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Rich get richer
Varsity Girls Tennis Valencia 16, Golden Valley 2 On Thursday, Vikings No. 1 singles player Thalia Wilczynski swept 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2 Shin Jae Kim won two sets 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 and Andrea Zammit and Amanda Jannson won one set. Valencia doubles swept with Emily Fraczek and Ashely Karzin leading the way 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, followed by Clarice Fraczek and Maxine David winning, 6-1 6-2. Chelsie Dietz and Swati Shestra took two sets, 6-1, 6-1. ...
Foothill League standings
Football Valencia 5-1 (1-0) Saugus 3-3 (1-0) West Ranch 2-4 (1-0) Canyon 3-3 (0-1) Golden Valley 3-3 (0-1) Hart 2-3 (0-1) Tennis Valencia 6-0 West Ranch 5-1 Hart 4-2 Saugus 2-4 Canyon 1-5 Golden Valley 0-6 Local Schedule Today Football College of Canyons at Glendale The COC Cougars take on Gelndale at 7 p.m. Santa Clarita Christian vs. Thatcher The Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals will take on Thatcher at Canyon High School at 7 p.m.
Saugus finds positives
With a young team, Saugus boys soccer head coach Seth Groller is looking for improvement more than wins and losses during their non-league schedule. If Thursday's match is any indication, his side has come a long way.
Canyon’s measuring stick
Canyon girls head basketball coach Stan Delus was telling everyone he could about The Bishop's School of San Diego before Thursday's game.
Kane resigns at West Ranch
The second Foothill League football coach has resigned in less than a week. Mike Kane, the only varsity head football coach in West Ranch High's five-year history, handed in his resignation on Wednesday. On Dec. 11, Steve Pinkston resigned as Golden Valley's head football coach. Kane, 42, said he came to the conclusion that he could no longer coach because of a lack of time spent with family. "I missed a lot of it and ...
Running strong
With his headband wound tight over his blonde hair, Saugus cross country runner Alec Nelson came marching toward the finish line Thursday at Central Park in record time.
Let the Foothill League games begin
Foothill League football teams have a clean slate. All the work done up until this point was simply preparation for what will be a very competitive season on the gridiron. The race for the league title begins. Recent CIF polls have three Foothill League teams in the Northern Division's top 10. Valencia ranks the highest at No. 5 with Canyon inching its way into the line-up at No. 9 and rounding out the top 10 ...
It Takes Two
There appears to be a new rivalry brewing. Two cross-town teams on a mission for the crown.
West Ranch spikes Saugus
Varsity girls volleyball West Ranch 3, Saugus 1 Alison Summers' serving made the difference in a 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-17 victory, in a match featuring two of the top three teams Thursday in the Foothill League. "We didn't play to the best of our ability," West Ranch head coach Nate Sparks said. Summers won seven points with her serve in the third game to help the Wildcats (4-0 in league, 8-4 overall) pull away. She ...
Broken Hart
When the Hart girls tennis team was on the 118 Freeway heading east, after a match on Sept. 12 at Westlake High School, they saw the aftermath of a train wreck.
Rattling the cage
Even though the league slate hasn't started yet, Foothill basketball is off to a strong start.
’Cats scratch Indians
It looks as though there is another squad on the heels of the defending Foothill League champion Valencia girls volleyball team.
Hart breaking own records
Hart's girls golf team's records are meant to be broken. Excuse the spin on an old cliché, but the Indians' record breaking is becoming cliché. Hart did it on two levels Tuesday at Vista Valencia Golf Course in claiming at least a share of its second straight Foothill League title. Not only did the team break a course record at Vista, a record the Indians set just two weeks ago, but sophomore Amanda Corr shot ...
Sports shorts: Centurions tame Grizzlies
Varsity Volleyball Saugus 3, Golden Valley 0 Saugus defeated Golden Valley in three straight sets on Tuesday, 25-9 25-10 25-14. The Centurions' Alyssa Terwall had a team-high 32 assists. Katie Estes had 19 kills and Brigette Mayes added 13 digs. Saugus improves its record to 2-1 in the Foothill League (16-2 overall). Varisty Tennis West Ranch 10, Hart 8 West Ranch defeated Hart 10-8 at Hart. Playing well for West Ranch was their No. 1 ...
Vikings hold court
The best tennis team in CIF-SS Division III won convincingly on Tuesday at home, 17-1. Valencia, which since 2003 has won 65 straight Foothill League matches, is undefeated at 5-0 in league this season. "Everyone had some playing time today," Valencia head coach Annie Kellogg said. "They played like they were the No. 1 team in their division on Saturday. They played awesome tennis." Kellogg referred to Saturday's Valencia Fall Brawl, in which Isabella Fraczek ...
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
Saugus' Charles Dulac: A message of acceptance
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of stories in which The Signal recognizes high school athletes whose greatest achievements go well beyond the playing field.
Hart's Kailie Kennedy: Listening to those in need
The summer heat on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona is intense.
Golden Valley's Tyshon Thompson: A golden child growing up
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories in which The Signal recognizes high school athletes whose greatest achievements go well beyond the playing field.
Canyon's Apsay offered scholarship by Colorado
Canyon senior quarterback Cade Apsay received his second scholarship offer this week and again it was a Pac-12 school.
Canyon's Amoni Henderson: It’s better to laugh than cry
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories in which The Signal recognizes high school athletes whose greatest achievements go well beyond the playing field.
Hart football takes center stage at passing tourney
Valencia High School may have been the location of a four-team passing tournament on Wednesday, but Hart seemed to be right at home on the Vikings' football field.
Pete Calzia: Coach com-Pete
In October, Pete Calzia's heart was out of his chest while a doctor was installing a new aortic valve into the longtime teacher and ultra-competitive coach.
Former Golden Valley baseball coach hired at Cleveland High
Scott Drootin, who announced his resignation as head baseball coach at Golden Valley High on May 20, has been hired by Cleveland High in Reseda for the same position.
SCV track and field season ends at state finals
Somehow it was fitting that the last three remaining locals of the high school track and field season were all distance runners from Saugus High School, a perrenial power in distance races.
Three Saugus runners left at CIF state track meet
The intensity of the track and field competition continued to whittle down the list Santa Clarita Valley athletes still alive in the postseason.
Hart's Davis Koppenhaver picks up two collegiate offers
Another member of the Hart High football team has received national attention this week, as wide receiver Davis Koppenhaver received two collegiate offers.
Saugus track's Rodrigo Ornelas: Determined to be the best
Even now, he still thinks about second place.
Around the SCV: Canyon hires new swim coach; Ensing named to prestigious v-ball team
The Canyon High swim team will have a new head coach next season, as the school hired Daniel Neswald to take over for the departed Steve Himes, co-athletic director Scott Arnold confirmed.
Valencia track's Olivia Pear: On a different stage
It was Olivia Pear's goal all along to miss her high school graduation. Last fall, when it came time for seniors at Valencia High to order their caps, gowns and tassels for the ceremony, Pear astutely noticed that her school's graduation date fell on the same night as the CIF-Southern Section Track and Field Masters Meet. Pear decided to purchase the cap and gown anyway. But while 694 of her Valencia classmates walked across the ...
Kylie Sorenson named Foothill League softball Player of the Year again
West Ranch softball had a long road to climb this season in its quest to repeat as Foothill League champions.
