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Hart's turn again
Hart center fielder Trevor Brown carefully crafted out an answer as to what two Hart wins this week against previously Foothill League first-place Valencia meant.
Gillies shuts down the Grizzlies
The West Ranch varsity baseball team shut out Golden Valley on Friday 9-0 at West Ranch High. Wildcat Charlie Gillies pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 12 Grizzlies, and allowing only three hits. The win is the fourth for Gillies on the season. West Ranch scored a run in the second inning off a Cal Vogelsang single. It was all West Ranch would need in the game. But the Wildcats kept the scoring going ...
Saugus attacks immediately
It was a 10-run first inning that led the Saugus varsity baseball team over Canyon on Friday. The Centurions defeated the Cowboys 12-3 on Saugus' home field. Saugus (14-6, 7-2) beat Canyon (6-12, 1-8) 2-1 in extra innings on Wednesday. The Cents have now won seven straight league games and have moved into a tie for second place in the Foothill League. Their offense gave starting pitcher Darren Schweitzer a lot to work with Friday ...
Nation's No. 1 preps for a huge tourney
With a big weekend tournament coming in Santa Barbara, it would have been easy for Valencia to overlook its Foothill league match Thursday against West Ranch.
Valencia eases into title share
There are a couple of things you can expect this time of year. Taxes are due on April 15 and around a week or so of that date, Valencia boys tennis is clinching a Foothill League title. For the third consecutive season, the Vikings will wear the crown after an 18-0 victory over Saugus clinched at least a tie for the championship with two matches remaining in the regular season. It was another in a ...
Cents softball make a run, give a run
Without glancing at the scoreboard after Saugus and Valencia's Foothill League softball game Thursday, the casual observer might have guessed Saugus had just pulled off a dramatic bottom of the seventh victory.
The Hart boys track and field in position
The Hart boys track and field team is now in position. With an 82-54 win over Canyon Thursday, the Indians will finish off the Foothill League season April 24 with a match against fellow league undefeated Saugus. However, Canyon did win the girls varsity side, defeating Hart 97-39. The Indians boys team won every event over the Cowboys with the exception of the hurdles. Canyon's Casey Adams placed first in the 110-yard hurdles coming in ...
On the right track
The Saugus varsity track and field teams defeated Golden Valley on Thursday on the Grizzlies' home field.
Hart and Valencia dead even
For all the drama that had unfolded in the seventh inning of Hart against Valencia in a Foothill League baseball game Tuesday, the final pitch turned out to be the least dramatic.
Vikings breeze by West Ranch
Valencia Vikings head coach Kathleen Perdisatt says that the budding boys varsity swim team has met the expectations she had for the squad going into the season.
Stiglich's blast gives Hart payback against Valencia
Junior Heather Stiglich's solo home run in the top of the seventh gave Hart High's varsity girls softball team its first victory over Valencia since the 2004 season.
Hart charges back to beat Cowboys
The Hart High boys volleyball team started and ended Tuesday's Foothill League match against Canyon the same way, playing with fire and passion.
Vikings stay perfect
The Valencia boys varsity tennis team defeated Hart 16-2 on Tuesday on the Indians home court. The Vikings remain the preeminent force in the Foothill League, still undefeated at 7-0. Vikings senior Jack Zapala remains the Vikings dominant No. 1 seed and continues to strive for excellence on the court. "I have goals that I have set for myself personally," he said. " And one of them is to be undefeated in all my sets." ...
Par for the course
Once again Valencia came oh so close to winning its first Foothill League boys golf match of the season, but just as the three previous League matches, West Ranch carded a lower score to win its fourth straight Foothill League match with a score of 390 at Valencia Country Club Monday afternoon.
A volleyball legacy
Caio Schmitd's first memories of volleyball began when he was a young boy cheering his father on at matches in Brazil. "I would sit on the bench and during every water break my dad and I would go on the court and pass balls back and forth," says Schmitd, an outside hitter for West Ranch . "I knew I wanted to be just like him."
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
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.
Valencia boys soccer: Stuck in the middle
It's a simple question with no simple answer.
Prep girls basketball: Viking response
Valencia Vikings power forward Sandra Ikeora was in the doghouse early at Valencia High Saturday night in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IAA playoffs.
Prep girls basketball: Cents turn to their D
The Saugus Centurions girls basketball team knew the Sultana Sultans of Hesperia would want to send the ball inside in their first round CIF-Southern Section Division IIA playoff game on Saturday night at Sultana High School.
