DAY IN SPORTS: SIMI VALLEY WINS C.V. TITLE.

Byline: Daily News

Tournament most valuable player Teresa Cooper had a team-high 14 points as the Simi Valley High girls' basketball team defeated Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks 56-39 Friday night in the championship game of the Crescenta Valley tournament.

The Pioneers pulled away with an 18-4 fourth-quarter run.

Simi Valley (3-2) went on a 9-0 run en route to a 13-7 first-quarter lead. Notre Dame (3-1) answered with a 10-3 run to take a 17-16 lead with 5:17 remaining in the second quarter.

The Pioneers, fueled by two 3-pointers by Kayla Briers, went on a 10-0 run to start the third quarter. Notre Dame closed to 38-32 at the end of the quarter.

Simi Valley then went on a 15-1 run to start the fourth quarter. All-tournament selection Melissa Hodeib led the Knights with 15 points.

In other Crescenta Valley tournament games:

--Canyon 64, Montclair Prep 59: The Cowboys (3-1) outscored the Mounties of Van Nuys (2-2) 16-10 down the stretch to secure third place.

Ashley Palmer and Michelle Vigue each scored 14 points for Canyon.

Eshaya Murphy scored a game-high 39 points for Montclair Prep and finished with 127 points in the four-game tournament.

--Crescenta Valley 65, Hoover 28: The host Falcons (3-1) were led by Jeanine Deno's game-high 16 points and used a 20-0 spurt in the first half to win the fifth-place game over their Pacific League rivals.

Arsineh Eskandari and Margaret Garcia led the Tornadoes of Glendale (1-3) with eight points apiece.

--Rio Mesa 46, Crescenta Valley (JV) 35: Junior center Rocio Ramirez scored a game-high 21 points as the Spartans of Oxnard (1-3) secured seventh place.

- P.C. Shaw

In the Monrovia tournament

--Royal 60, Charter Oak 43: Kinsley Mittel and Natalie Murvin scored 23 and 18 points, respectively, for the Highlanders of Simi Valley (2-1) in the second-round victory.

BOYS' BASKETBALL

In the Saugus tournament:

--Oxnard 59, Saugus 54: B.J. Wilkomm had 15 points and six rebounds and Michael Jones had 12 points and three steals, but the host Centurions (1-2) committed six fourth-quarter turnovers and were outscored 17-6 in the period in a quarterfinal loss.

Saugus, which led 48-42 at halftime, was outshot 67 percent to 33 percent in the second half. Marc Holmquist, Saugus's leading scorer in the tournament, was held to eight points, 12 less than his average. Adrian Buencamino followed a 5-for-8 3-point-shooting performance in the Centurions' last game by making only 1 of 5 attempts and finishing with eight points.

--Canyon 79, Westlake 66: Chad Eichten scored 20 points and Jeff Davidson had 14 to lead the Cowboys (2-1) to a consolation quarterfinal victory.

Jonathan Wiley scored 17 of his game-high 21 points in the first half as Westlake (1-2) trailed by one basket at halftime. P.J. Isaacson scored 17 points and Devin Entrikin added 16 points for the Warriors, who were outscored 19-9 in the fourth quarter.

--Glendale 66, Notre Dame 63: The Nitros (2-1) built a 33-20 halftime lead and maintained it despite a second-half flurry by the Knights of Sherman Oaks (1-2) in a consolation quarterfinal game.

--Buena 67, Verdugo Hills 48: Luis Cortes scored 14 points and Daniel Dingman added 13, but the Dons (0-3) were outscored 41-21 in the first half and never recovered in a consolation quarterfinal loss.

--Lancaster 71, Ridgeview 67: Michael Webb scored 19 points and Steve Thornton added 15 for Lancaster (1-2) in a consolation quarterfinal victory.

-Mayar Zokaei

In the Simi Valley tournament:

--Camarillo 77, Taft 63: Derek Rasp scored a game-high 24 points, including three 3-pointers, as the Scorpions defeated the Toreadors of Woodland Hills in the semifinal game.

Camarillo (3-0) advances to the chamionship game for the second year in a row and will play Moorpark tonight at 8. The Scorpions lost last year's title game to Simi Valley 65-53.

--Moorpark 51, Simi Valley 49: Keith Lawrence scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to erase a three-point deficit and give the Musketeers (3-0) a victory over the Pioneers (2-1).

--Santa Clara 58, Monroe 53:! In the 11th-place consolation game, the Vikings of North Hills (1-3) were outscored 22-15 in the second quarter in the loss to the Saints (2-2).

Brandon James scored 20 points and teammate Adrian Dominguez added 10 points for Monroe and Santa Clara's Alex Minney led all scorers with 21 points.

--Granada Hills 65, Alemany 54: Manny Cortez (13 points) was one of four players to score in double figures for the Highlanders (2-2), who defeated the Indians of Mission Hills (1-3) in the 13th-place consolation game.

-George Vranau

In the San Luis Obispo tournament:

--San Luis Obispo 55, Crespi 53: Senior Allan Ellis scored 23 points, had six rebounds and added four assists for the Celts of Encino (0-2), who will play in the seventh-place game today.

In the Rosamond tournament:

--Paraclete 77, Tehachapi 72: Drew Gill made four 3-pointers en route to a game-high 37 points for the Spirits of Lancaster (1-1) in the second- round game.

Teammate Matt Marquez had 19 points and 13 rebounds and Josh Hiley had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

BOYS' SOCCER

In the Burroughs tournament:

--Burroughs 2, Alemany 0: Cesar Corzo and Jacob Berg each scored a goal, and Allen Machuca recorded his first shutout of the season for the Indians of Burbank (1-1-1).

Andrew Bonvehi recorded three saves for Alemany of Mission Hills (0-2).

--Westlake 2, Hoover 1: Brent Hoyer scored to lift the Warriors (3-0) past the Tornadoes of Glendale (1-1-1).

Derric Brin tied the game late in the first half for Westlake. Daniel Gamboa scored Hoover's lone goal in the game's first five minutes. Teammate Rogelio Gonzalez had nine saves.

--Canyon 1, El Camino Real 1: By outscoring the Conquistadores of Woodland Hills 6-5 in penalty kicks, Canyon won the first-round game.

The Cowboys Mike Lingua converted the winning goal and Brian Louzil diving stop on ECR's final shot to preserve the win.

--Agoura 1, Arcadia 1: In another game decided by penalty kicks, Agoura won by outscoring Arcadia 3-2. The Chargers improved to 1-1 while Arcadia falls to 0-1-1.

-Matt Marini

MEN'S BASKETBALL

In the McDonald's tournament:

--Antelope Valley College 61, L.A. Trade Tech 53: Idel Dawson, Sidney Melvin and Damien Seals each scored 10 points for tournament host AVC (7-3) in the second-round victory.

--Riverside 105, Moorpark 103: Dallas Townsend scored 31 points and had 10 rebounds, but his efforts weren't enough for the Raiders (5-4).