West Ranch football puts on show in opener
August 25, 2017
Most of the contact absorbed by West Ranch running back LaRon Huff came after he’d already dashed for long touchdowns on his first two carries of the season. After a
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West Ranch football has sights set on Simi
August 25, 2017
At a photo shoot earlier this month, decked out in his home uniform and shoulder pads, West Ranch senior Dylan Joscak acknowledged the Wildcats’ ultimate goal is a playoff berth.
Canyon High set to take on Moorpark in preleague opener
August 25, 2017
For Canyon High defensive end and guard Jacob Lopez, Friday nights are near-sacred. “Every Friday is like a little heaven I get,” Lopez said. “Let’s say like I get married,
Grizzlies preparing to take on Highland Friday night
August 24, 2017
The preparation for a week zero game is different from any game in preleague or league play. It’s hard to single out opposing players in film, because they’re all wearing
2017 Football Camp Series: Trinity
August 22, 2017
Trinity Classical Academy football coach Les Robinson’s feelings about his team entering Saturday night’s opener against Silver Valley of Yermo in some ways mirror his feelings about his quarterback. Robinson
Five SCV football teams ranked in CIF-SS preseason poll
August 21, 2017
When asked for a realistic expectation for his Saugus football team, quarterback Nathan Eldridge didn’t supply an outrageous answer. The Centurions, he said, planned to do better than they did
2017 Football Camp Series: Santa Clarita Christian
August 19, 2017
As much as Santa Clarita Christian football players Caden Brenner and Ethan Schwesinger are thankful to have rehabbed their ACL tears together last season, it doesn’t mean they weren’t counting
A look at each Foothill League team’s most interesting preleague game
August 18, 2017
A week from today, the 2017 high-school football season kicks off. Here’s a look at each Foothill League team’s most interesting preleague game. Golden Valley vs. Highland, at Canyon High
Status of Golden Valley football star DeGabriel Floyd uncertain for 2017
August 18, 2017
The arrival of USC-commit DeGabriel Floyd boosted the already high hopes of Golden Valley football entering the 2017 season. It’s still unclear, though, whether the Hawkins High of Los Angeles
2017 Football Camp Series: West Ranch
August 18, 2017
When a quarterback transfers from Texas to California, you call that a change of locale. When that quarterback, a senior NCAA Division 1 prospect, brags on his teammates, you call
Hart High center headed to Dallas for All-American Bowl
August 17, 2017
When Nathan Bradder’s dad told him recently that he was selected for the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl, Bradder was in disbelief. “My dad told me at dinner and I was like,
2017 Football Camp Series: Saugus High
August 16, 2017
As Jimmy Stirwalt conducted an on-camera interview Tuesday at Saugus High football practice, teammates jumped around behind the camera, involved in all kinds of shenanigans. Stirwalt, the Centurions senior middle
2017 Football Camp Series: Hart High
August 15, 2017
Asked to describe a particular middle linebacker on a particularly hot August afternoon, Hart High football players rattled off words and phrases like “enforcer,” “big-hitter,” “one of the most aggressive
2017 Football Camp Series: Golden Valley
August 12, 2017
At practice, the Golden Valley defense finds that it improves the most when it’s pitted against the offense in live situations. “We have all the team together, and it gets
2017 Football Camp Series: Canyon High
August 11, 2017
Canyon High football’s Brandon Wilson and Roland Hardson have a contest. It’s a competition for who can get the most picks this season. While the prize is still undecided (“It’s
Mason Nesbitt: Division 2 is a blessing for Valencia football
August 4, 2017
High School Football America released a composite national top 25 on Wednesday, providing a sharp reminder for a certain Santa Clarita Valley football program to count its blessings. I’ll go
August heat forces football coaches to take precautions
August 3, 2017
On a hot Santa Clarita day, you can work up a sweat just standing outside on a sidewalk. For an athlete practicing on an artificial turf field in August, it
CIF’s new playoff system raises stakes of non-league
August 1, 2017
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
Pac-12 coaches weigh in on early signing day
July 27, 2017
HOLLYWOOD – National Signing Day holds honor, pageantry and a whole lot of relief for high school football players. But what happens when another signing period is added? In early
Signal Sports Awards: Newcomer of the Year
July 22, 2017
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