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Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Action
From Last Week--(January 18, 1998)

Since we're featuring highlights of prep action from Friday night, why stop with LA, Ventura, Kern (Bakersfield) and Santa Barbara Counties. Heck no, we're not done yet. Here's some additional reports from the Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley area from not only the games played Friday night, January 16, 1998, but also games throughout the week just concluded in the leagues playing in the area. These are not, of course, all of the games played during the period, but just the highlights. We've covered some of these games elsewhere, but thought it would be good to have this sort of summary for easier reference.

San Gabriel Valley League (Friday Games Only)

Dominguez 87, Gahr 58--

Freshman center Tyson Chandler made 6 of 7 shots from the field, and scored a total of 19 points, while collecting six blocked shots for the the Dons, in preparation for their game Monday against Westchester. The Dons, who are now 10-3 overall (having lost only to national power teams during the tournament season which they spent on the east coast, are also now 2-0 in league play. They just cruised past the host Gladiators for the win on Friday. (Westchester, on the other hand, struggled a bit--see the related story by Jason Day). Keith Kincade had 16 points, Tayshaun Prince had 13 points and three blocked shots, while Keilon Fortune colleged 10 assists and five steals for Dominguez. Michael Williams had 14 points for Gahr, which dropped to 11-6 on the season overall and 1-1 in league play.

Downey 47, Warren 40--

Senior guard Eric Saldana converted a 3-point play with four minutes remaining in the game to give the Vikings, who aree 11-7 overall and 2-0 in league, a 40-36 lead they would never relinquish in a tough victory over the visiting Bears, who are now 14-4 overall and winless in league at 0-2. Zack Grant scored 13 points for Downey, which notched its seventh straight win. Branko Kovacic led Warren with 11 points.

Lynwood 94, Paramount 91--

Keyawn Floyd scored 19 points and Devon Brown had 17 points overall in the game, and each of them scored nine points in the fourth quarter to rally the Lynwood Knights, who are now 12-6, and 1-1 in league. The host Pirates dropped to 6-12 overall with the loss, and are also winless in league at 0-2. Everett Williams led Lynwood with 20 points. Marcel Justin and Ron Odom had 22 and 19 points, respectively for Paramount.

Pacific League (Week Ending January 16)

Muir, Hoover, Arcadia, Pasadena, Crescenta Valley

In Friday's game, Muir defeated Hoover 66-47 as Mark Hull had 19 points and 11 rebounds but the Tornadoes (12-6, 2-1) fell to the Mustangs at Hoover. Prior to that, Champion Muir started strong, with convincing victories over Arcadia, 74-33, and Crescenta Valley, 78-46. In the game with the Apaches, against coach Don Grant's former team, the Mustangs took a 22-5 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. John Parker, 12 points, Kh'mori House 11, and Darelle Rowe, 10, were the top scorers for the winners. Dionse Cox had 11 points for Arcadia. Parker led all scorers against the Falcons with 21 points. Jeff Washington had 12, and Joe Bakhoum and Rowe scored 11 points each for the Mustangs (13-5).

Pasadena: also started with two victories, 77-51 over Crescenta Valley last week and 82-43 over Glendale on Tuesday. Clayton Coleman, 14 points, George DeJohnette, 13, John Wilburn and Brooke Ewing, 10 points each, led the Bulldogs against CV. Wilburn, 13 points, and Kevin Richards, 12, were the top scorers against the Nitros.

Alpha League (Week Ending January 16):

Marshall opened league play Tuesday at Pasadena High School with a 64-43 victory over Kilpatrick. Deverion Mackey had 18 points for the Eagles, Chris Bennett added 13, and Miles Alexander 11. Marshall is 11-5.

Maranatha: Ben Hamadi had 24 points and Dan Newkirk added 22 in Maranatha's 67-51 win over Frazier Mountain.

Rio Hondo League (Week Ending January 16)

This past Friday, La Canada defeated San Marino, 57-37, as Matt Moore, the Times past player of the Week, had 17 points and 10 rebounds for La Canada (15-4, 3-0) at San Marino. Prior to that, in the league openers, La Canada won against South Pasadena and then beat Blair. In the first game, alternating Matt Moore's power play inside with accurate outside shooting by Ian Sullivan and David Hudes, La Canada won at South Pasadena, 76-63, in the opener a week ago Friday. Moore finished with 19 points, Sullivan had 13, and Brian Stevens 13 for the Spartans. Sam Kim led the Tigers with 16 points, and Keith Waite and Arnold Koh had 15 points each. Moore had a season high 33 points and Sullivan added 22 in the 62-52 over Blair on the Wednesday game last week immediately preceding the game against San Marino.

Monrovia: Michael Canizales scored Monrovia's last five points, including a lay-up at the buzzer that gave the Wildcats a 49-48 win over San Marino in last Friday's league opener. Shawn Frederick led the winners with 12 points. Canizales and Alan Rawcliffe had 11 points each for the 12-2 Wildcats. Frederick scored 19 points and Josh Clark canned in 18 in
Wednesday's 69-59 win over South Pasadena. Also in the opening round last week, Blair lost to temple City, 50-41. Michael Edwards led the Vikings with 14 points.

Santa Fe League (Week Ending January 16)

La Salle came back from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter and had a chance to tie the game with four seconds left, but lost to Murphy, 56-53, to drop to 2-1 in league (7-10). Aki Aquino, 15 points, Joe Bitonti, 13, and John Escandon, were the leading scorers for la Salle.

Prep League (Week Ending January 16)

After a so-so pre-season, last year CIF SS Div. V finalist Poly started league play with two convincing victories: 57-37 over Rio Hondo Prep last Friday, 77-35 at Webb on Tuesday. Koko Archibong led the Panthers with 18 points in the first game. Ryan Haden, 16, and Thomas Gloor, 10, also scored in double figures. Haden scored a season high 27 points to lead all scorers against Webb. Matt Easterlin added 14 points, and Archibong 11.