Vikes baseball ready for wild-card challenge
Some prep baseball teams have one, unified pregame tradition that helps them get focused up for an impending game. Not Valencia. Across the field, some guys have complex handshakes. Others…
Some prep baseball teams have one, unified pregame tradition that helps them get focused up for an impending game. Not Valencia. Across the field, some guys have complex handshakes. Others…
As the Valencia baseball team returned to the dugout after each inning in its Tuesday-afternoon home game against Hart, the coaching staff would tell them a different number. “We knew…
The Valencia baseball roster is loaded with sophomores. A young roster can either spell disaster or potential for a team and in the Vikings’ case, it’s the latter. Sophomore pitcher…
Pitching a complete game, giving up two runs on six hits and striking out 13, senior Sam Stulman stole the show against Golden Valley Friday afternoon. “I felt pretty dominant,”…
After losing by five runs just two days prior, Canyon turned things around to beat Valencia 6-5 on Friday. Scoring first, Canyon’s Cebastian Arriaga drove in a run when he…
Valencia baseball showed the strength of its batting lineup on Wednesday afternoon in a 6-1 win over Canyon. Eight different Vikings recorded a hit in the home victory. “Everyone has…
Winning the first two games against Saugus, Valencia baseball was poised to sweep the season series on Friday afternoon. Saugus (9-7-1 overall, 4-3 Foothill League) entered the game with an…
As Saugus baseball entered the fifth inning against Arroyo Grande, Bobby Garcia could feel the stakes rising. He’d yet to allow a run in the Righetti Tournament game, and knew…
By Diego Marquez Signal Staff Writer Behind a single and two bunts in the bottom of the fourth inning, Hart loaded the bases for Trevor Coogan against Valencia Wednesday afternoon…
Friday’s baseball game between Valencia and Canyon came down to who could get a break first. Braving a chilly, wet day, the Vikings and the Cowboys found themselves tied after…
By Diego Marquez For The Signal Valencia baseball survived a late rally from Saugus to start Foothill League the way they wanted to at home Wednesday. The reigning league champions…
The start of Foothill League baseball season brings an equal sense of both excitement and speculation. Results from last season as well as this preleague can serve as indicators for…
The Hart baseball team bounced back from a pair of losses with a 3-1 Easton Tournament win over Oaks Christian on Tuesday afternoon at Hart. Senior right-hander Ryan Carolan…
Valencia sophomore right-hander Ryan Kysar struck out 13 in six innings of work as the Vikings beat Crespi 4-0 on Thursday in the Easton Tournament. Kysar allowed just one hit…
The West Ranch baseball team got the length it was hoping for from junior right-hander JD Callahan in his season debut. But the defense was another story. The Wildcats (0-2)…
When Hart softball coach Steve Calendo learned that his team had leaped from CIF-Southern Section Division 3 to Division 1, he had mixed reactions. “It was an eyebrow-raiser for a…
The first few weeks of 2017 were a struggle to say the least for Valencia and College of the Canyons baseball alum Chad Bible. Just 10 days into the year,…
Jared Oliva’s first day in the minors followed a similar script to many getting their first crack at pro ball. The Valencia alum, who spent four years at Arizona, was…
Bad question: While hitting a modern minor-league record 59 doubles in Low-A ball last year, did Valencia High graduate Brian Mundell ever tire of watching the ball hurtle into the…
There’s a picture online of Cody Minnis, playing in a collegiate wood-bat league this summer, that depicts him colliding with an outfield wall and beginning his descent toward the ground…