The honors keep coming for College of the Canyons athletes. COC’s Corey Honeycutt earned the Western State Conference Track Athlete of the Year award. She won the conference, Southern California and state titles in the 800 during the 2010 track and field season.

Honeycutt, a Golden Valley High graduate, is the first female athlete to win an individual state track and field title in COC school history.

She broke the school record in the 800 twice and did not lose a race. She was ranked fourth in the nation among community college athletes in the 800.

Honeycutt is the third track and field athlete from COC to win an individual state title. Tom Harris won the decathlon for COC in 1977 and Mike Carli won in the javelin in 1978.

In women’s soccer, the Santa Clarita Blue Heat lost its season opener, 1-0, to the Pali Blues at Palisades High School.

Ali Hawkins scored the only goal in the game in the final minute of the United Soccer Leagues W-League opener for both teams.

Anjuli Ladron De Guevera started in goal for the Blue Heat and made five saves in 72 minutes. Back-up goalie Erin Frushon made three saves in the final 18 minutes of the game.

The Blue Heat will play its home opener on June 17 against the Vancouver White Caps at College of the Canyons.

In the NBA Finals, the Lakers head to Boston needing a win to send the series back to L.A.

The Lakers split the first two games against the Celtics, winning Game 1, but losing Game 2 on Sunday.

Kobe Bryant is leading all scorers averaging 29 points in the first two games of the Finals. He scored only 21 in Game 2 on 8-of-20 shooting from the field.

The tip-off for Game 3 is set for 6 tonight.

In the Major League Baseball draft, the Dodgers took Zach Lee, a right-handed pitcher from McKinney High School in Texas, in the first round. The second round and third rounds are today.

At Dodger Stadium, Blake DeWitt had a huge night for the Dodgers in a 12-4 win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. DeWitt drove in five runs, hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning and went 2-for-5.

Rafael Furcal had another big night with two hits and two RBIs.

Dodgers starter Carlos Monasterios improved to 3-0 and pitched six effective innings.

The Dodgers and Cardinals continue their series tonight at Dodger Stadium. It will be Hiroki Kuroda on the hill for the Dodgers against Chris Carpenter for the Cardinals.

Pregame starts at 6:30 on AM 1220, KHTS.