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Foothill League commands respect for its football tradition, success
The Foothill League doesn't have to take a back seat to any league when it comes to tradition and success, from producing state champions to being the league where Hall of Fame coaches Harry Welch and Mike Herrington once saw huge success. All seven schools that are part of the William S. Hart Union High School District took part Saturday in the first Foothill League media day at Saugus High. There's much to admire about the league, including that all seven schools have athletic trainers and six of the seven head coaches are also full-time teachers. Hart, Canyon and Valencia have produced their share of NFL players. And this season, Valencia has the talent to make a run in Southern Section Division 2 or 3 with the return of running back Brian Bonner, a Washington commit, and quarterback Brady Bretthauer. Coach Larry Muir is entering his 20th season as head coach and still teaching four classes of U.S. history each day. "He's a lot nicer in the classroom," Bretthauer joked. "He picks on the football player." Bretthauer also revealed how he motivates his linemen to block. "If I get sacked, no In-N-Out," he said. Even though Muir is challenged daily to balance his time and commitment from teaching to coaching football, Muir said he wouldn't want it any other way. "I love being in the classroom," he said. "I literally don't feel I go to work. " The rivalries in the league guarantee the sports-crazed Santa Clarita Valley weekly entertainment. About the only issue is a lack of stadiums. Canyon and Valencia have stadiums and College of the Canyons also hosts games. "It's playoffs every week," Golden Valley coach Dan Kelley said. "There are no slouches." Golden Valley will have a four-year starter in lineman Evan Nye, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound senior. Castaic is turning to junior Aidan Mojica, a former tight end, as its new quarterback. There's a promising sophomore linebacker in Lucas Duryea, who will be eligible at the end of September after transferring from Chaminade. West Ranch has a first-year head coach in TJ Yonkers. Its top returning defensive player is Max Piccolino, who had 15 1/2 sacks last season. Carson Soria, a former receiver, is moving to quarterback for Canyon. He's also the punter, so beware of trick plays. Hart quarterback Jacob Paisano will be trying to get the ball to junior Matix Frithsmith in a variety ways, whether Frithsmith is playing running back or slot receiver. Two of Hart's players are the sons of principal Jason D'Autremont. Saugus has the son of Valencia principal Kullen Welch playing for them, which should make for an interesting game when those two schools play. Beckham Welch is an offensive lineman for the Centurions. Saugus coach Jason Bornn, who organized the media day, wondered how many championships would be won if the talent in the area was concentrated at one or two schools rather than seven. "If we only had one or two high schools, Mater Dei and St. John Bosco wouldn't have a chance," he said. Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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26-04-2025
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Prep sports roundup: El Camino Real, Birmingham keep pace in West Valley League
The No. 1 seed for the City Section Open Division baseball playoffs isn't expected to be decided until after El Camino Real faces Birmingham in a season-ending two-game series May 6 and 8. Both teams continue to win in West Valley League play. Devin Gonor struck out 12 in 6 2/3 innings and Troy Shaw had three hits in El Camino Real's 5-0 win over Taft on Friday. The Royals (10-1) have won 10 consecutive league games since a loss to Birmingham on March 12. Advertisement Birmingham improved to 11-0 with a 7-6 win over Chatsworth. Jordan Lindsay had two hits and two RBIs. Carlos Esparza got the save with two scoreless innings. Vicente Martinez had two hits and two RBIs for Chatsworth, which holds down third place in the West Valley. Cleveland 3, Granada Hills 2: Kaeden Riepl threw a complete game while John Orozco-Ortega and Riley Shapiro each had three hits. Hart 6, West Ranch 5: Facing a must-win situation to stay in the Foothill League title race, the Hawks came through. Lincoln Daly had two hits and three RBIs. Calabasas 8, Agoura 7: Matthew Witkow had two hits for the Coyotes. He has yet to strike out in 12 Marmonte League games. Advertisement JSerra 6, Santa Margarita 1: Jax Janeski yielded two hits in 5 2/3 innings and Jordan Marian had three hits and four RBIs to lead the Lions. Corona del Mar 5, Edison 1: Stevie Jones struck out five with no walks in the Sunset League win. JJ Haley had two RBIs. Simi Valley 9, Foothill Tech 4: Quentin McGahan had three hits for the Pioneers. South Hills 4, San Dimas 2: Elias Reyes threw six innings to pick up the win. Sierra Canyon 4, Saugus 0: Sophomore Mac Kennedy struck out 10. Rancho Cucamonga 6, Etiwanda 0: Jacob Peyton struck out eight in six innings and also had three hits for Rancho Cucamonga. Advertisement Cypress 13, El Dorado 2: Wyatt Rosales had a home run and Greg Prophet contributed three hits. Quartz Hill 14, Antelope Valley 0: Preston White had a five-inning no-hitter. Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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26-04-2025
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Prep sports roundup: El Camino Real, Birmingham keep pace in West Valley League
The No. 1 seed for the City Section Open Division baseball playoffs isn't expected to be decided until after El Camino Real faces Birmingham in a season-ending two-game series May 6 and 8. Both teams continue to win in West Valley League play. Devin Gonor struck out 12 in 6 2/3 innings and Troy Shaw had three hits in El Camino Real's 5-0 win over Taft on Friday. The Royals (10-1) have won 10 consecutive league games since a loss to Birmingam on March 12. Birmingham improved to 11-0 with a 7-6 win over Chatsworth. Jordan Lindsay had two hits and two RBIs. Carlos Esparza got the save with two scoreless innings. Vicente Martinez had two hits and two RBIs for Chatsworth, which holds down third place in the West Valley. Cleveland 3, Granada Hills 2: Kaeden Riepl threw a complete game while John Orozco-Ortega and Riley Shapiro each had three hits. Hart 6, West Ranch 5: Facing a must-win situation to stay in the Foothill League title race, the Hawks came through. Lincoln Daly had two hits and three RBIs. Calabasas 8, Agoura 7: Matthew Witkow had two hits for the Coyotes. He has yet to strike out in 12 Marmonte League games. JSerra 6, Santa Margarita 1: Jax Janeski allowed two hits in 5 2/3 innings and Jordan Marian had three hits and four RBIs to lead the Lions. Corona del Mar 5, Edison 1: Stevie Jones struck out five with no walks in the Sunset League win. JJ Haley had two RBIs. Simi Valley 9, Foothill Tech 4: Quentin McGahan had three hits for the Pioneers. South Hills 4, San Dimas 2: Elias Reyes threw six innings to pick up the win. Sierra Canyon 4, Saugus 0: Sophomore Mac Kennedy struck out 10. Rancho Cucamona 6, Etiwanda 0: Jacob Peyton struck out eight in six innings and also had three hits for Rancho Cucamonga. Cypress 13, El Dorado 2: Wyatt Rosales had a home run and Greg Prophet contributed three hits. Quartz Hill 14, Antelope Valley 0: Preston White had a five-inning no-hitter.
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24-04-2025
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Prep sports roundup: Hunter Manning strikes out 12 in West Ranch win
Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage at night. He decided to attend Sherman Oaks Notre Dame as a freshman, requiring 6:30 a.m. wake-up calls and enduring traffic jams on the 5 Freeway. Now he sleeps until 7:45 a.m. without being late to walk to school and is playing with life-long friends. He's headed to UC Irvine in the fall to pitch and only wishes he could take catcher Nolan Stoll with him. Manning struck out 12 on Wednesday with Stoll calling the pitches in West Ranch's 3-1 win over Hart in a battle for first place in the Foothill League. West Ranch is 16-8 and 8-1. Advertisement It was by accident that Stoll started calling pitches for Manning earlier this season when the PitchCom communication device malfunctioned. It worked out so well that Stoll was allowed to continue to call the pitches for the rest of this season for Manning even though he still wears a wire and receives instructions from the dugout to move fielders. With Stoll in charge, Manning struck out a school-record 16 batters against Valencia and then came Wednesday's effort. "He called an awesome game,' Manning said. Stoll is a Stanford commit with a grade-point average out of this world. Manning's 3.8 GPA probably wouldn't get him to Stanford, so he'll need to figure a plan to take Stoll with him to Irvine. Advertisement "Sadly, I can't," he said. Omar Gutierrez had a two-run first-inning single for West Ranch. Hart (11-9, 6-2) got two hits and an unearned run off Manning in the first inning, then saw him strike out eight consecutive batters. The two teams meet again Friday at Hart. St. John Bosco 2, Mater Dei 1: The Braves got a walk-off bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gavin Cervantes threw all eight innings for the Braves. Santa Margarita 5, JSerra 1: A three-run triple by Warren Gravely IV in the top of the ninth inning keyed the Eagles' Trinity League win. Ben Finnegan finished with a double and triple. Advertisement Newport Harbor 5, Huntington Beach 2: Lucas Perez, Adam Martin and Keoni Wun each had two hits to knock off No. 1 Huntington Beach. El Dorado 4, Cypress 0: Logan Steenburgen threw the shutout, striking out two and walking none. Diego Gonzalez hit a two-run home run. Foothill 4, El Modena 1: Sean Green hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 10th inning. Edison 3, Corona del Mar 1: Gavin Johnson hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning for Edison. Etiwanda 1, Rancho Cucamonga 0: Luke Mendoza hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for the game's only run. Michael Aleman threw eight innings with nine strikeouts for Etiwanda. Advertisement Chino Hills 1, Damien 0: Brody Buoncristiani and Matt McCliman combined on a two-hit shutout. Los Osos 10, Upland 4: Roberto Topete finished with four hits to lead Los Osos. Summit 5, Grand Terrace 3: Dylan Harrison and Ian Stewart each had two RBIs for Summit (20-3), which has won 17 straight games. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 4, La Salle 0: J. Beckett Berg threw a complete game, striking out eight with no walks. Crespi 8, Saugus 2: Jackson Eisenhauer threw four scoreless innings with five strikeouts, making it 47 innings without giving up an earned run this season for Crespi (17-1). Sierra Canyon 11, Kennedy 1: Freshman Kingston Monette struck out 11 in six innings. Dezi Delgado had four RBIs. Advertisement Mira Costa 5, West Torrance 1: Ace Tarango had three hits and Aiden Pinn threw four innings of scoreless relief. Mira Costa is 20-2 and 9-1 in the Bay League. Cleveland 7, Granada Hills 3: Four Cleveland pitchers combined for a no-hitter. Joshua Pearlstein led the way with five hitless innings. El Camino Real 10, Taft 2: Luke Howe, Troy Shaw and Adan Viner each contributed two RBIs for El Camino Real. Birmingham 1, Chatsworth 0: The Patriots won on a walk-off from Cristian Martinez in the eighth inning. Allen Olmos threw the shutout. Royal 9, Oak Park 0: Dustin Dunwoody threw the shutout. Brady Hewitt had three RBIs. Advertisement Warren 2, Gahr 1: Max Ruiz had the walk-off single in the seventh for Warren. La Habra 5, Yorba Linda 0: Isaac Aguirre struck out eight, walked none and threw a four-hit shutout. Softball Carson 11, Banning 3: Kiarah Chukwudi had a home run and three RBIs for Carson. Giselle Pantoja struck out six. Granada Hills 20, Taft 4: Alana Miller had four RBIs and Zoe Justman had four hits for the Highlanders. Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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24-04-2025
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Prep sports roundup: Hunter Manning strikes out 12 in West Ranch win
Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage at night. He decided to attend Sherman Oaks Notre Dame as a freshman, requiring 6:30 a.m. wake-up calls and enduring traffic jams on the 5 Freeway. Now he sleeps until 7:45 a.m. without being late to walk to school and is playing with life-long friends. He's headed to UC Irvine in the fall to pitch and only wishes he could take catcher Nolan Stoll with him. Manning struck out 12 on Wednesday with Stoll calling the pitches in West Ranch's 3-1 win over Hart in a battle for first place in the Foothill League. West Ranch is 16-8 and 8-1. It was by accident that Stoll started calling pitches for Manning earlier this season when the PitchCom communication device malfunctioned. It worked out so well that Stoll was allowed to continue to call the pitches for the rest of this season for Manning even though he still wears a wire and receives instructions from the dugout to move fielders. With Stoll in charge, Manning struck out a school-record 16 batters against Valencia and then came Wednesday's effort. 'He called an awesome game,' Manning said. Stoll is a Stanford commit with a grade-point average out of this world. Manning's 3.8 GPA probably wouldn't get him to Stanford, so he'll need to figure a plan to take Stoll with him to Irvine. 'Sadly, I can't,' he said. Omar Gutierrez had a two-run first-inning single for West Ranch. Hart (11-9, 6-2) got two hits and an unearned run off Manning in the first inning, then saw him strike out eight consecutive batters. The two teams meet again Friday at Hart. St. John Bosco 2, Mater Dei 1: The Braves got a walk-off bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gavin Cervantes threw all eight innings for the Braves. Santa Margarita 5, JSerra 1: A three-run triple by Warren Gravely IV in the top of the ninth inning keyed the Eagles' Trinity League win. Ben Finnegan finished with a double and triple. Newport Harbor 5, Huntington Beach 2: Lucas Perez, Adam Martin and Keoni Wun each had two hits to knock off No. 1 Huntington Beach. El Dorado 4, Cypress 0: Logan Steenburgen threw the shutout, striking out two and walking none. Diego Gonzalez hit a two-run home run. Foothill 4, El Modena 1: Sean Green hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 10th inning. Edison 3, Corona del Mar 1: Gavin Johnson hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning for Edison. Etiwanda 1, Rancho Cucamonga 0: Luke Mendoza hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for the game's only run. Michael Aleman threw eight innings with nine strikeouts for Etiwanda. Chino Hills 1, Damien 0: Brody Buoncristiani and Matt McCliman combined on a two-hit shutout. Los Osos 10, Upland 4: Roberto Topete finished with four hits to lead Los Osos. Summit 5, Grand Terrace 3: Dylan Harrison and Ian Stewart each had two RBIs for Summit (20-3), which has won 17 straight games. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 4, La Salle 0: J. Beckett Berg threw a complete game, striking out eight with no walks. Crespi 8, Saugus 2: Jackson Eisenhauer threw four scoreless innings with five strikeouts, making it 47 innings without giving up an earned run this season for Crespi (17-1). Sierra Canyon 11, Kennedy 1: Freshman Kingston Monette struck out 11 in six innings. Dezi Delgado had four RBIs. Mira Costa 5, West Torrance 1: Ace Tarango had three hits and Aiden Pinn threw four innings of scoreless relief. Mira Costa is 20-2 and 9-1 in the Bay League. Cleveland 7, Granada Hills 3: Four Cleveland pitchers combined for a no-hitter. Joshua Pearlstein led the way with five hitless innings. El Camino Real 10, Taft 2: Luke Howe, Troy Shaw and Adan Viner each contributed two RBIs for El Camino Real. Birmingham 1, Chatsworth 0: The Patriots won on a walk-off from Cristian Martinez in the eighth inning. Allen Olmos threw the shutout. Royal 9, Oak Park 0: Dustin Dunwoody threw the shutout. Brady Hewitt had three RBIs. Warren 2, Gahr 1: Max Ruiz had the walk-off single in the seventh for Warren. La Habra 5, Yorba Linda 0: Isaac Aguirre struck out eight, walked none and threw a four-hit shutout. Carson 11, Banning 3: Kiarah Chukwudi had a home run and three RBIs for Carson. Giselle Pantoja struck out six. Granada Hills 20, Taft 4: Alana Miller had four RBIs and Zoe Justman had four hits for the Highlanders.
