The Day After Soccer: Path of the leaders

Tuesday was a good day for Valencia Vikings soccer on the boys and girls side. Both teams came into the day at second place in the Foothill League, and both came out of it in first. But that's only a few of the major story lines going on here at the halfway mark of the winter league season. Boys With five games in the books and five to play, the league title race appears to ...

The Day After Hoops: Marquee Matchup II

Before the Foothill League season started, the first game was circled on the calendar as the marquee boys basketball matchup of the season.

Around the SCV: Honors are still arriving

Football season may be in the distance, but honors keep coming for Santa Clarita Valley athletes.

Prep boys hoops:’Cats’ knockout punch

There's one thing West Ranch has been lacking this season, and it almost came back to bite the Wildcats on Tuesday at Valencia High.

Prep boys hoops: Saugus finds option No. 2

The Saugus Centurions boys basketball team knows its backs are up against the wall after a slow start to the Foothill League season.

Prep girls soccer: Vikings hold strong again

When his team tied with the Hart Indians on Friday, Valencia Vikings girls soccer head coach Sean O'Connell said everyone would have to wait and see who blinked first.

Prep boys soccer: Just a single goal in mind

The way the Valencia Vikings boys soccer team is playing defense these days, all they need is one goal.

Prep girls hoops: Valencia survives the scare

If the Valencia Vikings girls basketball team needed a scare sometime in Foothill League play, it came on Tuesday.

West Ranch's Lambirth gives college commitment

West Ranch defensive lineman Jake Lambirth has verbally committed to play football for Cornell University.

Valencia's Lindsay Bos: One last loose end to tie

The last time Valencia girls soccer won a Foothill League title, senior Lindsay Bos could only watch.

The Day After Basketball: Vikings still on the rise

While the Valencia Vikings boys basketball team saw its undefeated start to the Foothill League season come to an end on Friday night, the girls team was doing just the opposite. Sandra Ikeora was dominant for the Vikings in a 67-42 victory over the rival Hart Indians, scoring 24 points and pulling down 12 rebounds, while teammate Kalia Summerlin added 18 points and dished out five assists. "(Ikeora's) the key. We've been telling her ...

The Day After Soccer: Drawing conclusions

With the Foothill League focused on a matchup of heavyweights, the Hart Indians and Valencia Vikings girls soccer programs battling it out to a 1-1 draw on Friday night, it might have been easy to miss just how crazy of an evening it was.

Prep girls soccer: A change of Hart

There's always that one moment when everything starts to click.

Prep baseball: Saugus High's Nick Warren commits to Fresno State

Saugus High School baseball player Nick Warren has committed to play baseball for Fresno State University, according to Saugus head coach John Maggiora.

Prep boys soccer: A meeting of the minds

Instead of practicing earlier this week, Saugus boys soccer held a team meeting following a third straight Foothill League loss.

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.

Valencia tennis moves to quarters for first time since 2008

The Valencia Vikings continue on. For the first time since 2008 - when Valencia advanced to the quarterfinals of CIF-Southern Section Division I - the Vikings have made it past the second round. This time around, the Vikings play in Division II, and on Friday afternoon Valencia defeated the Temple City Rams 12-6 at Temple City High School. "The guys are stoked. They were really happy," said Valencia head coach Annie Kellogg. "I still had ...

Hart baseball misses out on playoffs for first time since 1986

Prep softball roundup: Hart softball sends Canyon home early

Weitzeil leads Foothill pack at CIF swim prelims

The champions: West Ranch baseball wins back to back titles

As soon as the ball reached the glove of West Ranch Wildcats first baseman Jordan Benty for the second out of a game-ending double play, the Wildcats came storming out of the dugout, dog piling in front of the mound in celebration.