Santa Clarita Sports Report, January 28, 2017. 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

Austin Galuppo and West Ranch (12-9, 4-2) got the job done at home versus rival Valencia (11-11, 3-3) with a big 54-35 win. Galuppo led the Wildcats in scoring with 17 points and the West Ranch defense limited Valencia to 10 points in all of the second half.

The last time these two teams met it was an offensive affair with the Valencia Vikings winning 83-79. However, the story was different in this game. Dexter Akanno led Valencia in scoring with 11 points, but the rest of the Vikings had no answer for West Ranch’s offense as the Wildcats closed the third quarter with a 13-0 run.

Valencia will be back in action today as they get set to travel to Cypress today.

The Hart Indians (15-7, 4-2) have won three league games in a row after a 1-2 start to stay atop the Foothill League standings.

Friday night the Indians defeated the Saugus Centurions (14-8, 3-3), 57-48 at Saugus, by pulling away in the fourth quarter after an otherwise back-and-forth game. Hart led 43-42 going into the fourth quarter and scored the first nine points of the final period to get out to a 52-42 lead and never look back.

Golden Valley (10-12, 4-2) snapped its two-game losing streak with a 73-55 win over Canyon (5-16, 0-6).

Heritage League:

Santa Clarita Christian (11-3, 5-0) will be looking to stay perfect in league play as they get set to host Trinity Classical Academy (7-15, 2-5). Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

Santa Clarita High School Girls Basketball

11 Valencia (19-4, 6-0) has swept West Ranch (6-17, 1-5) this season with the Vikings latest 72-15 win over the Wildcats.

Kayla Konrad led the Vikings with 35 points and picked up six steals. Kenadee Honaker was close to a double-double with her eight points and eight rebounds.

Earlier in the season, Valencia dominated West Ranch with an 82-5 win.

Hart (9-12, 4-2) defeated Saugus (10-14, 2-4) with a 55-40 road win.

Nicole Benz led the Indians with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Annie Christofferson also added 15 points and Natalea Daily was on top of the boards with 12 rebounds.

Canyon (14-8, 5-1) have also swept Golden Valley (8-14, 0-6) in the season series with the Cowboys 63-19 win last night.

Rachel Bowers led the team with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Talia Taufaasau also contributed with her 14 points and six assists, and Daisy Cardenas also had 10 points in the win for the Cowboys.

Canyon will be back in action today as they get set to play Harvard-Westlake tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the Ventura Shootout. Golden Valley will also play Marlborough in the Alemany Showcase today at 1:30 p.m.

Heritage League:

4 Santa Clarita Christian (8-3, 3-2) will host rival 8 Trinity Classical Academy (9-8, 1-4) today at 4:30 p.m.

Santa Clarita High School Boys Soccer

Valencia (13-2-3, 6-0) remain perfect in league play with a 1-0 win over West Ranch (4-6-1, 2-4)

Hart (13-5-3, 3-2-1) and Saugus (10-5-4, 4-1-1) couldn’t break a second-half deadlock and finished the game with a 1-1 tie.

Golden Valley (2-11-2, 1-4-1) picked up its first league victory this season with a 2-0 win over Canyon (0-14-5, 0-5-1).

Santa Clarita High School Girls Soccer

West Ranch (9-3-5, 3-0-3) has won three consecutive Foothill League games with last night’s 2-0 win over rival  Valencia (10-7-2, 3-2-1).

After three straight draws to begin Foothill League play, Hart (15-2-4, 3-0-3) has also won their last three league games including last nights 3-0 win over Saugus (5-11,3, 1-3-2).

Claudia McKail and Canyon (7-9-2, 3-2-1) picked up back-to-back wins with last nights 4-0 win over Golden Valley (5-11-2, 0-6).

McKail led the way for Canyon with her hat trick and leads the team with 13 goals. Madeline Brandriff also found the back of the net in the win for the Cowboys.

TMU Basketball

The Mustangs (16-3, 5-3) will be in action today as they get set to face William Jessup (16-5, 6-1) for a GSAC ball game.

Reid Shackelford and the rest of the Mustangs are coming off their last performance in which they won 84-65 over Menlo. Shackelford led the team in scoring with 24 points.

Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.

The Lady Mustangs(13-6, 3-5) will be looking to make it back-to-back league victories against William Jessup (7-9, 1-6) today.

Last time out Bianca Cuebello picked up 16 points in the 70-65 win over Menlo. Today’s game will tip-off at 1:00 p.m.

COC Basketball

The Cougars (11-11, 1-1) will be hosting Bakersfield (16-8, 3-0) today at 3:00 p.m.

COC’s six-game winning streak was snapped last time out against Santa Monica, as the Cougars fell 82-69 on the road.

On the Women’s side, the Cougars (6-14, 1-1) will be looking to pick up their second league victory as they get set to face Bakersfield (13-8, 2-1). Tip-off is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.

Last time out the Cougars had no answer against Santa Monica as they fell 83-67 to the Corsairs.

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