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.
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 ...
There appears to be a new rivalry brewing. Two cross-town teams on a mission for the crown.
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 ...
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.
Even though the league slate hasn't started yet, Foothill basketball is off to a strong start.
It looks as though there is another squad on the heels of the defending Foothill League champion Valencia girls volleyball team.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 1995, a Nigerian family of six trekked across the desert plains of Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.
Former Hart linebacker Dan Howell was on his old stomping grounds during the past two weeks, motivating the current Indian football players on the practice field.
Saugus has seen a lot of athletic success recently, and lacrosse is starting to catch on - not only at the school, but across the Santa Clarita Valley. The Centurions went 10-3 last spring and won the Pacific League, and the foundation was laid by Steve Tyson, who has been a huge force behind bringing the sport to not only the Santa Clarita Valley, but the greater Los Angeles area as well.
After winning four games by an average of 18 points, Valencia left no doubt it deserved the Canyon Classic championship. The Vikings and got 27 points from tournament MVP, sophomore Lonnie Jackson and put together a complete effort in a 68-54 rout of Lancaster Saturday evening.
Canyon Cowboys head baseball coach Adam Schulhofer can't be swayed away from his one-game-at-a-time thinking.
So much for the possibility of a frontrunner emerging early in the Foothill League.
The West Ranch Wildcats didn't panic after losing their first two Foothill League games.
The most unstable coaching jobs in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last couple of years took steps toward stability on Friday.
By Cary Osborne