All-SCV Boys Cross Country: Saugus' A.J. Yarnall, Name etched in history

At the end of the Foothill League season, there was legitimate debate about who could be considered The Signal's All-Santa Clarita Valley Male Runner of the Year.

All-SCV Girls Cross Country: Samantha Ortega, Centurions’ next in line

There was zero hesitation in his voice and almost an excitement to say it. Saugus High girls cross country coach Rene Paragas said after the Centurions won the CIF-Southern Section Division II championship on Nov. 17 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut that sophomore Samantha Ortega was the next great Saugus cross country runner. Then he mentioned two other names that she is in the company of - Shannon Murakami and Kaylin Mahoney. For ...

2012 All-SCV Girls Tennis: Keith and Inchalik, a reason for the return

Valencia's doubles lineup was undoubtedly the best in the Foothill League this season, and the Vikings' No. 1 team of Tina Inchalik and Ashley Keith didn't disappoint in their leading role.

2012 All-SCV Girls Tennis: Rebecca Ho, The greatest Grizzly

It's hard to grasp just how good Golden Valley's Rebecca Ho has been over the course of her four-year varsity career until you stop and look at the numbers.

2012 All-SCV Girls Volleyball: Delaney Knudsen, The credit's all hers

All you needed to know about Valencia senior Delaney Knudsen could be learned by talking to her coach.

Prep basketball: Hogging the Holiday

Lewis Stallworth scored a game-high 22 points, including 10 in the third quarter, to help the Hart boys basketball team pull away from Glendale, 72-56, in the championship game of its own Hart Holiday Classic at Hart High School on Saturday.

Prep soccer: Hart takes it all

The Hart girls soccer team may have finally hit its stride. After some early season struggles finding their footing under first-year head coach Justin Lundin, the Indians capped an undefeated showing at their own Hart Soccer Showcase with a 3-0 victory over Quartz Hill on Saturday afternoon at Hart High School. After going eight game without a victory to start the season, Hart is 6-0-1 in its last seven games, including a perfect 5-0 during ...

Prep soccer: The best on display

In two days, Hart boys soccer beat two Foothill League opponents, and it has now won two straight Hart Soccer Showcase championships over the last two seasons.

Prep soccer: Cents win Los Tacos crown

Even in a tournament stacked with highly ranked teams, Saugus girls soccer kept finding a way.

Hart boys Showcase roundup: Showdown set

It only took a few seconds for Hart senior Nico Ferrero to get comfortable. Playing in just his second game this season, Ferrero scored less than a minute after being subbed into the game and eventually recorded a hat trick in Hart's 4-0 win over Canyon on Friday in the Hart Soccer Showcase at Hart High School. The victory puts the Indians (7-1-1) into the tournament final against Valencia today at 10 a.m. "It was ...

Hart girls Showcase roundup: Host heads to the final

Hart girls soccer capped a successful second day at the Hart Soccer Showcase with a 3-0 semifinal victory over rival Canyon on Friday afternoon at Hart.

Prep soccer roundup: Hart gets its result

With high winds and a slick field, the conditions were hardly ideal for the Hart girls soccer team in the opening day of the Hart Soccer Showcase.

Prep soccer roundup: Golden Valley shows its grit

Golden Valley boys soccer is already showing how scrappy it can be. The short-handed Grizzlies surrendered a two-goal lead in the second half, but then rallied back to score the game-winning goal with seconds to play on Thursday to win 3-2 over Arleta, capping off its first day of pool play in the Hart Soccer Showcase at Hart High. "I think we just pulled together," said Golden Valley senior Sebastian Martinez, who scored two goals ...

Prep hoops: Hart right on cue

Despite leading at halftime in its opening game of the Hart Holiday Classic, the Indians boys basketball team was looking to pick up the intensity heading into the third frame against visiting Burbank.

Swimming: CAC picks new leader

Choosing a head coach was not something Canyons Aquatics Club took lightly. But after a detailed two-month search, the club's board of directors finally found someone as serious as they were was about its continued success. CAC chose Coley Stickels as its new head coach to replace Jeff Conwell, who resigned on Oct. 17 after more than six years at the helm and 13 total years with the program. There were many aspects of the ...

West Ranch's Lauren Lombardi: Fully recovered

One hundred percent. Every play. Every day.

Valencia's J.D. Busfield: Method to the magic

John Busfield is mostly inconspicuous among the people sitting on the block cement seating at Valencia High's baseball field.

Golden Valley gets first league win with victory over Valencia

West Ranch baseball blows things open with 7-run sixth to beat Canyon

Hart baseball defeats Saugus 3-2 on walk-off balk

Foothill track and field: Marquee meet unresolved

Canyon vs. Saugus was the first meeting of Foothill League contenders this season. As it turns out, the girls meet isn't done being contended quite yet.

It’s looking inevitable for Vikings tennis in Foothill League race

Not tied for long as Saugus volleyball pulls away from G.V.

West Ranch uses big inning to beat Canyon 8-3

Foothill League swim roundup: Messages sent at meet

The meet itself wasn't particularly close, but the day certainly sent a message to Golden Valley - they're on the right path.

Valencia baseball finds the right approach

Coming off one of Southern California's most challenging spring break tournaments, Valencia Vikings baseball has its trap week.

Saugus baseball saved by seniors

Experience produced for Saugus Centurions baseball on Wednesday.

West Ranch baseball back on top

The surge back to the top continued for the defending Foothill League champion West Ranch Wildcats baseball team.

Foothill tennis roundup: Hope alive for Golden Valley

At the halfway mark in Foothill League play, Golden Valley boys tennis needed a signature win to keep realistic hopes of an automatic playoff spot alive.

Role reversal for Hart, Valencia boys volleyball

Something is definitely different about the Foothill League this year in boys volleyball.