Valencia reaches Air Assault finals

For the third straight summer and fourth time in the past five passing league seasons, Valencia reached the finals of the Air Assault Bonita Passing League Tournament.

Valencia slashes Saugus

With the fall season just a few months away, Saugus and Valencia girls varsity basketball teams are already making preparations for what could be a very competitive season in the Foothill League.

Valencia nearly undefeated at Air Assault

After winning the Air Assault Passing Tournament in both of the past two seasons and three of the past four times, Valencia High School is off to another great start in trying to win this year's tournament.

Local teams score in Saugus

Both Saugus and Valencia had good enough days at the Girls Varsity Saugus Summer Tournament. In the second games, Saugus beat Red Mesa, 72-64. Centurions Nicole Hicks scored 26 points. Amanda Scholl added 13 points, Kaylyn Martin had 12 points. Valencia won its game over Chaminade, 57-49. Jenny Lentz scored 18 points and Lindsey Hill had 11 points for the Vikings. Starla Wright added 18 points. Viewpark beat Hart, 72-53. Indian players Briana Fitchpatrick had ...

Gone camping

Football teams across the Foothill League will be competing in passing tournaments this weekend.

Don't sleep on the Grizzlies

Chris Printz had a tough time sleeping this spring. After his Golden Valley boys basketball team went 0-10 in the Foothill League, the blame crept to the head coach's doorstop. He can sleep a little easier now, following the Grizzlies' 4-1 run in the War on the Floor Tournament that culminated in their 64-59 win over Clovis East on Tuesday to win the Silver Championship. "Last year we were a very young team," Printz said. ...

Cowboys air strike

When you've got a cannon for an arm like Jordan Adamczyk, passing league can be a whole lot of fun.

Passing league heats up in SCV

High school football season may not officially be here yet. Unofficially, the sport got under way on Friday in the Santa Clarita Valley, with the Saugus "Under the Lights" Passing Tournament at Central Park in Saugus. Players from Hart, Valencia, Saugus, Canyon and West Ranch competed in the two-day, 24-team tournament, which concludes at 5 p.m. tonight. The final game begins at 9 p.m. "I liked the fact we were in the finals in the ...

Perdisatt resigns as Valencia swimming coach

Valencia's head swim coach Kathleen Perdisatt has bid adieu to the Vikings team. Perdisatt stepped down after eight seasons with Valencia. She will be trading in her swimsuit and whistle for multiplication tables and book reports, as she transitions into teaching full-time at Bouquet Canyon Elementary School. She has been teaching second and third grades part-time for the past three years. Perdisatt said the time was right for her to desist her position as the ...

Homa finishes AJGAs

Valencia High's Max Homa shot a 5-over-par 76 in the final round of the American Junior Golf Association on Thursday.

Stars of summer

It wasn't the sight of a typical Foothill League matchup between Valencia and Saugus. But it's summertime and the start of the VIBL season so competition isn't too thick­-not yet at least. Nonetheless, spectators, coaches, and players got a glimpse of what the make-up of spring 2009 baseball teams will look like. Saugus edged the Vikings, 8-7, on the Centurions home field on Wednesday. "Standings-wise, wins and losses these games aren't that important," Saugus head ...

Persistence personified

His voice mail states he's either sleeping, eating or swimming. That's dedication. Nick Korth's tale is one of perseverance. The Hart High and Canyons Aquatic Club swim stand-out recently qualified, for the first time in his career, for the Junior National Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke. Korth set a mark of 1 minute, 7.66 seconds at the Janet Evans Invitational on June 7. "It's exciting and something that all swimmers of his age strive ...

Homa ties for fourth in Vegas

Valencia's Max Homa competed in the first round of the American Junior Golf Association tournament on Tuesday. Homa posted an even-par 71 and was in a tie for fourth place.

Susdorf's blast boosts Bulldogs

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ­- Alan Ahmady hit the go-ahead single in the fifth inning, five Fresno State pitchers combined to hold North Carolina scoreless for all but one inning and the upstart Bulldogs continued to surprise Tuesday night with a 5-3 victory in the College World Series.

Montgomery signing is no surprise

Michael Montgomery made it official Monday. He inked his name on the dotted line, signing a contract with the Kansas City Royals at his agent's office in Encino. The terms were undisclosed.

All-Santa Clarita Valley Baseball: Canyon's Max Weinstein

All-Santa Clarita Valley Boys Golf: West Ranch's Joey Downey

What made West Ranch senior Joey Downey so good was his consistency.

Canyon's Apsay chooses Colorado

All-Santa Clarita Valley Boys Track and Field: Canyon's Jeremy Kimmer

Jeremy Kimmer once said he wished he was allowed to compete in more than the maximum of four events allowed during Foothill League dual meets.

All-Santa Clarita Valley Girls Track and Field: Golden Valley's Azaria Hill

The advancement of girls distance runners in the Santa Clarita Valley are well documented (See Saugus girls cross country and seven straight state titles).

Saugus' Austin Davenport gets Division I football offer

Saugus High senior linebacker Austin Davenport was offered a football scholarship by NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision) school New Mexico State, Centurions head coach Jason Bornn told The Signal on Monday.

Hart's Blake Porter picks up offer from NAU

The scholarship offers continue to pile up for Hart High football playes.

All-Santa Clarita Valley Boys Volleyball: Tanner Skabelund

Years from now, it won't be possible to look back at the last two years of West Ranch boys volleyball without thinking of Tanner Skabelund.

Hart football stands atop 7-on-7 tourney

The athletic fields at Hart High School played home to yet another spring passing tournament on Saturday, and the host Indians continued to prove that they are very difficult to beat in 7-on-7 play.

All-Santa Clarita Valley tennis: Sam Rebele and David Myers

The 2012 All-Santa Clarita Valley Boys Doubles Team of the Year could have very easily been the 2013 award winner.

All-Santa Clarita Valley boys tennis: Valencia's Chad LeDuff

Given Valencia's dominance over the rest of the Foothill League in recent years, the team's best singles player should naturally be honored.

All-Santa Clarita Valley Boys Swim: Hart's Matt Johnson

Hart High swimmer Matt Johnson isn't the biggest kid on the deck.

All-Santa Clarita Valley Girls Swim: Saugus' Abbey Weitzeil

The Santa Clarita Valley has long had a reputation as an area with great athletic promise.

7-on-7 tournament takes on 11-man look

A battle at the line is a rare sight at a seven-on-seven passing league tournament. But leave it to the Herrington brothers to make it happen.

All-CIF-Southern Section teams announced

Three Foothill League softball teams saw their best players honored on Thursday with the release of the All CIF-Southern Section Division I team, while four local baseball players were named to Division VII teams and two made it in Division I.