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SoCal High School & Prep Report

More Northern LA County and
Ventura County Games From Friday--(January 18, 1998)

Again, we want to continue to bring coverage of SoCal high schools hoops which is complete, or at least as complete as possible. We haven't found the time yet to type in (or scan) all of the league standings, and chances are we won't be able to scan them, due to contraints with html text formatting, and the difficulty of accurately scanning and having OCR software recognize the newsprint. Neverhteless, in an effort to be about as thourough as possible, here are some additional scores and highlights from games in the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, San Fernando Valley, and Ventura County areas.

Golden League:

Antelope Valley 78, Palmdale 74--

The Antelope Valley team and the Palmdale team like to run. Both teams are athletic and both came into Friday night's Golden League showdown with identical records. Something had to give. Friday night it was the Antelopes who took round one with a 78-74 victory over the Falcons. Josh Speaks scored 32 points, including 14 in the final quarter, and Roger Price had 20 points and 17 rebounds for Antelope Valley (11-7, 2-1). The Falcons (10-8, 1-2) led most of the first three quarters but went without a basket for the first four minutes of the fourth quarter. Price's follow shot after Speaks missed a free throw gave the Antelopes a 76-66 lead with just under two minutes remaining. After Antelope Valley missed four consecutive free throws, Palmdale cut the lead to 76-72 with 30 seconds left. Steven Edwards of Antelope Valley sank two free throws to close it out. Kerry Yates had 22 points for Palmdale, none in the fourth quarter.

Quartz Hill 87, Highland 82--Shawn Lett had 31 points for the Rebels at Quartz Hill. Windell Bonner had 36 points for the Bulldogs (6-11, 2-1).

Frontier League:

Santa Paula 67, Moorpark 63--Joey Riccio scored 32 points for the Cardinals (14-4, 3-0) and Keith Donahue had 26 points for Moorpark (15-4, 2-1).

Calabasas 64, Santa Clara 54--Spencer Hariton scored 27 points and Hutan Ghoreishi had 22 for the Coyotes (9-9, 1-2) at Santa Clara. B.J. Ward scored 24 points for the Saints (6-9, 0-3).

Marmonte League:

Channel Islands 56, Westlake 54--Dwight Sattiewhite had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Raiders (13-3, 4-2) at Westlake. Mike Seidman had 15 points and eight rebounds for Westlake (8-8, 1-5).

Newbury Park 71, Camarillo 55--Daniel Bobik scored 23 points and Mike Meru had 20 for the Panthers (15-4, 6-0) at Camarillo. Mark Larson had 21 points for Camarillo (6-9, 0-6).

Simi Valley 81, Agoura 65--Brett Michel had 43 points and six assists for the Pioneers (16-3, 5-1) at Simi Valley. Marcus Helfman had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Agoura (9-7, 3-3).

Mission League:

Crespi 66, Notre Dame 61--Tim McDonough sank a three-point basket with three seconds left to force overtime, and Howard Johnson scored five of his 12 points in overtime for the Celts (9-9, 2-3) at Crespi.

Non-League Games (Independent Schools):

Montclair Prep 77, South Bay Lutheran 61--Kevin Bentley had 15 points and 15 rebounds for the Mounties (16-3), who have a 10-game winning streak. Jedidiah Hall had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Montclair Prep.