2016-17 Small School Year in Review
July 19, 2017
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
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2016-17 West Ranch Year in Review
July 18, 2017
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
What is Valencia football’s biggest weapon heading into 2017?
July 12, 2017
Amid all the weapons Valencia High football boasts at the skill positions, another aspect of the Vikings’ repertoire caught the eye of Canyon High coach Rich Gutierrez on Tuesday during
2016-17 Canyon High Year in Review
July 11, 2017
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
Canyon football connecting at 7-on-7 passing scrimmage
July 6, 2017
For as long as he can remember, Carson Strickland was at Harry Welch Stadium on Friday nights. Now, as a junior, he’ll have the chance to play there on that
Valencia wideout, corner has offers from 4 D1 colleges
July 6, 2017
Before the 2016 football season, Valencia coach Larry Muir said Mykael Wright was talented. As the 2016 season progressed, Wright’s play said he was talented. And since the end of
Hart’s 11-on-11 exercise holds connections to the past
July 5, 2017
The day featured a dizzying number of connections to the past, but to the Herrington brothers, it just felt like, well, football. When Hart High and Paraclete of Lancaster got
Valencia grad, NFL player attributes his success to academics
June 30, 2017
On the first day of the 2017 NFL Draft, Valencia grad Tedric Thompson was gathered with family, friends, former coaches and his high school academic counselor, Theresa Long. “She’s the
Canyon football grad catches on in Canada
June 27, 2017
After weeks of bearing the weight of bad news and good food, Canyon High graduate Drew Wolitarsky got a pick-me-up Tuesday when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football
Football and fun at 4th annual Vereen Playmakers Football Camp
June 26, 2017
In a crowd of kids in blue T-shirts, all with the name “Vereen” printed on the back, Valencia High graduate and NFL running back Shane Vereen was doing pushups. It
Hart quarterback has 10 college offers
June 17, 2017
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
NFL running back, former Viking to host youth football camp
June 16, 2017
On Thursday afternoon, NFL running back Shane Vereen had finished his offseason workouts with the New York Giants and was waiting to board a plane. For the fourth year in
West Ranch’s Camacho twins keeping up with dual-sport summer
June 15, 2017
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
More Than an Athlete: Golden Valley football’s Devin Lewis
June 15, 2017
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
SCV football teams mixing in 11-on-11 summer competition
June 14, 2017
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
Golden Valley, West Ranch post high marks at Saugus passing tourney
June 10, 2017
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
Coaches react to 2017 football playoff groupings
June 8, 2017
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
Saugus football alum returns from playing in Ireland
May 20, 2017
For Saugus High football alum Jaelin Kinney, Ireland was a mixture of the familiar and the foreign. There was McDonald’s, but it was treated as a delicacy. There was football,
SCCS tabs next AD and football coach
May 11, 2017
Josh Kristoff and Chazz Anderson played football at the same high school in central Ohio. They competed against each other in college. They both migrated to California and took coaching
NFL dreams alive for 3 SCV alums
May 1, 2017
The Santa Clarita Valley has made its way into the NFL once again. One SCV product was selected in last week’s NFL Draft, one signed with an NFL team afterward