Santa Clarita Sports Report, March 14, 2017. This is your place for Santa Clarita’s 2016/17 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.

CIF Division II State Girls Basketball Championships

The Valencia Vikings are in the midst of the longest winter sports season in recent memory for a Santa Clarita Valley school. The baseball and softball seasons have been in play for over two weeks. Head coach Jerry Mike’s team has been on the hard court since late November.

Valencia slipped past Chaminade by one point over the weekend for its seventh straight postseason victory, and are now just three more W’s away from being crowned State Champions.

But tonight they face their stiffest challenge all season. Tonight, it’s a classic public school/private school battle. Tonight, the Vikings head to Santa Ana to battle California perennial athletics powerhouse Mater Dei in the Regional Semifinals.

Even in what would be considered a “down” year for the Mater Dei Monarchs (they haven’t lost more than seven games this decade until this season’s 22-8 record), they’ve still put together a deep tournament run as an At-Large 2-seeded team in D2.

Mater Dei has the size to give Valencia problems inside, and the in-form Kenadee Honaker will have her work cut out for her. With that being said, no one has been able to stop Kayla Konrad this season, and she’ll have to have a career game in a hostile environment.

6 Valencia (29-5)

2 Mater Dei (22-8)

6:00 PM Santa Ana, CA

Santa Clarita High School Baseball

Tuesday’s schedule:

Canyon (0-4) vs Lancaster

Cowboys in search of their first win of the season against a 2-6 Lancaster team. First pitch is at 3:15.

10 Albert Einstein Academy (3-0) vs Santa Clarita Christian (1-2)

Rockets looking to sweep the Cardinals this season and maintain their CIF-SS ranking. First pitch is at 7 o’clock.

Santa Clarita High School Softball

Canyon (2-5) vs Palmdale

Meisha Murray and the Cowboys go for two wins in a row at Palmdale. First pitch is at 3:00.

Chatsworth vs Saugus (6-5)

Saugus hosts the Chancellors, a team that hasn’t had a losing season since 2012 and is 8-2 to start the 2017 campaign. First pitch is at 3:15.

COC Athletics

Cougars Baseball outscored its last two opponents 26-7 and has found its offensive stride in the month of March. The Cougars head up to Antelope Valley for a conference game against the Marauders, a team that has allowed 10+ runs in five games this season. First pitch is at 2:30.

Cougars Softball hosts Victor Valley in a double-header at 1:00 and 3:00 going for five consecutive wins. The Cougars (10-2-1) enter this week as one of the best teams in the state (13th overall ranking).

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