Foothills Sentry May 2021

Foothills Sentry Page 18 May 2021 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD KLINE Canyon turns out eight on NCAA National Letter of Intent Day Canyon High School held its Letter of Intent signing on April 12. Eight athletes committed to play their sport at their college of choice and continue their education. Signing were: Connor Albin, cross country and track and field (Cal State University, Fullerton); Maddi Askins, softball (Howard University); Connor Borra, soccer (Cal State,Dominguez Hills); Carly Cross, soccer (Boise State University); Brett Eskelson, baseball (Hendrix College); Lexi Gamez, softball (Fort Hays State University); Andrew Gaspar, baseball (University of Dallas); and Sotero Ureno, baseball (Midland University). Early signees were Cameron Magee, baseball (Arizona State University); Emily McDaniel, volleyball (University of Califor- nia, San Diego); Giovanna Sal- cido, softball (Dominican Col- lege); Madison Sanchez, softball (Cal State University, Fullerton); and Sarah Paino, cross country and track and field (University of California, San Diego). Esperanza defender (right) had trouble covering Canyon’s Ryan Gardner (20) and Fox Haugen (7) in the end zone. Elena Torres from Foothill High School faces off with the Santa Mar- garita goalkeeper and scores. Foothill won the game, 16-5. Grace Cumming gets checked advancing the ball up field in the St. Margaret's game. CIF playoff picture Football finished its short season with no championship games scheduled. Villa Park (3- 0, 5-1) captured the Crestview League title with wins over Yorba Linda, El Modena and Foothill. Brea Olinda (3-0, 3-2) captured the North Hills League title with wins over El Dorado, Esperanza and Canyon High Schools. The CIF-SS announced that section championships for the following sports will be scheduled: baseball, B/G basketball, B/G lacrosse, B/G team tennis, Boys volleyball and softball. CIF-SS is planning for B/G golf, B/G swim and diving, B/G tennis, and B/G track and field championships. Boys and girls wrestling, being a high contact sport, will not be able to conduct section championships. David Agba (15), a returning SCC starter, and Jake Martin, a fresh- man from Canyon High, go after a loose ball in the Cypress game. Aaron Wadman from Santiago Canyon College controls the boards against Cypress College. SCC won the game, 72-60. Harrison Wiese (22) from Santiago Canyon College teams up with David Agba to block the shot. SCC won 88-53. Preston Sims (24) from Santiago Canyon College blocks a Palo Verde shot.