Archive By Author - Jon Stein
Hart tennis: A total package
The three-headed singles attack projected to carry the Hart girls tennis team to Foothill League success this season made itself known on Tuesday afternoon.
Minor League baseball: It’s postseason time
As Major League baseball continues on toward October, the minor league affiliate are already in full playoff mode.
Prep football: Vikes yet to get it right
WEST HILLS - For nearly three quarters, Valencia responded to every bit of adversity thrown its way by host Chaminade High of West Hills on Friday night.
Prep volleyball: Passing marks
The Valencia girls volleyball team didn't waste any time scheduling its first big test of the season, hosting Division IAA power Dos Pueblos in its season opener at Valencia High School on Thursday night.
Around the Division: The new No. 1
There was plenty of shake-up in the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division rankings this week, but one thing stayed the same: the Foothill League sits at the top.
Prep football: An old-fashioned Cowboy shootout
By Jon Stein Signal Staff Writer It's fitting that Canyons game against Central Section foe Clovis West came down to one defensive stop. After all, the two offense had been trading touchdowns for almost four quarters and defensive stops were becoming scarcer by the minute. With the game hanGing in the balance, the Golden Eagles moved deep into Cowboys' territory with under a minute left and Canyon up eight points. This time, Canyon came through ...
Golden Valley's Tyler and Chase Lewis: Growth pattern
There's not a lot of tradition in Golden Valley football history. The program is still in search of its first Foothill League victory and sports an 11-59 all-time record. But things started to turn around last season, if not on the scoreboard, in a renewed commitment to playing team football. And while the team may have lost its leading passer, Reid Soliman, rusher, Earl Johnson, and receiver, Isa Bey, there are plenty of pieces left ...
2012 Golden Valley football preview: A clean slate
New uniforms and a few new helmets may seem like only superficial changes for the Golden Valley football team, but they're part of a bigger movement on head coach Robert Fisher's squad.
Prep Football: ’Cats lose balance
MOORPARK - West Ranch did little to address some of the questions that have nagged it during the offseason in its season opener on Friday night at Moorpark High, the most glaring of which was if the Wildcats could establish a more balanced offense.
Prep football: A Cents of relief
The Chris Hamilton era at Saugus High got off to a shaky start Thursday night, and not really by much fault of his own.
West Ranch's Jake Lambirth: The separation line
The Foothill League is known for a few things, not the least of which is talent at the skill positions.
2012 West Ranch football preview: Erase and shine
If there's an overwhelming sentiment on the West Ranch football team this summer, it's an eagerness to erase the memory of a disappointing 2011 season.
Prep football: Crossing the line
By Jon Stein Signal Staff Writer The Golden Valley football team saw ups and downs on both sides of the ball last season - but if there was one unit that significantly held the Grizzlies back, it was on the offensive line. "Last year, (running back Earl Johnson) had to do it by himself," said returning lineman Adam Garcia. "He didn't have a whole lot of support on the offensive line and games are won ...
Prep football: Downhill from here
It's never easy replacing your star athlete - and it's even harder when that athlete was an NCAA Division I quality player.
Prep volleyball: Home court advantage
Organizing a tournament for 22 high school girls volleyball teams isn't an easy feat, but with the exception of one minor set back, day one of the inaugural Foothill Invitational volleyball tournament went off without a hitch at three locations across the valley Friday.
Articles By Author - Jon Stein
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.
Foothill League boys swim preview: Pressure cooker
