2017-18 Signal Sports Awards: Female Athlete of the Year
Despite excelling in cross country and track and field, Saugus’ Mariah Castillo doesn’t ever seem to tire of training, competing or running. “I never really get tired of competing and…
Despite excelling in cross country and track and field, Saugus’ Mariah Castillo doesn’t ever seem to tire of training, competing or running. “I never really get tired of competing and…
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…
Ahead of big races, it’s not unusual for Saugus distance runner Mariah Castillo to get a little nervous. Even ahead of smaller races, she gets some butterflies. One trick she…
Mariah Castillo just wanted to feel a finish-line tape across her waist. She didn’t get to feel it at the Mt. SAC Invitational (they didn’t even have a tape). She…
Recent Saugus grad Mariah Castillo came in first in the girls mile at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle on Friday. She clocked 4:41.40 for the eighth-best 1600-meter time in…
Headlining the 2018 All-Foothill League team is Natalie Ramirez of West Ranch, who broke the Foothill League record in the discus with a throw of 155 feet, 10 inches at…
TORRANCE — Gasping for air and pumped after winning the girls 3200 meter run at the CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet at El Camino College on Saturday, Mariah Castillo of Saugus…
In the CIF-Southern Section Finals Division 2 boys 3200-meter race, Canyon’s Ethan Danforth was pleading with the runners in front of him to run faster. “So we could all work…
TORRANCE – Between throws in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 girls discus event, West Ranch’s Natalie Ramirez and Golden Valley’s Shyann Franklin stand together, laughing. “When we go over there…
Throughout this season, West Ranch boys hurdler Mya Davis has dedicated each practice to a different detail when it comes to his form. “Every day when I’m in practice, I…
A turnaround as quick as the one between Thursday’s Foothill League meet and Saturday’s Mt. SAC Relays can be daunting. For Saugus runner Mariah Castillo, however, her body was fresh…
Saugus cross country runner Mariah Castillo remembers running a timed mile in fifth-grade gym class. She wanted to set the school’s mile record – six minutes and 30 seconds. She…
Mariah Castillo wasn’t looking to set a bar of any sort for Saturday’s Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore. And who could blame her? With 198 of the nation’s top…
With a girls team that had finished the last 11 years on the podium at the CIF State cross country championships, Saugus had every reason to believe it would have…
RIVERSIDE -- With 400 meters left in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 finals Saturday morning, Canyon's Ethan Danforth found himself bouncing between second and third place. When he turned the…
Saugus senior Mariah Castillo received a text from former Centurions cross country standout Samantha Ortega before Thursday’s Foothill League cross country finals. Prior to Thursday, Ortega held Central Park’s course…
As West Ranch’s Preston Pope and Canyon’s Ethan Danforth approached the final 50 yards or so of the second Foothill League cross country meet Thursday afternoon, mere inches separated the…
Somewhat lost in the shuffle of a Foothill League that boasts five boys cross country teams ranked inside the top 16 of their division, Canyon made people take notice Tuesday.…
It’s hard to know exactly how Mariah Castillo feels about this award. After all, it’s not the individual state title she wanted. The Saugus High junior finished fifth at…
It was the same outcome for the West Ranch boys cross country team, but the Wildcats had to work a little harder for the desired result this time around. West…