Local roundup: SCV hoops teams pick up wins in tournament play
Prep boys basketball West Ranch 57, BC Christian 53 Austin Galuppo led the Wildcats (5-3) with 28 points in the Mission Prep Classic victory. Hart 72, Oxnard 59 Tre Harrill…
Valencia boys varsity basketball coach Chad Phillips watches his team run drills at a December practice. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Valencia boys basketball coach resigns
Chad Phillips has resigned as the boys basketball coach at Valencia High. Winner of two Foothill League titles in three seasons at Valencia, Phillips announced via Twitter on Monday that…
Former Saugus High coach Bill Bedgood has been named head coach for Valencia.
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Saugus head basketball coach steps down
After leading Saugus High boys basketball to its first winning season in five years, Bill Bedgood has stepped down as the Centurions head coach, he confirmed to The Signal on…
The Signal's 2017 All-SCV boys basketball Player of the Year Zach Phipps, of Saugus. Photo by Katharine Lotze/The Signal
2017 All-SCV boys basketball
Zach Phipps’ goal entering the season was nothing out of the ordinary. His perspective at season’s end was nothing but exceptional. Shortly before Foothill League play began in early January,…
2017 All-Foothill League boys basketball team released
Co-Players of the Year: Whitten Dominguez, Jr., Hart Dexter Akanno, Jr., Valencia First Team Yvan Yomba, Sr., Canyon Ben Kaufman, Sr., Hart Zach Phipps, Sr., Saugus Anthony McIntyre, Sr., Saugus…
Santa Clarita Christian's Justin Collins (13) shoots against Morro Bay defender Kalvin Hilliard (5) at SCCS on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal
SCCS boys hoops gets by Morro Bay
According to Santa Clarita Christian School boys basketball coach James Mosley, Friday night’s matchup against Morro Bay was “ugly.” But the outcome was beautiful for the Cardinals, who defeated the…
Saugus boys hoops secures playoff berth against Canyon
Saugus High boys basketball was ready to finish out its Foothill League season on a dominant note against Canyon, but the Cowboys weren’t going to personally roll out the welcome…
West Ranch boys hoops counters Canyon in closing seconds
Canyon High fought ferociously trying to find its first Foothill League win of the season Tuesday night at West Ranch High. When Yvan Yomba put the Cowboys up two with under…
Hart's Whitten Dominguez (10) looks for an opening around Saugus' Adrian McIntyre (2) during a basketball game at Saugus on Jan. 27. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Hart boys hoops can clinch title share Tuesday
Hart High boys basketball coach Tom Kelly said Monday night there was no magic formula for overcoming a 1-2 start to Foothill League play and reaching the cusp of a…
West Ranch's Suren Agazhain (34) drives through two players from Granada Hills during a basketball game on Jan. 4, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Foothill 1st place can be frustrating
First place in Foothill League boys basketball is, evidently, a dangerous place. The three teams tied atop league standings entering Tuesday night all either lost or nearly lost. Hart was…
SCCS's AJ Caldwell (20) loses the ball out of bounds while scrambling for a loose ball with Trinity's Caden Kulp in the second half Saturday at The Master's University. Photo by Tom Cruze/For The Signal
A night of comebacks for Trinity, SCCS hoops
It was a night of comebacks. Santa Clarita Christian boys hoops overcame an early 10-point deficit. Trinity Classical Academy girls hoops came back to the basics. It made for a…
SCCS's Justin Collins goes for a layup against Trinity Classical Academy at The Master's University on Saturday. Photo by Tom Cruze/For The Signal
SCCS boys complete comeback win over Trinity
Santa Clarita Christian boys basketball overcame an early 10-point deficit Saturday night at The Master’s University to beat Trinity Classical Academy, 51-46, in a Heritage League battle. Justin Collins scored…
Golden Valley has gone 3-2 in the Foothill League so far behind the league's best line. But what if the Grizzlies still had 2016 grad Bryce Tyler-St.Clair (20).
Mason Nesbitt: If they could bring back one guy…
Since 2007, the first year Foothill League boys basketball featured its current six schools, there had never been as many as five teams tied for first place after five games.…
Golden Valley's Milan Taylor (25) high-fives teammates during a basketball game at Golden Valley on Friday. The Grizzlies won their first three Foothill League games by three points or less. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Foothill League hoops is a close-shave club
By the time Valencia boys basketball coach Chad Phillips emerged from the visitor’s locker room Friday night at Saugus High, the clock was already ticking down. “We can be excited…
Valencia boys hoops holds off Saugus
Valencia High boys basketball won Friday’s back-and-forth thriller at the buzzer — just not the final one. Saugus had summoned a surge near the end of the third quarter, taking…
West Ranch boys hoops escapes Canyon
Suren Aghazadian didn’t know what to expect in the second half Friday, especially after playing limited minutes in the first half for West Ranch following two early fouls. Unfortunately for…
Valencia boys hoops drops Canyon
Valencia High boys basketball is still looking to put together a complete 32-minute performance. Canyon would have settled for consecutive good quarters Tuesday. Despite a late rally, the Cowboys couldn’t…
Canyon High’s Yvan Yomba (25) gets by Palmer High of Alaska’s Jared Hawkins as Yomba drives to the basket in the second half of the game at Hart High on Tuesday night in the Hart Holiday Classic. Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/For The Signal
Foothill boys basketball roundup: 12/27/16
Canyon High boys basketball buckled down. The Cowboys defense made life tough on Palmer High of Alaska late in the game Tuesday at Hart High, and the result was a…
Saugus boys hoops survives late scare
GRANADA HILLS — The ball stopped moving. The shots stopped falling. Saugus High boys basketball looked little like the team that ran out to a 17-point lead after one quarter.…
Valencia boys hoops lets lead slip away
GRANADA HILLS — Even after scoring six points in the third quarter and letting all of a 10-point halftime lead get away, Valencia High boys basketball had possession late in…
