DAY IN SPORTS: VALENCIA WINS CANYON TITLE.

Byline: Daily

News The Valencia High boys' basketball team didn't have to take a long trip to win a preseason tournament. However, the crucial points that won the Canyon Classic championship for the Vikings on Saturday night did travel far.

Eighteen of Alan Husted's 24 points came from 3-point range as Valencia beat Calabasas 85-74.

Curtis Dunwoody and Andrew Bruckner each had 12 points and Scott Domingo had 10 points for Valencia (7-1).

Calabasas, which outscored Valencia 48-45 in the second half, saw Sean McDermott lead the team with 20 points. Steve Saunders had 15 points and Jason Saunders added 10 for Calabasas (5-1), which lost its first game of the season.

In other boys' basketball:

--San Fernando 71, SOCES 67: Donte Jenkins scored 23 points and Matt Navarez added 17 for San Fernando in the Winter Slam Jam tournament at Cleveland High in Reseda.

--Newbury Park 83, Grant 55: Chris Nooney scored 25 points against Grant of Van Nuys in a Thousand Oaks tournament game. Nooney added eight rebounds and five steals, and teammate Randy Meru had 21 points, 18 on 3-pointers, for Newbury Park (3-5).

--Bell-Jeff 64, Glendale 44: Clarence Viray had 26 points and six assists for Bell-Jeff of Burbank (2-2) in the nonleague victory against visiting Glendale Academy.

In girls' basketball:

--Saugus 60, Morningside 42: Taylor Lilley scored 26 points and Sheridan Arredondo added 10 points and 17 rebounds as Saugus (7-1) won the South Torrance tournament title.

Lilley, who had three 3-pointers in the game, averaged 20 points per game in the tournament but was not given all-tournament honors. Those went to Saugus' Jessi Loring and Lisa Sonnenblick, who had nine and four points, respectively. Arredondo was also honored, and AnnMarie Summerhays, who scored six points in the final, was named tournament MVP.

--Jasper Place (Canada) 67, Quartz Hill 60: Facion Edwards had 13 points and seven rebounds and Blythe Hooyerlink 18 points as Quartz Hill (5-1) came up short in the Jasper Place International Tournament in Edmonton, Alberta.

Brittany Benavidez scored 15 points and Cetra Banks had nine points and eight rebounds for the Rebels.

In boys' soccer:

--Highland 2, Hesperia 2: Highland and Hesperia had to settle for a 2-2 tie and share the Hesperia tournament trophy after the overtime shootout went 17-17 before the game was called because of darkness.

Highland (5-1-3) had goals in regulation from Chris Calderon and Mauricio Harrie.

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS

BOYS' BASKETBALL

--Tony Williams (Birmingham) 25 pts.

--Dejuan Dangerfield (Birmingham) 14 pts., 10 rebs.

--Chris Nooney (Newbury Park) 25 pts., 8 rebs., 5 stls.

--Randy Meru (Newbury Park) 21 pts., 6 3-ptrs.

--Andrew Serber (SOCES) 22 pts., 6 3-ptrs.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

--Taylor Lilley (Saugus) 26 pts., 6 assts.

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PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text)