Santa Clarita Sports Report, December 9, 2016. This is your place for Santa Clarita’s 2016/17 Foothill League winter sports. 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.

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Santa Clarita High School Boys Basketball

Warriors Invitational group play:

Canyon (2-5) lost a close game to Granada Hills Charter at home, 56-54. The Cowboys will pick up play again in January when they face San Marcos High School.

Saugus (3-1) continued to show great basketball play as they won their second game in a row at the Warriors Invitational defeating Crenscenta Valley 83-74. The Centurions will next play at Newbury Park next Monday, tip off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Hart (1-2) struggled versus tournament hosts Heritage Christian dropping that game 64-58. The Indians will play again next Thursday against John H. Francis Polytechnic High School.

Sierra Canyon Invitational:

Golden Valley (3-2) squeezed out a nail-biting win last time out versus Heritage, 80-79! The Grizzlies will continue tournament play tonight at Crespi, with tip off at 6:00 p.m.

Other notable Foothill League boys basketball games:

Valencia (2-0) won an exciting 66-65 victory versus Santa Barbara last time out. The Vikings will be looking to keep their season perfect as they take on La Salle today in the Simi Valley Tournament, tip off is at 3:30 p.m.

Santa Clarita High School Girls Basketball

Kayla Konrad continued to show dominate play for the Vikings in their latest win against Crossroads. Valencia (6-2) defeated Crossroads 69-40 and have now won three games in a row. Konrad continues to stuff the stat sheets with her 27 points, 14 rebounds, and seven steals performance.

Tonight, Valencia takes on the 7-0 Grenada Hills Charter Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. in the next round of the Burroughs Tournament.

Canyon (5-3) continue to build on their four game winning streak with an impressive 20 point win over Moorpark, 58-38. Daisy Cardenas led the way in scoring with 14 points and four rebounds, and Rachel Bowers wasn’t far behind with eight points and 11 rebounds.

The Cowboys will take on Eagle Rock tonight in the next round of the Burroughs Tournament.

Golden Valley (1-3) dropped another tournament matchup against Village Christian, 50-33. The Grizzlies will play Cleveland  tonight in the Burroughs Tournament at 6:00p.m.

Elsewhere around the Foothill League’s girls basketball schedule:

Hart (2-5) dropped their last game in the Magnolia Park Optimist Tournament against Burroughs, 63-41.

Foothill Tech vs. West Ranch (2-5) at 3:00 p.m.

Santa Clarita High School Boys Soccer

Valencia (3-0) continue to show great play on the pitch this season with an impressive 5-1 victory at home versus Calabasas. The Vikings have scored a massive 16 goals in their first three games, while conceding only four goals so far this season. They’ll next play Simi Valley on the road Dec. 21.

Saugus (2-2) will begin tournament play today as they face Van Nuys in the Brandt Tournament, game time is at 5:15 p.m.

Hart (4-0) have been in fine form early this season, and will be looking to extend their winning streak to five as they get set to play at Harvard-Westlake, game time is at 5:00 p.m.

So far for the Indians Enrique Perez leads the team in goals with three this season, Jesus Ocampo is right behind him with two goals.

Golden Valley (0-3-1) vs. Chatsworth at 4:30 p.m.

Santa Clarita High School Girls Soccer

Hart (4-1) have now won three games in a row after their 5-2 win versus Orange Lutheran. The Indians put up three goals in the first half, and finished off the game with two more goals in the second half. Hart will be playing Aliso Niguel on the road Saturday morning at 11 a.m.

Valencia (2-1) put up two goals in the first half against Santa Paula, and ultimately won by the final score of 2-0.

West Ranch (1-2-1) suffered a home loss to Flintridge Sacred Heart, 5-1. They will play Crossroads tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m.

Saugus (2-1) picked up a home win last time out on the pitch against Calabasas, 2-1. Gina D’Onofrio and Kathleen Volpei were the goal scores in this game, and Alana Berens was credited with one assist.

TMU Athletics

The Mustangs began GSAC play against No. 9 Westmont College Wednesday night, in an offensive ball game that went into double overtime, it was Westmont who got the last laugh.

A decisive 7-0 run late in the second overtime by the Westmont Warriors was the winning push in this one as the Mustangs (7-1) suffered their first lost of the year.

Delewis Johnson had a big game for the Mustangs off the bench. Johnson put up a strong 25 points shooting 10-16 from the field, and Lawrence Russell put up 21 points as well.  The Mustangs were 28-71 (39%), and  7-28 (25%) from behind the arc.

The Mustangs will play Arizona Christian (5-0) in Arizona for their next GSAC ball game. Tip off is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. (PT).

The Lady Mustangs began GSAC play against No. 4 Westmont College Wednesday night, and lost a bitter 50-47 ball game at home, dropping their record to 6-2 and 0-1 in Golden State Athletic Conference play.

The No. 14 ranked Mustangs were led in scoring by Bianca Cubello with 15 points, six rebounds, three assists, and two blocks, while Ashley Bartow followed with 13 points and five rebounds. The team went 18-51 (35%) from the field, 3-9 (33%) from behind the arc, and 8-14 (57%) from the charity stripe.

Now, the Lady Mustangs look to secure their first conference victory on Saturday when they travel to Arizona Christian (5-4).  Tipoff is set for 1:00 p.m. (PT).

For Masters University Women’s Soccer a big congratulations to Whitney Gomillion, Kinley Kane, and Taylor Rowden. Those three will represent the school as they were selected for the 2016 Women’s Soccer NAIA Scholar-Athlete list.

Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers are back at home and looking to end a four game slide versus Phoenix.

Both the Lakers and Suns have been struggling as of late lately.

The Lakers were just handed a humiliating 134-95 loss at Houston on Wednesday, the third time they lost by 30 or more points will now be looking to take advantage of a Suns team they’ve already beat.

Last time these two met was back in early November, and the Lakers took advantage of a sloppy Suns team winning 119-108. In that game Nick Young led the way with 22 points, also both Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson put up 18 points.

The Lakers remain without starting point guard D’Angelo Russell (sore left knee), starting shooting guard Nick Young (calf strain, right leg), backup guard Jose Calderon (right hamstring strain) and center/forward Tarik Black (right ankle sprain). None of the four is expected to be available against the Suns.

Tip off from Los Angeles is scheduled for 7:30 p.m (PT)

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