standings through 2/10

We managed to get most of the stats leaders from the San Fernando Valley Region which were published today (Tuesday) in the Daily News, the LA Times, and the Pasadena Star-News . And interestingly enough, there were few changes in the scoring, assist and steals leaders for the region in both City and Southern Sections.

Scoring leaders in the Valley region are plentiful, and the published rankings run from Edward Gerov of Valley Torah, the area's scoring leader in Southern Section with 604 points in 19 games for a 31.8 average all the way down to 9.5 ppg for Chad Durio of First Lutheran who has 181 points in 19 games. In the City Section, the scoring leader is (huge surprise) Gilbert Arenas who is averaging 34.3 ppg; the lowest high scorer reported was Ronald Gray of Taft (who also plays with Ultra Student Athletes) who is averaging 9.6 ppg with a total of 163 points over 17 games.

Assist leaders don't contain many changes from the last list we published, and Abey Malkin of Valley Torah is the leader in Southern Sectoin with 9.8 assists per game (186 over 19 games) followed by Shaun Michel of Simi Valley, the Region's top ranked large school division IA team, who is averaging 8.7 assists per game (217) over 19 games. In City Section, the leader is Yashar Mahrabani of Cleveland with 7.5 per game (164 over 22 games) who is really passing mostly to Kent Dennis, the No. 2 scoring leader in the City Section in the region--Kent is averaging 22.1 ppg (441 in 20 games)

We noticed one really strange way of keeping stats though when it comes to keeping track of steals: The Daily News doesn't averge them, but instead just lists the total number of steals, which can be really misleading; For example, in the Daily News, Bryson Atkins of Alemany is listed as the No. 10 steals leader by total numbers of steals in the region with 69, which is obviously a misprint because the Times has his total at 96; but more importantly, if you average his steals over the total number of games played, 18, he's the area leader, the No. 1 steals leader, averaging 5.3 steals per game. Likewise, David Gale is listed by the Daily News as the areas's No. 4. steals leader with a total of 83 steals, but according to the LA Times, he's the No. 2 steals leader in the region, averaging 4.4 per game (actually the game total is wrong with the Times showing 19 games, but even using the correct number through Saturday of 16, the average is 5.1, which still puts him at No. 2 in the region).

We're not going to publish all of the stats, because it's just way too much to key in, and they really don't scan well; so we're just going to list the top 15 or so for each category. Here goes:

Player, School	Games	Points	Average
Edward Gerov, Valley Torah	19	604	31.8
Jeff Staniland, Ventura	24	621	25.9
Rafael Berumen, Simi Valley	25	599	24.0
Todd Tomlinson, Moorpark	24	571	23.8
Mike Yildiz, Bell Jeff	24	570	23.8
Andy Flores, Nordhoff	21	497	23.7
Peter Heaudin, Antelope Valley Christian	17	383	22.5
Devin Montgomery, Alemany	18	397	22.1
Nick Jones, Santa Clara	20	435	21.8
Jamal Flanagan, Antelope Valley Christian	17	370	21.8
Andrew Tasker, Cornerstone Christian	16	344	21.5
Eskias McDanials, Valencia	23	486	21.1
Zareh Avedian, Hoover	22	465	21.1
Matthew Nurse, Antelope Valley Christian	17	359	21.1
Dwight Sattiewhite, Channel Islands	21	440	21.0
B. J. Ward, Santa Clara	21	430	20.5

Player, School.	Games	Steals	Avg
Bryson Atkins, Alemany	18	96	5.3
David Gale, Buckly	16	83	5.2
Fred Ishkakov, Valley Torah	19	84	4.4
Devin Montgomery, Alemany	18	74	4.1
Abey Malkin, Valley Torah	19	78	4.1
Hassan Bassiri, Campbell Hall	24	96	4.0
Amrit Nat, GH Hillcrest Christian	16	60	3.8
Brian Bobik, Newbury Park	21	78	3.7
Peter Beaudin, Antelope Valley Chrisitian	15	56	3.7
Matthew Nurse, AV Christian	15	52	3.5
Anthony Maldonado, First Lutheran	13	45	3.5
Russell Lakey, Harvard-Westlake	24	82	3.4

Player, School,	Games	Assists	Average
Abey Malkin, Valley Torah	19	186	9.8
Shaun Michel, Simi Valley	25	217	8.7
Devin Montgomery, Alemany	18	132	7.3
Chad Durio, First Lutheran	13	94	7.2
Shawn Corkery	24	162	608
Kris Rubio, Hoover	23	142	6.2
Fred Ishkakov, Valley Torah	19	116	6.1
Jeff Riddell, La Canada	22	132	6.0
Chad Frenzel, Burroughs	23	130	5.7
Ryan Miyamoto, Camarillo	22	122	5.5
Etienne Emanuel, Nordhoff	20	108	5.4
Bryson Atkins, Alemany	18	96	5.3
Danny Guzman, Santa Paula	24	124	5.2
Brian Bobik, Newbury Park	21	108	5.1
Hassan Bassiri, Campbell Hall	24	123	5.1
Doug Summerhays, Saugus	23	116	5.0
Branduinn Fullove, Simi Valley	25	123	4.9
David Gale, Buckley	19	93	4.9
Jacob Galloway, Oxnard	24	115	4.8
B.J. Ward, Santa Clara	20	93	4.7
Cody Pearson, Notre Dame	24	107	4.5

Player, School	Games	Points	Average
Gilbert Arenas, Grant	27	783	25.8
Kent Dennis, Cleveland	20	441	22.1
James Word, Poly	7	144	20.6
Justin Saad-Anthony, El Camino Real	22	416	18.9
Brian Smith, Cleveland	22	361	16.4
Branden Jacobs, Sylmar	25	391	15.6
Mike Hernandez, San Fernando	21	325	15.5
Michael Elliot, Verdugo Hills	22	334	15.3
Kevin Baird, Verdugo Hills	22	322	14.6
Roger Martinez, San Fernando	21	305	14.5
Eric Serna, Monroe	23	330	14.3
Lyndell Anderson, El Camino Real	22	312	14.2
Mark Cannon, Chatsworth	17	233	13.7
George Wrighster, Sylmar	24	327	13.6
Jeremiah Turner, Sylmar	25	329	13.2
Ronald Ruffin, Chatsworth	17	220	12.9
Jason Tubbs, San Fernando	23	288	12.5
Daniel Tarr, Grant	23	281	12.2
Robert Palofox, Monroe	23	272	11.8

Player, School	Games	Assists	Average
Yahsar Mehrabani, Cleveland	22	164	7.5
T.K. Reed, Sylmar	25	170	6.8
Kent Dennis, Cleveland	20	110	5.5
Zac Peterson, Verdugo Hills	22	117	5.3
Harold Berreondo, Poly	21	109	5.2
Rashad Winston, Grant	22	112	5.1
Grant Pledger, Cleveland	22	113	5.1
Kenny Mason, Cleveland	20	100	5.0
Rahnell Johnson, North Hollywood	19	94	4.9
Branden Jacobs, Sylmar	25	117	4.7
Roger Martinez, San Fernando	21	87	4.1
Brandon Oliver, Vergugo Hills	18	58	3.2
Gilbert Arenas, Grant	23	68	3.0
Shayne Berry , Taft	18	54	3.0
Jason Tubbs, San Fernando	23	68	3.0
Ryan Logan, Grant	22	63	2.9
Robert Palofox, Monroe	23	67	2.9
Daniel Tarr, Grant	23	64	2.8
Raja Boykins, Taft	18	51	2.8

Player, School	Games	Steals	Average
Gilbert Arenas	23	111	4.8
yashar Mehrabani, Cleveland	22	89	4.0
Kent Dennis, Cleveland	20	71	3.6
Grant Pledger, Cleveland	22	78	3.5
Kenny Mason, Cleveland	20	69	3.5
Robert Palofox, Monroe	23	81	3.5
T.K. Reed, Sylmar	25	86	3.4
Eric Bush, Cleveland	20	61	3.1
Jaason Tubbs, San Fernando	23	70	3.0
Mike Hernandez, San Fernando	21	64	3.0
Raja Boykins, Taft	18	46	2.6
Brian Smith, Cleveland	22	57	2.6
Branden Jacobs, Sylmar	25	66	2.6