2017-18 Signal Sports Awards: Female Athlete of the Year
Mariah Castillo of Saugus runs the 3200-meter run at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif. on May 26. © Katharine Lotze/Special to the Signal

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…

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’ Mariah Castillo wins at Brooks PR Invitational
Saugus runner Mariah Castillo smiles after winning the 1600-meter race at the Brooks PR Invitational in Shoreline, Washington. Courtesy photo

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo wins at Brooks PR Invitational

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…

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo finishes first at Brooks PR Invitational
Mariah Castillo of Saugus runs the 3200-meter run at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif. on May 26. © Katharine Lotze/Special to the Signal

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo finishes first at Brooks PR Invitational

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…

Saugus, West Ranch top All-Foothill League girls list
Recent West Ranch graduate Natalie Ramirez won the gold medal in women's discus at the Junior Olympics. She is heading to UCLA in the fall. Katharine Lotze/Special to the Signal

Saugus, West Ranch top All-Foothill League girls list

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…

Distance runners show their merit at CIF-SS Master’s Meet
Saugus' Mariah Castillo, center, runs the girls 1600-meter run at the CIF-Southern Section Masters meet at El Camino College in Torrance on Saturday. © Katharine Lotze/Special to the Signal

Distance runners show their merit at CIF-SS Master’s Meet

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…

Foothill League distance runners in it for the long haul
Saugus' Mariah Castillo runs the girls 1,600 meter run at the CIF Southern Section Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif. on May 19, 2018. © Katharine Lotze/Special to the Signal

Foothill League distance runners in it for the long haul

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…

Track and field athletes compete in Foothill League prelims
Canyon High School's Lonyaa Merriweather runs the Girls Varsity 400 Meter Dash in the Foothill League Championship - Prelims, April 27, 2018. Eddy Martinez/The Signal.

Track and field athletes compete in Foothill League prelims

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…

2017 All-SCV girls cross country team
Saugus girls cross country's Mariah Castillo runs down a hill in Central park on Monday. Castillo is The Signal's All-SCV girls cross country runner of the year. Ryan Painter & Christian Monterrosa/The Signal

2017 All-SCV girls cross country team

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…

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo places third at Nike Cross Nationals
Saugus' Mariah Castillo finished third at the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday in Portland, Ore. John Nepolitan/Courtesy Photo.

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo places third at Nike Cross Nationals

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…

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo sets course record at Foothill League finals
Mariah Castillo of Saugus races in the Foothill League finals in cross country where she finished first by more than 30 seconds in the girls varsity race at Central Park in Saugus on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Saugus’ Mariah Castillo sets course record at Foothill League finals

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…

Canyon makes statement at first Foothill League cross country meet
A Saugus runner is highlighted by a beam of light as the pack sticks together near the start of the Foothill League Cross Country Championships at Central Park on Thursday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Canyon makes statement at first Foothill League cross country meet

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.…

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