SoCalHoops High School News

Weekend High School Hoops: All The  
Leagues, F-L--(Jan. 10, 1999)

We managed to collect most of the game results from around SoCal, throughout the Southern Section,  played Friday and Saturday (Unless otherwise indicated, these games were played on Friday). In order to make this a bit more manageable, we've split up our reports by league and we'll be filing several reports, exhausting the entire alphabet soup of the 70 or so leagues in SoCal's Southern Section.   In this one you'll find results and reports on games in the Foothill,   Freeway,  Garden Grove, Golden, Golden West, Liberty and Los Padres Leagues.  

Foothill League

Burroughs 78, Saugus 69--Burroughs outscored visiting Saugus, 12-3, in the second overtime of a Foothill League opener that featured buzzer-beating three-point baskets by both teams.  Chad Frenzel of Burroughs (9-7) connected from long distance at the regulation buzzer to tie the score, 60-60. Saugus' Doug Summerhays made a three-pointer at the close of the first overtime to make the score 66-66.  Kevin Krose, who led Burroughs with 22 points, scored nine in the overtimes, including five in the second.

Valencia 67, Hart 46--Valencia used its speed to the maximum as the Vikings pounded Hart, 67-46, in the Foothill League opener for both teams before a raucous standing-room-only crowd at Hart High. Valencia, which came in having lost of five of its last six games, improved to 8-9, while Hart dropped to 11-6.   Valencia High finally lifted a huge weight from its back Friday nightas the Vikings, a week after the death of their team manager, posted their first-ever victory over rival Hart, 67-46, in a Foothill League opener at Hart.  Sophomore Will Broadous scored 19 points and Royce Minor added 18 for Valencia (8-9), which wore black wrist bands in honor of Sean Williams, who died in a Val Verde house fire. Williams' funeral was yesterday (Saturday).  Eskias McDaniel scored 11 points for Valencia.  Tamir Barkan had 18 points for Hart (11-6), which has won three consecutive Foothill championships and seven of the last eight.  McDaniels had 13 points and Albert Ingram chipped in with six points as the Vikings built a commanding 37-18 halftime lead.   The Indians, who never led in the game, received a team-high 18 points from Tamir Barkan and seven from Liam Waters, who had 30 in Tuesday's win over Palmdale.   Valencia received 3-point baskets from Broadous and McDaniels to build a 24-13 lead with about six minutes left in the first half.   Hart, which made just five of18 free throws, narrowed the margin to 41-31 on a 3-point shot by Waters 1:39 left in the third quarter.  A three-point play from Manuel White gave the Vikings a 50-37 lead with 6:09 remaining in the game.  

Canyon (Canyon Country) 43, Burbank 37-- Eric Rohwer (6'-9" Sr. PF/C) was ejected on Tuesday from Burbank's final non-league game, and was not able to play under CIF rules in the league opening game on Friday night against Canyon. Canyon shot 48.6 percent from the floor and came up with big defensive plays down the stretch to defeat Rohwer-less Burbank, 43-37.  The Cowboys (8-8) used a balanced shooting attack from Anthony Falasca and Jason French, combining it with solid inside play from Jacyn Ezell and Jimmy Jennings to get just enough done to beat the Bulldogs, who stayed in the game right until the final minutes.  In the end, it was a key follow-up basket by Bryson Everett with 1:27 left to give Canyon a 41-37 lead and two subsequent defensive stops by the Cowboys that earned the win.  It certainly wasn't at the free-throw line, where Canyon made only 5-of-16.  Burbank took a 19-18 halftime lead after trailing most of the first quarter. The Bulldogs made an 8-2 run to open the second quarter leaving the Cowboys to play catch-up in the final three minutes of the half.   They pulled within one after French sunk a 3-pointer at the buzzer. In the third the Cowboys opened up the second half with a 8-2 run. In the remainder of the quarter, Falasca dropped in two of the three 3-pointers he had in the game to give Canyon a 31-26 margin going into the fourth quarter.  Then Canyon's defense took over in the final eight minutes. Everett led Canyon with 13 points and nine rebounds, while Falasca added 11 points. French had nine points and Jennings had nine rebounds, eight defensive.   Burbank was held to only four scorers. Frank Reed, who seemed to swarm all over the court, led Burbank with 17. Jack Holwahian added 14. 

Freeway League

Buena Park 47, Troy 38--DeAndre Gipson scored 18 points and teammate Matt Okoro had 11 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Coyotes (13-4, 1-0) past the Warriors (9-7, 0-1).  Buena Park's defense held Troy to only 11 points in the second half. Gipson had four three-pointers in the fourth quarter for Buena Park  Matt Okoro had 15 rebounds and five blocks to go with his 11 points for the Coyotes. 

Sonora 74, Fullerton 65--Marqui Worthy scored 28 points Bin Okinrinboye added 18 to lead the visiting Raiders (9-6, 1-0). Michael Bridgford scored a career-high 25 points for the Indians, but Sonora made 16 of 20 free-throw attempts in the second half to secure a victory.

Frontier League

Santa Clara 85, Malibu 51--Senior guards Nick Jones and B.J.Ward combined to score 39 points in 16 minutes of play for the No. 2-ranked Saints (16-1) in a Frontier League opener at Santa Clara.  Jones led the way with 25 points and 14 rebounds. 

Garden Grove League

Bolsa Grande 71, La Quinta 55--Down 17-12, host Bolsa Grande went on a 23-0 run to take a commanding 40-23 lead at halftime. Jon James had 23 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the team in all categories.

Los Amigos 65, Santiago 43--A half-court trap imposed by Los Amigos (11-5, 2-0) allowed the Lobos to outscore Santiago, 20-3, in the second quarter. Alvaro Arcos hit three three-pointers for Los Amigos.

Rancho Alamitos 65, Garden Grove 52--Willie Montgomery scored 28 points and had 13 rebounds for Rancho Alamitos (7-8, 1-0), which led 32-24 at the half. Brad Steen had 15 points for Rancho Alamitos.

Golden League

Quartz Hill 56, Antelope Valley 42

Littlerock 59, Highland 55

Palmdale 65, Lancaster 43

Golden West League

Ocean View 57, Servite--Wes Bacchus scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Sea Hawks to a home victory. Matt Ponsford scored nine points for the Friars (9-8, 1-1). Ocean View led Servite, 23-11, at the intermission.

Saddleback 68, Westminster 48--Ben Hughes scored a game-high 20 points and Terrell Foster added 18 as the Roadrunners used a big second-quarter run to earn a road victory over the Lions (4-6, 0-2). Foster hit four three-pointers and Ben Hughes got 13 of his 20 points in the second quarter to lead Saddleback (8-10, 1-1).

Tustin 57, Santa Ana 38--D'Angelo Collins scored 18 points to lead the Tillers to a road victory. Rene Cabrera scored 19 points for the Saints (8-9,
1-1).

Liberty League

Buckley 65, Providence 53-- see our separate report of this game, and the subsequent Buckley v. Yeshiva game played on Saturday.

Windward 42, Avalon 34

Los Padres League

Atascadero 58, Paso Robles 52--The win came against a three-time defending Los Padres League champion, on the champion's home floor.   Atascadero beat Paso Robles 58-52 in an LPL season opener in Gil Asa Gym.  The Greyhounds, 10-4 overall, snapped a personal five-game losing to the Bearcats.  They also snapped Paso Robles' 14-game league winning streak.  The Greyhounds trailed during only one short stretch of the game. But they also never led by more than nine points.  Atascadero won with some good defense and by shooting 9-for-13 from the three-point line. Paso Robles is 7-7 overall.  Though the Bearcats made more shots than Atascadero, they had trouble with the three-pointer ( 2-for-16 ) and with their free throw shooting.  Atascadero trailed only at the start of the third quarter, when Paso Robles sophomore J.R. Webb scored four straight points to put the Bearcats ahead 30-27.   Lees followed with seven unanswered points.  The Greyhounds' win avenged a 64-58 tournament loss to the Bearcats on Dec. 19.   Chris Donovan had 17 points for Atascadero, while Lees had a career-high 15 points and seven rebounds, and Jonathan Bentley had 13 points.   Bentley scored all of his points in the final 9:32 of the game.  Paso Robles' Brett Larson had 17 points.  The Bearcats were held well below their 62.5-point average.  On Wednesday, Atascadero hosts Santa Ynez, while Paso Robles hosts Cabrillo.

Morro Bay 77, Cabrillo 57 -- The Pirates trailed by nine points at halftime to the Conquistadores before clamping down in the second half.  Morro Bay's defense held Cabrillo to score just 17 points over the final 16 minutes, while the offense opened up for 40.  The victory in the Los Padres League opener for both team, improves the Pirates to 9-5 on ther year.  Pat Dzuba led the Pirates with 20 points and Ryan Gray added 19. Matt Epperheimer poured in 12 points to help Morro Bay's cause.  The Pirates travel to St. Joseph next Wednesday.

St. Joseph 68, Santa Ynez 44--The Knights' pressure defense wore down the Pirates in a physical Los Padres League opener. The physical play took its toll on Santa Ynez' big men. Chris Pena fouled out after scoring only six points. Sheldon Muller led Santa Ynez (7-9) with 10 points. Brett Krausse led a balanced St. Joseph's attack with 12 points. Matt Cova and Ryan Smith each added 10 points for the Knights (10-5). Santa Ynez scorers were Wooten 5, K. Muller 4, S. Muller 10, Dreher 7, Knackstedt 6, Berghoefer 6, Pena 6. Totals 17 5-18 44. St Joe scorers were Cova 10, Williams 5, Kelly 5, Recendez 2, Navarro 1, Smith 10, Krausse 12, Draper 8, Vasquez 2, Gross 7, Merlo 6. Totals 22 22-31 68. 3-point goals-SY 1 (Dreher), SJ 2 (Draper). Total fouls-SY 23, SJ 19. Fouled out-Pena. Technical foul-Dreher, Pena, Draper, Merlo.

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