No Perfect Ending for Moorpark

Mari Myllykoski scored 23 points and Royal High spoiled Moorpark’s bid for a perfect Marmonte League season with a 68-57 victory Friday night at Royal.

The Highlanders (13-10, 7-5 in league play) clinched third place and held Damaris Hinojosa without a field goal in the final quarter.

Hinojosa, who leads the region in scoring, finished with 35 points.

For Moorpark, ranked No. 2 in the region by The Times, its 17-game winning streak was snapped. The Musketeers (22-2, 11-1), who are playing in the Marmonte for first time, had last lost--to Channel Islands--in the championship game of the Gold Coast tournament in December.

“We knew we could play with them,” Royal Coach Mike Kohl said. “The thing that’s good is that somebody from our league beat them one time, so they’re not invincible.”

Lisa Smith had 14 points, including three three-point baskets, and Teresa Russell had 18 rebounds for Royal.

Novi Woodard-Parker, a sophomore starting her second game at point guard since being called up from the junior varsity, made a three-pointer to spark a 16-9 Highlander run in the second quarter.

Glendale 45, Pasadena 39--Tania Adary made a three-point shot with 4:30 left to give the Dynamiters (17-9) a 34-30 lead and the Bulldogs couldn’t get closer than two points in the game to determine the Pacific League’s third-place representative in the Southern Section playoffs.

Adary, who scored nine points, made the shot shortly after Mania Houspian, Glendale’s leading scorer at 16.1 per game, had fouled out with four points.

El Camino Real 69, Kennedy 34--Cara Blumfield had 11 points in each half for El Camino Real in a West Valley League game at Kennedy.

Blumfield, who made eight of nine free throws, finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals. Karen Shun added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Conquistadores (21-4, 10-0), ranked seventh.

Birmingham 56, San Fernando 24--Ofalangi Mailangi had 14 points and Octavia Askew added 13 for Northwest Valley League champion Birmingham (14-7, 7-3) in a game at San Fernando.

Tammy Carpenter scored 10 points for Birmingham and teammate Juana Gatson added nine,

Cleveland 60, Granada Hills 55--Cheyenne Brashear had 21 points and 11 rebounds and Brynne Steward had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavaliers (12-8, 5-5) in a North Valley League game at Granada Hills.

Kelly Patterson had 18 points and 14 rebounds and Niloo Bavarian added 10 points for Granada Hills (8-12, 4-6).

Amber Tesh had seven points and 13 rebounds for the Highlanders.

Reseda 48, Poly 43--Neysa Guerrero scored seven of her 11 points in the fourth quarter and the Regents rallied for an East Valley League victory at Reseda.

Reseda (9-12, 7-3) trailed, 42-34, but scored 14 of the game’s last 15 points, including eight off four consecutive Poly turnovers.

Poly (4-19, 1-9) got 18 points on six three-point baskets by Norma Flores. Gaby Gallardo had 15 rebounds and Vanessa Gilders had seven steals for the Parrots.

Canoga Park 50, Sylmar 44--Elizabeth Hernandez made three three-pointers and finished with a game-high 18 points in leading the Hunters (4-12, 3-7) to an upset victory in an East Valley League game at Canoga Park.

Juilanka Perez scored 12 points for Canoga Park. Veronica Ramos scored 17 points for the Spartans (8-12, 4-6).