MLB Draft Q&A: Valencia grad Keston Hiura
June 8, 2017
In a 2016 interview with The Signal, UC Irvine coach Mike Gillespie might have best summed up Keston Hiura’s situation in 2017 with the MLB Draft looming on Monday. At
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CIF-SS XC finals return to Riverside
June 8, 2017
Riverside City Cross Country Course will host the CIF-Southern Section cross country prelims and finals for boys and girls again this season, the CIF-SS said in a press release issued
Trinity, SCCS take home end-of-year swimming awards
June 8, 2017
Trinity Classical Academy made its mark on the All-Heritage League swimming awards with six boys swimmers and seven girls swimmers earning recognition. Sam Alfsen, Colin Linteruer, Andy Li, Raul Meza,
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
MLB Draft Q&A: Stevenson Ranch resident Hunter Greene
June 8, 2017
Stevenson Ranch resident Hunter Greene had just spent three days filming a day-in-the-life piece for MLB Network, hours studying for high school finals and an afternoon espousing anti-bullying at a
Saugus grad shares Women’s College World Series championship finals experience
June 7, 2017
When it came to whether or not Florida’s Kayli Kvistad leaned into the pitch that hit her with the bases loaded Tuesday night, Saugus High graduate Mariah Lopez remained noncommittal.
Valencia baseball opens summer play with win
June 7, 2017
Last summer, Valencia baseball’s Nick Tanis was in a similar situation to the one he was in during the Vikings’ 5-4 summer league win over Bishop Alemany High of Mission
Former Signal Sports writer pens young adult basketball novel
June 7, 2017
I’m not exactly sure when, but it was sometime during the production of the 2015 SCV High School Football Preview that a white-haired figured glided into The Signal’s newsroom, red
Local UFC fighter talks about past as he prepares for future
June 7, 2017
Even though he goes by the nickname of Vinc “From Hell” Pichel, the professional fighter says he feels blessed to be where he is now. After a three-year hiatus filled
Valencia girls basketball grad makes college choice official
June 7, 2017
Hawaii had a lot to do with recent Valencia High graduate Ashlee Ane’s college choice. Ane picked Cal State Fullerton because it had a strong program for her major, kinesiology,
West Ranch batter, Valencia pitcher elevate their games to win Foothill honors
June 7, 2017
The transitions took place on the same side of the valley. But 60 feet, 6 inches apart. The transitions were both dramatic. But in dramatically different ways. The Foothill League’s
Saugus grad, Oklahoma win softball national title
June 6, 2017
The situation was precarious. The pitcher, apparently, was prepared. Saugus High graduate and University of Oklahoma freshman Mariah Lopez entered the circle in the second inning of Tuesday night’s game
West Ranch’s Michael Flores headlines All-Foothill League boys volleyball awardees
June 6, 2017
At the end of the 2016 boys volleyball season, West Ranch’s Michael Flores was told he was one vote away from winning Foothill League Player of the Year. He entered
All-Foothill League softball teams announced
June 6, 2017
Player of the Year: Ally Shipman, Jr., Valencia Pitcher of the Year: Shea O’Leary, Jr., Valencia First team Noel Dominguez, Jr., Valencia Kelia Paragas, Jr., Valencia Kyla Hardy, Jr., Valencia
Lopez, Oklahoma take marathon game one of Women’s CWS
June 5, 2017
Saugus High graduate Mariah Lopez didn’t pitch for the University of Oklahoma in game one of the Women’s College World Series best-of-three championship series Monday night. But after sitting on
SCV track and field athletes find success at CIF state finals
June 5, 2017
Standing on the podium at the conclusion of the CIF state track and field finals on Saturday, Trinity Classical Academy runner Solomon Strader heard more than just the applause of
Hart softball falls in CIF title game
June 3, 2017
IRVINE — Twenty minutes earlier, in extra innings of the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 title game, Murrieta Mesa’s Zoey Clark had lifted a two-run, walk-off home run over the fence
A look at locals in the MLB
June 3, 2017
Here’s a look at what Santa Clarita Valley products are up to in Major League Baseball: Trevor Bauer (Cleveland Indians, Hart High grad) During what has been a difficult season
Upbeat Hart softball ready for Rams’ challenge
June 2, 2017
As Morgan Jones dutifully shuffled out of Hart High’s dugout and over to a cell phone hooked up to the PA system at Newhall Park on Tuesday, someone in the
West Ranch softball grad earns lifelong title in first season at Arizona
June 2, 2017
The title always caught Jessie Harper’s attention. She’d hear it at banquets or on TV, always tied to some former softball star. Now she’ll hear it the rest of her