Santa Clarita Sports Report, February 21, 2017. This is your place for Santa Clarita’s 2017 Foothill League spring 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.

Over the All-Star weekend, Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving said he believes the Earth is flat.

Santa Clarita High School Playoff Basketball

CIF Second Round boys playoff results:

10 Saugus 65

7 Dos Pueblos 75

The Centurions season comes to an end on the road. They finish ranked 10th in Division 2A with an 18-10 record.

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9 Morro Bay 55

7 SCCS 59

Cardinals advance to face the 1-seed Rolling Hills Prep on Tuesday night at home.

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CIF Second Round girls playoff results:

1 Valencia 61

West 45

Kayla Konrad became Valencia’s all-time leading scorer in the win.

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3 Vista Murrieta 45

7 Canyon 53

Talia Taufaasau and Rachel Bowers powered the Cowboys got past 3-seed Murrieta at home.

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11 Duarte 49

Hart 44

Hart’s seasons ends in the second round.

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13 Coast Union 31

5 SCCS 35

Correction: Cardinals advance out of the second round after a low-scoring game.

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8 Trinity 50

10 Lone Pine 47

The Knights edged Lone Pine on the road by outscoring the Golden Eagles 22-9 in the fourth quarter.

Santa Clarita High School Playoff Soccer

CIF First Round boys playoff results:

Highland 0

Saugus 1

Collin Infuso scored in the first half for the Centurions as they held on in the rain to advance.

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Hart 2 (Final/OT)

Cabrillo 1

Freshman Lawrence Luna assisted on Hart’s opening goal and then slotted home the game-winner in overtime. Hart’s reward? A trip to Thermal to face 1-seed Desert Mirage.

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Lakewood 0

4 Valencia 2

The Vikings scored two first-half goals to cruise to an opening round shutout.

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Tuesday’s CIF Second Round girls playoff schedule:

5 Temecula Valley (21-3-2) vs West Ranch (12-4-6)

7 Upland (15-2-4) vs Hart (20-2-4)

Valencia (13-9-2) vs 10 Newbury Park (10-4-4)

COC Athletics

The 2016/17 Canyons basketball seasons finished up Saturday with home games for both teams against West LA.

The Cougars women’s were victorious, 68-48, and finish the season 11-15. Canyons men’s team didn’t end on as good of a note, falling 71-66 and ending the season with a 12-16 record.

TMU Athletics

The big news of the day out of the The Master’s University Athletics Department is the announcement of an Aquatics Program to launch in Fall of 2017.

US Olympic bronze medalist Gabe Woodward will lead the program as the Director of Aquatics. The team will compete in both swimming and diving.

TMU Basketball had a good weekend with a sweep of Menlo College on Bross Court. The men’s team jumped ahead of Westmont by a half-game for third place with a 92-81 win. Five players scored in double figures for the Mustangs (22-4, 11-4).

The women’s team has won eight consecutive conference games after starting 2-5 and five of the wins have come by double-digits, including the 62-50 win over Menlo on Saturday. The Mustangs are in fourth place in the Golden State Athletic Conference with a 10-5 record.

Los Angeles Lakers

In one of the biggest moves of the NBA season, the Lakers announced on Tuesday that VP of Basketball Operations Jim Buss and General Manager Mitch Kupchak have been fired, effectively immediately. Lakers Hall of Famer Magic Johnson was named President of Basketball Operations and will lead the day-to-day operations for the forseeable future.

The only peculiar thing from this news was the timing. Firing a head coach or the entire front office midseason is never a good look for any professional sports team.

With that being said, the writing was on the wall and the Lakers are headed in a new direction.

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