Haynes, Farmar Lead Taft Victory

Calvin Haynes, a sophomore guard playing in only his sixth game of the season after being academically ineligible, scored a career-high 27 points to lead the host Woodland Hills Taft boys’ basketball team to a 69-66 victory over Los Angeles Crenshaw in a City Section Championship division quarterfinal playoff game on Wednesday.

The third-seeded Toreadors (25-2) advance to the championship semifinals for the second consecutive year. They will meet second-seeded L.A. Dorsey, a 69-60 winner over Carson, on Friday at West L.A. College.

Jordan Farmar scored 23 points for Taft and made one of two free throws with nine seconds left to give the Toreadors a three-point lead.

Crenshaw (18-7) had a chance to tie the score, but a three-point attempt by Brandon Sampay missed with one second left. Hamil Madyun led the Cougars with 21 points.In the other semifinal, top-seeded L.A. Fairfax (22-4), which scored an 89-65 victory over South Gate, will play Reseda Cleveland (25-3), an 86-79 winner over fourth-seeded L.A. Fremont, on Friday at Loyola Marymount.

Senior Nick Young led Cleveland with 32 points and 17 rebounds before fouling out for the first time this season with 3:30 left and the Cavaliers ahead, 67-58.

Sophomore guard Corey Duncan picked up the slack while Young sat, scoring 11 points to finish with a career-high 22 points.

-- Eric Sondheimer and Dan Arritt

Girls’ Soccer

Three of the six top-seeded teams, including Riverside King, ranked No. 9 in the Southland by The Times, lost in the second round of the Southern Section playoffs.

King (24-3), the No. 1 team in Division IV, lost, 1-0, to host Phelan Serrano. Sade Tate scored in the 65th minute for the Diamondbacks (17-7-2), the Mojave River champions.

In Division V, Cerritos Valley Christian (15-6-4) upset top-seeded Garden Grove Pacifica, 5-4, in a penalty-kick shootout after ending regulation play tied, 1-1.

“They played their hearts out,” said Crusader Coach Kim Looney, whose team was top-seeded when it lost in the quarterfinals last season. Valley Christian (15-6-4) plays at Big Bear in a quarterfinal on Friday.

Temecula Linfield Christian (17-8-1) eliminated top-seeded San Juan Capistrano St. Margaret’s, 2-1, in Division VI.

-- Elia Powers

Boys’ Soccer

Joel Walker will likely be a marked man when Newport Harbor plays host to top-seeded Thousand Oaks in a quarterfinal game of the Southern Section Division II playoffs at 3 p.m. today.

That’s because the 5-foot-7 senior forward has 35 goals this season, including six in the playoffs and four in Newport Harbor’s 4-0 victory at Moreno Valley Valley View in a second-round game Tuesday.

“He’s just learning how to use his speed to his advantage this season,” Coach Ryan Hernandez said.

Thousand Oaks (24-3-3), which has a superb forward of its own in junior Jason Leopoldo, has given up one goal in two rounds of the playoffs.

-- John Ortega

Girls’ Water Polo

Miranda Quinones scored the decisive goal with 3:30 left as third-seeded Redlands rallied for a 6-5 victory over second-seeded Riverside Poly in a Southern Section Division V semifinal at the University of Redlands.

Redlands (27-2), making its first appearance in the Division V final since winning the title in 2000, will meet top-seeded Upland, a 9-3 winner over fourth-seeded Riverside Arlington.

-- Lauren Peterson