2013 Foothill League girls basketball preview: Canyon's Jaya Schultz, Her own biggest critic

By Cary Osborne Signal Sports Editor T here are few local prep athletes who glow as much as Canyon senior basketball player Jaya Schultz. Her smile is bright, her voice is enthusiastic and her outlook for her team is always optimistic. And why shouldn't it be? The four-year varsity veteran plays for the best basketball team in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last four years. She is one of the area's best basketball ...

Foothill League boys soccer preview: West Ranch's Justice Rodrigues, Back on the pitch

It was only when he spent some time away from soccer that Justice Rodrigues realized how much the sport meant to him.

Foothill League boys soccer preview: There's no room for error

The Foothill League championship has been decided on the final day of league play two years in a row in boys soccer.

Prep football: Golden Valley's Leon Jacobs decommits from Fresno State

Golden Valley senior running back Leon Jacobs has changed direction. Jacobs has decommitted from Fresno State after accepting a scholarship offer in December. "I feel like I want to open up my options to different options. A lot of schools have contacted me. I want to feel for my future I really want to go in depth (in my search)," Jacobs said. Fresno State recruited the 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pound athlete as a linebacker. Jacobs figures to ...

2012 All-SCV Football: Murphy is the page turner

We asked all season long. How does one go from average to extraordinary? Everyone, even the subject of the question was basic about the answer. Opportunity, tools and confidence. Those three things took Sean Murphy from a very average 2011 to a very extraordinary 2012. The Valencia High quarterback passed for 3,936 yards and a school record 38 touchdowns to 14 interceptions, and led the Vikings to their fourth straight Foothill League title and fourth ...

The Signal's 2012 All-Santa Clarita Golf team

When Jamie Corr came to Hart High in 2009, it was easy to overlook her. She was among the greatest assemblage of girls golfers on one team in Santa Clarita Valley history and the freshman was the fifth best golfer on the squad. But on the other hand, there was one thing that couldn't be overlooked. She would have been the best golfer on four of the five other teams in the Foothill League. Then ...

All-SCV Boys Cross Country: Saugus' A.J. Yarnall, Name etched in history

At the end of the Foothill League season, there was legitimate debate about who could be considered The Signal's All-Santa Clarita Valley Male Runner of the Year.

All-SCV Girls Cross Country: Samantha Ortega, Centurions’ next in line

There was zero hesitation in his voice and almost an excitement to say it. Saugus High girls cross country coach Rene Paragas said after the Centurions won the CIF-Southern Section Division II championship on Nov. 17 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut that sophomore Samantha Ortega was the next great Saugus cross country runner. Then he mentioned two other names that she is in the company of - Shannon Murakami and Kaylin Mahoney. For ...

2012 All-SCV Girls Tennis: Keith and Inchalik, a reason for the return

Valencia's doubles lineup was undoubtedly the best in the Foothill League this season, and the Vikings' No. 1 team of Tina Inchalik and Ashley Keith didn't disappoint in their leading role.

2012 All-SCV Girls Tennis: Rebecca Ho, The greatest Grizzly

It's hard to grasp just how good Golden Valley's Rebecca Ho has been over the course of her four-year varsity career until you stop and look at the numbers.

2012 All-SCV Girls Volleyball: Delaney Knudsen, The credit's all hers

All you needed to know about Valencia senior Delaney Knudsen could be learned by talking to her coach.

Prep basketball: Hogging the Holiday

Lewis Stallworth scored a game-high 22 points, including 10 in the third quarter, to help the Hart boys basketball team pull away from Glendale, 72-56, in the championship game of its own Hart Holiday Classic at Hart High School on Saturday.

Prep soccer: Hart takes it all

The Hart girls soccer team may have finally hit its stride. After some early season struggles finding their footing under first-year head coach Justin Lundin, the Indians capped an undefeated showing at their own Hart Soccer Showcase with a 3-0 victory over Quartz Hill on Saturday afternoon at Hart High School. After going eight game without a victory to start the season, Hart is 6-0-1 in its last seven games, including a perfect 5-0 during ...

Prep soccer: The best on display

In two days, Hart boys soccer beat two Foothill League opponents, and it has now won two straight Hart Soccer Showcase championships over the last two seasons.

Prep soccer: Cents win Los Tacos crown

Even in a tournament stacked with highly ranked teams, Saugus girls soccer kept finding a way.

Foothill League swim: Valencia stays course

The Saugus Centurions swim team had some highlights at Wednesday's meet with Valencia at Santa Clarita Aquatics Center, but in the end it was the Valencia Vikings who swept the day, 95-75 in girls and 113-55 in boys.

Foothill League golf: Favorites first

No surprise and surprise.

Canyon baseball is for real

Time after frustrating time, the Canyon Cowboys couldn't budge a runner in from scoring position against the Valencia Vikings on Wednesday at Valencia High.

Saugus' Braden Lewis: Quietly confident

One of the best compliments one could pay a golfer is calling their game "boring."

2013 Foothill League boys golf preview: Beginning of a tradition

Last season, West Ranch won its fifth straight Foothill League championship.

Hart baseball's Baggio Saldivar: At the head of the pack

The way coaches throw around the label "leader" makes it lose its impact.

SCV Hoops Finale: Hannah Green breaks scoring record

West Ranch High's Hannah Green and Canyon High's Alia McCoy used to scrimmage together during their days playing travel ball.

SCV Hoops Finale: Kevin Harris MVP of boys game

Quite simply, it was Kevin Harris' night in the smaller picture.

Canyon baseball surges to front of Foothill League

Canyon Cowboys head baseball coach Adam Schulhofer can't be swayed away from his one-game-at-a-time thinking.

Saugus baseball holds off Valencia

So much for the possibility of a frontrunner emerging early in the Foothill League.

West Ranch baseball back on track

The West Ranch Wildcats didn't panic after losing their first two Foothill League games.

Golden Valley High hires boys hoops coach

The most unstable coaching jobs in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last couple of years took steps toward stability on Friday.

Foothill League trio turns it on early in track and field opener

SCV Hoops Finale almost here

By Cary Osborne

Saugus volleyball ends Valencia's 112 match Foothill winning streak