Every summer, The Signal recognizes the fastest of fast, the toughest of tough and, well, the best of the best when it comes to sports in the Santa Clarita Valley.…
Towards the end of December, Whitten Dominguez was hurting. Shortly after recovering from a shoulder injury, he injured his Achilles. Despite the pain, Dominguez reached a point where he couldn’t…
Hart basketball’s Whitten Dominguez is the shortest of all his siblings. So, winning the dunk contest at The Signal’s annual SCV Hoops Finale had an added bonus for the…
Diego Marquez Signal Staff Writer Hart boys basketball’s Whitten Dominguez was sitting in class when he received an envelope from the mayor that read “co-Foothill League Player of the Year.”…
It didn’t matter how many times he heard how young and inexperienced his team was, Saugus first-year coach Alfredo Manzano was adamant that he’d overcome the hurdles to win the…
Hart shared last season’s Foothill League title with Valencia but this time around, the Indians are feeling a bit more selfish. To set up a battle for the outright league…
A first-year head coach and a rotation dominated by sophomores left Saugus on the outside looking in toward a Foothill League title by most preseason projections. The Centurions dropped two…
For a moment, it appeared a floater from Valencia’s Ben Grant at the buzzer had finished off a 15-point comeback, leading to a win over Hart. The clock read triple-zeroes…
Staring down the barrel of a potential three-game losing streak, Whitten Dominguez and Tre Harrill kept Hart from falling into a tailspin. The Indians seniors combined for 18 fourth-quarter points,…
Hart boys basketball coach Tom Kelly knows his team strength lies in numbers. It’s certainly hard to argue that. The Indians’ depth has guided them to a 3-0 start in…
The stands and parking lot were overflowing, the verbal jabs rained in from opposing student sections and between the lines, you bet it was physical. It was everything people have…
A sloppy night for Hart went from bad to worse Wednesday in the waning seconds of its game against Knight. The Indians fell short, losing 58-51 on their home floor…
In the Hart Holiday Classic championship game, it was a matchup between sparkle and grit. Although Hart was unable to completely contain its opponent, as Sierra Canyon won 79-63, they…
For a team that’s only two years removed from a trip to the CIF State playoffs, it’s important to have a collection of players who are comfortable in the spotlight.…
Valencia junior Dexter Akanno came off the bench at times last season. Hart junior Whitten Dominguez served as the sixth or seventh man for a senior-laden Indians team. The two…
Co-Players of the Year: Whitten Dominguez, Jr., Hart Dexter Akanno, Jr., Valencia First Team Yvan Yomba, Sr., Canyon Ben Kaufman, Sr., Hart Zach Phipps, Sr., Saugus Anthony McIntyre, Sr., Saugus…
The most telling sign that Hart boys basketball was in trouble Wednesday, so far behind Village Christian that a comeback was all but impossible, wasn’t the missed shots, the turnovers…
Valencia boys basketball coach Chad Phillips showed his team footage this week of the 2015 Foothill League finale, Hart fans and students rushing Valencia’s court in celebration. “That’s not happening…
Hart High shared the Foothill League boys basketball title with Valencia in 2015, the only time in the past three seasons the Indians didn’t capture the championship outright. With Hart…
Under ordinary circumstances, Hart High boys basketball coach Tom Kelly would have seen his team into the locker room, single-file, immediately after the buzzer. Instead, the team lingered in the…
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