High School Sports
Duquesne gave men’s basketball coach Darelle Porter a contract extension through 2001--even before he coached his first game.
Nov. 13, 1998
California
Sometimes nothing seems to go your way.
April 22, 2000
Sports
Navy 24, at No. 16 Wake Forest 17: Eric Kettani rushed for a career-high 175 yards and Jarod Bryant scored the decisive touchdown late in the fourth quarter to lead the Midshipmen (3-2) over the Demon Deacons (3-1) at Winston-Salem, N.C., for their first win over a ranked team in 23 years.
Sept. 28, 2008
The Newhall family will start a second newspaper in the Santa Clarita Valley to compete with the Newhall Signal, once again giving a voice to outspoken editors Scott and Ruth Newhall.
Aug. 16, 1988
The only free Fourth of July fireworks show in Santa Clarita has been canceled because the sponsor can no longer afford to help fund the $32,000 extravaganza.
June 8, 1991
A newspaper war is brewing in the Santa Clarita Valley and a legendary California editor and his wife, both in their 70s, are preparing to fire the first shot.
Dave Cowens, former coach of the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, will take over from Garry St.
April 19, 2000
Olympics
The premier field gathered in track and field to date in 1986 will be present at the annual Pepsi Invitational, Saturday afternoon, May 17, at UCLA’s Drake Stadium.
May 11, 1986
The owner of the Newhall Signal has threatened to sue three members of the Newhall family who quit top posts at the newspaper last month, accusing them of raiding the Signal of key employees and advertisers in their effort to start a competing publication.
Sept. 2, 1988
* at North Carolina 35, McNeese State 27: Brandon Tate put on a dazzling show, scoring on an 82-yard punt return and putting North Carolina ahead for good with a 57-yard catch to help the Tar Heels hold off McNeese State at Chapel Hill in a game suspended nearly two hours because of weather.
Aug. 31, 2008