The road to Scott Barlow’s first guaranteed major league contract, like most players, was far from a direct path. It started in Quaker Hill, Conn., brought him out to Golden
Hart right-hander Ryan Carolan fancies himself as an avid outdoorsman. Hunting and fishing make up some of his favorite hobbies, which led the senior to Forrest City, Iowa, last month
By Jennifer O’Shea For The Signal They say a game of baseball contains 18 minutes of actual game play — not a lot considering the average length of a Major
Jared Oliva’s first day in the minors followed a similar script to many getting their first crack at pro ball. The Valencia alum, who spent four years at Arizona, was
For Hart baseball players Cole Roederer and Bryce Collins, it seemed like Fall Signing Day would never come. Both had committed to their respective colleges nearly three years ago –Roederer
Hart alum Pat Valaika had been less than a month into his offseason with the Colorado Rockies when he helped put on a youth baseball clinic on Oct. 21
With the cost of World Series tickets outpricing many fans, a hoard of Dodgers faithful packed Schooners in Santa Clarita to watch the team battle the Astros in the first
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