Stevenson Ranch residents Manuel Lujan and John Hartung both have vivid memories of where they were the last time the Dodgers were in the World Series. Hartung was 19 years
As far as Southern California club baseball teams go, few can tout a laundry list of players currently affiliated with Major League Baseball organizations like the Playa Vista Orioles. That
When Hart baseball coach Jim Ozella flips on his television to watch the Major League Baseball postseason, he’s given an experience likely no other high school coach in America can
One can imagine a teenager doing a variety of things on a Saturday morning. Going to breakfast with friends. Watching cartoons. Maybe even trying to catch up on their sleep
Hart alum Trevor Bauer picked up his first career postseason victory Thursday, throwing 6 ⅔ shutout innings against the Yankees as the Indians won Game 1 of the American League
Tim O’Brien, an assistant coach on Hart High’s 1999 CIF champion baseball team, has died, his daughter Jennifer told The Signal this week. O’Brien, who was 68, died of an
On a summer day in the Dominican Republic, West Ranch baseball’s Vinny Rojas was explaining how to throw a curve ball to a 6-foot-4, 14-year-old Dominican boy. “I struck him
For Hart baseball’s Cody Jefferis, committing to the University of San Diego the summer before his senior year brought a mixture of emotions. “Of course it’s a relief,” he said
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
Last year, Michael Franchimone went to scout a Trinity Classical Academy baseball game as a Santa Clarita Christian assistant coach. “I actually sat in the stands at Trinity last year,
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
While some baseball players have wrapped up their Valley Invitational Baseball League games and summer training, West Ranch’s Christos Stefanos is moseying around the Southwest, taking part in the Perfect
Santa Clarita Christian School, Trinity Classical Academy and Albert Einstein Academy may be small, but this year’s success proves that they are mighty. SCCS made strides in football, earning
Casey Burrill remembers his first year coaching West Ranch baseball 12 years ago. The program’s first year. It was just a freshman team at the time. Then they added a
Cole Roederer was having one of those days. Not great, not bad – just kind of, well, unproductive. He’d gone to watch a friend play baseball. He’d been unsuccessful in
Since winning the Valley Invitational Baseball League championship in 2013, Hart has advanced deep into the VIBL playoffs four times. It’s still waiting for another title. That wait might end
Once Hart High beat Camarillo, 6-3, on Wednesday at home in the quarterfinals of the Valley Invitational Baseball League playoffs, an all-Foothill League semifinal was guaranteed for later in the
This year, Canyon High showed some serious potential. At the front of the pack was the girls basketball team, which made it to a CIF-Southern Section final for the second
West Ranch baseball beat Calabasas High 13-1 in a Valley Invitational Baseball League game at Calabasas on Wednesday. The Wildcats scored nine runs in the second inning, a series that
The summer of 2017 has been one of change for Foothill League baseball coaching staffs. One day after Saugus High announced its new coach, Golden Valley’s head man, Steve Lombardi,