U.S. development academy to play part in Foothill League girls soccer
For years, the girls prep soccer circuit has had a routine pattern: Players compete in the Foothill League in the winter, then in the off season, they rejoin their respective…
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Signal Staff’s Week 8 prep football picks
Haley Sawyer Signal Staff Writer Hart 21, West Ranch 17 The Wildcats have a good secondary and run game, but the Indians will win with a strong performance from the…
Feeling superstitious? Foothill League teams discuss special routines
Triskaidekaphobia. The fear of the number 13 is a little more significant this week, with Friday the 13th creeping up. While the date might not have much effect on Foothill…
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Foothill League football teams address potential protests during national anthem
On Friday nights, across the three fields where Foothill League football games take place, trumpets blare in unison, whispers float from flutes and drums echo a collective rat-a-tat-tat. “Oh, say…
Golden Valley's DeGabriel Flloyd announced he'll be transferring from Golden Valley to Westlake, citing academic reasons. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Golden Valley’s DeGabriel Floyd: High intensity, high impact
Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the 2017 SCV High School Football Preview, published by The Signal on Aug. 25, 2017. The story has been updated to show the…
Hart quarterback JT Shrout throws a pass during an 11-on-11 practice against Crescenta Valley at Hart this summer. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Mason Nesbitt: There is no preseason All-Foothill League team, but …
This is not a real thing. This is not The Signal’s preseason All-Foothill League football team. The Signal doesn’t publish a preseason All-Foothill League football team. That doesn’t mean, however,…
Canyon High’s Joey Lopez (25) attempts to tackle Valencia’s Brendan Adam (12) during a football game at Canyon last season. Katharine Lotze/Signal
State football participation drops for 2nd straight year
For the second straight year, the number of athletes participating in 11-man football in California dropped by more than 3,000 in 2016, according to a census published by the CIF…
Saugus’ Monique Febles, left, and her Centurion teammates
are using the summer to gain experience. Dan Watson/The Signal
Saugus girls hoops building experience over summer
With a young team once again, Saugus High girls basketball knows that in-game experience is valuable. Summer tournaments like the Burroughs summer league are essential. “They prepare you physically and…
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
All-CIF softball teams released
The CIF-Southern Section released its All-CIF softball teams on Monday. Here are the Santa Clarita Valley players who were honored: Division 1 Saugus' Cassidy FitzGerald Valencia's Shea O'Leary Division 3…
Valencia's Ally Shipman was recently named a MaxPreps Preseason All-American. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
All-Foothill League softball teams announced
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…
Hart's Abby Cunningham (88) takes her at-bat during a CIF-Southern Section playoff game against Paraclete on Tuesday. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Hart softball finds playoff swagger ahead of quarterfinal
Before Hart High softball players had time to roll up the portable fence at Newhall Park on Tuesday, something had become clear. You could feel it when Arianna Ramos and…
Hart's baseball team celebrates after winning against Saugus at College of the Canyons on May 2, 2015. Signal file photo
Mason Nesbitt: A reminder of how special ’15, ’16 baseball seasons were
The first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs Thursday evoked sadness, shock and disbelief. And that was just inside The Signal’s office. Baseball season over for every…
Hart softball advances, Saugus’ run ends
Hart softball coach Steve Calendo didn’t try to downplay it. “It was pretty crazy,” he said of the Indians’ 11-8 road win over Redlands on Thursday in the first round…
Valencia outfielder Kelia Paragas (1) throws to the infield during a softball game against Saugus on April 18. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Trio of Foothill softball teams enter first round today
With Hart High softball’s comeback win Tuesday in the wild-card round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 playoffs, the Foothill League enters today’s first round with three teams in play.…
Valencia's Kyla Hardy (2) watches her game-winning hit during a softball game against West Ranch on May 2. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
CIF releases softball playoff brackets
Division 1 (first round Thursday) Great Oak at Valencia Saugus at Pacifica of Garden Grove Division 3 (wild card Tuesday) Royal at Hart Division 7 (first round Wednesday) 2:30 p.m.…
Saugus High's Tanner Olson won the 100-yard breaststroke at CIF-Southern Section Division 1 finals on Saturday in Riverside. Photo courtesy of Sabrina Michael
SCV takes home 4 CIF swim titles
RIVERSIDE —There’s a phrase that Saugus High swim coach Jim Klipfel is particular to, and he employed it again Saturday night in Riverside: There’s no defense in swimming. The expression…
Valencia's varsity baseball team celebrates their win over West Ranch, which clinched them the league title, after a baseball game on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Valencia baseball beats West Ranch for Foothill title
Valencia High’s Trace Eldridge didn’t deflect the question. The team’s starting pitcher, Ben Fariss, didn’t either. Both said the image of West Ranch High dogpiling at Valencia after last season’s…
SCV swimmers advance through CIF prelims
SCV swimmers who advanced to Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship finals during today's prelims: $ = Auto All-American time # = All-American consideration, ! D1 meet record …
West Ranch's Tyson Drake (22) celebrates a kill with teammate Derek Seo (4) during a playoff volleyball game against Palos Verdes at West Ranch last season. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Foothill boys v-ball roundup: West Ranch boys v-ball advances
The West Ranch boys volleyball team beat Palos Verdes High in three games on Tuesday at West Ranch in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. Game…
Foothill baseball roundup: Hart, Saugus earn wins
Over the years, Hart coach Jim Ozella has seen speed and he’s seen power. Rarely, if ever, has he seen a player with both at the level of junior Cole…
