This just in: Canyon coach Chad Phillips has announced his pending retirement.

"I've got kids 7, 5, 4 and 2, and they're all boys -- the need me,"
Phillips said.

After working 11 years as the CIF State Executive Director, Marie Ishida is retiring at the end of the school year, she announced Friday in a press release.

Ishida, the seventh chief executive officer of the organization, has served in her current role since April 2001.

West Ranch can clinch a share of the Foothill League title tonight with a win over visiting Canyon, as the host Wildcats look to pull off a championship for the first time in school history.

Ako Kaluna, a 6-foot-7 junior, is averaging 15.1 points, 11 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

Valley Torah 52
Shalhevet 51

Nathaniel Liberman scored 23 points and Jake Stibelman scored 11 points to lead the Wolfpack (11-10) at Los Angeles High.

Shalhevet is ranked No. 5 in Div. V-A.

Shalhevet is coached by former Sierra Canyon coach Colin Jamerson.

Jamerson led Sierra Canyon to the Div. V-A championship game in 2010.

Tim Gilmore scored 21 points and Ryan Wright scored 17 points to lead Palmdale to a 52-49 victory against Knight.

Palmdale moved two games in front of Knight and can clinch a share of the league title with a victory Friday.

The Falcons went on an 11-0 run, and held Knight scoreless for more than five minutes in the fourth quarter to get the huge road victory.

Providence 92
Glendale Adventist 33

Freshman Marcus LoVett, Jr. scored 32 points and Patrick Gonzalez scored 29 points in the easy victory.

Providence is 21-4, 8-0

Providence has two big road games next week at Viewpoint and Buckley.

Lovett, Jr. now has 797 points this season.

He is 133 shy of breaking the single season record.

Alemany 78
Crespi 60

Marqueze Coleman scored 27 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the hottest team in the region.

Alemany has won seven in a row and faces Price on Saturday in the Alemany showcase.

Game time is 6:45 p.m.

Harvard-Westlake 48
Chaminade 45

Oaks Christian 74
Santa Clara 18

St. Bonaventure 60
Oak Park 57

A huge loss for Oak Park.

A Feb. 8 game with Oaks Christian will likely decide the outright league champion.

Oak Park coud have finished at worst with a co-championship had it beaten St. Bonaventure.

Oak Park upset Oaks Christian, 61-60 on Jan. 20

Oak Park led St. Bonaventure, 49-48 at the end of the third quarter.

St. Bonaventure took a 56-55 lead with 50 seconds remaining.

St. Bonaventure was leading 57-55 with 22 seconds remaining and 58-57 with 14 seconds remaining.

Patrick Kenney made one of two free throws with 12 seconds remaining for a 59-57 lead.

Ron Lee dribbled the ball off his foot and St. Bonaventure recovered it with four seconds left.

St. Bonaventure made one of two fee throws and Jackson Hall missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Oak Park.

Birmingham 64
Chatsworth 61

Andrew Estes made a half-court shot at the buzzer to lead Birmingham.

El Camino real 62
Cleveland 53

Sophomore Julian Richardson scored 25 points to lead second place ECR.

Taft 69
Granada Hills 51

Steven Jones scored 14 points and Anthony January scored 12 points and 11 rebounds for Taft.

Two of the region's top boys basketball teams will fight to maintain each of their six-game winning streaks during Time Warner Cable's featured High School Game of the Week.

Price (17-5) faces Alemany Warriors (20-3) this Thursday, each team looking to stay at
the top of their league standings.

Watch from home on SoCal Channel 101,