Valencia XC impresses at prelims

Valencia High continued to make waves in the cross country community Friday at the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 prelims. The Vikings boys advanced to the section’s finals as a team,

Saugus football travels to face Crescenta Valley

Saugus High wide receiver Jared Pane knows that stats and game film never tell the whole story. The senior said Thursday night, on the eve of the Centurions’ CIF-Southern Section

Hart football has its hands full

Some of the factors look the same. Hart High football is opening the playoffs on the road, again, against an undefeated team, again. A few factors entering Friday night’s CIF-Southern

Legion of Wildcats sign letters of intent

West Ranch High needed two tables. Two long tables. Twelve Wildcat athletes signed national letters of intent Thursday, one day after several other area schools held ceremonies. The West Ranch

COC football keen on breaking even

College of the Canyons and Bakersfield College have put up eerily similar stats this season. The Cougars and Renegades are both averaging exactly 369.7 yards of total offense. They’ve scored

SCV athletes sign letters of intent

The excitement surrounding signing day isn’t always generated by some grand revelation, a player picking between two schools with fan bases collectively holding their breath. No, sometimes the excitement comes

COC football rolls past Santa Monica

College of the Canyons running back Tylan McBride looked to be in a glass tunnel as he cut through a hole in the line and hurtled upfield. Santa Monica defenders

Trinity girls v-ball sees season end in quarters

The Trinity Classical Academy girls volleyball team won its first Heritage League title this season. It advanced to its first-ever CIF-Southern Section quarterfinal, too. But a trip to the Division

SCCS girls v-ball falls in quarters

Santa Clarita Christian girls volleyball lost, 3-0, to Capistrano Valley Christian on the road Saturday in a CIF-Southern Section Division 9 quarterfinal. Game scores were 25-12, 25-21 and 25-10. The

Trinity football falls in finale

A tantalizing opportunity played out how the numbers said it would. Trinity Classical Academy football entered Friday afternoon’s game with a chance to tie for the Prep League’s best record

Trinity volleyball takes match at key moments

There were points in Trinity Classical Academy’s match Thursday afternoon when the Knights looked tentative, like the spotlight of a CIF-Southern Section Division 9 second-round match might be too bright.

Vikes’ overcoming spirit not enough against Edison

Throughout a turbulent season, Valencia High girls volleyball always made it work. The Vikings overcame injury. They figured out team chemistry. They figured out West Ranch, beating the Wildcats the

End of the line for Cats, Vikes tennis

This was always a possibility — that West Ranch girls tennis would end Foothill League play on the high of its first Foothill League title since 2011 only to meet

Master’s gets taste of NCAA D1 hoops against UCLA

LOS ANGELES — An hour before The Master’s University’s exhibition game at UCLA on Tuesday night, new students learned sacred Bruin chants from cheering-section veterans. When to clap, what to yell,