Top prep girls’ player transfers

Juju Watkins, considered the top girls’ basketball player in the nation from the class of 2023, has checked out of Windward and enrolled at Chatsworth Sierra Canyon.

Watkins makes the Trailblazers one of the top teams in Southern California for the 2021-22 season.

Watkins was The Times’ player of the year two seasons ago as a freshman. She joins another former Windward player, Kijani Wright, who recently transferred to Sierra Canyon to play for the boys’ basketball team.

— Eric Sondheimer

Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer was scratched from his start at Baltimore on Saturday night with what the team described as mild right triceps discomfort . ... Mets newcomer Rich Hill is expected to make his debut for the National League East leaders Sunday when New York plays Toronto at Citi Field.

NASCAR penalized the Hendrick Motorsports teams of reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman for engine allocation infractions at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Elliott’s No. 9 team and Bowman’s No. 48 were found in violation of a rule that covers engine assembly.

Top-seeded Danielle Collins will try to win her first WTA title at the Palermo Ladies Open on Sunday, when Elena-Gabriela Ruse will be aiming for her second title in two weeks. Collins reached her first final by beating Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-3. Ruse beat Oceane Dodin 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 6-1.

Atlanta Dream interim coach Mike Petersen stepped down because of health reasons and will be replaced by assistant Darius Taylor.

Former bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw, fighting for the first time since 2019, beat Cory Sandhagen by split decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas.