After playing basketball overseas for a season, Golden Valley grad Taylor Statham was excited to come back home to the Santa Clarita Valley last week to sunny weather and a familiar environment. What he saw when he returned was anything but. However, Statham, who owns Statham Academy, as well as several other local coaches, have found ways to persevere through
Ordinarily, weekend tournaments mean long days of traveling and even longer days of matches. But the tournament on deck for Saturday for the Valencia wrestling
The Valencia wrestling team continued its push to the postseason at the Thunderclap Varsity Tournament on Saturday at Thousand Oaks High School. The Vikings brought
As Jake Quintana drilled with Braden Smelser at a Valencia wrestling practice on Monday, only his left knee ever made contact with the ground. Part
On Friday and Saturday, Braden Smelser and Trent Munoz were surrounded by multiple state champion wrestlers at the 5-Counties tournament at Fountain Valley High School.
The Valencia boys wrestling team continued its hot start to the season at the Ed Springs Holiday Classic at Brea Olinda High School on Saturday
Valencia wrestler Braden Smelser couldn’t compete in the first tournament of the season due to an ankle injury. In the second tournament, he was pitted
Newcomer of the Year Nathan Perez – Never taking a shot he didn’t like, the freshman shooting guard was a pesky scorer that could come
Santa Clarita Christian School, Santa Clarita Valley International and Trinity Classical Academy have each sent a powerful message with the way its sports teams performed.
While Golden Valley High School didn’t have any teams reach the playoffs this year, many of its athletes had tremendous individual seasons and put up
Heading into his college wrestling career, Ben Gould’s top goal is to become a national champion. And he thinks Colorado State University-Pueblo is the school
Although the prep wrestling season is over, Valencia’s Ben Gould is far from done competing. “I just want to ride out my senior year, go
BAKERSFIELD — America Lopez went into her second straight CIF State Championships determined. She wanted to surpass last year’s fifth-place finish. After making it to
BAKERSFIELD — Valencia’s Ben Gould limped out of the tunnel on the bottom level of Rabobank Arena and onto the mat. Heading into his final
Valencia wrestling took half a dozen wrestlers to the CIF State Championships on Thursday. Two are advancing to wrestle on Saturday, the final day of
The Valencia girls wrestling team is 3-for-3 when it comes to sending wrestlers to the CIF State Championships this season. Meaning, there are three girls
NORWALK — For the first time in program history, Valencia will be sending three wrestlers to the CIF State Tournament. Ben Gould, Jake Quintana and
The Valencia wrestling team sent seven boys and three girls to the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division Individual Wrestling Championships on Feb. 9 and 10, with
Valencia wrestler Ben Gould had 195-pound titles from the Downey Invitational, the Tournament of Champions and the Kern County Invitational. In the California Invitational Tournament
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