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Prep girls soccer: Valencia gets by
It was far from the Valencia girls soccer team's prettiest win of the season, but it's certainly one the Vikings will take.
Prep girls soccer: Cents’ trend downward
The Saugus Centurions girls soccer team knew it would have its hands full with the Marmonte League No. 1 Westlake Warriors on Thursday afternoon at Westlake High in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs.
Prep girls soccer: One gets the job done for the Cowboys
As Canyon Cowboys girls soccer head coach Derek Rusk said after his team's CIF-Southern Section Division II playoff game on Thursday afternoon, all it takes is one.
Around the SCV: Antoniuk commits to Air Force Academy
Hart High senior varsity swimmer Asia Antoniuk will continue her swimming career at the Air Force Academy.
Women's college golf: Valencia Country Club to host women’s Pac-12 championship
Valencia Country Club has been chosen to host the 2013 Pac-12 women's golf championships from April 22 through April 24.
Swim: Canyons to host open water event
The 2013 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships, to be hosted by Canyons Aquatics Club at Castaic Lake in May, will be used to choose the 2013 national team, USA Swimming announced this month.
The Day After: They can only wait and see
And just like that, the regular season came to an end. Friday night saw the Foothill League hoops finales, with soccer finishing up on Thursday. Plenty of expected results came to fruition - but it was one shocking upset that really disrupted things at the top. Boys Basketball The Canyon Cowboys overcame a 17-point deficit against the Hart Indians to push Hart down to second in the final standings. That means West ...
Prep girls hoops: Saugus closes it late
The Saugus Centurions girls basketball team may have led for nearly the entire night, but it sure bided its time before closing the door on the visiting Golden Valley Grizzlies.
Prep girls soccer: All the right places
When McKinley Kane showed up to Thursday's girls soccer match between her Hart Indians and the host Canyon Cowboys, she was surprised when Hart head coach Justin Lundin told her she was ineligible to play because she had reportedly missed a class earlier in the day.
Prep girls soccer roundup: Cents’ playoff hopes alive
Saugus knew it couldn't afford an upset-loss to Golden Valley on Thursday afternoon if it had any hopes of making the postseason.
Gabby Lopez: Close to closure
It's no secret Golden Valley Grizzlies girls soccer has struggled over the years. Multiple coaches, multiple losing seasons and only last place finishes. Slowly, though, things are starting to change. And it's being done with girls like senior Gabby Lopez, a four-year varsity player who has continually taken one for the team. "She was one of the players as soon as we got going, I looked at her and said I can work around her, ...
For all the marbles
It all comes down to this. With one game remaining in the Foothill League boys soccer season, the Valencia Vikings and West Ranch Wildcats remain separated by a single point. Both teams missed an opportunity on Tuesday, with West Ranch drawing 1-1 with the Golden Valley Grizzlies and Valencia drawing 1-1 with the Hart Indians. As a result, West Ranch enters today's matchup with 22 points to the Vikings' 21. The two teams play today ...
Prep boys hoops: Calm in crisis
Hart head coach Tom Kelly credits his team's overall depth.
Prep girls soccer: Banner year for Valencia
Prior to the start of the 2012-13 season, Valencia Vikings girls soccer head coach Sean O'Connell took his team into the school's gymnasium and told them to look up at the championship banners.
The Day After: Uncertainty reigns
With two games left, there is only one certainty in the Foothill League. The Valencia girls soccer team clinched at least a share of its first league title since 2009 with a dominant 7-2 victory over Canyon. Outside of the Vikings, though, the Foothill League is a two-horse race. It's West Ranch and Hart in boys basketball, West Ranch and Valencia in boys soccer, and Valencia and Canyon in girls basketball. With just two games ...
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Valencia tennis doubles team wins at Spring Smash
The Valencia Vikings doubles team of Chris Pope and Cameron Braun rose to the top at Saturday's Spring Smash at Valencia High School.
West Ranch boys volleyball sweeps Alemany
For the West Ranch Wildcats boys volleyball team, it all starts with the serve.
Valencia Vikings baseball reverses course in win
Three fastballs, three home runs.
College of the Canyons baseball defeats L.A. Valley
Things got interesting on Saturday afternoon, as the College of the Canyons Cougars baseball team watched as the L.A. Valley Monarchs continued to close the gap on them throughout the afternoon.
Valencia High swim sweeps SCV Invitational
Hart head swim coach Steve Neale isn't sure the last time both his boys varsity and girls varsity teams lost on the same day.
West Ranch lacrosse hits field in inaugural CIF season
There are familiar sights this spring on weekday afternoons at West Ranch High School.
West Ranch boys tennis close preleague book
It's been a rough start for West Ranch Wildcats boys tennis in 2013.
Valencia boys tennis downs Camarillo
The Valencia Vikings boys tennis team got a slight reprieve from what has been a demanding early season schedule in a 13-5 victory over the visiting Camarillo Scorpions on Tuesday afternoon at Valencia High School.
Prep boys basketball: Triumph delayed
SANTA ANA - It was a plan the Trinity Classical Academy Knights had stuck with all season long - attack the basket and good things will happen.
Around the SCV: Dawe earns conference honors
Last season's All-Santa Clarita Valley girls hoops player of the year, Megan Dawe, is adding to her hardware in college.
College basketball: A tough night for the Cougs
The College of the Canyons women's basketball team was in trouble from the beginning on Friday night in the second round of the Southern California Regional playoffs against Long Beach City College.
Prep boys basketball: Storm watch
He's the storm.
Prep girls soccer: Versatile Viking
Scorer, distributor, decision-maker.
College baseball: TMC aiming at greatness
By Jon Stein
Prep boys basketball: Their Knight
A year ago, the Trinity Knights boys basketball team knew it had something special in a crop of seven incoming freshman.
