The Saugus Centurions kept their historic season alive Thursday night, edging Grossmont High School 60-59 in a tightly contested second-round matchup of the CIF Division 2 State Playoffs.  With the win, Saugus advances to the regional semifinals and will hit the road Saturday for the next round. Defending their home court, the Centurions relied on a balanced team effort highlighted ...

Three Santa Clarita basketball programs are advancing to the CIF State Basketball Championships, with the Valencia and Saugus girls teams and the Canyon boys team all earning bids. Valencia Girls – CIF Division 1 Valencia Vikings will compete in the CIF State Division 1 bracket as the No. 12 seed and will travel to face No. 5 Centennial Huskies on ...

The CIF-Southern Section quarterfinals are approaching, and only two Santa Clarita Valley boys basketball programs remain: Foothill League champion Golden Valley and Canyon, which entered the postseason as an at-large selection. Although the two teams took different paths to the playoffs, they now find themselves in the same position, preparing for quarterfinal matchups in their respective divisions. Golden Valley advanced ...

The California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF-SS) playoffs tipped off Wednesday night for boys basketball and five of the six Santa Clarita Valley teams are advancing to the second round. Golden Valley Downs Oak Hills Golden Valley opened the Division 3 playoffs on the road in its first postseason appearance since 2022. Despite the time away from the playoffs and ...

It’s not often that a program gets to claim a historic first, especially at a school like Canyon, which has accumulated championships in multiple sports over the years. However, on Friday night at Azusa Pacific University, Canyon’s boys’ basketball team achieved a milestone, winning its first CIF-SS Championship after a thrilling triple-overtime victory against St. Bonaventure. Canyon Head Coach Ali ...

Twelve Santa Clarita teams entered the CIF-SS playoffs, but after the first round, only three remain in the hunt for a championship. Boys’ Basketball Of the six boys’ teams that qualified for the playoffs, only Valencia and Canyon advanced to the second round. Valencia, co-league champions, dominated Walnut High School with a 70-48 victory Wednesday evening. Sophomore Noah Trevino led ...

The regular season has come to an end, and it’s time for the high school basketball playoffs. Santa Clarita will be well-represented, with 12 teams from both boys’ and girls’ programs competing in the postseason. Boys Division 2AA Saugus (19-9) vs. Pacifica Christian (19-7) Foothill League Co-Champions vs. San Joaquin League Co-Champions Saugus, the back-to-back Foothill League champions, will rely ...

After a winless season in the Foothill League, the Coyotes rallied to earn a spot in the playoffs and beat El Segundo, 63-52, in the CIF Division 5AA Championship game. “I always thought that these guys were talented and hard-working enough to get to this point, but I really didn’t realize it until it hit double zeros for us,” said ...

Only four Santa Clarita teams remain in the playoffs after the first two games of the CIF playoffs and look to make a push at a championship appearance. The four teams still standing tall are the boys’ basketball teams for Castaic and Trinity Academy and West Ranch and Saugus’ girls’ basketball teams. Castaic: Despite coming dead last in the league ...

Now that the regular season has ended, six teams remain as they prepare for tipoff on Wednesday evening.  Some teams barely squeezed into the playoffs, and others like Saugus, who are the Foothill League Champions, have dominated their way to it, but what was accomplished in the regular season means nothing now.   Saugus: After finishing 21-7, with just one ...