1986-87: Early Exit for All But Pointers Girls
BOYS PLAYOFFS
3-A
Feb. 20, 1987.
LEAGUE PLAYOFFS TO QUALIFY AND FOR SEEDINGS
GROSSMONT
Monte Vista 54, Mount Miguel 47.
PALOMAR
Torrey Pines 41, San Dieguito 40.
FIRST ROUND
Madison 82, Hilltop 58 (15-14.)
San Dieguito 56, Patrick Henry 50 (11-12).
Mira Mesa 67, Valhalla 54 (15-8).
Mount Miguel 60, at Torrey Pines 53 (20-7).
Three steals by Anthony Rivera that resulted in layup baskets got Mount Miguel rolling in the third quarter. This after Rivera was issued a technical foul for hanging on the rim following a missed slam dunk.
“Coach (Art Edge) told me I didn’t need to play to the crowd,” said the 5-10 guard.
QUARTERFINALS
Morse 66, San Dieguito 39 (16-10).
“We weren’t so concerned with stopping them,” said Tigers coach Ron Davis. “We were more concerned with stopping us.”
Mount Miguel 61, Sweetwater 55 (15-10).
The Matadors avenged an 88-48 loss to the Red Devils in the 1985-86 playoffs.
Mt. Carmel 56, Mira Mesa 39 (19-7).
Monte Vista 59, Madison 38 (17-8).
SEMIFINALS
Monte Vista 44, Mt. Carmel 43 (22-4), @Serra.
The Sundevils’ John Krainock missed a 22-foot shot at the buzzer. Cue celebration on Monte Vista bench.
Not so fast.
Referee Mike Morrow whistled a foul on a Monte Vista player and went to the scorer’s table. Convinced that the foul took place after the buzzer, Morrow signaled a Monte Vista win.
Cue a second Monarchs celebration.
Morse 58, Mount Miguel 54 (17-9), @Serra.
Reserve Chris Prather, who entered the game when starter Rey Parson fouled out with less than a minute to go, converted three free throws in the final 58 seconds to preserve the Tigers’ victory.
SEASON LEADING SCORERS, BY AVERAGE
| NAME | TEAM | GAMES | POINTS | AVERAGE |
| Phil Holoubek | La Jolla Country Day | 25 | 651 | 26.04 |
| Edmund Johnson | El Camino | 22 | 569 | 25.86 |
| Junior Seau | Oceanside | 22 | 500 | 22.72 |
| Charley Applegate | St. Augustine | 24 | 543 | 22.62 |
| Johnny Walker | Southwest | 16 | 329 | 20.56 |
| Shaun Stoll | Carlsbad | 20 | 411 | 20.55 |
| Lee Cobb | El Camino | 22 | 445 | 20.22 |
| Vince Bucca | Castle Park | 26 | 500 | 19.23 |
| Tim Barry | Santana | 23 | 430 | 18.69 |
| Mike Walker | Hoover | 17 | 317 | 18.64 |
CHAMPIONSHIP
Morse 59, Monte Vista 51 (19-6), @San Diego Sports Arena.
–“The last group we had was a little intimidated by the big crowd,” said Davis of an 87-63 finals loss on the same Sports Arena floor to Poway in 1985-86.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Santa Monica (19-9) 71, Morse (22-3) 57, @San Diego State.
–“We couldn’t keep them off the boards,” said Morse’s Rey Parson of the first quarter. “They killed us inside. They got two and three shots each time.”
Morse actually out rebounded the visitors, 27-25, and, after shaking off an 11-0 Santa Monica run in the first quarter, battled back to trail, 47-43.
“When we got it down to four we had a shot at them,” said Parson. “But we came down and took some bad shots and that was it.”
The Vikings, who won their 10th game in a row, went on a 14-0 run to lead, 61-43.
2-A
Feb. 20, 1987.
CENTRAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF
St. Augustine 66, Christian 62.
–Lincoln’s Ken Thompson had been named Central League player of the year, inspiring St. Augustine boosters to hoist a sign that said, “Applegate the REAL Player of the Year.”
–Charlie Applegate responded with 40 points and 16 rebounds for the Saints, who won 14th game in the last 17.
MESA LEAGUE PLAYOFF
Hilltop 67, Bonita Vista 58 (9-14).
–Future Chula Vista football coach Judd Rachow had 19 points and 19 rebounds for the Lancers.
–The Barons had forced the extra game by defeating Hilltop in the regular-season finale, 66-62.
FIRST ROUND
St. Augustine 54, San Marcos 49 (15-11).
Oceanside 48, University City 37 (9-11).
La Jolla 58, Southwest 57 (7-16).
The Vikings scored the game’s first 13 points.
Christian 49, at Clairemont 47 (16-8).
David Jeremiah’s late basket saved the day after Clairemont had rallied from 17 points behind.
QUARTERFINALS
Kearny 60, @St. Augustine 58 (16-8).
Oceanside 59. @Lincoln 52 (16-9).
“I knew if they kept us in the ‘fifties we’d be in trouble,” declared Lincoln coach Ron Loneski.
Castle Park 75, Christian 63.
The Patriots were feeling good, leading by five points after a 25-11 third quarter but the No. 2 seed Trojans rebounded with a 25-8 fourth quarter.
El Camino 79, La Jolla 76, OT. Steve Carr’s only two points came with four seconds remaining and gave the Wildcats a three-point lead.
SEMIFINALS
Oceanside 66, Castle Park, 62 (21-5) @Mira Mesa.
Junior Seau, playing in pain with an inflamed navel, was 13×18 from the field and scored 28 points.
–“I pulled him out in the third quarter and said, “You’re done, big guy,” recounted Pirates coach Don Montamble to Mark Zeigler of The San Diego Union.
“Junior looked back and said, ‘No, I’m not done, coach.’”
–Seau played.
El Camino 70, Kearny 48 (19-7).
The Wildcats went on 13-2 spree in three minutes of the first quarter and never looked back, assuring an “Oceanside Bowl” final.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Oceanside 53, El Camino 51 (23-4), at San Diego Sports Arena.
The Pirates led, 29-18, at the half, outshooting city neighbor El Camino, 47 per cent to 19 per cent, but the Wildcats hit back, converted 16×24 from the floor for 67 per cent, and tied the game at 45 with 5:29 to play.
–Junior Seau, who was 10×11 from the floor for 91 per cent and scored 23 points, scored with 34 seconds left to get the Pirates to the finish line.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Saugus (23-9) 47, Oceanside 39 (21-8), @Newhall College of the Canyons.
Junior Seau bowed out with 22 points and Saugus coach John Clark declared, “He’s probably the best player we’ve seen all year and we’ve seen the best.”
1-A
COASTAL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
La Jolla Country Day 81, Army-Navy 50 (8-11).
The Bishop’s 52, Francis Parker 51.
Charles Bolton’s 20-foot jump shot with two seconds remaining earned the victory.
COASTAL LEAGUE FINALS
La Jolla Country Day 65, The Bishop’s 58, @University City.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Calipatria 63, La Jolla Country Day 55 (15-6), @Sports Arena.
The Hornets, whose only loss was to 2-A finalist El Camino, qualified by winning the Desert League championship.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Cerritos Whitney 68, Calipatria (22-2) 61, @El Centro Central.
The Hornets could not overcome a 20-8 deficit in the second quarter.
GIRLS PLAYOFFS
3-A
FIRST ROUND
Fallbrook 68, Grossmont 43 (17-7).
Madison 60, Monte Vista 50 (15-11).
Mount Miguel 67, @Mt. Carmel 51 (20-5).
Helix 67, Chula Vista 45 (16-8).
QUARTERFINALS
Point Loma 81, Fallbrook 47 (18-8).
Terri Mann almost outscored the Warriors, with 47 points and added 24 rebounds for a San Diego Section career record of 633.
Santana 59, Madison 53 (15-7).
Vista 56, Helix 29 (17-5).
Mt. Carmel 77, Bonita Vista 45.
Lynda Jones led the Sundevils with 29 points.
SEMIFINALS
Point Loma 67, Mt. Carmel 27 (21-4), @Serra.
It was 30 in a row this season and 55 straight over two, on Terri Mann’s 18th birthday, punctuated by her 31 points, 24 rebounds, nine steals, and five assists.
Vista 64, Santana 34 (21-5), @Mira Mesa.
The Panthers shocked the Sultans, 39-12 in the middle two quarters after Santana took a 14-13, first-quarter lead.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Point Loma 52, Vista (26-3) 39, @San Diego Sports Arena.
“This was the best, because it came in my senior year,” Terri Mann told Linda Murphy of The San Diego Union. “The last three years we won it for the seniors and this year it was for myself and the team.”
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
SEMIFINALS
Point Loma 56, Granada Hills Kennedy 50 (22-3), @Serra.
–A virtual home court advantage and a bye in the quarterfinals did not make it easy for the Pointers, who outlasted their tough Los Angeles City Section opponent.
–Point Loma had beaten Kennedy, 46-36, last year in the regionals but the Golden Cougar got its claws on the Pointers and had pulled ahead, 44-43, with six minutes to play and were in front, 50-49, with 1:03 remaining.
–At that point Terri Mann took a pass from Monica Filer and scored, was fouled, and added a free throw for a 52-50 lead.
–“The kids had to grow up,” Pointers coach Lee Trepanier said to Steve Brand of the Union.
–Trepanier thought “we might be in trouble when we called a time out with 1:06 left and turned the ball over. However, we got the ball back, ran the same play and we scored.
–“When you have won as easily as we have, you don’t know how the players are going to react,” said Trepanier. “We haven’t been in a game like this, but we didn’t get rattled.”
–Trepanier and Kennedy coach Craig Raub agreed that the absence of the Cougar’s leading scorer Diane DeCree for 14 minutes of the first half was a major factor.
–“If they’re going to let Mann push and shove and get away with that stuff, they ought to let my kid get away with a little shove now and then,” said Raub, who added, “The officials didn’t beat us.”
FINALS
Point Loma 58, Huntington Beach Edison 45 (31-2), @Los Angeles Sports Arena.
–Edison coach Dave White had assistant Mark Shannon play the role of Terri Mann in practice during days leading to the game. “He played some college ball,” said White, “and I didn’t think she could play any better than him. I might have been wrong.”
–Mann had 19 points and 18 rebounds, statistically lower than her usual output, but Mann got strong support from Monica Filer and Liza Carrillo and took on the task of bringing the ball up court.
–Trepanier said he made the decision to inbound the ball to Mann “after I saw Edison beat (Ventura) Buena (in the semifinals). They ran Buena ragged.”
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Point Loma 60 (34-0), Sacramento Grant (33-2) 44, @Oakland Coliseum Arena.
–According to Mark Zeigler of the Union, Mann attracted several “oohs” and “ahhs” from the crowd of more than 8,000 persons.
–Mann scored 30 points, had 10 offensive rebounds of 25 overall, 6 blocked shots, 12×22 shooting from the field, and was 6×6 from the free throw line.
–Mann closed her career with four consecutive state titles, 59 wins in a row, and a four-season record of 122-1 (the loss, 62-43, to Pasadena Muir in a Santa Barbara Christmas tournament the previous year).
2-A
FIRST ROUND
Ramona 50, Castle Park (10-14).
Oceanside 50, at San Diego 45 (14-7).
San Marcos 51, Mission Bay 37 (8-13).
A 12-0 run in the last five minutes of the first half sealed the Buccaneers’ doom.
Crawford 69, Coronado 30 (11-12).
QUARTERFINALS
La Jolla 57, San Marcos 37.
Lincoln 61, Ramona 54 (17-6).
San Pasqual 37, Oceanside 28.
Crawford 53, @Southwest 52.
Karla Salmi’s free throw with three seconds left clinched for the Colts. SEMIFINALS
San Pasqual 56, Crawford 51 (16-8), @Mira Mesa.
Crawford was 22-2 on the court but had been hit with six forfeit losses because of the “Dreaded Administrative Glitch” involving an ineligible player.
–The Colts, whose only other loss was to Point Loma, outscored the Knights, 16-4, in the fourth quarter after trailing, 52-35.
La Jolla 46, Lincoln 44, @Serra.
CHAMPIONSHIP
La Jolla 44, San Pasqual 40, @San Diego Sports Arena.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
D-II
Cerritos Valley Christian (26-2) 82, La Jolla 48 (18-6).
1-A
COASTAL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
Calvin Christian 42, Lutheran 21 (10-14).
La Jolla Country Day 40, Julian 33 (13-8).
COASTAL LEAGUE FINALS
Calvin Christian 45, La Jolla Country Day, 41 (15-6).
CHAMPIONSHIP
Calvin Christian 38, Desert League champion Holtville 32 (15-7).
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
D-III
Woodlake 61, Calvin Christian 31 (20-5), @Visalia Redwood.