Archive By Section - Prep Sports
Saugus hires new swimming coach
Vicky Donnelly once swam for James Klipfel. Now she's replacing him as the head swimming coach at Saugus High School.
Travel softball coach hired by West Ranch
A soon-to-be retired motorcycle police officer with seven years of travel ball coaching experience will take over next spring at West Ranch High School.
Valencia goalkeeper named an all-star
The U.S. Soccer Development Academy tournament finals continued at the Home Depot Center. Valencia's Eric Shannon was one of eleven athletes named to the Southern California Conference All-Star Team. His All-Star team status ranks him as one of the top eight goal keepers in the country in his age group. Shannon's LAFC BU18 club team, which is sponsored by Adidas, defeated CASL soccer club 5-2 on Wednesday to advance to the championship game which will ...
Spigner wins national award
Jessica Spigner is cleaning up in the postseason like she did during. The Vikings pitcher and RBI machine was named the EA SPORTS Softball Player of the Year yesterday. For Spigner, who knocked in 37 runs during her senior season, it's the first national award she's received. "I was in shock," said Spigner, who found out in an E-mail from her mom Dyan. "I almost didn't believe it." The link in the E-mail, which sent ...
All-Star future, check
NEW YORK - His jersey neatly folded on a chair in front of New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano's locker Sunday afternoon, 2003 Hart High graduate Chris Valaika smiles and draws a check mark with his index finger.
Vikings oust Hawks to win championship
Put another one on the board for Valencia. The Vikings girls basketball team played for the championship in the Santa Clarita Girls Varsity Basketball Summer Shootout on Saturday. The Vikings were victorious in their 47-44 win over Knight High School of Palmdale. Valencia went undefeated in the tournament having defeated Quartz Hill and the Wildcats of West Ranch before seeing Knight in the finals. While some Foothill League coaches prefer not to play league teams ...
Hart wins at Shootout
Girls varsity hoops action continued from the College of the Canyons on Friday. In the Santa Clarita Girls Varsity Basketball Summer Shootout, Hart edged Notre Dame 28-25. Indians senior-to-be Briana Fitchpatrick led the squad in points with 14. Hart was defeated in Thursday's game against Burroughs and Indians head coach Zach Koebel said that this season it's all about development. "We're still learning," Koebel said. "We're just starting to get to a point where we ...
Getting their kicks
Playing in the same venue as star athletes David Beckham and Edson Buddle would be a dream come true for any young soccer player.
Mac of all trades
The best high school golfer in Southern California says his biggest moment of the 2007-08 school year, wasn't on the course - it was on the football field.
Wildcats shoot out Palmdale
By the time West Ranch's opponent scored its first points in the Santa Clarita Summer Girls Basketball Shootout Thursday, Erin Ruiz had already sunk a trio of 3-pointers.
Girls go shooting
The swish of the net and the squeaking of tennis shoes - oh, the sounds of basketball. Local teams are already gearing up for girls varsity basketball season. Valencia, Hart and West Ranch are participating in the 2008 Santa Clarita Girls Varsity Basketball Summer Shootout at the College of the Canyons. Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Notre Dame, Burroughs, and Knight will also be apart of today's action. The tournament was started in the summer of 2003 by ...
Freshman phenom raises racket
Marching band, check; 4.3 GPA, check; Key Club member, check; the Foothill League's No. 1 freshman tennis player, check.
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.
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
Prep boys basketball: ’Cats can’t quite close
DANA POINT - In so many cases, a team is a reflection of its leaders.
Prep boys basketball: Their Knight
A year ago, the Trinity Knights boys basketball team knew it had something special in a crop of seven incoming freshman.
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.
Prep girls hoops: Valencia falls against state 20th ranked team
This Valencia Vikings girls basketball game had so much going for it.
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.
Prep boys basketball: Vikings feel playoff pain
This one was a little more emotional than most postgame goodbyes.
Prep girls soccer: Indians turn for the worse
Things changed in a hurry for Hart Indians girls soccer on Tuesday.
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.
