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SoCal Prep & High School Report

LA Southern Section Report: Wednesday's
League Games--(February 5, 1998)

Here are most of the scores and highlights from the Southern Section games played in and around the Los Angeles area yesterday. We've tried to catch them all, but we're fairly certain we're missing quite a few, including the entire Suburban League, and some of the Moore League games, which we'll be posting up later. But for now here's what we've got. There may in fact be some geographical cross-over with the Pomona and Pasadena reports, and some of these games were even played as far away as Lompoc or Paso Robles, so this really should be called the "catch-all" Southern Section report. Not to worry, here are the scores anyway.

Bay League

Santa Monica 62, Torrance 49

We were unable to get any details of this game

Camino Real League

St. Anthony's 79, Bosco Tech 55

No details of this game were available

Condor League

Villanova 55, Cate 43

Ogo Nwanyanu scored 20 points in a losing effort for the Rams, who were outscored 30-14 in the second half on the Condor League matchup in Ojai. T.J. Fudge added seven points and six rebounds for Cate (2-3 in Condor League, 2-8 overall), plays at Laguna Blanca on Friday. For Cate the scoring was led by Nwanyanwu with 20, Fudge 7, Dvorak 4, Mehta 6, Linsmayer 2, Nagano 4. For Villanova, McKinney had 8, Mueller 2, O'Neill 13, Holmquist 6, Foutz 1, while Engh had a game high 23 points. Villanova is now 7-7 overall and 3-3 with the home victory.

Laguna Blanca 82, Cornerstone Christian 37

Four players scored in double figures as the Owls clinched a tied for the Condor League crown with an easy victory at home. Jon Keith and David Cochran scored 17 points apiece, while Chad Lewis had 14 points and Chris Thomas added 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for Laguna Blanca (6-0 in Condor League, 16-4 overall). The Owls can clinch a Condor championship with a win over Laguna Blanca on Friday. The scoring for Cornerstone Christian was Walker with 7, Tasker 14, Stevens 2, Liang 3, Hahn 3, and Miller with 8. For Laguna Blanca, Wilson had 8, Lewis 14, Saks 5, Thomas 13, Cochran 17, Niehaus 4, Ferguson 6, and Keith 17. Cornerstone made 9 three pointers in the the game (Tasker 4, Miller 2, Liang 1, Walker 1), while Laguna Blanca made 4 threes (Lewis 2, Saks 1, Cochran 1).

De Anza League

Twentynine Palms 62, Serrano 60 (OT)

No details of this game were available.

Delphic League

Pacific Hills 61, Campbell Hall 54

Despite Josh Glass' 17 points and 10 assists, Campbell Hall fell to Pacific Hills in a Delphic League game. Brandon Woodard had 18 points and 12 boards for CH, but it was not enough as Josh Adamczak had 19, Abraham had 19 and PH outscored Campbell Hall 21-9 in the fourth quarter to secure the win. Campbell Hall's record dropped to 14-8 overall and 3-4 in league, and they are in danger of not making the playoffs.

Del Rey League

Bishop Montgomery 52, Serra 48
St. Bernard 73, St. John Bosco 59
St. Paul 71, Bishop Amat

Del Rio League

California 63, Pioneer 59
Whittier 54, La Serna 47

No details were available.

Freedom League

Masada 75, Los Pinos 64

Liberty League

Buckley 58, Oakwood 47

Adam Pastor scored 16 points and Sasha Rahban added another 13 for the Griffins who improved to 10-4 overall and 6-3 in league play. Yuvi Grewal added another 10, and Colin Ward-Henninger scored 6 points as Buckley defeated Oakwood. Will Thomas scored 17 for Oakwood while Brian Glucksman had 11 for Oakwood, which is 1-15 for the season and winless in league competition at 0-9.

Providence 65, Windward 38

Providence improved to 10-7 overall and 5-4 in league play while Windward dropped to 6-12 overall and 4-7 in league. Tashdjian had 15 points for Providence while R. Wahch with 11 was the high scorer for Windward.

Yeshiva 57, Avalon 41

No details of this game were available, but we note that Avalon will continue to be on the mainland of California through the weekend, completing a sweep of Liberty League competition.

Los Padres League

Paso Robles 80, Morro Bay 67
St. Joseph Santa Maria 75, Atascadeor 67 (OT)

Marmonte League

Newbury Park 89, Royal 56

Newbury Park raced to a 37-14 halftime lead and went to the bench for subs. Eleven players scored four or more points for Newbury Park (20-4, 11-0) at home. Newbury Park had 24 steals. Mike Meru and Luther Staine had 15 and 12 points, respectively, for Newbury Park. Brian Bobik had eight points, 11 rebounds and six assists. Dusty Cruz had 11 points for Royal (2-9 league).

Channel Islands 79, Agoura 69

Franklyn McKeson hit four crucial 3-point field goals in the third quarter to help Channel Islands (16-5, 7-4) pull away on the road. McKeson finished with 23 points. O.J. Thomas had 33 points and nine assists for Channel Islands. Brandon Meyer had 18 points and 14 rebounds for Agoura (11-10, 5-6). Mike Patterson added 16 points.

Simi Valley 77, Thousand Oaks 55

Rafael Berumen collected 18 points and 10 rebounds and Branduinn Fullove had 15 points as Simi Valley ( 21-3, 10-1) set up Friday night's showdown with Newbury Park. Simi Valley surged to a 45-21 lead after the opening half. Shaun Michel had six assists and four steals to go with four points. Bas Van Rhee led Thousand Oaks (5-6, 7-15) with 12 points.

Westlake 84, Camarillo 46

Joey Cuppari hit 28 points and Jesse Jacques netted 20 for Westlake (11-10, 3-8) in the win over visiting Camarillo (9-12, 2-9). Clay Morton had nine rebounds for Westlake. The Warriors held the Scorpions to four baskets in the first half of the Marmonte League victory at Westlake.

Mission League

Harvard-Westlake 91, Alemany 67

Harvard -Westlake improved in league to 5-4 to move into solid third place position by soundly defeating Alemany which is winless at 0-10 in league and 6-16 overall. Harvard Westlake improved to 17-6 overall. John Karravas hit for 18 points to lead the Wolverines while Axex Min had 15. Todd Kurihawa also scored another 14 for the Wolverines, while Russell Lakey had an "off" night with only 13 points. Eric Geffner scored 5 points while Chad Garson hit for 4. Anthonly Naylor had 8 points, while Pat Bigerstaff scored 5. Alex Holmes had 11. For Alemany, Casio had 24 points, while Casey Clausen had 10, and Murray had 14 points. Harvard-Westlake came out running and never stopped. At the end of the first quarter the score was 31-14 H-W ahead. H-W outscored Alemany 28-19 in the third, and 21-20 in the fourth.

Harvard-Westlake will meet Chaminade at the H-W campus tomorrow night, Friday, at 7:00 pm. A loss by H-W would be just the second loss at home for the Wolverines in 41 games. If H-W manages to upset league leading and No. 1 ranked Chaminade, it would be the major upset of the year.

Chaminade 62, Crespi 54

Trailing by six points with five minutes remaining, top-ranked Chaminade High rallied behind Justin Beach and Justin Stewart for a 62-54 victory in a Mission League boys' basketball game Wednesday night at Crespi. Stewart scored all eight of his points in the final five minutes. Beach finished with 25 points and put the Eagles (20-1, 9-0 in league play) ahead for good, 54-52, on a layup with 1:30 left. Blake Tibbetts scored 14 points for Crespi (11-12, 4-6).

Notre Dame 63, St. Francis 58

Chris Williams had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Knights (10-11, 3-6) in a Mission League victory at Notre Dame. Shaun Scranton scored 22 points for St. Francis (11-12, 4-6).

Northern League

Arrroyo Grande 58, Righetti 53
Lompoc 68, San Luis Obispo 55

Ocean League

Culver City 76, Morningside 62
El Segundo 74, Beverly Hills 60
Mira Costa 59, Centennial 53

Santa Fe League

Bell Jeff 80, St. Fenevieve 51

Ruben Douglas has done it again, scoring 21 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists to record his second triple-double of the year, and to stay close to his average of 34 points per game. Mike West had 27 points and 17 regounds while Flores scored 6, Doyle 4 and 11 rebounds. Chris Eguia had 4, Natareno had 2, Peter Swing had 4 and Schultz scored 2 ooints for Bell-Jeff in this easy win. For St. Gen's Padilla had 28 points; no other St. Gen player broke 10. Bell-Jeff, which has struggled all year to win even as Douglas leads the CIF in scoring, improved to 14-12 overall and 6-4 in league. St. Gen's dropped to 2-18 overall and 1-9 in league.

Tri-Valley League

Oak Park 61, Bishop Diego 53

John Murphy had 24 points and 18 rebounds for the Eagles (13-7, 5-1) in a Tri-Valley League victory at Oak Park. Oak Park, three-time defending league champion, moved into first place by one-half game while handing bishop Diego its first league setback.

Carpinteria 57, St. Bonaventure 47

Josh Barbieri made 22 points and Chris Redfield added 14 points for Carpinteria (11-7, 4-2). St.Bonaventure (9-11, 4-6) had 16 points, nine rebounds and eight blocks from Brandon Duplessie. The Warriors jumped out to a 10-point first quarter lead and were never seriously threatened thereafter in a Tri-Valley League win at St. Bonaventure. Junior guard John Barbieri scored 22 points and junior forward Chris Redfield added 14, including four 3-pointers, to lead Carpinteria, which is 11-7 overall and 4-2 in league. St. Bonaventure fell to 9-11 and 0-6. "I thought we came out and played real good defense in the first quarter,'' said Warrior coach Butch Breeden to the Santa Barbara News Press. The Seraphs got as close as six points at the start of the second half. But Carpinteria was up to the task and kept making shots when they had to. Redfield also made some big baskets and Barberie handled the ball well, making drives in the lane and shots over other much bigger defenders, and for a player who is only 5'-10" he made some tremendous shots. For Carpinteria, the scoring was led by Barbieri with 22 including 2 threes, followed by Redfield with 14 (4 threes). Jimenez also had 4, Nordby 4, Parra 4, Scott 4, Godkin 3, and Pettit 2. For St. Bonaventure Perez had 4, Chaparro 2, Devericks 12, Mora 3, Emard 6, Releford 4, and Duplessie 16.

Non-League

Montclair Prep 90, Silverado 50

Rocky Steryo had 25 points, eight assists and five steals and the Mounties earned their 15th consecutive victory in a nonleague game at Montclair Prep. Kevin Bentley added 22 points and 12 rebounds for Montclair Prep (21-3).

Ventura County Christian 77, Oak Grove 67 (OT)

Nick Smith collected 33 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and Ryan Bierma added 19 points and 20 rebounds for Ventura County Christian (5-12) in the overtime win at Oak Grove (9-5). Luke Ralston scored 12 points and Nick Kerr tossed in 10 points. David Jayanetti scored 20 points for Oak Grove and Mike Shuman netted 18 points.