Five Teams Streaked to Finish, Three Didn’t

Eight girls’ basketball teams from the region began the season with lengthy league winning streaks.

Five of those streaks have survived.

Palmdale High became the third team to be stopped, losing, 54-29, to Highland last week, its Golden League streak ended at 39 games.

Village Christian entered the season with a region-best 56-game league winning streak but fell, 52-44, to L.A. Baptist in its Alpha League opener on Jan. 13. The Crusaders avenged that loss a week ago by beating L.A. Baptist in a third-place playoff to determine the league’s final postseason berth.

North Hollywood extended its Valley Pac-8 Conference streak to 51 games before losing, 65-45, to Grant on Jan. 28.

Buena, ranked No. 1 in the region by The Times, has the longest streak. The Bulldogs, who won their 10th consecutive Channel League title, have won 58 league games in a row. The Bulldogs (23-2) will try to extend another streak. They will seek their third consecutive Southern Section Division I-A championship.

Third-ranked Hart has won 38 consecutive Foothill League games, while Montclair Prep of the Westside League and second-ranked Crescenta Valley of the Pacific League each have won 32 in a row. Bell-Jeff extended its Camino Real win streak to 23 games.