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.

Valencia goalkeeper named an all-star

The U.S. Soccer Development Academy tournament finals continued at the Home Depot Center. Valencia's Eric Shannon was one of eleven athletes named to the Southern California Conference All-Star Team. His All-Star team status ranks him as one of the top eight goal keepers in the country in his age group. Shannon's LAFC BU18 club team, which is sponsored by Adidas, defeated CASL soccer club 5-2 on Wednesday to advance to the championship game which will ...

Spigner wins national award

Jessica Spigner is cleaning up in the postseason like she did during. The Vikings pitcher and RBI machine was named the EA SPORTS Softball Player of the Year yesterday. For Spigner, who knocked in 37 runs during her senior season, it's the first national award she's received. "I was in shock," said Spigner, who found out in an E-mail from her mom Dyan. "I almost didn't believe it." The link in the E-mail, which sent ...

All-Star future, check

NEW YORK - His jersey neatly folded on a chair in front of New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano's locker Sunday afternoon, 2003 Hart High graduate Chris Valaika smiles and draws a check mark with his index finger.

Vikings oust Hawks to win championship

Put another one on the board for Valencia. The Vikings girls basketball team played for the championship in the Santa Clarita Girls Varsity Basketball Summer Shootout on Saturday. The Vikings were victorious in their 47-44 win over Knight High School of Palmdale. Valencia went undefeated in the tournament having defeated Quartz Hill and the Wildcats of West Ranch before seeing Knight in the finals. While some Foothill League coaches prefer not to play league teams ...

Hart wins at Shootout

Girls varsity hoops action continued from the College of the Canyons on Friday. In the Santa Clarita Girls Varsity Basketball Summer Shootout, Hart edged Notre Dame 28-25. Indians senior-to-be Briana Fitchpatrick led the squad in points with 14. Hart was defeated in Thursday's game against Burroughs and Indians head coach Zach Koebel said that this season it's all about development. "We're still learning," Koebel said. "We're just starting to get to a point where we ...

Getting their kicks

Playing in the same venue as star athletes David Beckham and Edson Buddle would be a dream come true for any young soccer player.

Mac of all trades

The best high school golfer in Southern California says his biggest moment of the 2007-08 school year, wasn't on the course - it was on the football field.

Vikes double up in round 1

Valencia boys tennis head coach Annie Kellogg summed it up best by quoting the opposing coach.

West Ranch's Slauson chooses CSUN

West Ranch outfielder Tony Slauson verbally committed to Cal State Northridge earlier this month, according to Wildcats head coach Casey Burrill.

CIF volleyball roundup: Foothill one and done

The Foothill League collectively went 0-for-3 in the boys volleyball playoffs this season.

Valencia softball comes from behind to beat Hart

The Hart Indians nearly pulled off a remarkable win over the second-place Valencia Vikings with an inexperienced pitcher in the circle.

Saugus softball puts itself in good position for playoff berth

West Ranch volleyball ousted in first round

Three teams could end up atop the Foothill League baseball standings

Golden Valley, West Ranch tennis teams win wild card playoff matches

Valencia baseball keeps title hopes alive with win over Canyon

Foothill goes three up, three down in golf playoffs

With so many strong teams in the field, not much was expected from the Foothill League's three teams in the CIF-Northern Team Divisional at Soule Park Golf Club in Ojai.

Golden Valley tennis makes CIF playoffs for first time

The Golden Valley Grizzlies boys tennis team is in the playoffs for the first time in school history.

Valencia's Chad LeDuff: Fitting of the distinction

People used to tell Christy LeDuff that her son had a gift.

CIF releases Boys Volleyball playoff brackets

It sure looks like something's missing.

Golden Valley highlights Foothill League track and field finals

Canyon baseball rises to top of Foothill League with Friday win

For the first time since March 27, the Canyon Cowboys baseball team sits alone in first place of the Foothill League.