Valencia High girls basketball played like a team running out of time. Yes, the Vikings’ 2016-17 campaign was a Showtime-esque montage of ball movement, Jade Jordan 3-pointers, Ashlee Ane drives…
In a spacious room adjoined to the court at Honda Center in Anaheim, after a post-game press conference on March 4, Valencia High’s Kayla Konrad basked in the glow of…
Someone who had never before watched a basketball game might have wished Kayla Konrad would just make up her mind. With Konrad and Valencia High leading Hart, 29-2, in the…
There was nothing controversial Monday about Valencia High senior Kayla Konrad being named CIF-Southern Section Division 1AA Player of the Year or about Vikings coach Jerry Mike earning Coach of…
This year’s Foothill League girls basketball co-Players of the Year honors serve as a capstone and a caution. A capstone in that Valencia’s Kayla Konrad concluded a stellar four-year career…
As the final seconds ticked away in the first half, Valencia girls basketball effortlessly executed some perimeter passing before handing the ball off to Kayla Konrad, who shot a textbook…
ANAHEIM — Two moments, both involving Kayla Konrad in motion, said everything about Valencia’s 50-45 win over Canyon in Saturday’s physical, don’t-turn-the-channel-just-yet CIF-Southern Section Division 1AA final at Honda Center in Anaheim.…
The fact that Valencia High girls basketball will play for a CIF divisional title today finally set in for senior Jade Jordan as she sat in Samuel Hein’s fifth-period English…
Inside the foyer of Valencia High’s gymnasium Thursday, Jade Jordan put her hand to her face and squinted. A visitor’s question about point guard Chyanne Pagkalinawan appeared to border, humorously,…
This was the matchup we wanted all along, right? When the CIF released the Division 1AA girls basketball playoff bracket two weeks ago, there was gold at the end of…
Valencia High girls basketball coach Jerry Mike basked in the afterglow of Wednesday’s quarterfinal win over Los Alamitos long enough to entertain the baby of a former player and chat…
Jade Jordan stopped dancing to Tupac’s “California Love” on Valencia’s court Wednesday just long enough to comment on the Vikings’ 73-53 win over Los Alamitos and their first-ever trip to…
At practice on Monday, Valencia High girls basketball coach Jerry Mike wanted the Vikings to know Kayla Konrad was on the cusp of breaking the school’s all-time scoring record. “I…
Editor's note: This story was modified on Feb. 13, 2017, to reflect that the record for points in a Foothill League girls game was not in fact broken Friday. Valencia…
From the top right section of the visitors’ bleachers at Valencia High on Friday, Canyon students kicked off a chant unspectacular in nearly every sports setting. Not this one. A…
Editor's note: This story was modified on Feb. 13, 2017, to reflect that the record for points in a Foothill League girls game is held by Anjanette Dionne. Perhaps the most…
Valencia High girls basketball’s Kayla Konrad only played for three quarters Friday against West Ranch, but that was all the time she needed to set the program record for points…
Kayla Konrad had already made one last-second shot this season. Valencia had already pulled out one narrow victory against rival Canyon. When the Vikings needed it most Tuesday, they combined…
The 2017 Foothill League girls basketball season opens Tuesday, with the consensus among coaches being a closely contested fight for first place between four-time defending champion Valencia High and last…
After winning four straight Foothill League titles, the Valencia Vikings girls basketball team is ready to defend its title once again. With a record of 4-2, the Vikings are already…
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