant in the Canyon Classic on Friday night would go smoothly.
Prep soccer: Caught at the end
Canyon showed just how quickly things can change on the soccer field. The Cowboys twice blew leads on Thursday night, as Quartz Hill battled back from an early hole to tie Canyon 3-3 at Canyon High School. With just 8:40 left in the contest and Canyon (1-3-2) clinging to a 3-2 lead, the Rebels' Alen Menjivar scored from inside the 6-yard box, his second goal of the game, to send the teams home in a ...
Prep basketball:Canyon’s comfort
Canyon boys basketball was in its comfort zone on Wednesday night in the opening game of its own Canyon Classic tournament.
Clippers beat Mavs 112-90 for 4th straight win
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Blake Griffin had 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 14 points and 13 assists, propelling the Los Angeles Clippers to their fourth straight victory, 112-90 over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Prep soccer: Twelve players, 12 goals
It didn't just come from one player, one play or one spot on the field on Tuesday afternoon when the Santa Clarita Christian girls soccer team met Albert Einstein Academy of Canyon Country in both teams' Heritage League opener.
Prep cross country: Runners end season in Regional
The season continued for some Foothill League runners on Saturday, as a trio of Golden Valley and cross country athletes, along with one Valencia runner, took to seeded races at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships West Regional in Walnut.
Prep cross country: Cents go national
The Saugus girls cross country team concluded its season Saturday at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore., finishing 17th overall in the girls race on a course made more difficult due to its muddy conditions.
Prep basketball: Valencia looks to grab the High Five
The Valencia girls basketball team was off to the races on Friday night at the Valencia High Five Classic.
Articles By Author - Jon Stein
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.
Foothill League girls swim preview: One year reprieve?
The Hart swim team, which has won 30 of the past 31 league titles, looks poised to win it again.
