Foothill League teams focusing on playoff preparation
Prep sports seasons have three parts: preseason, league season and postseason. “Right now, everybody in the playoffs is zero and zero,” said Hart boys basketball coach Tom Kelly, whose team…
CIF-Southern Section polls: 2/5/18
Boys basketball Division 2AA No. 16 Hart Division 5AAA No. 2 Santa Clarita Christian Girls basketball Division 1 No. 9 Canyon Division 3A No. 6 Saugus Girls soccer Division 7…
Foothill League girls hoops roundup: Canyon goes to its bench to beat Hart
With two of their top players limited in terms of minutes on Friday night against Hart, Canyon girls basketball was forced to test the abilities of its bench players. A…
CIF-Southern Section polls: 1/29/18
Boys basketball Division 5AAA No. 1 Santa Clarita Christian Girls basketball Division 1 No. 8 Canyon Division 2A No. 12 Hart Division 3A No. 6 Saugus Boys soccer (no teams…
Canyon’s head coach Jessica Haayer brings her team in after a pep talk in between quarters during a home match against Ribet Academy on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Prep girls hoops notebook: Canyon role players shine in win over Valencia
Erik Boal For The Signal Brooke Mitchell and Ellie Villavicencio might not have been significant points of emphasis in Valencia’s defensive game plan Tuesday, but the junior guards definitely…
Valencia's Tiana Beale (14) drives towards the basket as Canyon's Selasi Mawugbe (13) guards her at Valencia on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Canyon defense suffocates Valencia in CIF-SS final rematch
By Erik Boal For The Signal As if 10 months of anticipation, inspiration and motivation weren’t enough to have the Canyon girls basketball team prepared for Tuesday’s first-place showdown…
CIF-Southern Section Polls: 1/22/18
Boys basketball Division 2AA No. 15 Hart Division 5AAA No. 2 Santa Clarita Christian Girls basketball Division 1 Tied No. 10 Canyon (also on Open Division watchlist) Division 3A No.…
Hart’s Annie Christofferson (23) dribbles in for a shot during a game against Canyon as Selasi Mawugbe (13) guards her on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Foothill League girls basketball roundup: Canyon rebounds from Mater Dei loss
Hardly 24 hours removed from a tournament loss to Mater Dei, Canyon girls basketball was eager to get back on the court and hungry for a win. A 66-46 win…
Mater Dei pressure and depth prove too much for Canyon girls basketball
By Erik Boal For The Signal GARDEN GROVE -- Canyon settled down in time Monday to survive the first Mater Dei run. Rachel Bowers played well enough for the Cowboys…
Rachel Bowers (44) gets ready to shoot the ball during practice at Canyon High School on Wednesday, Nov. 29. 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Foothill League girls basketball players reach 1,000-point club
Canyon girls basketball’s Talia Taufaasau remembers running shooting, passing and ball-handling drills with her dad in the street in front of her house. When she notched her 1,000th career point…
CIF-Southern Section Polls: 1/8/18
Boys basketball Division 5AAA No. 5 Santa Clarita Christian Girls basketball Division 1 No. 11 Canyon (Also on Open Division watchlist) Division 2A No. 13 Hart Division 3A No. 3…
Canyon’s Gabby Sanchez (24) decides on her next move during a home match against Ribet Academy on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Ribet Academy’s height too tall a task for Canyon girls basketball
When Canyon girls basketball played Ribet Academy for the second time this season on Thursday night, the team looked relatively the same, except for one big thing. Oregon State signee…
Prep girls hoops notebook: Canyon aiming high; Saugus, West Ranch enjoying win streaks
Erik Boal For The Signal The Canyon High girls basketball team has big aspirations this season. Perhaps the tallest order on the Cowboys’ schedule will be Thursday’s home opener against…
The Canyon girls basketball team poses for a photo after winning the West Coast Holiday Festival at Burroughs High School on Saturday. Erik Boal/For The Signal
Canyon girls hoops takes West Coast Holiday Festival title
By Erik Boal For The Signal BURBANK — The opportunity to play for, and finally win, a CIF-Southern Section title is still two months away for the Canyon girls basketball team.…
Local roundup: West Ranch and Canyon basketball teams continue to roll in tournament action
Prep boys basketball West Ranch 62, Agoura 42 Andrew Austin led West Ranch (8-3) with 22 points. Austin Galuppo 12 rebounds, six assists and six steals to go with eight…
Local roundup: Canyon girls hoops continues to find tournament success
Prep girls basketball Canyon 66, Foothill Tech 44 Rachel Bowers led the way with 30 points and 14 rebounds in Canyon’s second-round win at the West Coast Holiday Festival at…
Local roundup: Pair of SCV girls hoops teams win tournament titles
Prep girls basketball Canyon 53, Corona Centennial 40 Canyon (7-2) secured the Nike Tournament of Champions title with the win in Phoenix, Ariz. https://twitter.com/CanyonGBB/status/944362767158460416 Saugus 65, Hamilton 48 The Centurions…
Prep Roundup: Canyon girls basketball coasts to win over Norco
Prep Girls Basketball Canyon 73, Norco 3 Rachel Bowers and Gabby Sanchez each logged double-doubles in the team’s third-round win at the Burroughs Tournament. Bowers had 15 points and 12…
Rachel Bowers (44) gets ready to shoot the ball during practice at Canyon High School on Wednesday, Nov. 29. 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Canyon girls basketball seeking next step amidst program’s historic rise
In three years at the helm, Jessica Haayer has a brought a culture of winning and deep playoff runs to the Canyon girls basketball team. The team has made it…
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Canyon’s Rachel Bowers commits to Boise State
Rachel Bowers’ Twitter isn’t littered with photos and tweets flaunting offers and visits, which seems to be the case for many recruits. A scroll down the Canyon senior forward’s timeline…
