Seraphs stifle Cents

VENTURA - Saugus could not contain the green and gold Seraphs of St. Bonaventure as the Centurions fell 35-8 on the road in the semifinals of the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoffs Friday night. After the sound of the horn, Saugus football lined at up at the end zone to perform its postgame warm-up for the last time.

The faith to beat Faith

Exactly how long is the road to a CIF championship? For Cardinal head coach Garrick Moss, the road began in 2002. It was that year that he, along with coordinators John Stone and John Sanna, began building a football legacy at Santa Clarita Christian.

Cardinals rule

Ownership has its privileges. Because of ownership, Faith Baptist football could call itself the class of Southern California 8-Man football.

Vikings fight off Warriors

Maybe it's because it was their third game in four nights. Maybe it's because El Camino is really good.

Don’t cross Jordan

Put this one down in the record books. After Canyon High receiver Chris Rivas had more than 200 receiving yards prior to the horn sounding at the half, it was record watch from that point on.

Vikings plunder their namesakes

Valencia came up with its second shutout of the season Friday, in a 42-0 rout of Hueneme. The Vikings went on the road to Oxnard to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Grizzly freshman pluck Oak Park Eagles

Freshman Football Golden Valley 21, Oak Park 16 Jeff Coprich led the Grizzlies in rushing and scored three three touchdowns as the Golden Valley freshman won, 21-16. Included in Coprich's tallies was a 50-yard fourth quarter TD run that gave the Grizzlies their final margin of victory. The defense also played well holding the Eagles and finished the game with Alex Pleitez sacking the quarterback three times in a row. The defense also forced and ...

A sneaky loss

A 6-5 receiver is tough to defend at the National Football League level, much less in high school.

Hart skins Wolfpack

Three games into their season, many questions remained unanswered for the Hart Indians. Friday night against Claremont, Hart (2-2) went to the wire to prove they have what it takes to remain competitive in the Foothill League with a 14-7 victory.

Saugus thinks upset

To say Saugus is facing a tough challenge this week would be an understatement. But at this point of the game, it's to be expected. This is the exact same place the Centurions found themselves in last year - facing No. 1 seeded St. Bonaventure of Ventura in the semifinals of the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoffs. The Seraphs defeated the Centurions 55-36 on Dec. 1. Saugus (9-3) will play the Seraphs (11-1) at 7:30 ...

Late burst is the difference

For the most part, Valencia's performance against Burroughs bore little resemblance to its opening-game dominance.

Can the Cards pull it off?

Two down, one to go. Santa Clarita Christian has already knocked out the No. 2, Windward and No. 3-ranked team, Avalon, in the CIF-Southern Section Division I 8-man football playoffs. Now the team has its sights set on taking out Heritage League mate and No. 1-ranked perennial powerhouse Faith Baptist in the finals. SCCS will take on the Contenders tonight at Harry Welch Stadium at 7 p.m. The Cardinals lost 46-32 to the Contenders on ...

Physical education

When Rich Bahr got the call he was going to be the head coach for Saugus' junior varsity football team in 2005, he immediately went into recruitment mode.

Cents hassle the Hoff

One night after surviving a physical battle against Taft, the Saugus girls basketball team found much less resistance from Nordhoff.

Valencia outlasts Hart girls

With Valencia's top two singles players battling the flu, Valencia struggled for a while but held on to beat Hart on Thursday, 11-7.

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