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Midnight madness
Some local history will be made right after Midnight on Thursday morning. The Golden Valley football team will hold its first practice under the lights, in a two-hour long shindig nicknamed "Midnight Maneuvers". The event is the first of its kind in recent Santa Clarita high school history. "We think it's a fun way for the kids to get out there," Golden Valley head coach Steve Pinkston said. "The kids are dying to get out ...
Around the SCV
Summer baseball is in full effect and one local face is making his presence known. Saugus graduate and Pepperdine University incoming freshman Tyler Brubaker had a number of standout performances with his Playa Vista Orioles team. The Connie Mack 18-under baseball team, comprised of top players from the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley. Conejo Valley and Oxnard, finished atop the Southern California Connie Mack league with a record of 13-3. Brubaker led the ...
Hart attacked
Half of the Hart squad pitched in the Indians loss to Chatsworth in the semifinals of the summer Valley Invitational Baseball League playoffs on Tuesday.
Vikings get vanquished
The good news for Valencia was it only allowed one run in the last six innings of Saturday's VIBL quarterfinal game against Chatsworth.
Baseball bounces home teams’ way
Valencia and Chatsworth battled through four innings before the Vikings' bats staved off elimination in the quarterfinals of the Valley Invitational Baseball League's summer tournament.
Hart wins by field goal
After spotting their opponent six runs in the top of the first inning Thursday, Hart's offense quickly countered - in a big way.
Vikings ship sinks
Valencia did not have the same luck as Hart on Thursday, in a 4-2 loss to Chatsworth in the first contest of the best-of-three VIBL quarterfinals at Chatsworth High.
Saugus grad staying busy on golf course
Cal State Northridge student and Saugus High graduate Nick Delio is continuing his endless golfing summer.
Hart puts on scorefest
A chorus of aluminum bats cascaded through the summer air Tuesday at Hart High's Bud Murray Field.
What’s in the gene pool at Valencia?
There's a lot of good genes on the gridiron and the diamond at Valencia. Junior wide receiver Zack Tartabull is the son of former major leaguer Danny Tartabull, but he's never tried his hand in baseball at least, at the high school level. Another junior Brock Vereen is the younger brother of former Valencia standout Shane Vereen, who now plays at California. But don't make the comparisons just yet. "Brock is a different style of ...
All in the Vikings family
Christian Lopes hasn't spent much time at home this summer. Just the last five days to be exact. And in those five days, and three games the Valencia sophomore-to-be has managed to go 5-for-5 in a Valley Invitational Baseball League game against St. Francis on Friday and hit a home run Sunday against Royal. Even more intriguing, when Lopes looked over to his left from his shortstop perch on Friday, he saw another Lopes. Timothy ...
For Hart player, summer is no time to relax
For Hart High's Devin Rodriguez, it's been a busy summer. According the senior-to-be, the busiest ever.
Younger but still strong
Hart's spring 2009 baseball team will have an entirely different make-up. Spectators, coaches and players got a glimpse of what the Indians squad could look like in the first round of the Valley Invitational Baseball League, or VIBL, summer playoffs. Hart defeated Oak Park 13-3, at Bud Murray field on Friday. With the loss of 13 seniors from this season's Foothill League first place finishers, Hart head coach Jim Ozella said alterations in the roster ...
Saugus hires new swimming coach
Vicky Donnelly once swam for James Klipfel. Now she's replacing him as the head swimming coach at Saugus High School.
Travel softball coach hired by West Ranch
A soon-to-be retired motorcycle police officer with seven years of travel ball coaching experience will take over next spring at West Ranch High School.
Articles by Section - Prep Sports
Prep girls soccer: Indians turn for the worse
Things changed in a hurry for Hart Indians girls soccer on Tuesday.
Prep girls soccer: Cardinals’ conclusion
The core group of seniors on the Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals girls soccer players experienced a lot through the years.
Prep girls soccer: Save and a PK boost Vikings
After playing 100 minutes of scoreless soccer and four even rounds of penalty kicks, the Valencia Vikings girls soccer team needed a save and a goal to advance to the CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinals.
Prep girls soccer: Wrong place at wrong time for Cowboys
The ball just doesn't always bounce your way - and that's exactly what happened to the Canyon Cowboys girls soccer team in their CIF-Southern Section Division II playoff game with Wilson of Long Beach on Tuesday.
Prep sports: First polls of the spring
Forget what the calendar says, spring is practically here in the world of sports.
Valencia boys soccer: Stuck in the middle
It's a simple question with no simple answer.
