2017-2018 Valencia Year in Review
Valencia cheerleaders use smartphones to take photos and record as football players eat a giant burrito as fast as they can at the 8th annual Burrito Bowl by the WiSH Education Foundation at Westfield Valencia Town Center on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

2017-2018 Valencia Year in Review

Setting some pretty lofty goals, the Valencia high school sports programs set the bar pretty high for the incoming class of student-athletes year after year. “Our goal is always to…

Valencia softball’s O’Leary and Shipman selected for All-American Game
Valencia catcher Alyssa Shipman, left, and pitcher Shea O'Leary, right, stand in the batting cages at the Vikings' home field on June 9, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal.

Valencia softball’s O’Leary and Shipman selected for All-American Game

Between travel ball and prep softball at Valencia, Ally Shipman has caught countless pitches from Shea O’Leary. Although the recent grads’ time at Valencia has ended and their travel ball…

Valencia softball picks up first-round playoff win over Vista Murrieta
Valencia softball's Kelia Paragas celebrates a play in the Vikings' CIF-Southern Section first-round playoff game against Vista Murrieta at Valencia on Thursday. Haley Sawyer/The Signal

Valencia softball picks up first-round playoff win over Vista Murrieta

Ahead of a CIF-Southern Section Division 1 first-round playoff game on Thursday, Valencia softball freshman Lani Paragas was admittedly nervous. “Me and Emma (Bramson), because we’re the freshmen, we’ve never…

Valencia softball thrills in league-opening win over Hart
Valencia batter Emma Bramson (R) gets a grand welcome at home plate after blasting a 3-run home run to give the Vikings a 4-3 lead over Hart in a softball game at Hart. Tom Cruze/For The Signal

Valencia softball thrills in league-opening win over Hart

By Tony Ciniglio For The Signal “Operation Mojo” went into full effect for the Valencia softball team. Coach Donna Lee talked about searching for Valencia’s “mojo” heading into the Foothill…

Valencia softball comes up short against Camarillo
Valencia shortstop Noel Dominguez corrals a throw from the catcher as a Camarillo player steals a base in the Vikings' 3-2 loss on Tuesday afternoon at Valencia. Haley Sawyer/The Signal

Valencia softball comes up short against Camarillo

The Valencia softball team possesses some of the top senior talent in the state, but Vikings coach Donna Lee acknowledges a bulk of the roster is still made up of…

2 from SCV named MaxPreps All-Americans
Hart's Cole Roederer (7) watches his home run fly over the fence in right field before rounding the bases during a baseball game at Saugus this season. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

2 from SCV named MaxPreps All-Americans

Cole Roederer was having one of those days. Not great, not bad – just kind of, well, unproductive. He’d gone to watch a friend play baseball. He’d been unsuccessful in…

All-State softball teams released
Valencia softball catcher/pitcher duo Alyssa Shipman, left, and Shea O'Leary, earned all-state honors on Thursday. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

All-State softball teams released

Cal-Hi Sports released its annual all-state softball teams on Thursday. Here are the local girls who made the cut: All-state teams Second team catcher Valencia's Ally Shipman Second team pitchers…

2017 All-SCV Softball Team
Valencia softball catcher/pitcher duo Alyssa Shipman, left, and Shea O'Leary, earned all-state honors on Thursday. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

2017 All-SCV Softball Team

A co-players of the year award is, in one sense, a cop-out. It is a refusal to decide. However, this season the Santa Clarita Valley, and more specifically Valencia High…

Four SCV softball players named All-CIF
Valencia's Shea O'Leary (19) throws a pitch during a CIF-Southern Section playoff softball game against Great Oak on May 18. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Four SCV softball players named All-CIF

Monday’s release of the 2017 All-CIF Southern Section softball teams featured a Foothill League champion, two Division 3 runners-up and one glaring omission. Shea O’Leary, ace pitcher of the Foothill…

Valencia softball pair earns Foothill League’s top honors
Valencia catcher Alyssa Shipman, left, and pitcher Shea O'Leary, right, stand in the batting cages at the Vikings' home field on June 9, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal.

Valencia softball pair earns Foothill League’s top honors

Valencia High catcher Ally Shipman never struck out. Valencia pitcher Shea O’Leary struck out every batter she faced. One statement is hyperbole (though O’Leary did strike out 240 batters in…

Foothill softball roundup: Valencia earns share of Foothill title
Kyla Hardy (2) and Valencia High softball advanced to the CIF-SS D1 quarterfinals for the second straight year. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Foothill softball roundup: Valencia earns share of Foothill title

Valencia High’s Ally Shipman saw an outfielder bobble the ball deep in the left-field corner Tuesday and took advantage. Two batters later, Viking Kyla Hardy saw an opportunity to reward…

Foothill softball roundup: Valencia pitcher tosses 3rd straight shutout
Valencia's Shea O'Leary (19) throws a pitch during a softball game against Saugus on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Foothill softball roundup: Valencia pitcher tosses 3rd straight shutout

Really, it only seems fair. Opponents aren’t giving Valencia catcher Ally Shipman many pitches to hit. So Viking pitcher Shea O’Leary is returning the favor. O’Leary threw her third straight…

Valencia softball one step too slow against Agoura
Valencia's Noel Dominguez (3) hits and RBI single in the third inning against Agoura at Valencia on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Valencia softball one step too slow against Agoura

Valencia catcher Ally Shipman whipped the ball to third. Shortstop Noel Dominguez received the throw and darted toward second. Agoura’s Julia Noskin ran for dear life. Dominguez dove and tagged…

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