Prep soccer: Hart’s identity search

The Hart girls soccer team has spent the last eight games searching for its identity under first-year head coach Justin Lundin.

Prep basketball: Canyon back to its ways

There Canyon girls basketball goes again. Driving another team crazy. The Santa Clarita Valley's premier girls basketball program over the last three seasons defeated Highland 78-43 on Thursday night at Canyon High. And 15 minutes after the game, a group of Highland players were outside of the gym yelling at each other for being too slow down the court. Canyon was in control from the start of the game, looking like the well-oiled machine of ...

Prep soccer: Vikings do just enough

The way Valencia girls soccer played most of the game, it could have been a runaway victory. As it turned out, the Vikings did just enough to hold off Alemany 2-1 on Wednesday at Valencia High School. Despite controlling the ball and creating several golden opportunities to score, particularly in the first half, Valencia (5-1-1) needed a late second-half goal by senior Lindsay Bos to pull in front for good. "We were playing well," Bos ...

Prep soccer: Cowboys are paper shredders

On paper, things didn't appear to be promising for Canyon girls soccer. Coming off a fifth-place showing in the Foothill League in 2012, the Cowboys began the year at 0-4 under new head coach Derek Rusk and currently had only one returning all-leaguer healthy. On paper, it appears things are misleading. Canyon defeated a solid Burroughs of Burbank team 4-0 on Wednesday at Canyon High School and looked every bit like a team that will ...

Prep soccer: Quick is the key for Trinity

In a duel of two young teams, the one to establish itself early was going to take the upper hand.

Prep soccer: Grizzlies equalize at the end

Although Crescenta Valley controlled possession and the lead for much of the match, Golden Valley girls soccer scored in the 72nd minute to force a 1-1 tie Tuesday at Golden Valley High School.

Prep hoops: Canyon keeps rolling at home

It took Canyon a quarter and a half to wake up and show what Cowboys basketball is all about. After Santa Clara held the Cowboys to five first quarter points, the two teams reversed roles and Canyon's defense came alive on the way to a 61-42 victory on Tuesday night at Canyon High. Santa Clara (3-3) opened the game on a 9-1 run as it shot 60 percent from the field in the first quarter. ...

Prep volleyball: Three locals selected for All-CIF teams

Three Santa Clarita Valley girls volleyball players made the All-CIF list, which was released Tuesday.

Prep hoops: Eight locals ranked in preseason polls

The CIF-Southern Section released its preseason prep basketball polls Tuesday and if this is any indication, the 2012-13 season appears to be a promising one for the Santa Clarita Valley boys teams, as seven teams were ranked.

Prep basketball: Stubborn hosts

Three times during Saturday night's Canyon Classic championship at Canyon High School did Canyon boys basketball trail Foothill League-rival Saugus at the end of a quarter.

Prep volleyball: West Ranch's Skabelund signs with BYU

Adding to the strong tradition of college-caliber men's volleyball players to come from the Santa Clarita Valley, West Ranch senior Tanner Skabelund will play for Brigham Young University next season.

Prep basketball: Kaluna vs. Backboard

It was a moment that should live in Santa Clarita Valley prep basketball history forever. On Thursday night at Santa Monica High School, West Ranch guard Kevin Harris drove along the right side of the basket and tried for a layup and was fouled with 3:10 to play in the first quarter against Alemany of Mission Hills. Giant teammate Ako Kaluna came in to clean up the rebound as a referee's whistle sounded and the ...

Prep basketball: Saugus works it

You want to call them scrappy or blue-collared, but those are just cliches when talking about Saugus teams.

Prep basketball: Canyon holds its end

It was clear from the beginning that very little about Canyon's semifinal matchup with Grant in the Canyon Classic on Friday night would go smoothly.

Prep hoops: Hart wins CV Tournament

Hart boys basketball defeated Kennedy High 60-43 Friday night in the championship game of the Crescenta Valley Tournament.

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.

West Ranch baseball picks up first Foothill League win of 2013

Regardless of how West Ranch Wildcats baseball got the win, the important thing is it got the win. The Wildcats are now on the board in Foothill League play after a 10-1 win over the Golden Valley Grizzlies on Wednesday at Golden Valley High. "It's a win and we needed to have one," said West Ranch head coach Casey Burrill. "If we want to find ourselves at the end of the season competing for a ...

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, ...

Valencia baseball puts it all together

There's a reason why many people thought going into Foothill League baseball play that the Valencia Vikings were the team to beat.

West Ranch's Kevin Harris chooses UCSD

West Ranch senior guard and 2013 Foothill League Boys Basketball Player of the Year Kevin Harris committed this week to play basketball for the University of California, San Diego. Harris averaged 19 points per game in Foothill League play leading the Wildcats to their first-ever outright league title. He was also an All-Foothill League and The Signal All-Santa Clarita Valley first-teamer as a junior. Harris, a 4.08 GPA student, had other interest, according to West ...

Canyon track and field's Devin Baldwin: Endless tenacity

Foothill League girls track and field preview: Turnover effects

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.

Foothill League boys track and field preview: Separation time

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.

Valencia's David Myers and Cameron Braun: Side change

A year ago, the Valencia Vikings boys tennis pairing of Cameron Braun and David Myers walked all over the Foothill League when they went undefeated in league play before capturing a first place trophy at the year-end Foothill League tournament.

2013 Foothill League boys tennis preview: Chasing the same favorite

In recent years, the Valencia Vikings boys tennis team enters the Foothill League season as the clear favorites to capture a title, and all but once in the past 10 seasons have they failed to live up to that billing.

West Ranch's Tanner Skabelund: Only one way

Tanner Skabelund grew up in an environment that demanded a lot.

Foothill League 2013 boys volleyball preview: Teams have a lot to live up to

It's hard to figure out which team has more pressure on it.