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Prep girls hoops: The title is in sight
Can Canyon close? That's the question set up by the Cowboys girls basketball team's 63-35 win on Tuesday at Canyon High over the Saugus Centurions. If Canyon (21-4 overall, 8-1 Foothill League) beats heavy underdog Hart, the worst it could do is a share of the Foothill League title with Valencia - a fourth straight championship for the Cowboys. "Our goal is to finish strong," said Canyon sophomore Delaney McCann, who scored eight ...
Prep boys hoops: Calm in crisis
Hart head coach Tom Kelly credits his team's overall depth.
Prep girls soccer: Banner year for Valencia
Prior to the start of the 2012-13 season, Valencia Vikings girls soccer head coach Sean O'Connell took his team into the school's gymnasium and told them to look up at the championship banners.
Prep boys hoops: Wildcats won’t crack
Led by 35 points from Kevin Harris, West Ranch Wildcats boys basketball held off a pesky Golden Valley Grizzlies team 86-76 on Friday at Golden Valley High School.
Hart's Jonny Rose: Holding the line
The best way to describe how to play the center back position in soccer is to call that player the last line of defense.
Prep sports: Polls give a playoff glimpse
We are just one week away from the CIF-Southern Section winter playoffs. Rankings released by the CIF-SS give an indication as to who is postseason bound next week. The highest ranked teams are in boys basketball. If Foothill League co-leaders West Ranch and Hart can close out this week with victories, they will likely see top four seeds in the playoffs. West Ranch (17-6) is at No. 3 in the Division IA poll behind No. ...
She’s got the beat
This season, Santa Clarita Christian School senior Megan Gallagher has scored 17 goals and tallied nine assists for a 10-2-3 Cardinals girls soccer team that has scored 100 goals and blown through most of its Omega League opponents with little resistance.
College men’s hoops: Test complete
After a strong start, the College of the Canyons men's basketball team was tested till the finish as it defeated Los Angeles Valley College 78-69 Saturday at COC.
College women’s hoops: Identity thieves
In 20 successful years as head coach of College of the Canyons women's basketball, Greg Herrick has built the program with his signature fast-break offense.
The Day After: Uncertainty reigns
With two games left, there is only one certainty in the Foothill League. The Valencia girls soccer team clinched at least a share of its first league title since 2009 with a dominant 7-2 victory over Canyon. Outside of the Vikings, though, the Foothill League is a two-horse race. It's West Ranch and Hart in boys basketball, West Ranch and Valencia in boys soccer, and Valencia and Canyon in girls basketball. With just two games ...
Prep girls hoops: Tables turned
The Canyon Cowboys girls basketball team's celebration Friday after their 52-45 win over the Valencia Vikings at Valencia High rivals only one other celebration in Foothill League play this year.
Prep boys hoops: ’Cats stick to habit
It's becoming a habit for West Ranch Wildcats boys basketball.
Prep boys soccer: Vikes keep on the gas
Normally, Valencia Vikings boys soccer is content with sitting on a one-goal lead and playing defense.
Prep girls soccer: Valencia secures its share
The Valencia Vikings girls soccer team stood in a circle at Canyon High School and let out a small, almost understated cheer.
Prep boys hoops: Hart bounces back in 2nd
After being punched in the mouth by the Golden Valley Grizzlies in the first half, the Hart Indians boys basketball team rebounded in the second half to secure a 75-50 victory on Friday at Hart High.
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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.
Hart baseball upsets West Ranch to sweep season series
Something didn't feel quite right about the Hart Indians being up six runs on the West Ranch Wildcats on Friday at West Ranch High.
Vikings in win-win situations at Foothill tennis finals
Foothill League tennis elite true to form
The Foothill League boys tennis prelims is usually an event of little surprise.
Hart's win causes Foothill fluctuation
This Foothill League continues to be the wackiest in one respect and the most competitive in another respect in recent memory.
Canyon baseball takes out the drama against G.V.
The Canyon Cowboys have been involved in a lot of wild games in recent weeks in Foothill League play.
Saugus baseball wins in atypical fashion
Not often in baseball does the winning team combine for less hits than the opposition, while also having its starting pitcher allow more earned runs than the losing team's starting pitcher.
Hart's Myles Franklin named All-State sophomore
Hart High sophomore Myles Franklin was named an All-State sophomore by Cal-Hi Sports.
West Ranch goes 10-0 in Foothill League play
The West Ranch Wildcats completed a season sweep through Foothill League play on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over the Valencia Vikings by scores of 22-25, 25-18, 25-17 and 26-24 at West Ranch High School.
Foothill softball roundup: League teams make push
The Foothill League was thrown a curve ball on Tuesday, and Valencia was one of the beneficiaries.
Foothill League track finals up next
All the focus was on the track at Tuesday's Foothill League track and field prelims at Valencia High School. Qualifying heats were held for seven varsity events in both boys and girls on Tuesday, all of which were running events. Finals for the field events will be held on Friday at Valencia, along with the rest of the league finals. In the meantime, the stage has been set for some tight competition in multiple events ...
Valencia swim looks to be legitimate threat for Hart
It's been a while, but on Thursday the Foothill League Finals boys meet is far from a sure thing.
Saugus' Rachel Eaton: Assuming her role
Every team has to have its role players.
