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Foothill picture takes shape
It was an eventful day on the field and in the gym for Foothill League soccer and basketball teams on Friday.
College basketball: Top-notch TMC
Two of the four teams tied for first place in the Golden State Athletic Conference standings played a back-and-forth game through the first 36 minutes on Saturday night at Bross Gym.
Foothill League boys basketball: Canyon's big two get job done
The formula is becoming all too familiar to Foothill League boys basketball teams. Canyon High's Clay Kasdorf scored a game-high 24 points and teammate Coley Apsay chipped in 17 points to defeat Golden Valley 68-34 on Friday night at Canyon High School. Elijah Veluzat scored eight points and Dean Hendrix-Davis added seven points for the Cowboys as the starters didn't play past the third quarter. "We're blessed to have two very good basketball players," said ...
Foothill League girls soccer: Power clash
Two of the nation's top ranked teams played an emotional, physical, game on Friday that even bordered on the rough side.
Prep basketball: Trinity halts the advances
Trinity Classical Academy hasn't been forced to win many close games this season. But on Thursday, the Knights had to hold off Providence Hall of Santa Barbara's comeback bid in a 64-59 victory at Velocity Sports Performance. The Knights came into the game with an average margin of victory of 16.2 points per game. Early on, it looked like Trinity (10-5, 5-0) was going to breeze to their sixth straight win. The Knights opened up ...
College basketball: A little Love late
At first it looked like a runaway victory for College of the Canyons' men's basketball.
The Day After Soccer: First boys, now the girls
The Canyon and West Ranch boys soccer teams entered their match on Tuesday looking to take sole possession of first place in the Foothill League.
Prep soccer: Saugus girls soccer earns top 30 national ranking
By Jon Stein Signal Staff Writer The Saugus and West Ranch high school girls soccer teams shot up the ESPNHS Powerade Fab 50 Girls' Soccer Rankings again this week. Saugus, which defeated Canyon and Hart last week, moved up six spots to No. 30 in the latest edition of the rankings. The rankings include teams from the eight states which play girls soccer during the winter season: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and ...
Foothill League boys basketball: Fire lit, Indians take off
For a few minutes on Tuesday night, the Hart High boys basketball team was being outworked and outhustled by Golden Valley at Hart High School.
Foothill League girls soccer: Hart strikes more
In a match up of two teams looking for their first Foothill League win of the season, the Hart girls soccer team got on the board early and held on for a 3-1 victory over Golden Valley on Tuesday afternoon at Golden Valley High School.
College basketball: Overtime woes
The Vanguard College men's basketball team erased a 10-point second-half deficit and took advantage of poor free-throw shooting from The Master's College to defeat the Mustangs 80-76 in overtime.
The Day After sports: All eyes are on Canyon High
Canyon High School is the place to be on Tuesday. The West Ranch boys basketball and boys soccer teams travel to Canyon High on Tuesday in the two marquee matchups of the day. The Wildcats' boys soccer team made it clear early on Friday that they wouldn't be looking ahead to Tuesday, though. West Ranch scored six goals and shut out Golden Valley in a 6-0 victory Friday. German Hernandez, Brett Karson, Connor Ashlock, Chris ...
Foothill League girls soccer: Saugus runs streak to 16
Angie Weiner scored two goals for the Saugus High girls soccer team and the Centurions extended their Foothill League unbeaten streak to 16 games with a 2-1 victory over Hart on Friday afternoon at Hart High School.
Foothill League boys basketball: Wildcats flex size advantage
If it isn't broken, why fix it? That seems to be the idea behind the West Ranch boys basketball team this season. The Wildcats, behind another dominant performance from 6-foot-7-inch center Ako Kaluna, defeated Golden Valley 82-43 on Friday at West Ranch High School. Kaluna posted a double-double - scoring 19 points on 8-of-11 attempts, pulling down 11 rebounds and blocking four shots - as he disrupted the Grizzlies (5-13, 0-2) on both ends of ...
Prep soccer: SCCS can’t find equalizer
The Santa Clarita Christian boys soccer team couldn't overcome goals in the first and second halves by Milken Community High School of Los Angeles and lost 2-1 on Thursday afternoon at Canyon Country Park.
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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.
Prep boys soccer: Soccer season ends with West Ranch loss
The West Ranch Wildcats boys soccer team felt like it left everything on the field during Thursday's CIF-Southern Section Division IV second-round matchup with the Oak Hills of Hesperia Bulldogs.
Prep girls soccer: Better is bested as Vikings fall
There was no question from either sideline who the better team was during Thursday's CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinal contest at Valencia High School.
Prep girls soccer: Indians turn for the worse
Things changed in a hurry for Hart Indians girls soccer on Tuesday.
Prep girls soccer: Save and a PK boost Vikings
After playing 100 minutes of scoreless soccer and four even rounds of penalty kicks, the Valencia Vikings girls soccer team needed a save and a goal to advance to the CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinals.
Prep girls soccer: Wrong place at wrong time for Cowboys
The ball just doesn't always bounce your way - and that's exactly what happened to the Canyon Cowboys girls soccer team in their CIF-Southern Section Division II playoff game with Wilson of Long Beach on Tuesday.
