For the second straight year, the number of athletes participating in 11-man football in California dropped by more than 3,000 in 2016, according to a census published by the CIF
The four youth baseball players holding court down the right field line at the Hart complex Tuesday couldn’t agree on how many total miles their team had driven, how many
The success is vast and varied. The explanation, if you ask Brian Stiman, is quite simple. During the 2016-17 school year, Valencia High won a Foothill League-best eight league titles,
In the world of competitive equity in which CIF-Southern Section football teams now operate, it’s no longer good enough to finish third in league – or, really, even second. “You
Andrius Polikaitis had the itch. You know, the one athletes get when they’ve been away from their field of choice for too long. The one competitors feel when they haven’t,
The images of five-passenger motorbikes and kids playing baseball with plastic bottles and sticks so seared themselves into Chris Cota’s memory that the longtime College of the Canyons baseball coach
Valencia High girls basketball played like a team running out of time. Yes, the Vikings’ 2016-17 campaign was a Showtime-esque montage of ball movement, Jade Jordan 3-pointers, Ashlee Ane drives
In a spacious room adjoined to the court at Honda Center in Anaheim, after a post-game press conference on March 4, Valencia High’s Kayla Konrad basked in the glow of
HOLLYWOOD — Signal Sports attends Pac-12 Media Days every year intent on asking conference coaches and players about Santa Clarita Valley football alums: how they’ve progressed, what we should expect
The Santa Clarita Valley high schooler who’s been fastest in the pool this season has lately been spending some well-deserved time beside it. Recent Saugus High graduate Tanner Olson, holder
HOLLYWOOD – When it came to the topic of eliminating two-a-day, full-contact practices, coaches who addressed reporters at Pac-12 Media Days in Hollywood on Wednesday seemed to be saying variations
There’s a picture online of Cody Minnis, playing in a collegiate wood-bat league this summer, that depicts him colliding with an outfield wall and beginning his descent toward the ground
A Golden Valley High coach suffered a stroke and was hospitalized Sunday during a camp in Palm Springs. Ed Santos, the Grizzlies’ head cheer coach, was in the intensive care
In the hallway outside Valencia High’s gymnasium, after a 16-point loss to rival Canyon High on Feb. 3, Jerry Mike’s stare was blank, but his words held more weight than
When you watch JD Callahan stride onto the mound at West Ranch High, there’s no doubt he looks like a Division-1-baseball-pitcher-to-be. He’s 6-foot-4 and lanky with an electric arm. UC
As Maya Gadbois peers through her orange helmet, waiting for the gate to drop and another BMX race to begin, her mind gravitates toward two equally important, and not altogether
On a recent summer evening, Valencia High quarterback Connor Downs hit Moises Haynes with an accurate pass, but it was Haynes who threaded the needle. The 200-pound back found a
After three days of competing at VTV Baseball Complex in Castaic, 18 players were selected Friday for the 2017 12U National Team, and two of them hail from the Santa
With more opportunity, came better play. With more play, came better opportunity. Jessica Cordola and Taylor Tonoian made the most of increased playing time with Saugus High softball this year
The Comcast SportsNet Chicago broadcasters couldn’t help themselves. As Mike Montgomery trotted around the bases at SunTrust Park in Atlanta on Wednesday after the first home run of his major