RIVERSIDE —There’s a phrase that Saugus High swim coach Jim Klipfel is particular to, and he employed it again Saturday night in Riverside: There’s no defense in swimming. The expression
On Mother’s Day weekend two years ago, at Crossroads Community Church in Valencia, on a chair not a pew, Dan Waldeck prayed. Waldeck, the women’s basketball coach at The Master’s
Santa Clarita Christian senior Victoria Kirshner reflected on four years of championship-level swimming Friday night after winning CIF-Southern Section Division 4 titles in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles at Riverside
It says something when your valley only has six schools in Division 1 for swimming, and there are still too many swimmers who advanced through CIF-Southern Section prelims and into
Valencia High’s Trace Eldridge didn’t deflect the question. The team’s starting pitcher, Ben Fariss, didn’t either. Both said the image of West Ranch High dogpiling at Valencia after last season’s
As Valencia High coach Mike Killinger held court behind home plate after a 3-0 win over West Ranch on Tuesday, some of his players broke into “Happy Birthday” for someone’s
Josh Kristoff and Chazz Anderson played football at the same high school in central Ohio. They competed against each other in college. They both migrated to California and took coaching
At 6-foot-5, Robert Winslow was like a castle tower under siege. After five one-hit innings against Hope International of Fullerton, The Master’s University pitcher found himself amid a swarm a
It’d be hard to say The Master’s University baseball team doesn’t have a sense of urgency. Over its last 23 games, the Mustangs have won 19, the biggest to date
Over the years, Hart coach Jim Ozella has seen speed and he’s seen power. Rarely, if ever, has he seen a player with both at the level of junior Cole
It was not one of Chase Farrell’s more dominant outings. It certainly wasn’t his cleanest. It was, however, his most important. And Valencia’s ace navigated seven West Ranch hits in
The stage is the same. Some key players are the same. The roles, at least on paper, are completely flipped. For the second straight year, Valencia and West Ranch highs
Noah Dent wasn’t feeling well. He had the flu. Santa Clarita Christian’s plan was to pitch the lefty two innings against a Guidance Charter of Palmdale team still looking for
There’s another benefit to playing well in the community college softball playoffs in addition to winning games and advancing: Staying alive in the postseason provides more opportunities for four-year college
It’s 6 p.m. on a Monday, and Cameron Lutges doesn’t need help pulling blue socks over his femurs. He doesn’t need help securing his “stubby” prosthetics. He doesn’t need help
The final 25 yards of the day’s final race decided the Foothill League boys swim title and served as a snapshot of Thursday’s meet at a packed-out Santa Clarita Aquatic
The crowd’s size hardly spoke to the event’s innate excitement, what with the flipping and twisting and spiraling. Organizers spiced up the afternoon with a PA announcer and text on
The Hart-Saugus one-run phenomenon is impervious, it appears, even to a five-run lead. The Indians built a head-for-the-exits advantage at Saugus High on Wednesday, but the Centurions rattled off four
When “Abbey Weitzeil” and “record-breaking” are used in the same sentence, it’s usually in reference to marks the Saugus High graduate and Olympic medalist took down. Tuesday at Santa Clarita
Valencia High’s Ally Shipman saw an outfielder bobble the ball deep in the left-field corner Tuesday and took advantage. Two batters later, Viking Kyla Hardy saw an opportunity to reward
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