Saugus boys hoops survives late scare

GRANADA HILLS — The ball stopped moving. The shots stopped falling. Saugus High boys basketball looked little like the team that ran out to a 17-point lead after one quarter.

Valencia boys hoops lets lead slip away

GRANADA HILLS — Even after scoring six points in the third quarter and letting all of a 10-point halftime lead get away, Valencia High boys basketball had possession late in

Way-too-early Foothill football preview

We do this every year, and still someone will protest. “Focus on the sports that are in season,” he or she will say. “Basketball and soccer deserve your undivided attention

Mason Nesbitt: The mom behind the football men

Someone was missing. The Paraclete High of Lancaster football team had just defeated Mater Dei of Chula Vista to advance to Saturday night’s CIF Division 3-AA state title game. Amid jubilant

SCCS girls soccer runs by St. Monica

Santa Clarita Christian midfielder Chloe Edwards ran toward the rolling ball, cocked her leg back and sent a towering shot well over the crossbar. She put her hands over her

Hart rolls in home opener

One pass, two pass, three pass, four. Five pass, six pass, seven pass, score. Brian Buencamino’s second-quarter 3-pointer capped a typical Hart High possession in a Thursday night home opener

Hart grad wins NCAA men’s soccer title

For a Stanford University athlete hoping to study engineering or human biology, Derek Waldeck sure set his sights too low. The Hart High graduate envisioned contributing for the Cardinal this

COC’s Marquise Brown commits to Oklahoma

Marquise Brown had a knack for putting exclamation points on College of the Canyons’ offensive drives this season. The 5-foot-11 freshman speedster caught a team-best 10 touchdown passes, often leaving

Valencia hoops tops Canyon for tourney title

BURBANK — The Burroughs girls basketball tournament championship between Canyon and Valencia highs on Saturday night was more enticing than enjoyable, more appetizer than main course. Each team struggled early,

Golden Valley boys soccer holds off Chatsworth

First-year Golden Valley coach Guillermo Castro believed unequivocally that his back line would hold. So, even as Chatsworth High put on a late scoring siege, pressing Golden Valley defenders deep

Business as usual in Vikes boys soccer win

As Valencia High boys soccer worked toward a 5-1 win over Calabasas High on Thursday night, a young girl was sitting behind the Vikings’ home bench and reading a book.

Mustangs men’s hoops falls in double OT

Westmont College of Santa Barbara stonewalled The Master’s University’s final possession of the fourth quarter. TMU’s men forced an air ball on the Warriors’ last shot in the first overtime.

SCV swimmers earn honors in Atlanta

Saugus High senior and Canyons Aquatic Club swimmer Tanner Olson doesn’t know yet where he’ll go to college. He does, however, know what kind of swim he expected from himself

Former Hart OC Dean Herrington wins CIF crown

HACIENDA HEIGHTS — It all happened so fast. One second a controversial muffed punt was setting up Los Altos High’s score-tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter. Then, moments later,

SCV swimmers shine at AT&T Nationals

Valencia High senior Nikol Popov said Thursday at the AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta that she was glad to be through the long-course swimming season and into short-course competition. “It’s

Valencia grad ready for Pac-12 Championship

Asked about his reputation for being shy, Valencia High graduate and University of Colorado senior Tedric Thompson provided a different perspective. “I never thought I was shy,” Thompson said by

GV girls soccer dominates in 3rd game of season

Golden Valley forward Kiara Gunn secured a contested pass deep in the Grizzlies’ attacking third and directed a shot around the charging Lancaster High goalkeeper. The ball rolled toward the

2016-2017 Golden Valley boys basketball preview

Golden Valley boys basketball wants to build off last year’s success, not revel in it. Second-year Grizzlies coach Larry Keys sees the importance of the breakthrough 2015-16 campaign in forming