Prep baseball roundup: Garcia throws complete-game shutout in Saugus win
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…
Prep baseball roundup: Hart splits double-header against Santa Margarita
Hart baseball split a two-game series against Santa Margarita on Tuesday afternoon in non-league matchup. The Indians started the day with a 5-2 win over the Eagles. Cody Jefferis drove…
West Ranch's Cade Nicol (6) throws a pitch during a game against Saugus at West Ranch on Friday, March 16, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
West Ranch baseball’s Nicol embracing role as starter
Whenever Cade Nicol throws a pitch, there always appears to be a smile on his face. “I think the next time I hear him say anything negative will be the…
Prep baseball notebook: Mid-week downpour reschedules games, Hart pitcher almost at full strength
Mid-week downpours have rescheduled multiple games across the Foothill League. Valencia and Golden Valley’s game has been rescheduled from Wednesday to Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Golden Valley. West Ranch’s…
West Ranch's Cade Nicol (6) throws a pitch during a game against Saugus at West Ranch on Friday, March 16, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
West Ranch baseball rides defense, pitching to win over Saugus
West Ranch baseball’s outfield has a pair of twins, but with the way the Wildcats’ defense was clicking on Friday afternoon against Saugus, it’s easy to think that the trio’s…
Foothill League baseball roundup: Hart seals late win over West Ranch in Foothill League opener
With rain coming down, the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Hart baseball’s Rocco Saldivar approached the plate. “I was just trying to stay…
2018 Foothill League baseball preview
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…
West Ranch's Christos Stefanos takes off for first base during a Foothill League baseball game against Hart at West Ranch High School on Friday, April 21, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
West Ranch baseball’s Christos Stefanos commits to Biola
West Ranch’s Casey Burrill says his greatest pleasure as a baseball coach comes when he can do his part in helping match one of his players with the ideal college…
Prep baseball roundup: West Ranch takes down state power and UCLA-bound pitcher
The West Ranch baseball team had a couple massive assignments Friday afternoon. The Cats made their first-ever trip to Stockdale, a perennial power in the Bakersfield area. They were also…
Prep baseball roundup: Hart picks up win against Oaks Christian
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…
The West Ranch baseball team poses in right field at USC's Dedeaux Field after beating El Camino Real 6-3 on Monday, March 5. It was the sixth annual contest between the schools at USC. Ryan Posner/The Signal.
West Ranch rallies late for win over ECR at USC’s Dedeaux Field
LOS ANGELES -- As El Camino Real coach Josh Lienhard walked to the Dedeaux Field mound in the sixth inning Monday night, a rallying cry could be heard from the…
Prep baseball roundup: Trio of SCV teams win at Easton Tournament
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…
Prep baseball roundup: West Ranch slips up on defense in loss to Birmingham
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)…
Giovanna Martinez of the Sharks participates in the Action Team's 5th Annual Special Olympics Clinic at West Ranch High School on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
West Ranch baseball, softball give back with 5th Annual Special Olympics Clinic
One can imagine a teenager doing a variety of things on a Saturday morning. Going to breakfast with friends. Watching cartoons. Maybe even trying to catch up on their sleep…
West Ranch baseball's Vincent Rojas with baseball equipment he has collected to send to the Dominican Republic to donate to baseball players there. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
West Ranch pitcher collecting baseball gear for Dominican Republic players
On a summer day in the Dominican Republic, West Ranch baseball’s Vinny Rojas was explaining how to throw a curve ball to a 6-foot-4, 14-year-old Dominican boy. “I struck him…
West Ranch JD Callahan (26) earns a save as he pitched two scoreless innings in the game against Golden Valley. Jayne Kamin-Oncea/For The Signal
West Ranch baseball’s Callahan picks UC Santa Barbara
When you watch JD Callahan stride onto the mound at West Ranch High, there’s no doubt he looks like a Division-1-baseball-pitcher-to-be. He’s 6-foot-4 and lanky with an electric arm. UC…
West Ranch's Aliyah Satterfield (3), right, and Ali Spare (6), left, high-five after West Ranch scored its second goal against Valencia during a soccer game at Valencia on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal
2016-17 West Ranch Year in Review
Casey Burrill remembers his first year coaching West Ranch baseball 12 years ago. The program’s first year. It was just a freshman team at the time. Then they added a…
Cats baseball goes wild on Coyotes
West Ranch baseball beat Calabasas High 13-1 in a Valley Invitational Baseball League game at Calabasas on Wednesday. The Wildcats scored nine runs in the second inning, a series that…
West Ranch baseball can’t get around errors, falls to Simi Valley
A last-minute rally in the seventh inning fell short for the West Ranch baseball team as they fell to Simi Valley 8-7 on Wednesday at West Ranch. The Wildcats found…
West Ranch baseball rides offense, survives defense
One word defined West Ranch baseball’s 9-6 win over St. Mary’s at Buchanan High in Clovis on Friday, and one word nearly derailed it. “We are going to be offensive,”…
