Alan Kenny wins NHRA Super Comp national title

Alan Kenny has been chasing a national championship in drag racing for nearly 40 years. He won his first, the NHRA Super Comp national championship, with the help of his son.
The 60-year-old Kenny capped his championship season from the pits at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. He didn't advance to the elimination rounds at Pomona, but he secured the championship before the elimination rounds began.
Two weeks prior, Jason Kenny, his son, won the Super Comp event in Las Vegas and put a comfortable gap between his dad and his nearest competitors in the Super Comp standings.
Go to the K&N website for more on Alan Kenny's championship season.

Photo: Alan Kenny won his first NHRA Super Comp championship at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. (Credit: National Dragster)

The Master's College Women's Volleyball Team Drops Second Match At NAIA National Championships | KHTS Radio

The Master's College Women's Volleyball Team Drops Second Match At NAIA National Championships | KHTS Radio
The Master's College women's volleyball team's first trip to the NAIA National Championship tournament might end a little earlier than expected.
The Lady Mustangs need to win their next match to advance to the elimination rounds of the tournament. They have lost their first two matches in pool play. Viterbo University beat The Master's College in four games on Wednesday night in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Lady Mustangs play Indiana Wesleyan in their final pool play game tonight. 

Saugus Girls Soccer Team Shuts Out Lancaster In Season Opener | KHTS Radio

Saugus Girls Soccer Team Shuts Out Lancaster In Season Opener | KHTS Radio
The Saugus girls soccer team scored two goals in the first half and two goals in the second half to shut out Lancaster 4-0.
Monica Allen scored both goals in the second half.
The Santa Clarita Christian girls soccer team squeaked past Crossroads, 3-2.
The Hart boys soccer team scored four goals in the second half to beat Quartz Hill, 5-1. 

The Rematch: UCLA vs. Stanford

Can the UCLA football team beat Stanford? If Saturday’s outcome is any indication, the Bruins have a lot of work to do if they want to upset the Cardinal on Friday night in the Pac-12 championship game.

UCLA and Stanford will meet for the second time in six days. The venue will be different, in Palo Alto instead of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, but the outcome will be the same if the Bruins can’t make some key adjustments.

Stanford rolled UCLA, 35-17. By the second quarter, the rout was on. Stanford was up 21-10 at halftime and scored two more touchdowns in 13 seconds in the third quarter to pull away.

The Stanford defense scored. The Stanford running attack gave the Bruins fits. UCLA had one scoring drive that actually netted -8 yards, a 48-yard field goal in the second quarter.

UCLA coach Jim Mora was asked after the game what his team needs to do to beat Stanford.

“Once I look at the film, I can better answer that question for you,” Mora said. “There is a lot to learn. I’m not going to get into too many specifics. But I don’t want to give away what we need to do in order to improve.”

Carmelita Jeter shares Olympic dreams, experiences with YMCA

Three-time Olympic medalist Carmelita Jeter wanted to play on the United States women's basketball team. Instead, she ran on the US women's track team and became one the top sprinters in the world at the London Summer Games.
Jeter won a gold medal on the world-record breaking 4x100 relay team. She won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 100.
As part of the Team for Tomorrow programs, Jeter shared her Olympic medals and experiences with the Torrance-South Bay YMCA.
Jeter ran track at nearby California State University, Dominguez Hills and at Bishop Montgomery in Torrance in high school.
She plans on competing in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in 2016.
For  more on Jeter and her visit to the YMCA, visit the Team USA website.

Photo: Carmelita Jeter shows the kids at the Torrance-South Bay YMCA the medals she won at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Saugus Girls Cross Country Team Wins 7th State Title In A Row | KHTS Radio

Saugus Girls Cross Country Team Wins 7th State Title In A Row | KHTS Radio
Sophomore Samantha Ortega paced the Saugus girls to their seventh CIF State championship in a row. She finished in second place in the girls Division II race.
Five runners from Saugus finished in the top 50 as the Centurions edged La Costa Canyon for the state crown.
On the boys side, Saugus was second in the Division II state meet. AJ Yarnall set the school record and finished in second place on the course at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Paraclete eliminates San Dimas in Mid-Valley football semifinals

Paraclete quarterback Tyler Carvalho threw three touchdown passes and iced the game with a bruising 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter in a 28-20 win over San Dimas in the CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division semifinals on Friday night.
San Dimas took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, but Carvalho threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter to tie the score.
A last second field goal gave San Dimas a 17-14 lead at halftime.
Carvalho threw his third touchdown of the game in the third quarter to give the Spirits their first lead, 21-17. The Paraclete quarterback scored his team's fourth touchdown to give the Spirits an eight-point lead.
Paraclete will play Monrovia in the Mid-Valley championship game next week.
Go to the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin for more on the game between Paraclete and San Dimas.

Photo: Tyler Carvalho (11) and the Paraclete football team prepare for their semifinal playoff game against San Dimas at Antelope Valley College. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Valencia Football Team Advances To Semifinals Of CIF Playoffs | KHTS Radio

Valencia Football Team Advances To Semifinals Of CIF Playoffs | KHTS Radio
The Valencia football team is in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Northern Division playoffs. Hart and Canyon were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The Trinity football team lost in the semifinals of the Southern Section Division II 8-man playoffs.
The College of the Canyons football team lost to Santa Ana College in the Southern California Bowl.

Carmelita Jeter visits Torrance-South Bay YMCA

Three-time Olympic medalist Carmelita Jeter visited the Torrance-South Bay YMCA on Friday night. She went to Cal State Dominguez Hills and Bishop Montgomery High School. Jeter was on the 4x100 relay team that won the gold medal and set the world record at the Summer Games in London. She also won the silver medal in the 100 meters and the bronze medal in the 200 meters. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Six Cross Country Teams Qualify For CIF Southern Section Finals | KHTS Radio

Six Cross Country Teams Qualify For CIF Southern Section Finals | KHTS Radio
The Golden Valley, Saugus and Hart boys cross country teams qualified for the CIF Southern Section Division II finals at Mt. San Antonio College.
The Saugus, Golden Valley and Canyon girls are also in the Division II finals.
The Golden Valley boys are the reigning Southern Section Division II and state champions. The Saugus girls are ranked No. 1 in the Southern Section Division II poll.
For good measure, Olivia Pear from Valencia qualified for the Division I race after finishing third in her preliminary heat race.

Valencia, Canyon, Hart Advance In CIF Football Playoffs | KHTS Radio

Valencia, Canyon, Hart Advance In CIF Football Playoffs | KHTS Radio
Valencia, Canyon and Hart won their first-round CIF Southern Section Northern Division playoff games and moved on to the second round.
The Trinity football team is in the semifinals of the Southern Section Division II 8-man playoffs after a 58-18 blowout against Cornerstone Christian.
The College of the Canyons football team won its season finale and earned a bid to play in the Southern California Bowl against Santa Ana College.

Jurupa Hills eliminates Fillmore from East Valley Division playoffs

The Fillmore football team had home-field advantage in the first round of the CIF Southern Section East Valley Division playoffs, but it didn't do the players much good.
Visiting Jurupa Hills had a 23-point lead at halftime and scored three touchdowns in the third quarter in a 47-19 blowout.
Fillmore running back Collin Farrar rushed for a game-high 185 yards and scored a touchdown. Josue Valenzuela scored a touchdown on a 60-yard fumble return and had an interception. But that was about all the highlights for the Flashes.
Jurupa Hills quarterback Damion Wright threw three touchdown passes and running back Wayman Cooley scored two touchdowns.
Go to the Ventura County Star for more on the game between Jurupa Hills and Fillmore.

Photo: The Fillmore football team lost to Jurupa Hills in the first round of the CIF Southern Section East Valley Division playoffs. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Antron Brown wins NHRA Top Fuel championship

Antron Brown won the NHRA Top Fuel championship. Brandon Bernstein won the Top Fuel race at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. Tony Schumacher lost the final race and the Top Fuel championship by a fraction of a second.

Brown had to sit and watch as Schumacher advanced through the Top Fuel field and reached the final round. Brown lost in the first round after blowing up against Spencer Massey. He suffered burns on his hands and legs and wore gloves during his post-race news conference with reporters. He said the gloves were to protect his hands from small blisters that formed on them after his car exploded.

He also said he was ready to race again, despite the burns on his hands. But having to watch rather than race was painful in another way.

“Ain’t nothing you can do. Just sit and watch,” Brown said. “I felt like I was a kid back in elementary school when those days felt like they were 30 hours long. You want to race for it. You ask any racer out there, they don’t want to stay on the sidelines, waiting and hoping for someone to lose.”

Schumacher had to win the season finale to take what would have been his eighth Top Fuel championship. He met Bernstein in the final race.

Bernstein beat Schumacher off the line and held his lead across the finish line with a .037 seconds reaction time. He won by .009 seconds at 320.81 mph.

“Tony’s a class act,” Brown said. “They have no reason to hold their heads down. It just didn’t turn out like that this year.”

Brown is the first African-American driver to win an NHRA Top Fuel championship and the first African-American to win an auto racing championship in a major American racing series.

 “I certainly wanted Tony to win the championship,” team owner Don Schumacher said. “But certainly Antron and the Matco Tools deserved to win the championship. They had hiccups in both Las Vegas and here, first round. They came out here, they did it this year, they won the world championship. Antron is the NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel world champion.”

Photo: Antron Brown became the first African-American to win the NHRA Top Fuel championship. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Jack Beckman wins 2012 NHRA Funny Car championship

Jack Beckman had the odds stacked against from the start of the season. New team, new crew members, new approach to the NHRA Funny Car season.

Beckman narrowly won his first NHRA Funny Car championship at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona on Sunday, beating Don Schumacher Racing teammate Ron Capps by two points in the standings.

Beckman and Capps lost in the semifinals at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. Capps lost to Courtney Force. Beckman lost to Cruz Pedregon. After Capps lost, Beckman’s crew cheered from the starting line.

Beckman raced Pedregon following the Capps and Force race. After Beckman lost to Pedregon, he found Capps and gave him a hug before he took his helmet off.

“Character is an important thing, win or lose,” Beckman said. “I feel bad for him because I feel terrible if the situation was turned. There really wasn’t anything to say. It’s going to take me a while to wrap my head around this in an incredibly positive way. It’s probably going to take Ron a while to wrap his head around it in a very disappointing way.”

Photo: Jack Beckman won his first NHRA Funny Car championship by reaching the semifinals of the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Santa Clarita Christian Girls Volleyball Team Reaches Quarterfinals Of CIF Playoffs | KHTS Radio

Santa Clarita Christian Girls Volleyball Team Reaches Quarterfinals Of CIF Playoffs | KHTS Radio
The Santa Clarita Christian girls volleyball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division VAA playoffs after a five-game win over Upland Christian.
The high school football playoffs begin tonight for three teams from the Foothill League. Valencia, the Foothill League champion, is home for a game against Paso Robles.
Canyon is home against San Luis Obispo. Hart is on the road against Arroyo Grande.

Hart's Jamie Corr Tees Off In Regional State Qualifier This Morning | KHTS Radio

Hart's Jamie Corr Tees Off In Regional State Qualifier This Morning | KHTS Radio

Hart's Jamie Corr is vying for a spot in the CIF girls golf state championship today in Murrieta. She is the only golfer from the Santa Clarita Valley and the Foothill League in the Regional State Qualifier.
The tournament started at 8 a.m. 

Hart knocks out Moorpark in CIF girls volleyball playoffs

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The Hart girls volleyball team knocked Moorpark out of the CIF Southern Section Division IA playoffs in four games on Tuesday night.
Hart won, 25-13, 23-25, 25-9, 25-21, and moves on to the second round of playoffs.
Moorpark ended its season with Mariah Bell notching a match-high 18 kills.
Hart's Chase Tengberg provided production off the bench with a team-high 12 kills.
After winning the first game, Hart stumbled a bit in the second game.
Go to the Ventura County Star for more on the match between Hart and Moorpark.

Kwasniewski leads NASCAR K&N Pro Series West standings by two points

Two points separate the top two drivers in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West standings with one race to go.
Greg Pursley, the reigning West Series champion, trails his Gene Price Motorspors teammate Dylan Kwasniewski, who won the penultimate race at All American Speedway in Roseville last month.
The West Series season finale, the Casino Arizona 50, is at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday night. That's right, 50 laps to decide the West Series champion.
Go to the K&N website for more on the West Series race from Roseville.

Photo: Dylan Kwasniewski won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif., last month. (Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR).

Ventura College completes 10-0 football season

Ventura College back-up quarterback Chase Smith guided his team to a come-from-behind, 27-14, win over visiting Pasadena City College on Saturday night. Smith threw one touchdown pass, rushed for another and led Ventura in rushing with 103 yards on 14 carries. Ventura completed a 10-0 regular season, its first perfect record in school history. Smith's touchdown run in the third quarter gave Ventura its first lead of the game, 20-14. The Pirates trailed Pasadena 14-6 in the first half and 14-13 at halftime. Go to the Ventura County Star for more on the game between Ventura and Pasadena.

Photo: The Ventura football team celebrates its 27-14 win over Pasadena City College and its first 10-0 season in school history. (Credit: Tim Haddock)

Moorpark beats Westlake on last-second field goal

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Moorpark Eric Kreitz kicked a 36-yard field goal with no time left on the game clock in his team's 38-35 win over Westlake in the third-place game in the Marmonte League.
Moorpark will play Alemany, the Mission League champion, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Northern Division playoffs on Friday night.
Westlake plays Mission Viejo, the No. 2 seed in the Pac-5 Division and the champion of the South Coast League, in the first round of playoffs.
Go to the Ventura County Star for more on the game between Moorpark and Westlake.

Valencia Faces Paso Robles In First Round Of CIF Football Playoffs | KHTS Radio

Valencia Faces Paso Robles In First Round Of CIF Football Playoffs | KHTS Radio
The Valencia football team is the No. 2 seed in the CIF Southern Section Northern Division playoffs and will play Paso Robles in the first round on Friday night.
Palmdale, undefeated at 10-0, is the top seed in the Northern Division playoffs.
Canyon and Hart also qualified for the playoffs.
The CIF Southern Section girls volleyball playoffs open tonight with Saugus aganst Simi Valley in the wild-card round in Division IA.
Four teams from the Foothill League qualified for the girls volleyball playoffs. Valencia, the Foothill League champion, opens in the first round on Tuesday night.