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Thursday, Feb 23, 2012

The Saugus girls basketball team had a bittersweet ending to its season. Megan Dawe set the school record for scoring, but Saugus was eliminated from the CIF Southern Section Division 2A basketball playoffs in a 58-38 loss to Norco. Dawe needed only four points to break the school record held by Gabby...

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012

Everything seems to be in favor of the West Ranch boys basketball team. The Wildcats ousted Edison, the eighth-seeded team in the CIF Southern Section Division 1A playoffs, 101-65, to advance to the quarterfinals. Ninth-seeded West Ranch plays top-seeded Mission Viejo at home on Friday night. It will...

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012

The Canyon and West Ranch boys basketball teams will try to keep their seasons alive tonight in the second round of the CIF playoffs. Canyon, the second-seeded team in the Division 2AA playoffs, is on the road against Tesoro. The Cowboys routed Godinez, 70-29, in the first round. Eighth-seeded West Ranch...

Monday, Feb 20, 2012

The Canyon and Saugus girls are still alive in the CIF basketball playoffs. The same can’t be said for the Valencia and West Ranch girls. The Canyon girls beat Redlands, 61-38, in the first round of the Southern Section Division 2AA playoffs. Alia McCoy led Canyon with 22 points. Eighth-seeded Canyon...

Friday, Feb 17, 2012

The Santa Clarita Blue Heat FC women’s soccer team has a new coach. Charles Martinez has been selected as the coach of the team and takes over for Fabian Sandoval, who was a coach of the year candidate in the United Soccer League W-League in 2011. Martinez played professionally for the Deportivo Cuenca...

The West Ranch boys soccer team advanced to the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs but needed double overtime to get there. Connor Ashlock scored in the second overtime period to give West Ranch a 2-1 win over Cabrillo from Lompoc in the first round of the playoffs. Brandon...

Racer magazine has selected Bryan Herta Autosport as its Team of the Year in its annual Editor’s Choice Awards. Dan Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500 driving for Bryan Herta Autosport. It was only the second Izod IndyCar Series start for Bryan Herta Autosport, owned by Valencia’s Bryan Herta. Wheldon...

Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012

Irwindale Speedway LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Monday, the same day track management announced that it was canceling the race schedule for 2012. In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District California, Irwindale Speedway LLC owes creditors $331,773.11. One of the creditors...

The Valencia boys soccer team made a quick exit from the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs. The Vikings lost to Dominguez, 2-1, in the wild-card round. Dominguez scored two unanswered goals after Valencia had a 1-0 lead in the first half. Marc Silingardi scored the lone goal for Valencia. The...

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012

The Foothill League championship in boys basketball is up for grabs with one game left to play. Three teams are still in contention after Tuesday night’s games. West Ranch and Canyon, the leaders in the Foothill League standings, both won. Hart, a game behind West Ranch and Canyon, also won to keep...

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