Early Foothill fight

Valencia and Hart played for a basketball championship Sunday night. OK, it was only the Hart Summer Classic title game. Mismatched uniforms, cooling fans on full blast along the sidelines, and the loud sound of shoes squeaking on the floor were all indication that the Foothill League wasn't on the line. But when these two teams meet in winter it could be. Valencia and Hart are two of the early favorites for the league crown ...

Hart backcourt in good hands

There will always be a lot of turnover on high school basketball teams, which often leads to a lot of turnovers, especially in the summer.

The sweet scientist

Before he was three years old, Trevor Bauer spent several weeks attempting to ride a two-wheel bicycle.

Superwoman Spigner

When she steps between the chalked lines of a softball field, Jessica Spigner becomes a different person.

Hart Summer Classic starts today

Four Foothill League basketball teams will compete in the Hart Summer Classic today and tomorrow at Hart High School.

Heavy hitters

As the top-ranked team in the United States, Valencia did not particularly have one superstar hitter who far outplayed the rest.

Going the distance

Throw out the two fastest 3,200-meter times in CIF-Southern Section history, and Saugus High distance runner Kaylin Mahoney is your state champion last season, not a third-place finisher.

Hart multipurpose athlete Howell leads first team

In a sea of standout track and field athletes, Delano Howell of Hart was one who stood out.

Summer gains

It was a hot, long, tiring day. And that was just the coaches talking. Fighting fatigue, after playing 17 games in five days, and injuries to two of their top three wide receivers, Valencia found enough energy to stage a comeback and beat Crescenta Valley 32-12, for the Hart Passing Tournament Championship Wednesday at College of the Canyons. The Vikings were down 12-0, early before senior quarterback Dominick Solley started slinging it out to his ...

Zapala reaches perfection

Redemption is sweet. When Jack Zapala entered his senior tennis season, his goal was to not lose a single set in the Foothill League. Last season, he was almost perfect in league but as the old adage goes­ - almost doesn't count. His lone set loss came to Hart's Otto DeGreiff. DeGreiff graduated and Zapala's dominance resonated throughout the league, this season. He was successful in attaining his goal. The lanky Zapala was undefeated as ...

Fabulous Friends

A curve ball was thrown and there was no hitter at the plate. This wasn't a baseball game. It was the Foothill League tennis prelims. Valencia's No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, Jack Zapala and Tyler Gottshall, entered into the doubles draw. For most, this meant the singles draw was up for grabs and everyone else was playing for second in doubles. Two players, though, were up for the challenge. Teammates Cameron Phillips and ...

Who will start at QB for Hart?

Darren Sholes and Spenser Souza have been in a quarterback battle for the past seven years.

Dream season

Hart High will be well-known in Omaha, Neb. this summer. While former Indian Steve Susdorf and his Fresno State Bulldogs played the role of Cinderella in the College World Series, Hart swimmer Jordan Danny looks to fulfill a life long dream of her own in the Cornhusker State. On Friday, Danny and her family boarded an airplane in route to Omaha where she is vying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Danny is ...

Breaking out

For a kid who barely made the swim team as a freshman, Nick Korth has come a long way. Korth was among a bevy of talented swimmers in the Foothill League this season. Korth, however, exceeded many expectations, including his own. For two seasons Korth flew under the radar. Just a piece to the Hart puzzle. This season, Korth battled to the Indians forefront setting new personal records and breaking old school ones. For the ...

Driven to succeed

You would have to believe that Johnny MacArthur's 2008 high school golf season began on May 31.

Foothill softball roundup: Wildcats open strong

It was quite the Foothill League opener for reigning All-Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year Kylie Sorenson on Tuesday afternoon.

West Ranch boys golf looking back at the league

The consistency that West Ranch boys golf has shown this year leaves its closest competition in the Foothill League in quite a hole with three Foothill League matches remaining.

Valencia softball walks-off on 3-run HR by Nicole Joseph

2013 Foothill League softball preview: Rife with talent

There's no secret who should win the Foothill League title this season.

Saugus' Mariah Lopez: Sooner than later

Ask your typical high school freshman where they want to attend college and you'll be lucky to get an answer.

Hart boys volleyball's Tanner Tengberg, Breaking through

At a certain point, Tanner Tengberg realized he was just another face in the crowd. Or at least that's how he saw it. Right around the end of his sophomore year of high school, Tengberg, now a senior outside hitter for Hart volleyball, had an epiphany. He knew that if he wanted to continue his volleyball career beyond high school, no one was going to notice another 6-foot-5 hitter who described himself as lanky. Tengberg ...

2013 All-SCV Boys Hoops: West Ranch's Kevin Harris, The deciding factor

West Ranch had one of the most imposing physical forces this valley has ever seen in power forward/center Ako Kaluna.

2013 All-SCV Girls Basketball: Canyon's Alia McCoy, Her best for last

2013 All-SCV Girls Soccer: Valencia's Taylor Venegas, Rapid Ascent

2013 All-SCV Boys Soccer: Valencia's Zach Klindworth

Canyon's Connor and Logan Ferris: Striving siblings

Diving isn't exactly a team sport.

Four Santa Clarita Valley athletes named All-CIF

Saugus volleyball's Tony Balzer: Out of nowhere

West Ranch golf and senior Joey Downey win again

Hart volleyball dominant from every angle