Archive By Section - Prep Sports
Prep cross country: Cents go national
The Saugus girls cross country team concluded its season Saturday at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore., finishing 17th overall in the girls race on a course made more difficult due to its muddy conditions.
Prep basketball: Defensive finish
If defense wins championships, then the Valencia girls basketball team can point to their defense and hustle as reasons why it holds the trophy of the Valencia High Five Classic.
Prep soccer: Preleague win is a win
It's always this time of year that Valencia boys soccer opens up with a home game under the lights.
Prep basketball: Valencia looks to grab the High Five
The Valencia girls basketball team was off to the races on Friday night at the Valencia High Five Classic.
Prep cross country: Grizzlies keep on running
It's not over for Golden Valley cross country. Second chances have presented themselves in the form of the annual Foot Locker West Regional this Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. The event is the qualifier to the Dec. 8 Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships in San Diego - another U.S. prep championship like this Saturday's Nike Cross Nationals in which the Saugus girls team and Saugus boys cross country runner A.J. Yarnall ...
Prep basketball: Pressure gets to Hart
Hart girls basketball is still in the rebuilding phase, but head coach Terra Palmer isn't using that as an excuse.
Prep soccer: At the starting point
Still adapting to a new head coach, the Golden Valley girls soccer team returned to basics on Thursday afternoon at Golden Valley High School.
Prep basketball: The two tip-offs
It's not a rivalry yet, but Santa Clarita Christian and Albert Einstein Academy set the tone for some exciting matchups down the road.
Prep soccer: Already looking easy
It's not supposed to look so simple, but on Wednesday afternoon at Saugus High School, the Centurions quickly figured out what would work against visiting Moorpark and simply stuck to the plan.
Prep cross country: All Saugus at Nike Nationals
It's nothing out of the ordinary for the Saugus girls cross country team. But for Saugus senior A.J. Yarnall, it's historic. Following last weekend's results at the CIF State Cross Country Championships, the Saugus girls team was selected, along with Yarnall, to compete at the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday in Portland, Ore. Yarnall, who was picked as an individual at-large qualifier, becomes the school's first-ever qualifier for the Nike event on the boys side. ...
Prep basketball: Adapting early
There is no Santa Clarita Valley girls basketball team this season that has to change things up more from the last than Saugus.
Prep basketball: Hustle beats length
Going up against a much taller opponent, the solution for Valencia girls basketball was to do what it intends to do each and every game this season - hustle and rebound.
Prep basketball: Adapting early
There is no Santa Clarita Valley girls basketball team this season that has to change things up more from the last than Saugus.
Prep soccer: Cents ahead of schedule
The Saugus girls soccer team looks to have reloaded in a hurry. A technically sound defense combined with a strong offensive attack propelled the Centurions to a 4-0 season-opening victory over Lancaster on Tuesday afternoon at Saugus High School. After winning its third straight Foothill League title last season, the Centurions (1-0) lost league Player of the Year Serena Smith-Banas, the league's strongest defensive player and current Texas Christian University athlete. Saugus also graduated last ...
Prep tennis: Valencia pair knocked out
This year's Valencia girls tennis team never went away easily. Its doubles team of Ashley Keith and Tina Inchalik embodied that attitude all season long. And although the pairing fought until the very last point on Tuesday at the CIF-Southern Section Individual tournament on Tuesday, its run came to an end in the round of 32 at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center. Keith and Inchalik fell behind early in both sets and couldn't recover, eventually losing ...
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
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.
Foothill League divers ready for 2013 season
The Canyon Cowboys may be struggling in dual meets, but their diving team is among the best the Foothill League has to offer.
Foothill League girls swim preview: One year reprieve?
The Hart swim team, which has won 30 of the past 31 league titles, looks poised to win it again.
Foothill League boys swim preview: Pressure cooker
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.
Saugus baseball does number on Golden Valley
Lost in a 15-1 pounding of the Golden Valley Grizzlies on Friday at Saugus High School was the pitching of Saugus Centurions pitcher Chris Danielson.
Valencia baseball turns tide on West Ranch
Trailing by two runs in the top of the sixth, the Valencia Vikings baseball team came back in the final two innings to capture an 8-5 victory Friday at West Ranch.
