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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 boys basketball: Trinity raises the bar
SANTA ANA - Immediately following every CIF championship game, a small ceremony takes place on the court where the champions and runners up receive plaques.
Prep boys basketball: Triumph delayed
SANTA ANA - It was a plan the Trinity Classical Academy Knights had stuck with all season long - attack the basket and good things will happen.
Prep boys basketball: Storm watch
He's the storm.
Prep boys basketball: No need to wait on Trinity
One. Just one Santa Clarita Valley boys basketball team has won a CIF championship.
Prep swimming: Hart boys, Valencia girls win at SCV Relays
Call it a soft opening to the Santa Clarita Valley prep swim season.
Prep girls soccer: Gallagher tops in Omega
The Santa Clarita Christian girls soccer team dominated the Omega League from start to finish.
Prep boys soccer: Center of the defense
Not even a broken nose could stop Valencia Vikings senior Jake Veiga from playing.
Prep girls soccer: Versatile Viking
Scorer, distributor, decision-maker.
Becca Harrison chosen as top player in Foothill girls soccer
The 2012-13 Foothill League girls soccer Player of the Year is Valencia junior Becca Harrison, who was announced Monday along with the rest of the all-league teams.
Valencia's Jake Veiga tabbed for best Foothill player in boys soccer
This year's All-Foothill League boys soccer team was announced Monday with Valencia senior defender Jake Veiga receiving the Player of the Year honor, as voted on by the league's coaches.
Canyon's McCoy is girls hoops POY
For all that Canyon senior forward Alia McCoy had accomplished in her stellar basketball career, there was one thing she couldn't say.
Wildcat Harris leads All-Foothill boys hoops team
It's sort of a no-brainer for West Ranch boys basketball player Kevin Harris.
Prep girls hoops: Canyon falls in quarters to Lynwood
LYNWOOD - Why has Canyon girls basketball been the best winter sports team in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last four years?
Prep boys basketball: ’Cats can’t quite close
DANA POINT - In so many cases, a team is a reflection of its leaders.
Prep boys basketball: Their Knight
A year ago, the Trinity Knights boys basketball team knew it had something special in a crop of seven incoming freshman.
