Valencia softball gets by Great Oak in 1st round
There wasn’t a poor vantage point at Valencia High’s Valhalla Field on Thursday. Viking fans hung over the outfield fence and waited for Ally Shipman to shoot one their way.…
There wasn’t a poor vantage point at Valencia High’s Valhalla Field on Thursday. Viking fans hung over the outfield fence and waited for Ally Shipman to shoot one their way.…
As Valencia High baseball huddled after the first of two wins over West Ranch High last week, coach Mike Killinger outlined the team’s three goals. First, qualify for the playoffs.…
“10-0 sounds a whole lot better than 9-0 doesn’t it,” Valencia High softball coach Donna Lee excitedly asked her team on Thursday afternoon. The Foothill League champion Vikings had just…
Editor's note: This story was modified on May 10, 2017, to fix a reporting error on which team scored when during the game. Canyon High edged out West Ranch 10-9 at…
Valencia High’s Ally Shipman saw an outfielder bobble the ball deep in the left-field corner Tuesday and took advantage. Two batters later, Viking Kyla Hardy saw an opportunity to reward…
Valencia High junior Shea O’Leary admits she didn’t know how to celebrate. You’ll have to forgive her: She’d never thrown a perfect game before. “I kind of did like a…
Really, it only seems fair. Opponents aren’t giving Valencia catcher Ally Shipman many pitches to hit. So Viking pitcher Shea O’Leary is returning the favor. O’Leary threw her third straight…
Valencia High pitcher Shea O’Leary has a mantra that takes about as long to read as it takes her fastball to reach home plate: Stay in your lane. The phrase,…
A rivalry, apparently, doesn’t require true dislike. Valencia and West Ranch highs —which came in at No. 7 and No. 9, respectively, in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 poll this…
Baseball West Ranch, No. 7, Division 1 Einstein Academy, No. 6, Division 7 Softball Valencia, No. 6, Division 1 Boys Tennis Valencia, No. 9, Division 2 Saugus, No. 4, Division…
With Foothill League softball finally starting today, here’s a look at all six teams in the order they finished last season: Saugus It took defending co-Foothill League champion Saugus a few games…
This week, Albert Einstein Academy baseball is ranked ninth in Division 7 in the CIF-Southern Section polls. At the start of the season, they didn’t appear in the Top 10…
La Habra High provided the measuring stick. Valencia brought the arm. Viking softball’s Shea O’Leary tossed a complete-game five hitter in Valencia’s 2-1 win over the highly ranked Highlanders at…
Valencia catcher Ally Shipman whipped the ball to third. Shortstop Noel Dominguez received the throw and darted toward second. Agoura’s Julia Noskin ran for dear life. Dominguez dove and tagged…