Prep girls soccer: Cents’ trend downward

The Saugus Centurions girls soccer team knew it would have its hands full with the Marmonte League No. 1 Westlake Warriors on Thursday afternoon at Westlake High in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs.

Prep girls soccer: One gets the job done for the Cowboys

As Canyon Cowboys girls soccer head coach Derek Rusk said after his team's CIF-Southern Section Division II playoff game on Thursday afternoon, all it takes is one.

College hoops: Big first half helps California past UCLA

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - David Kravish had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Richard Solomon added 17 points and eight rebounds, and California eased past UCLA 76-63 on Thursday night.

Prep boys soccer: Hart overwhelms

Hart Indians boys soccer carried its late-season momentum into the wild-card round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IV playoffs, cruising to a 2-0 home victory over the Workman High Lobos on Wednesday afternoon at Hart.

Prep boys basketball: Not this time

Quite the opening act. But not the way the Hart Indians basketball team would have liked it. The Indians survived - barely - and defeated the North Torrance Saxons 86-83 on Wednesday in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIAAA playoffs at Hart High. The game was too much like Indians' 62-61 loss that cost them the Foothill League championship last Friday - a game in which they led early and lost the ...

Prep boys hoops: Einstein loses its first-ever playoff game

The Albert Einstein Academy boys basketball lost to Oakwood of North Hollywood 59-53 on Wednesday at West Ranch High in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division VA playoffs.

Prep boys basketball: Trinity wins a lopsided one

Trinity Knights boys basketball went virtually untested in its 77-36 first round win over the Southwestern Academy Suns in the CIF-Southern Section Division VI playoffs on Wednesday night at The Master's College.

Around the SCV: Antoniuk commits to Air Force Academy

Hart High senior varsity swimmer Asia Antoniuk will continue her swimming career at the Air Force Academy.

Prep sports: Foothill’s other game

There was a game being played in the gymnasium. Two teams going at it with a goal to win. There were blowouts, close games and classics this season. That doesn't even include what happened on the court. The game was the one being played between the Foothill League's student sections. In a twice-a-week game of one-upsmanship, the six Foothill schools prided themselves on almost a fictional Foothill League title - the title of ...

Prep soccer: CIF unveils postseason pairings

With Monday's revealing of the boys and girls CIF-Southern Section playoff brackets, the postseason picture is complete for this year's winter sports.

Prep basketball: CIF Playoff brackets released

Santa Clarita Valley basketball teams are spread out all over the CIF-Southern Section playoff brackets, which were released on Sunday afternoon.

The Day After: They can only wait and see

And just like that, the regular season came to an end. Friday night saw the Foothill League hoops finales, with soccer finishing up on Thursday. Plenty of expected results came to fruition - but it was one shocking upset that really disrupted things at the top. Boys Basketball The Canyon Cowboys overcame a 17-point deficit against the Hart Indians to push Hart down to second in the final standings. That means West ...

Prep boys hoops: Cowboys end Indians’ title run

After enduring a painful first half of Foothill League play, Canyon Cowboys boys basketball continued to preach the importance of getting better each game.

Prep boys hoops: Cents come through in the clutch

Saugus has been plagued by its inability to close games out, but the Centurions finally found some answers on the finale of the Foothill League season.

Prep girls hoops: Valencia gets its share of Foothill title

No way the West Ranch Wildcats were going to keep up. Not with pressure, piled on top of smothering pressure by the Valencia Vikings girls basketball team. That was the mind-set of a determined Valencia team that defeated West Ranch at West Ranch High on Friday 71-52. With the victory, the Vikings (20-7 overall, 9-1 Foothill League) split the Foothill League championship with Canyon. It marks the first title for Valencia since 2005. "Finally," said ...

West Ranch baseball's Tony Slauson has made a name for himself on varsity

It was the bottom of the seventh inning.

Wildcats baseball completes sweep of Golden Valley

If it appeared that the West Ranch Wildcats took the Golden Valley Grizzlies lightly to start the game, that message changed midway through the third inning.

Saugus baseball breaks the pattern in victory

It's almost as if the baseball gods wanted to test the Saugus Centurions.

Valencia baseball gets no-hitter, walk-off win

The Valencia Vikings baseball team has lost five of their last seven Foothill League games.

Golden Valley tennis still has hope for playoffs

There's hope at Golden Valley.

Golden Valley track and field wins girls, boys league titles

Two undefeated Foothill League track and field teams. One winner-take-all meet.

Foothill softball roundup: Centurions unfazed by Vikings

Holding a lead in the seventh inning against the Valencia Vikings is something the Saugus Centurions remember well.

West Ranch volleyball clinches outright Foothill title

West Ranch locks up Foothill League title

West Ranch boys golfer Joey Downey would have really had to have a blow-up round on Wednesday at TPC Valencia in the sixth and final Foothill League match to not win the league's Most Valuable Player.

Short-handed win for Hart swim over Canyon

Canyon comes from behind to beat Saugus 6-4

Hart baseball defeats Valencia in walk-off fashion

No longer in question as West Ranch golf locks in on title

Decisions, decisions, decisions and decisions.

Valencia tennis dominant in claiming 8th straight title

The Hart Indians had to do something to stop the oncoming locomotive that is Valencia Vikings boys tennis.

West Ranch softball defeats Valencia for two-game lead in standings