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Clarita Sports Report, August 21, 2017. This is your place for Santa Clarita’s 2017 Foothill League football season and your daily Dodgers update. Find all the latest news and updates on your hometown schools here as they compete in the Foothill League, Heritage League, Western State Conference and GSAC.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Justin Verlander found his old form Sunday, going eight innings allowing one run to help the Detroit Tigers to a 6-1 win over Los Angeles. The loss ended the Dodgers’ current winning streak at six games. All in all, the Dodgers had a 4-1 week and added a couple more series victories to the season’s résumé, this time against two American League Central opponents.

The Dodgers (87-35) remain on the road for a four-game series in Pittsburgh with the Pirates, starting Monday afternoon. Alex Wood is scheduled to make the start, looking to move to 15-1 on the season. First pitch is at 4:05 PM PST.

ROSTER MOVES: The Dodgers roster tinkering as the postseason draws nearer continued over the weekend with two moves. LA sent the struggling Joc Pederson to Triple-A Oklahoma City and traded for New York Mets’ outfielder Curtis Granderson. Granderson hit homered yesterday in the sixth inning to score the Dodgers’ only run of the game.

KERSHAW UPDATE: The Dodgers’s ace will make a rehab start for Oklahoma City on Saturday, making it at least one more week of no Kershaw on the mound for LA. He pitched a simulated game at Dodger Stadium on Monday.

TMU Soccer

Both Master’s University Mustangs soccer programs got off on the right foot with season-opening victories over the weekend (the women’s team is 2-0 with wins Thursday and Saturday, respectively.

The TMU men’s soccer team outclassed Northwest (WA) 5-0 at home Saturday. Former Valencia Vikings captain Luis Garcia-Sosa opened the scoring in the 7th minute and added an assist minutes later. Malawi international Benjamin Tembo added a brace for the Mustangs.

The TMU women’s team opened their season with big offensive showings Thursday (7-0 over Sierra Nevada) and made it a sweep of Northwest with a 3-1 win Saturday. A trio of Mustangs have two goals apiece through two games in Sarah Stead, Hailey Gomillion, and Jasmine Parada.

Both teams have matches Thursday with the men on the road and the women at Reese Field.

Santa Clarita High School Football

The first CIF-SS ranking of the season, known as the preseason ranking was announced today and several Foothill League teams can be found throughout.

Division 2

No. 4 Valencia

Division 3

No. 8 Hart

Division 6

No. 1 Saugus

No. 3 Golden Valley

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