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SoCal High School & Prep Report

Bakersfield Area Hoops: Games
From Wednesday--(January 29, 1998)

Bakersfield is about as far north as we're willing to go to bring you news of high school and prep hoops. Some would say that it's not really SoCal at all, but really southern Central California. We won't quibble, but we will say that anything west of the Sierra's which is south of Tulare, we consider properly part of SoCal, especially Bakersfield, which is only about an hour and a half from downtown LA, if you drive reeaalllly fast. So here's Wednesday's action from Bakersfield and the surrounding environs.

SOUTHWEST YOSEMITE LEAGUE

Stockdale High 48, South High 47

Dan Fritts stole the ball and scored a layup with 17 seconds left to give the Stockdale High boys basketball team to its first victory in school history over South, 48-47, Tuesday night. Host South called two timeouts in the final 10 seconds, and got a shot off, but Stockdale (8-11, 2-0 Southwest Yosemite League) rebounded and ran out the clock. The Mustangs were led by Bryan Rash, who scored 16 points and Fritts, who finished with eight. Point guard Kyle Petersen came off the bench to add stability as Stockdale came back from an 18-9 deficit. South (1-2 SWYL) got 16 points from Kevin Kizzy.

West 77, Centennial 65

At Centennial, Chris Jackson had 31 points, including 11 of 16 free throws, to lead the Vikings to the Southwest Yosemite League victory. Warren Sumlin added 16 points for West. Clint Mills scored 26 points for Centennial. Brett Lantz added a season-high 22 points.

SOUTHEAST YOSEMITE LEAGUE

Bakersfield 72, Foothill 47

At Foothill, Terrance Dunn scored 12 points, while Gary Austin and Pat Osborn each had 11 for the Drillers (16-4, 2-0 SEYL). Foothill (3-17, 0-3) got 19 points from Jason West.

Highland 61, East 49

At Highland, Datrimell Mayberry scored 17 points, including two 3-pointers, and Cornell Robinson added 11 points for Highland. Marquese Jingles led East with 12 points.

North 64, Arvin 58

At North, Tim Hatton had 21 points and Charlie Clark added 12 for North. Desi Bottello led Arvin with 25 points.

SOUTH SEQUOIA LEAGUE

Tehachapi 52, Garces 46

At Garces, Mike Seville and Jeremiah Watts each scored 14 points as Tehachapi overcame a 22-6, first-quarter deficit to knock off Garces and forge a three-way tie atop the South Sequoia League with the Rams and Ridgeview.Abe Guerrero added 11 points for the Warriors (14-3, 4-1 SSL). Josh Perez led Garces (13-7, 4-1) with 19 points. Ryan Fox scored 11 points and Ricky Montoya added eight.

Ridgeview 76, Taft 56

At Ridgeview, Sheldon Shaw had 16 points and Jason Gridiron and Jeremy Reyes scored 13 apiece for Ridgeview. Clinton Hannon led Taft with 20 points and Jeremy Salcido had 16. Ridgeview's Torey Harper sat out for personal reasons, coach Otis Jennings said.

Shafter 52, Wasco 40

SHAFTER Jimmy Laughlin scored 18 points and Nathan Penner added 14 to lead the Generals to the South Sequoia League victory. Brandon Gaeta scored 19 points to lead Wasco.

CENTRAL SIERRA LEAGUE

Valley 71, Bakersfield Christian 39

At Shafter High, Rodney Johnson had 24 points, Jon Van Dyke had 12 and Nathan Essman added 10 for Valley (6-7, 5-0 Central Sierra). Bakersfield Christian's Matt Ward had 12 points.