Heading into the Area Code Games tryouts in early July, Grant Weiss’ objective was to get noticed by college coaches. The Valencia baseball senior-to-be was ready to have the pressure
Valencia’s Brock Kleszcz grew up in a baseball family. With a dad and two older brothers who played the sport, the Valencia outfielder had plenty of baseball support growing up.
The USA Baseball 12U National Team has spent the last week in Santa Clarita, preparing for the upcoming World Baseball Softball Confederation U-12 Baseball World Cup that starts next Friday
The tryouts for the Area Code Games, a summer baseball showcase, feature some of the best prep baseball players in Southern California, but even in the cream of the crop,
Jakob Marquez always looks forward to Area Code Games tryouts. The senior-to-be received an invitation to try out every year since his freshman season of prep baseball and embraces the
The Hart baseball team didn’t want summer ball to end. After going up 4-3 through three innings of play against El Camino Real in the VIBL semifinals on the road
For West Ranch baseball player Trey Topping, there’s not much more that he enjoys doing other than playing baseball, school and spending time with his family. Growing up as the
It may have been 100 degrees at Hart High School on Monday, but Indians pitcher Daniel Parra warmed up the atmosphere a little bit more after bringing the heat against
At the start of the year, coaches and players in the Santa Clarita Youth Baseball league weren’t sure they’d even be able to play baseball in 2019. The fields at
The Valley Invitational Baseball League playoffs begin today and a few Foothill League teams will have the opportunity to win the VIBL title as well as make some final summer
Thursday evening marked the last game of summer baseball for the Valencia Vikings, who played the Crescenta Valley Falcons for the second time this week. Both offenses were stifled in
Brad Kysar was a superstitious man when it came to watching his son pitch. Whenever Ryan Kysar was on the mound, Brad opted to walk around, almost to distract himself,
Valencia baseball has a phrase for the summer: Push the envelope. Specifically, when it comes to taking bases. If they reach a certain number of bases, the Vikings will be
The Santa Clarita Youth Baseball Black Sox team is heading to the Cal Ripken 11U Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament in Vernal, Utah, which starts on Sunday and concludes on Saturday,
West Ranch’s RJ Gordon knew what he was getting into in Saturday morning’s game against JSerra Catholic in the California Classic. When Gordon played at Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks,
In Keston Hiura’s senior year at Valencia in 2014, he hit 14 home runs. In his three years playing at the University of California, Irvine, he hit 22 home runs.
Entering his freshman year at Trinity Classical Academy, senior baseball player Andrew Pfeiffer had never really given pitching much thought. Thanks to his former head coach Tommy Kister, who saw
By Dan Lovi and Diego Marquez Signal Staff Writers When it came to athletic prowess in 2018-19, Valencia High School was the cream of the crop. A three-year stint as
With only one week left in the summer baseball schedule, the Valencia Vikings traveled to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday to take on one of the
As summer baseball begins to wind down, there is one major weekend tournament left on three Foothill League teams’ schedules: The California Classic. For nearly 10 years, the California Classic