Centurions break Hart

As Hart and Saugus met up on Friday night at College of the Canyons, neither team thought of their 2-3 starts, rather, the clean slate that comes with league play.

Local teams get offensive

While it was only the season opener for Canyon and Valencia, it seemed more like a game to determine the Foothill League championship.

Wildcats win battle of the beasts

West Ranch came into Friday's game on a four-game losing streak, while Golden Valley was coming off of a bye week after it won in its first game on its campus in school history.

Canyon hosting 83 teams

One of the largest cross country events in Los Angeles County will take place today at Castaic Lake Recreational Area.

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.

Saugus baseball holds off Valencia

So much for the possibility of a frontrunner emerging early in the Foothill League.

West Ranch baseball back on track

The West Ranch Wildcats didn't panic after losing their first two Foothill League games.

Golden Valley High hires boys hoops coach

The most unstable coaching jobs in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last couple of years took steps toward stability on Friday.

Foothill League trio turns it on early in track and field opener

SCV Hoops Finale almost here

By Cary Osborne

Saugus volleyball ends Valencia's 112 match Foothill winning streak

Hart swim storms out of gate, Valencia sweeps Golden Valley

The Hart Indians swim team didn't waste much time flexing its muscle in opening up the Foothill League season.

West Ranch baseball picks up first Foothill League win of 2013

Regardless of how West Ranch Wildcats baseball got the win, the important thing is it got the win. The Wildcats are now on the board in Foothill League play after a 10-1 win over the Golden Valley Grizzlies on Wednesday at Golden Valley High. "It's a win and we needed to have one," said West Ranch head coach Casey Burrill. "If we want to find ourselves at the end of the season competing for a ...

Bats carry Canyon High baseball over Saugus

The Canyon Cowboys baseball team stuck to its script on Wednesday afternoon. Once again, Canyon's bats got hot early and the Cowboys jumped out to an early lead en route to a 9-4 victory over the Saugus Centurions at Canyon High School. Canyon (7-3 overall, 2-1 Foothill League) was aggressive from the start, scoring four first-inning runs to put Saugus in an early hole. Canyon starting pitcher Max Weinstein held up his end as well, ...

Valencia baseball puts it all together

There's a reason why many people thought going into Foothill League baseball play that the Valencia Vikings were the team to beat.

West Ranch's Kevin Harris chooses UCSD

West Ranch senior guard and 2013 Foothill League Boys Basketball Player of the Year Kevin Harris committed this week to play basketball for the University of California, San Diego. Harris averaged 19 points per game in Foothill League play leading the Wildcats to their first-ever outright league title. He was also an All-Foothill League and The Signal All-Santa Clarita Valley first-teamer as a junior. Harris, a 4.08 GPA student, had other interest, according to West ...

Canyon track and field's Devin Baldwin: Endless tenacity