Saugus’ McMahan honored as best in league
Saugus' Libbie McMahan (3) shoots against Canyon defender Riley Laplant (32) at Canyon on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus’ McMahan honored as best in league

Saugus senior Libbie McMahan is this season’s All-Foothill League girls basketball player of the year. Four years ago, however, McMahan didn’t even want to play basketball. Centurions coach Jason Conn…

Saugus girls hoops hangs on in second round of playoffs
Saugus' Monique Febles (1) scores against St. Anthony in the first quarter at Saugus on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus girls hoops hangs on in second round of playoffs

On the 15th day of February, the Saugus girls basketball team secured its 15th straight win and captured its first playoff win this season. “It was the most exciting game…

Saugus girls hoops goes undefeated for first time in school history
Libbie McMahan (3) of Saugus shoots against Vanessa Zavala (33) of Hart at Saugus on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus girls hoops goes undefeated for first time in school history

Saugus girls basketball beat Hart 62-41 on Friday night at Saugus High School to become the first undefeated basketball team — boys or girls — in school history. The Centurions…

Saugus girls hoops stays perfect in league
Saugus' Libbie McMahan (3) shoots against Canyon defender Riley Laplant (32) at Canyon on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus girls hoops stays perfect in league

Ahead of Foothill League play this season, Saugus girls basketball player Eden MacKenzie made a declaration that the Centurions were not going to lose any more games for the rest…

McMahan scores 31 as Saugus girls hoops beats Glendora
Saugus girls basketball player Libbie McMahan drives to the hoop in a game against Glendora at Sierra Canyon High School on Thursday. Haley Sawyer/The Signal

McMahan scores 31 as Saugus girls hoops beats Glendora

On Thursday night, Libbie McMahan scored half the points for her team in Saugus girls basketball’s 56-51 tournament win over Glendora at Sierra Canyon. But with a team brimming with…

Valencia girls hoops beat Saugus for first place
Valencia's Mailey Ballard (2) fights to keep the ball against Saugus defenders Libbie McMahan (3) left, and Monique Febles (1) at Valencia High on Jan. 18, 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal

Valencia girls hoops beat Saugus for first place

With 20 seconds on the clock in a game that could possibly decide the Foothill League champions, Valencia’s Leilani Manuel stood at the top of the key, ball in hand.…

Saugus girls basketball beats Canyon for first time in seven years
Saugus teammates Eden MacKenzie (20), left, and Ashlyn Canel (40), right, smother Canyon's Lucy Collins (33) at Saugus High School on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus girls basketball beats Canyon for first time in seven years

Seven years. That’s how long it was since Saugus girls basketball beat Canyon. It was a 52-50 win in 2012. But on Friday night, the Centurions continued to write the…

Saugus girls basketball win West Coast Holiday Festival in dramatic fashion
Saugus' Madison Seyforth hits the game-winning 3-pointer to defeat Camarillo 44-43. The Centurions were crowned the West Coast Holiday Festival Champions on Saturday.

Saugus girls basketball win West Coast Holiday Festival in dramatic fashion

Winning the West Coast Holiday Festival at John Burroughs High School in Burbank on Saturday, Saugus girls basketball had all they could handle defeating Division 1 teams Chaminade and Camarillo…

Valencia girls basketball starts league play with win against Saugus
Valencia junior guard Camille Pagkalinawan drives downcourt in a Foothill League matchup with Saugus at Saugus High School Friday night. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Valencia girls basketball starts league play with win against Saugus

When Valencia girls basketball’s Yasmin Ahllamara stops in her tracks midway between the arc and the half-court line to shoot a 3-pointer, the action around her doesn’t stop buzzing. But…

Saugus girls basketball uses defense to defeat Foothill Tech
Saugus' Monique Febles (1) drives past Foothill Tech defender Cierra Mosienthal (3) at Saugus on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Saugus girls basketball uses defense to defeat Foothill Tech

While the final score read 41-37, it wasn’t indicative of how the girls basketball game went between Saugus and Foothill Tech at Saugus High School on Tuesday night. The Centurions…

2017-2018 Saugus Year in Review
The Saugus student section cheers for their team during a home basketball game against Hart on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

2017-2018 Saugus Year in Review

Sometimes, on days when there is a softball game happening at the same time as basketball practice, Saugus girls basketball coach Jason Conn will stop practice. He’ll accompany his team…

Saugus girls hoops shedding ‘step child’ label
The Saugus girls basketball team poses after its 57-35 win over Claremont in the CIF-SS Division 3A quarterfinals on Wednesday night at Claremont. Photo courtesy Saugus athletics.

Saugus girls hoops shedding ‘step child’ label

When thinking of Saugus High School athletics, girls basketball typically isn’t the first sport to come to mind. The Centurions, however, have been working silently and relentlessly to change that.…

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