Van Nuys High travels to Sylmar for...

Van Nuys High travels to Sylmar for a girls’ volleyball match Thursday that invariably decides the champion of the Valley Pac-8 Conference.

Van Nuys (5-1, 3-0 in conference play) and Sylmar (6-0, 3-0) have taken turns this decade as conference champions, with the winner of this match usually gaining the inside track.

Other events in the region today include:

Men’s soccer: At 4 p.m., The Master’s at Pacific Christian.

Women’s volleyball: At 6:30 p.m., CS Northridge at Montana State; at 7 p.m., Canyons at Hancock, Glendale at Moorpark, West L.A. at Ventura; at 7:30 p.m., The Master’s at Westmont.

High school cross-country: At 2:30 p.m., Eagle Rock, Franklin vs. Verdugo Hills at Griffith Park; at 3 p.m., Royal at Camarillo, Newbury Park, Westlake vs. Thousand Oaks at Waverly Park; at 3:30 p.m., Pius X-St. Mathias (girls) vs. Bell-Jeff at Griffith Park, Blair, Monrovia vs. La Canada at Crescenta Valley Park, St. Genevieve (girls) at Cantwell Sacred Heart of Mary, Buckley at Pacific Hills, Village Christian at Marshall Fundamental; at 4 p.m., Crespi, Louisville at Chaminade, Alemany at Harvard-Westlake, Crespi, Louisville at Chaminade.

Girls’ tennis: At 2:30 p.m., Birmingham at Van Nuys, Sylmar at North Hollywood, Reseda at Grant, Poly at Monroe, Chatsworth vs. San Fernando at El Cariso Park, El Camino Real at Kennedy, Granada Hills at Taft, Wilson at Verdugo Hills, Camarillo at Thousand Oaks, Agoura vs. Royal at Rancho Simi Community Park, Newbury Park vs. Westlake at North Ranch Country Club; at 3 p.m., Quartz Hill at Palmdale, Buena at Rio Mesa, Hart at Saugus, Lancaster at Highland, St. Bonaventure at La Reina, Buckley at Crossroads, Louisville at Harvard-Westlake, Littlerock at Antelope Valley; at 3:15 p.m., La Canada at Blair; at 3:30 p.m., Simi Valley at Channel Islands, Chaminade at Notre Dame, Lakewood St. Joseph vs. Alemany at Cal State Northridge.

Girls’ volleyball: At 2:45 p.m., Reseda at Grant, Monroe at North Hollywood, Canoga Park at Poly; at 3:30 p.m., Blair at La Canada, First Lutheran at South Bay Lutheran; at 4 p.m., Ribet Academy vs. Grace Brethren at Moorpark Boys & Girls Club, Norwalk Baptist Christian at Antelope Valley Christian; at 4:15 p.m., Providence at Holy Martyrs; at 4:30 p.m., Buckley at Viewpoint; at 4:45 p.m., Burroughs at Valencia; at 5 p.m., Bishop at Paraclete; at 5:30 p.m., L.A. Baptist at Frazier Mountain, Saugus at Hart, Littlerock at Antelope Valley, Lancaster at Highland, Quartz Hill at Palmdale; at 6 p.m., Calabasas at Malibu, Nordhoff at Santa Clara, Moorpark at Santa Paula, Simi Valley at Channel Islands, Camarillo at Thousand Oaks, Agoura at Royal; at 6:30 p.m., Newbury Park at Westlake, Alemany at Chaminade, Fillmore at Oak Park, La Reina at St. Bonaventure, Notre Dame at Harvard-Westlake, Alemany at Chaminade; at 7 p.m., Buena at Oxnard, St. Genevieve at Bell-Jeff.