Despite being seeded in the nether regions of the Southern California regional playoffs, No. 15 Kearny and No. 12 St. Augustine scored significant road victories last night, while most other San Diego Section squads, including all 13 girls’ teams in action, were stowing their gear today.
Kearny (31-3) overcame a 53-47, fourth-quarter deficit to upset No. 2-ranked and host Huntington Beach Edison, 65-58, in Division III.
Martin Tombe’s three-point basket with 21 seconds remaining lifted St. Augustine (23-7) past No. 5 Corona Centennial, 60-59, after the Saints trailed, 42-29, in the third quarter and were down, 59-57, in the final minute.
Following Tombe’s field goal, the Huskies called timeouts at :21, :17, and :11, and never got in position for an offensive thrust.
Coach Mike Haupt’s Saints defenders frustrated the hosts to the point that the game ended with the ball being tipped  into the back court.
Centennial made 22 trips to the free-throw line and converted 10. Â Tombe made 3 of St. Augustine’s 5 attempts.
THE MARTIN AND ERIC SHOW
Tombe’s  27 points were complemented by Eric (Vaughn) Monroe’s 15. The four-year varsity veterans were members of the 2012-13, Trey Kell-led Saints, who won the state D-III title.
St. Augustine gets a home game Saturday evening, possibly at a venue other than its 600-seat  Daugherty Gymnasium, against lower seed (13) Eastvale Eleanor Roosevelt (23-8), a 56-55, double-0vertime winner over No. 4 Los Angeles Fairfax.
Kearny has another daunting challenge. The Komets will travel almost 150 miles north through routinely brutal Los Angeles traffic to take on the 7 seed, 25-7 Calabasas Coyotes, who ushered out No. 10 Fresno Roosevelt, 55-52.
St. Augustine and Eleanor Roosevelt faced one common opponent. The Mustangs  were 1-2 against Corona Centennial, winning, 56-55, and losing, 73-61, and 83-55.  The latter was in a Southern Section playoff consolation game.
Meanwhile, there was total devastation in the San Diego Section Girls’ brackets, low-lighted by No. 1-ranked The Bishop’s 57-52 loss to visiting Westlake Village Oaks Christian.
OTHER RESULTS
BOYS
D-I
No. 9 Torrey Pines 50, @Inglewood 66.
D-II
No. 11 Mission Bay 58, Â @No. 6 Rancho Santa Margarita 73. Â No. 12, Army-Navy 62, @Orange Lutheran 63. No. 13 Poway 58, @No. 4 Los Alamitos 67.
D-III
No. 11 La Jolla Country Day 48, @No. 6 LaVerne Bonita 52.
D-IV
No. 8Â El Camino 90, No. 9 Rancho Mirage 66. No. 13 San Marcos 61, @No. 4 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 69.
D-V
No. 9, Bonita Vista 59, @No. 8 Capistrano Valley Christian 46. Â No. 11 Mission Vista 52, @No. 6 Saddleback Valley Christian 53. Â No. 14 O’Farrell 46, @No. 3Â Temecula Rancho Christian 84.
GIRLS
D-I
No. 10 Santa Barbara 69, No. 7 Torrey Pines 60.
D-II
No. 9 La Cresenta Crescenta Valley 57, No. 8 Mount Miguel 55. No. 10 Manhattan Beach Mira Costa 61, No. 7 Westview 54,   No. 13 Serra 34, @No. 4  Anaheim Fairmont Prep 56.
D-IIIÂ
No. 10 Lake Elsinore Lakeside 47, No. 7 Eastlake 38. Â No. 14 Horizon 61, @No. 3 Norco 64. Â .
D-IV
No. 9 L.A. Notre Dame Academy 66, No. 8 Poway 51. No. 10 La Costa Canyon 45, @7 Newport Beach Corona del Mar 54.  No. 12, Imperial 34, @L.B. St. Anthony 68.
D-V
No. 9 Mira Mesa 35, @No. 8 Sun Valley Village Christian 64. No. 10 Escondido Adventist 34, @No. 7 Cypress Oxford Academy 39. Â No. 12, Grossmont 43, @L.A. Price 53.
