Prep boys soccer: The breaks go both ways

Golden Valley Grizzlies boys soccer didn't get a lot of breaks to go its way this season.

Prep boys hoops: Saugus takes advantage

In a way, one could say Canyon Cowboys boys basketball shot itself in the foot on Tuesday night by not taking advantage of second chances.

Prep girls hoops: The title is in sight

Can Canyon close? That's the question set up by the Cowboys girls basketball team's 63-35 win on Tuesday at Canyon High over the Saugus Centurions. If Canyon (21-4 overall, 8-1 Foothill League) beats heavy underdog Hart, the worst it could do is a share of the Foothill League title with Valencia - a fourth straight championship for the Cowboys. "Our goal is to finish strong," said Canyon sophomore Delaney McCann, who scored eight ...

Prep boys hoops: Calm in crisis

Hart head coach Tom Kelly credits his team's overall depth.

Prep girls soccer: Banner year for Valencia

Prior to the start of the 2012-13 season, Valencia Vikings girls soccer head coach Sean O'Connell took his team into the school's gymnasium and told them to look up at the championship banners.

Prep boys hoops: Wildcats won’t crack

Led by 35 points from Kevin Harris, West Ranch Wildcats boys basketball held off a pesky Golden Valley Grizzlies team 86-76 on Friday at Golden Valley High School.

Hart's Jonny Rose: Holding the line

The best way to describe how to play the center back position in soccer is to call that player the last line of defense.

Prep sports: Polls give a playoff glimpse

We are just one week away from the CIF-Southern Section winter playoffs. Rankings released by the CIF-SS give an indication as to who is postseason bound next week. The highest ranked teams are in boys basketball. If Foothill League co-leaders West Ranch and Hart can close out this week with victories, they will likely see top four seeds in the playoffs. West Ranch (17-6) is at No. 3 in the Division IA poll behind No. ...

She’s got the beat

This season, Santa Clarita Christian School senior Megan Gallagher has scored 17 goals and tallied nine assists for a 10-2-3 Cardinals girls soccer team that has scored 100 goals and blown through most of its Omega League opponents with little resistance.

College men’s hoops: Test complete

After a strong start, the College of the Canyons men's basketball team was tested till the finish as it defeated Los Angeles Valley College 78-69 Saturday at COC.

College women’s hoops: Identity thieves

In 20 successful years as head coach of College of the Canyons women's basketball, Greg Herrick has built the program with his signature fast-break offense.

The Day After: Uncertainty reigns

With two games left, there is only one certainty in the Foothill League. The Valencia girls soccer team clinched at least a share of its first league title since 2009 with a dominant 7-2 victory over Canyon. Outside of the Vikings, though, the Foothill League is a two-horse race. It's West Ranch and Hart in boys basketball, West Ranch and Valencia in boys soccer, and Valencia and Canyon in girls basketball. With just two games ...

Prep girls hoops: Tables turned

The Canyon Cowboys girls basketball team's celebration Friday after their 52-45 win over the Valencia Vikings at Valencia High rivals only one other celebration in Foothill League play this year.

Prep boys hoops: ’Cats stick to habit

It's becoming a habit for West Ranch Wildcats boys basketball.

Prep boys soccer: Vikes keep on the gas

Normally, Valencia Vikings boys soccer is content with sitting on a one-goal lead and playing defense.

Foothill League announces all-league boys volleyball

Saugus' Morsch capped career with Santa Clarita Valley best

When Jonathan Morsch's high school swimming career came to an end on Saturday, it was the culmination of 11 years of swimming - an 11-year venture that took Morsch from swimming out of necessity to swimming because he was one of the best the Santa Clarita Valley had to offer.

Next level proves tougher for Trinity baseball

In its first season since moving up from the Heritage League to the more competitive Liberty League, the Trinity Knights softball team accomplished a lot by making the postseason.

Einstein baseball is in and out

In its first playoff appearance in team history, Albert Einstein Academy baseball didn't get any breaks.

SCCS baseball outdueled by Hesperia

A young Santa Clarita Christian softball team came into last week a win away from a Liberty League championship.

Valencia softball left stranded

The Valencia Vikings softball team certainly had its chances to advance to the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division I postseason.

Valencia baseball wins CIF-SS Division I wild card

The bats may be coming around just in time for Valencia Vikings baseball. Patient and effective hitting put Valencia in front early and an A.J. Balta grand slam put the game out of reach as the Vikings beat the Westlake Warriors 11-2 on Tuesday in a CIF-Southern Section Division I wild-card matchup at Valencia High School. "We saw the pitches we wanted and we hit them," said Balta, who started for the first time in ...

All locals miss cut at CIF golf playoffs

There's one word for it - shock.

Valencia tennis caps it off in the quarters

One break of serve here, another tough bounce there, and that was enough to prevent the Valencia Vikings boys tennis team from moving on in the postseason.

Softball CIF brackets released, six SCV teams in

Coming into the 2013 softball season, there was a lot of hope within the Santa Clarita Valley that come playoff time, a Foothill League team could make a run.

6 area baseball teams make postseason

For one of the most competitive baseball seasons in Santa Clarita Valley prep history, the area gets no rewards in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.

Experiment a success for West Ranch lacrosse

The West Ranch Wildcats boys lacrosse team couldn't have dreamt of a more dramatic ending to its inaugural season.

Usuals get it done at CIF track and field prelims

Golden Valley, Saugus and Canyon were the three clear frontrunners throughout the Foothill League track and field season.

Abbey Weitzeil steals the show at CIF swim finals

As soon as Abbey Weitzeil touched the wall in the 100-yard freestyle for her second individual CIF title of the day, the Saugus sophomore spun around to check the results on the board.

Hart boys tennis falls to San Marino in rout

For the Hart Indians boys tennis team, the cause was rather simple.