There’s a photo Austin Hernandez keeps on his phone. In it, he’s just removed his helmet, unleashing untamed, shoulder-length hair. In it, he’s a split second from crossing home plate
Monday’s release of the 2017 All-CIF Southern Section softball teams featured a Foothill League champion, two Division 3 runners-up and one glaring omission. Shea O’Leary, ace pitcher of the Foothill
The CIF-Southern Section released its All-CIF softball teams on Monday. Here are the Santa Clarita Valley players who were honored: Division 1 Saugus’ Cassidy FitzGerald Valencia’s Shea O’Leary Division 3
Hart High senior quarterback JT Shrout has already delivered on one goal in prompt fashion. The outcome of another aspiration will have to wait until the fall. Shrout, a three-star
In order to understand the connection between recent Saugus High graduate Victoria Hodge’s running career and her severe hearing loss, imagine you’re 3 years old and desperate to communicate with
For Hart High senior quarterback JT Shrout, playing in the Pac-12 has always been a dream. So, obviously, earning an offer from Cal Berkeley late last month qualified as a
Like many their age, Ryan and Jovan Camacho enjoy lounging around the house and relaxing during the summer. Of course, for West Ranch High’s most-athletic identical twins, that applies only
When a rival school dropped out of its league, Albert Einstein Academy softball ultimately lost a playoff berth. What it didn’t lose was an undefeated Omega League championship and a
Devin Lewis knew, but he wanted to be sure. So he pulled himself off the turf at Ayala High in Chino Hills and jogged toward the sideline. The dull, numb
There were no thigh pads, shoulder pads or facemasks at Hart High on Wednesday afternoon. Few players got knocked to the ground. Still, the practice between Hart and Crescenta Valley
Jared Oliva and JC Cloney said what you’d expect fellow Santa Clarita Valley products and college baseball teammates to say on a day MLB teams drafted both players. “The Pirates
Valencia High baseball coach Mike Killinger remembers Keston Hiura as an even-tempered player, never too high or too low. Maybe that’s why Hiura initially remained seated as a roomful of
Weeks before Monday’s MLB First-Year Player Draft, in the middle of another interview, shortly after another question, Hunter Greene received a call. Go ahead and answer it, Russell Greene encouraged
Gary Rowe was adjusting to a new playbook, a new school, a new town. Fortunately for Golden Valley, Ahvie Harris didn’t have to adjust to the transfer quarterback’s deep pass
By all accounts, the Santa Clarita Valley has a rich history in the MLB First-Year Player draft both in quantity and quality. Sixty SCV products have been selected just since
Valencia High catcher Ally Shipman never struck out. Valencia pitcher Shea O’Leary struck out every batter she faced. One statement is hyperbole (though O’Leary did strike out 240 batters in
In a 2016 interview with The Signal, UC Irvine coach Mike Gillespie might have best summed up Keston Hiura’s situation in 2017 with the MLB Draft looming on Monday. At
Girls volleyball Division 2: Valencia, Hart Division 3: West Ranch Division 4: Canyon, Saugus Division 5: Golden Valley Division 8: Trinity Classical Academy Division 9: Santa Clarita Christian Division 10: Albert Einstein Academy, Santa Clarita Valley International
The CIF-Southern Section released its 2017 playoff groupings Thursday largely to a collective yawn from Foothill League football coaches. The divisions, it seems, didn’t differ much from a tentative draft
Stevenson Ranch resident Hunter Greene had just spent three days filming a day-in-the-life piece for MLB Network, hours studying for high school finals and an afternoon espousing anti-bullying at a