Archive By Section - Prep Sports
Around the SCV: Balta to play for the U.S.
Valencia High baseball player A.J. Balta has been selected to play in a prestigious U.S.-Japan series.
Prep sports: Pair of Cardinals earn high marks in the Heritage
Award season has arrived for Heritage League fall sports, and 12 Santa Clarita Christian athletes found themselves on all-league lists in football or girls volleyball.
Prep soccer: Sticking with it
It would have been easy for the Canyon girls soccer team to give up, down two goals after a half without being able to find the back of the net.
Prep basketball: A new Grizzlies
Maybe people don't know what to expect of Golden Valley boys basketball. At least that's what first-year Grizzlies head coach Al Vanhook reasoned as to why the crowd was so sparse Friday night during Golden Valley's home opener. What people missed was a game where a young Golden Valley led throughout the majority and defeated San Marino 62-50 - this despite the Grizzlies up-and-down play. Golden Valley (3-6) had 12 different players score during the ...
Prep baseball: Valencia's Balta chosen for prestigious series
Valencia High baseball player A.J. Balta has been selected to play in a prestigious U.S.-Japan series.
Youth cross country: Start of the run
The journey to Fresno can sometimes start long before high school. In a valley filled with some of the most decorated high school cross country programs in the state of California, at least a portion of that success can be traced back to some of the area's thriving youth programs. At the high school level, the Santa Clarita Valley has prospered in the sport for decades. In all, SCV high schools have combined to win ...
Prep golf: Corr makes her choice
Hart High senior golfer and 2012 Foothill League Most Valuable Player Jamie Corr said she has wanted to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since she was a seventh grader.
Prep soccer: Vikes in total control
Controlling the match throughout, Valencia girls soccer beat Viewpoint of Calabasas 3-0 Wednesday at Valencia High School.
Prep basketball: Hart’s test of wills
Culver City's been quite a test for Hart boys basketball the last two seasons. Two games, two Centaur buzzer beaters, one Hart victory. The Indians kept their undefeated run through preleague competition intact, surviving a regulation buzzer beater Wednesday night at Hart High to defeat Culver City 82-78 in overtime. Hart (10-0) presented every obstacle to itself - poor free-throw shooting, lesser games from its two key players, lots of turnovers, getting bullied on the ...
Prep football: West Ranch picks new football coach
West Ranch High School has chosen former JV and freshman football coach Jan Miller Jr. as its new varsity football head coach, the school's athletic director Cassandra Perez confirmed Wednesday.
Prep wrestling: Trinity puts SCV back on mat
A group of no more than eight kids grab and slap and pull toward the back of a mixed martial arts gymnasium and training center.
Prep football: GV's Jacobs chooses Fresno State
Leon Jacobs came into the 2012 prep football season as a curiosity. This time next year he'll be a college football player. The Golden Valley senior verbally committed to play football at Fresno State, accepting a scholarship offer Monday night. He was recruited as a linebacker. Jacobs transferred to Golden Valley from Bishop Montgomery of Torrance this summer. The 17-year-old hadn't played football since his freshman year and was a basketball star at Bishop Montgomery. ...
Prep hoops: Cardinals show the upside
For most of the first half, Santa Clarita Christian boys basketball showed how young it is. After that, the team showed how good it can be. The Cardinals surged late in the first half and didn't look back in a 72-58 win over Frazier Mountain of Lebec on Monday at The Master's College. "We ran all the plays that we needed to run, and that's it," said SCCS forward Phillip Webb. "We were just trying ...
Albert Einstein Academy athletics: Elements of success
It wouldn't be inaccurate to say Santa Clarita public charter school Albert Einstein Academy's athletics program rose from the ashes of the demise of Montclair Prep.
Prep soccer: Can’t be ignored
Despite finishing the 2011-12 regular season as arguably the hottest team in the Foothill League, and starting out this season with an impressive record against quality competition, the Valencia girls soccer team remains unranked in the CIF-Southern Section Division II poll and is still looking to garner some respect.
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
Trinity hoops: Knights win first-round state playoff game
The last people saw of Trinity Classical Academy boys basketball was a heartbreaking first.
Golden Valley boys volleyball hits reset
With a new head coach coming in at the last minute and a young team trying to recover from graduation losses, Golden Valley boys volleyball has its work cut out this season.
Canyon boys volleyball's rallying cry
Canyon boys volleyball is a team trying to develop trust among one another.
Valencia boys tennis downs Camarillo
The Valencia Vikings boys tennis team got a slight reprieve from what has been a demanding early season schedule in a 13-5 victory over the visiting Camarillo Scorpions on Tuesday afternoon at Valencia High School.
Prep boys hoops: Trinity gets a last shot
Don't close the book on this season just yet.
Prep boys basketball: Trinity raises the bar
SANTA ANA - Immediately following every CIF championship game, a small ceremony takes place on the court where the champions and runners up receive plaques.
Prep boys basketball: Triumph delayed
SANTA ANA - It was a plan the Trinity Classical Academy Knights had stuck with all season long - attack the basket and good things will happen.
Prep boys basketball: Storm watch
He's the storm.
Prep boys basketball: No need to wait on Trinity
One. Just one Santa Clarita Valley boys basketball team has won a CIF championship.
Prep swimming: Hart boys, Valencia girls win at SCV Relays
Call it a soft opening to the Santa Clarita Valley prep swim season.
Prep girls soccer: Gallagher tops in Omega
The Santa Clarita Christian girls soccer team dominated the Omega League from start to finish.
Prep boys soccer: Center of the defense
Not even a broken nose could stop Valencia Vikings senior Jake Veiga from playing.
Prep girls soccer: Versatile Viking
Scorer, distributor, decision-maker.
Becca Harrison chosen as top player in Foothill girls soccer
The 2012-13 Foothill League girls soccer Player of the Year is Valencia junior Becca Harrison, who was announced Monday along with the rest of the all-league teams.
Valencia's Jake Veiga tabbed for best Foothill player in boys soccer
This year's All-Foothill League boys soccer team was announced Monday with Valencia senior defender Jake Veiga receiving the Player of the Year honor, as voted on by the league's coaches.
