Playing in Harmony, Simi Valley Wins, 59-55 : High school basketball: Blough does the scoring with 25 points and Vasiljevic does it all as Pioneers win own tournament.

There was a band competition taking place on the football field throughout the day.

But it was Simi Valley that played beautiful music Saturday night in a 59-55 victory over Santa Clara in the championship game of the Simi Valley basketball tournament Saturday night at Simi Valley High.

Scott Blough was the leader of the Pioneer band, scoring a game-high 25 points--including 12 on three-point shots. He made eight of 15 shots and five of six free throws.

“I just came out and tried my best, that’s all I did,” Blough said. “I enjoyed it a lot.”

Besides Blough’s big night, Simi Valley received a dominating performance from Pero Vasiljevic, the tournament’s most valuable player, who had 15 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocked shots.

Rod MacLean had 10 points and five rebounds for the Pioneers (4-0).

Santa Clara (3-1) rallied from a 32-26 halftime deficit to take a 43-40 edge after three quarters.

The score was tied, 44-44, with 4:37 to play but the Pioneers sank 13 free throws to pull away.

Adam Lopez had 19 points and Lukman Dotson scored 18 for Santa Clara.

Camarillo 76, Newbury Park 73--Josh Hill scored 23 points and Nathan Kaup had 20 for the Scorpions (3-1) in the third-place game.

Brent Bush scored 27 points for Newbury Park (2-2).

Hart 74, Santa Barbara 71--Cory Johnson scored 21 points and Amir Parvinchia added 17 as the Indians (3-1) took fifth place.

Notre Dame 68, Moorpark 61--Jorge Piedra scored 15 points and Brett Henry had 14 for the Knights (2-2) in the seventh-place game.

Brendon Hanson had 22 points for Moorpark (1-3) and Jimmy Henshaw added 21.

Palmdale 72, El Camino Real 65--Steve Eernisse scored 24 points as the Falcons (3-1) won the consolation final.

Cameron Henderson had 30 points for El Camino Real (2-2).