Archive By Section - Prep Sports
Prep boys soccer: Soccer season ends with West Ranch loss
The West Ranch Wildcats boys soccer team felt like it left everything on the field during Thursday's CIF-Southern Section Division IV second-round matchup with the Oak Hills of Hesperia Bulldogs.
Prep girls soccer: Better is bested as Vikings fall
There was no question from either sideline who the better team was during Thursday's CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinal contest at Valencia High School.
Prep boys soccer: Defensive mistakes doom Indians
The Hart Indians boys soccer team won its first two playoff games by limiting mistakes and finishing scoring chances.
Prep girls hoops: Centurions lose to division’s No. 2 seed
Outmatched and undersized, the Saugus Centurions girls basketball team was defeated by the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks 51-35 in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIA playoffs Wednesday at Saugus High.
Prep girls hoops: Canyon advances to CIF quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive season
No Santa Clarita Valley winter sports team can say what Canyon girls basketball can. Four years, four playoff quarterfinal appearances. The Canyon Cowboys pulled off the accomplishment by defeating the Kaiser Cats in Fontana 74-40 on Wednesday in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs. Canyon (24-4) now plays at third-seeded Lynwood in Saturday's quarterfinal. "I think our kids have always pushed themselves," said Canyon head coach Chuck Johns on why his ...
Prep girls hoops: Valencia falls against state 20th ranked team
This Valencia Vikings girls basketball game had so much going for it. Leadership, inside players, outside players, depth and a co-Foothill League championship going into the postseason. Yet Valencia had something very big going against it in the postseason - a series of roadblocks. The Vikings never got to the second one as the first one - the Centennial of Corona Huskies - defeated Valencia 60-41 Wednesday in Corona in the second round of the ...
Prep boys soccer: Valencia’s best season in team history ends at the hands of Temescal Canyon
The Valencia Vikings boys soccer team was defeated by the Valencia Vikings - or in a more clearer terms, the Temescal Canyon soccer team playing Valencia style soccer.
Prep boys basketball: Wildcats come alive in fourth
Nothing was going right. A missed layup here, a turnover there, a missed dunk there and a technical foul. Soon, the West Ranch boys basketball team's 13-point halftime lead disappeared. Then a 3-pointer here, a dunk there and grit everywhere in the fourth quarter led the Wildcats to a 63-53 win against Huntington Beach on Tuesday night at Huntington Beach High in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IA playoffs. Now the Wildcats ...
Prep boys basketball: Vikings feel playoff pain
This one was a little more emotional than most postgame goodbyes. Valencia players, filed one by one, made their way out of the team room and thanked head coach Rocket Collins, most with tears in their eyes. One prominent Viking couldn't talk. The Valencia Vikings lost 64-52 Tuesday night in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IA playoffs at Valencia High to the Aliso Niguel Wolverines. The emotion stemmed from so much. Valencia ...
Prep girls soccer: Indians turn for the worse
Things changed in a hurry for Hart Indians girls soccer on Tuesday. After Ally Perez scoring in the 34th minute to put the Indians ahead in their second-round CIF-Southern Section Division II contest with Chino Hills, the Huskies scored three goals in a seven minute span to win 3-1 at Chino Hills High School. Hart (13-8-7) led 1-0 at halftime before the Huskies' barrage ran from the 52nd minute to the 59th. "That's just a ...
Prep girls soccer: Cardinals’ conclusion
The core group of seniors on the Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals girls soccer players experienced a lot through the years.
Prep girls soccer: Save and a PK boost Vikings
After playing 100 minutes of scoreless soccer and four even rounds of penalty kicks, the Valencia Vikings girls soccer team needed a save and a goal to advance to the CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinals.
Prep girls soccer: Wrong place at wrong time for Cowboys
The ball just doesn't always bounce your way - and that's exactly what happened to the Canyon Cowboys girls soccer team in their CIF-Southern Section Division II playoff game with Wilson of Long Beach on Tuesday.
Prep sports: First polls of the spring
Forget what the calendar says, spring is practically here in the world of sports. Baseball, softball and boys volleyball can officially begin on Feb. 23 for local high schools. So, in turn, the CIF released its preseason polls for those sports on Monday. In baseball, the defending Foothill League champion West Ranch Wildcats are ninth in CIF-Southern Section Division I. Last season, the Wildcats finished 20-9-1 after advancing to the Division I semifinals before bowing ...
Valencia boys soccer: Stuck in the middle
It's a simple question with no simple answer. What does make this year's Valencia Vikings boys soccer team so much better than the ones before? After a long, thoughtful pause, junior midfielder Colton Morgan finally offers his response. "I don't know," he says. "The way that we play together, the way that everybody does what they're supposed to do, that's what leads to our success." It's a fair explanation, but probably an incomplete one. Sure, ...
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
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.
Hart baseball survives better than Canyon
It was said on Wednesday that the story in Canyon's Foothill League opening win against West Ranch was the Cowboys' offense.
West Ranch boys volleyball sweeps Alemany
For the West Ranch Wildcats boys volleyball team, it all starts with the serve.
SCV Hoops Finale adds a clinic
The Signal's fourth annual SCV Hoops Finale is now days away and since the announcement of the game earlier in the week, an addition to the game has been made and players have given their commitments to play.
Valencia Vikings baseball reverses course in win
Three fastballs, three home runs.
Saugus baseball wins the hard way
Saugus Centurions baseball took one of the more stressful routes to victory.
Canyon Cowboys baseball proves it can hit
All the signs were there.
