The San Diego Union-Tribune’s last poll, including San Diego Section playoffs:
First-place votes in parenthesis. NR–Not ranked. *Includes forfeit win.
RANK
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
PREVIOUS
1.
Helix (31)
11-1
310
1
2
Carlsbad
10-2
269
2
3.
Oceanside
11-3
212
NR
4.
Cathedral
8-3
207
3
5.
St. Augustine
8-3
168
4
6.
Lincoln
10-3*
144
7
7.
El Camino
8-6
119
NR
8.
The Bishop’s
12-1
64
9
9.
Steele Canyon
9-2
58
5
10.
Mission Hills
9-3
54
6
Others receiving votes: La Jolla (9-4, 22 points), Madison (7-5, 22), Scripps Ranch (10-0, 10), Santana (1`1-2, 1), Torrey Pines (6-6, 1).
Voting panel of 31 sportswriters, sportscasters, various County football honchos:
John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune
Jim Lindgren, Rick Hoff, Terry Monahan, Don Norcross, Thomas Gutierrez, freelance contributors.
Paul Rudy, Brandon Stone,Ted Mendenhall, KUSI Chl. 51
Adam Paul, ECpreps.com
Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com
Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com
Taylor Quellman, The Mighty 1090
Steve Brand, San Diego Hall of Champions
Troy Hirsch, Kaylyn McMakin, Tabitha Lipkin, Fox 5, San Diego
Rick Smith, PartletonSports.com
Jerry Schniepp, John Labeta, Ron Marquez, CIF San Diego Section
Joe Heinz, Coordinator, Athletics, Sweetwater School District
Raymond Brown, sdfootball.net
Bob Petinak, free lance.
John Kentera, Brandon Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan
Steve (Biff) Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM
Mike Dolan, John Carroll, San Diego Section Tournament Directors.
Christian Pederson, SoCal Prep Insider.
Joe Heinz, Athletics Director, Sweetwater School District.
Eric Williams, WBK Sports/San Diego Friday Night Lights Magazine.
HOW OTHERS IN CALIFORNIA SAW SAN DIEGO’S TOP 10 AT SEASON CONCLUSION:
Team
Record
Cal.Preps.Com
Max Preps
Cal-Hi Sports
Helix
11-2
56.9
12
15
Carlsbad
10-2
53.4
19
23
Oceanside
11-4*
46.3
37
34
Cathedral
8-3
53.0
20
24
St. Augustine
8-3
46.9
28
30
Lincoln
10-3*
42.9
47
50
El Camino
9-7
38.3
70
NR
The Bishop’s
12-1
32.6
100
NR
Steele Canyon
9-2
36.6
75
NR
Mission Hills
9-3
44.9
37
Honorable Mention
Unranked state Division IV- A finalist La Jolla finished with 10-5 record, and respective ratings of 24.9, 158, and NR.
Cal Preps.com and Max Preps ratings are based on computer algorithms. Cal-Hi Sports ratings are product of publisher Mark Tennis’ eye test and information from Tennis’ correspondents throughout the state.
2019-20 Week 3-4: San Ysidro Ninth Grader Sets Single-Game Record
San Ysidro freshman Mikey Williams has gone off again.
The 6-foot, 3-inch guard set a San Diego Section record last night with 77 points in a 116-42 victory over Kearny at the Imperial High tournament, according to Max Preps.
A night earlier Williams scored 51 in a 108-61 win against Brawley. He had 50 in an 85-77 triumph at Montgomery earlier this month.
Williams’ record came 13 years and 364 days after Crawford’s Tyrone Shelley scored 76 points in a 138-29 win against Canadian squad Central of Burlington, Ontario.
Williams is averaging 29.9 points a game and San Ysidro is coached by Terry Tucker, Shelley’s mentor when Tyrone averaged 27.9 points on a 21-10 team that was runner-up to St. Augustine in the 2004-05 San Diego Section Division III final.
San Ysidro is 6-3 going into tonight’s championship at Imperial. The Cougars did not do well when they took part in the Battle Zone tournament at Corona.
The South Bay team defeated San Bernardino, 89-53 in the opening game but lost to host Corona Centennial, 89-48, to Riverside Hillcrest, 56-44, and 100-84 to Foothills Christian.
Williams and San Ysidro will open play in the Torrey Pines tournament Dec. 26 against Phoenix St. Mary’s.
CATHEDRAL NIPPED, SAINTS ROLL
San Jose Arch Bishop Mitty, the preseason No. 5-ranked team in the San Francisco Bay Area, edged Cathedral (6-2), No. 1 in the San Diego Union-Tribune’s first poll this week, 57-56, last night in the Father Barry tournament at Sacramento Jesuit.
St. Augustine (7-1) moved up in the Rancho Santa Margarita event with a 70-55 win over Anaheim Fairmont Prep, 70-55. The Saints play Las Vegas Clark tonight and are scheduled in the Tarkanian tournament at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman next week.
2019 Week 16: El Camino and La Jolla Carry On
El Camino and La Jolla were highly unlikely candidates to get this far, but they’re in the big games this week, San Diego’s last standing, and hitting the road in search of state championships.
The Wildcats travel 50 miles beyond the San Franciso Golden Gate bridge to Santa Rosa, 517 miles North of their campus, taking on the 13-1 Cardinal Newman Cardinals. La Jolla visits the 13-1 Escalon Cougars, 448 miles north and inland.
Laboring with a 3-6 record, El Camino caught fire after a 10-0, Avocado League loss to Mission Hills and has won its last six, averaging 40 points a game, beginning with a 28-24 victory in a dynamic crosstown battle with Oceanside.
The Wildcats scored a mild surprise in their domination of Temecula Valley, 34-18 last week. La Jolla, 3-5 after a 32-7 loss to Lincoln, also has won six in a row and knocked out Huntington Beach Marina, 34-18.
La Jolla is an old hand at playoff competition, before the San Diego Section.
The Vikings tied Calexico. 6-6, in a 1938 contest that was supposed to be replayed but was not following a dispute over the number of first downs, which supposedly favored the Vikings.
La Jolla lost to eventual Southern Section champion Pomona, 27-21, in 1951, and defeated El Monte, 7-6, but lost in the semifinals to South Pasadena, 13-6, in 1952.
El Camino dropped a 13-10 decision to Los Angeles Crenshaw in 2017.
SAN DIEGO CHAMPS BOW
Other San Diego Section teams were not as fortunate last week, Helix losing to Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, 38-20, Oceanside to Corona del Mar, 14-7, Serra to El Monte, 30-18, and Francis Parker to Gardena, 27-13.
El Camino and La Jolla represent the San Diego section’s lowest number of participants since the state CIF began the “two divisions within one division” model in 2015.
There have been as many as five qualifiers from San Diego (2016) and there were four last season.
San Diego squads are 6-11 in AA and A competition and 11-15 overall since the state “bowl” series of playoffs began in 2006.
DIVISION
TEAM
RECORD
OPPONENT
RECORD
III-AA
El Camino
9-6
@Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman, North Coast
13-1
IV-A
La Jolla
10-4
@Escalon, Sac-Joaquin
13-1
HOW OTHERS IN CALIFORNIA RATE THE MATCHUPS
TEAMS
CAL PREPS.COM
MAX PREPS
CAL-HI SPORTS
III-AA El Camino
38.6
70
Bubble
Cardinal Newman
39.7
65
41
IV-A La Jolla
28.1
134
NR
Escalon
29.2
128
NR
SEASON CONCLUDED
Helix (11-2)
58.3
11
13
Carlsbad (10-2)
54.9
16
22
Cathedral (8-3)
54.4
18
23
St. Augustine (8-3)
48.3
29
28
Oceanside (11-4)
47.8
30
35
Mission Hills (9-3)
46.3
33
Bubble
Lincoln (10-3)
44.6
44
Bubble
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PAST RESULTS
San Diego Section teams against other CIF sections in state championship games:
1994-95: Christian Girls Emerge With Buzzer Beating Shot
Eighty-three teams, 47 boys squads and 36 girls teams, all had their “hoop dreams” (a so-named, popular movie of the day) as they embarked on what would become a postseason of 114 games, ending with a state championship by the Division V Christian girls.
BOYS PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
D-I
Poway 80, Morse 61 (11-17).
San Dieguito 58, San Diego 41 (9-15).
“It was like a plexiglass lid,” San Diego coach Dennis Kane remarked of the basket at which the Cavers’ were firing in the Mustangs’ 17-4, third-quarter run.
QUARTERFINALS
Rancho Buena Vista 72, Poway 64 (13-15).
Rancho Bernardo 72, San Dieguito 63 (14-15).
Fallbrook 68, Orange Glen 46 (18-9).
Vista 75, Chula Vista 63 (17-10).
SEMIFINALS
Rancho Buena Vista 51, Fallbrook 46 (20-8).
Vista 92, Rancho Bernardo 84 (19-9).
Trailing, 27-13, late in the first quarter, the Panthers went on a 29-9 run to take a 42-36 lead.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rancho Buena Vista 57, Vista 49 (18-11).
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
L.A. Fairfax (L.A. City) 52, Rancho Buena Vista 51 (23-7).
Down 16 points entering the fourth quarter, the Longhorns went on a 22-6 run to tie the score at 49 on Jamahl Mosely’s basket with 1:30 left.
—The Lions’ Duane Davis converted a 1 and 1 with 19 seconds remaining for a 51-49 Fairfax lead.
Rancho’s Justin Phillips, with :05 left, was fouled and converted a 1 and 1 for 51-51.
—Fairfax’s Davis was fouled as he brought the ball up court for a final shot and made the free throw that was the difference.
Uni teammates mobbed Nate Walton (center) after 24-point performance led to D-III title
D-II
FIRST ROUND
Grossmont 59, Hilltop 47 (13-14).
Mike Van Raaphorst scored 30 points but the Foothillers’ leading scorer, Greg Clark, was carted off the floor after landing awkwardly.
Serra 68, Hoover 38 (17-8).
Scripps Ranch 81, San Marcos 63 (14-14).
Ashante Johnson scored 27 points, pulled 11 rebounds, and the second-year Falcons ran away with a 32-12 third quarter.
Ramona 82, Helix 69 (14-11).
Sonny Drago buried the Highlanders with 37 points, including four three-pointers.
Patrick Henry 56, Monte Vista 49 (19-8).
El Capitan 73, Valhalla 50 (16-12).
Torrey Pines 74, University City 53 (10-14).
El Camino 79, Point Loma 64 (13-13).
QUARTERFINALS
Scripps Ranch 70, Serra 52.
El Camino 90, El Capitan 70 (20-8).
Ramona 50, Torrey Pines 49 (22-9).
Sonny Drago, who scored 30 points, converted two free throws with three seconds remaining for an upset over the No. 4-seed Falcons.
Grossmont 62, Patrick Henry 51 (17-12).
Greg Clark was 10 minutes into the pregame warmup before it was decided he would play. “My jump shot started falling in warmups,” said Clark, who scored 29 points after missing much of the first playoff with stretched ligaments in his ankle.
SEMIFINALS
El Camino 59, Ramona 58 (20-8).
Clarence Martin’s layup with 2.4 seconds left bailed out the Wildcats, who trailed, 58-57, after Wayne Mealhouse’s basket for Ramona with :13 remaining.
Scripps Ranch rolled with Ashante Johnson.
Scripps Ranch 66, Grossmont 40 (18-7).
“They found our Achilles heel,” said Grossmont coach Dave Hollman. “They knew who our shooters were and shut them down.” Greg Clark (8) and Shaka Thomas (8) were the Foothillers’ shooters.
CHAMPIONSHIP
El Camino 58, Scripps Ranch 57.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
El Camino 77, Tustin (Southern) 57 (28-3).
“I think our guys underestimated them, but I don’t know why,” Tustin coach Joe Ground said of the Wildcats. “They’re a good team. They shoot well, run well, and they push the ball.”
Pasadena (Southern) 59, Scripps Ranch 49 (25-7).
The Falcons, led by Ashante Johnson’s 20 points and 12 rebounds, could not overcome the host Bullpups’ 10-0 run in the fourth quarter.
SEMIFINALS
Riverside John North (Southern) 77, El Camino 73, OT (29-3).
There are losses and there are losses. El Camino coach Ray Johnson lost at home to the team for which he played in high school.
“If we’re going to lose, at least we lost to a great team (25-4) with a great tradition,” said Johnson.
D-III
QUARTERFINALS
University 97, Mar Vista 57 (14-9).
The Mariners, who scored more than 100 points seven times, felt the pain.
La Jolla 77, Kearny 51 (13-14).
Eastlake 73, Mission Bay 48 (8-16).
St. Augustine 58, West Hills 49 (11-14).
SEMIFINALS
La Jolla 62, Eastlake 56 (21-4).
Jelani McCoy (left) and Ashante Johnson led their teams to playoffs.
University 76, St. Augustine 62 (19-10).
Despite scoring 23 of his 27 points in the second half, Jelani McCoy and the Saints never got closer than 64-57, before almost 2,000 persons at Scripps Ranch.
CHAMPIONSHIP
University 66, La Jolla 45 (18-9).
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
University 67, Compton Centennial (Southern) 55 (18-14).
Nate Walton led the way for the Dons with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
SEMIFINALS
Artesia 55 (Southern), University 54 (20-10).
D-IV
SEMIFINALS
Lincoln 114, Clairemont 38 (7-20).
Lincoln led, 51-13, at halftime after holding the Chieftains to two points in the second quarter.
Holtville 66, Coronado 59 (18-7).
CHAMPIONSHIP
Lincoln 84, Holtville 48 (22-6).
“With Holtville’s big kid (Jared Garewal) out, it wasn’t the same,” said Charlie Paulk, coach of the state’s No. 1 D-IV team, according to Cal-Hi Sports. “I’m glad we won, certainly, but this is just a first step.”
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
Lincoln 78, Corcoran (Central) 46.
L.A. Verbum Dei 102 (Southern), La Jolla 53 (18-10).
SEMIFINALS
Lincoln 90, Gardena Serra (Southern) 88.
CHAMPIONSHIP
L.A. Verbum Dei 93, Lincoln 70 (23-9).
Revenge for the Eagles, who lost to Lincoln in the regional D-IV final in 1993-94.
D-V
QUARTERFINALS
Horizon 60, Calipatria 54 (12-14).
La Jolla Country Day 88, Tri-City 59 (12-15).
Christian 63, Calvin Christian 40 (11-10).
The Bishop’s 55, Santa Clarita Christian 48 (15-9).
SEMIFINALS
Horizon 81, The Bishop’s 67 (17-10).
La Jolla Country Day 63, Christian 62 (15-12).
The difference was Jamie Hooper’s free throw with one second left. Hooper scored 23 points and had six three-pointers.
Stacey Robinson led second-year Horizon deep into playoffs.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Horizon 55, La Jolla Country Day 53.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
Horizon 63, Reedley Immanuel (Central) 56.
Pasadena Poly (Southern) 56, La Jolla Country Day 37 (25-6).
SEMIFINALS
Horizon 69, Visalia Central Valley (Central) 65.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Montclair (Southern) 59, Horizon 58 (23-3).
The Panthers took a 58-57 lead into the final minute but were beaten on a 15-foot jump shot with five seconds to play at Cal-State Fullerton.
GIRLS PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION I
San Dieguito 54, Fallbrook 42 (12-15).
Orange Glen 55, Chula Vista 37 (17-9).
QUARTERFINALS
Poway 77, Mira Mesa 42 (13-12).
Rancho Bernardo 65, Orange Glen 40 (6-21).
Rancho Buena Vista 71, Morse 53 (17-9).
Vista 57, San Dieguito 37 (11-17).
SEMIFINALS
Poway 61, Vista 51 (23-4).
Rancho Bernardo 85, Rancho Buena Vista 69 (18-11).
CHAMPIONSHIP
Poway 81, Rancho Bernardo 55 (22-7).
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
Ventura Buena (Southern) 60, Poway 32 (21-7).
D-II
FIRST ROUND
Torrey Pines 56, Grossmont 28 (12-13).
El Camino 67, Hoover 44 (8-11).
Scripps Ranch 71, Patrick Henry 47 (12-15).
Alyssa Murphy shot down the Patriots with 38 points.
Point Loma 43, San Pasqual 39 (11-14).
El Cajon Valley 51, Helix 47 (14-10).
Montgomery 52, Valhalla 43 (13-15).
Aztecs coach Lori Morris, after playoff losses the last two seasons, on a ritual this year: “I went home after every game and (along the way) would buy one of those Haagen-Dazs ice cream pints. Ate those all the time.”
Escondido 56, Serra 46 (14-9).
El Capitan 57, Hilltop 48 (12-12).
QUARTERFINALS
Point Loma 53, El Cajon Valley 29 (16-11).
El Camino 50, Escondido 38 (19-9).
Torrey Pines 79, Montgomery 55 (19-7).
Scripps Ranch 76, El Capitan 37 (20-10).
Alyssa Murphy singlehandedly eliminated the Vaqueros with 42 points.
SEMIFINALS
Scripps Ranch 51, El Camino 43 (25-5).
Torrey Pines 55, Point Loma 52 (26-6)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Falcons versus Falcons as Scripps Ranch’s Monique Motley blocked shot of Torrey Pines Heather Schwartz.
Torrey Pines 75, Scripps Ranch 69, 2 OT.
Robyn Turner’s third three-point field goal started the second, four-minute overtime and the Falcons were in front for keeps. Scripps Ranch’s Alyssa Murphy scored 35 points but was 11×37 from the field.
“It was gut wrenching,” said Scripps Ranch coach Dan Regas of his team’s inability to overcome 33 turnovers.
Alyssa Murphy, headed for Boston College, fouled out in the third quarter, but ended her brilliant senior season with 908 points and a 28.4 average.
Newbury Park 85, Torrey Pines 59 (26-7).
D-III
QUARTERFINALS
University 60, Mission Bay 28 (7-18).
Our Lady of Peace 54, Madison 28 (4-17).
Santana 67, La Jolla 23 (4-21)
Eastlake 68, West Hills 54 (8-17).
SEMIFINALS
Santana 86, Eastlake 51 (19-9)
Our Lady of Peace 58, University 39 (16-10)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Santana 52, Our Lady of Peace 28.
OLP was doomed when 22-point scorer Susie Erpelding was out with a knee injury.
Corey Kimzey shoots over assorted arms of Our Lady of Peace players, including Deandra Ruth’s (left).
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
Santana 82 Exeter Union (Central) 62.
“We’re going to change history,” said junior point guard Sophia Sledge. The Sultans were aiming past the semifinals.
Newbury Park (Southern) 79, Our Lady of Peace 38 (20-10).
SEMIFINALS
Santana 81 Lemoore (Central) 54.
I thought we put on a clinic out there,” said Coach Wade Vickery to Josie Karp of The San Diego Union-Tribune.
“We’d like to be talked about in the future,” said Kelly Simers, who led the Sultans with 25 points.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Newbury Park 67 (31-1), Santana 57 (32-2).
The game at the Anaheim Pond arena tipped at 9 a.m. and the Sultans were slow to start, trailing, 23-11, with 5:31 left in the half.
Santana mounted a 15-4 rally and, after Kelly Simers’ three-pointer, went into halftime behind only 27-26.
A basket and free throw by Monica Pope increased a Santana advantage to 30-26, but the Panthers took a 31-30 lead and never looked back.
D-IV
SEMIFINALS
Clairemont 61, Lincoln 39 (11-11).
The Lady Hornets, leading, 13-4, and winners of three of the last four D-IV titles, were no match when the Chieftains’ Rori Robertson, slowed by the flu, entered the game in the second quarter, scored 24 points, and teamed with Faye DeLeon, 13 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 10 steals.
Holtville 53, Coronado 41 (15-9).
CHAMPIONSHIP
Clairemont 52, Holtville 50, OT (23-5).
“I never stopped believing in my team,” said Clairemont coach Lamont Jackson.
The Chieftains trailed 20-4 with 3:40 left in the first half. “You notice,” Jackson added, “I never called timeout.”
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Morro Bay (Central) 51, Clairemont 36 (21-5).
D-V
FIRST ROUND
Lutheran 51, Covenant 38 (9-10).
Horizon 59, Marian 34 (5-16).
Calvin Christian 74, Tri-City 38 (8-12).
Calipatria 42, Francis Parker 27 (7-13).
QUARTERFINALS
Christian 80, Lutheran (11-9).
Horizon 65, La Jolla Country Day 55 (11-8).
The Bishop’s 55, Calvin Christian 41 (15-8).
Julian 87, Calipatria 33 (15-9).
SEMIFINALS
Christian 76, Horizon 22 (19-6).
Julian 62, The Bishop’s 44 (14-14).
CHAMPIONSHIP
Christian 86, Julian 52.
“The four seniors have been together for four years and that will be a big advantage the rest of the way,” predicted Christian’s UC-Santa Barbara-bound Stephanie Shadwell to Steve Brand of The San Diego Union.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Christian’s Stephanie Shadwell goes up for basket against San Luis Obispo Mission Prep defender.
QUARTERFINALS
Christian 77, Pasadena Poly (Southern) 33.
Julian 73, San Bernardino Christian (Southern) 42.
Missy Bryan was too much for the host team, with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 steals.
SEMIFINALS
Julian 73, Visalia Central Valley (Central) 54.
Stephanie Sick scored a triple double, 15 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds for the Eagles.
Christian 66, San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (Southern) 33.
The Patriots jumped to a 17-0 lead and were ahead, 43-17, at halftime. Stephanie Shadwell led with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
FINALS
Christian 52, Julian 46 (31-4).
“We should have won,” said Julian coach Carl Focarelli. “Nobody in the world gave us a chance after a 34-point loss (to Christian in the San Diego Section finals) and us having been on the road five straight days (to San Bernardino and Visalia).”
–The Patriots, the No. 1 ranked D-V team in the state, praised their opponent. “They played outstanding,” said April Payton. “They just missed their shots.”
–We played tougher man defense and didn’t give them the threes,” said Focarelli. “We outplayed them, but we missed too many shots and free throws.”
–Christian shot 32.2 per cent (19×59) from the field and Julian 31.5 per cent (17×54).
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Christian 49 (33-3), Ripon Christian (Sac-Joaquin) 47.
Stephanie Shadwell drained a half court basket at the buzzer at Oakland Coliseum Arena. The three points lifted the Patriots to a stunning, come-from-behind victory over the 35-4 team that beat Christian, 62-46, in the 1993-94 final.
A glimpse of scoreboard tells it all for Shadwell (center) and teammates.
“Every basketball player dreams of hitting a last-second shot from halfcourt to win a state title,” Shadwell told Tom Shanahan of the San Diego Union-Tribune. “To have that dream become reality…it’s an indescribable feeling.”
1994-95: McCoy, Others made for Dynamic Season
DECEMBER, 1994
–Six-foot, 11-inch Jelani McCoy started the season with 41 points and set a San Diego Section record with 16 blocked shots in an 85-82 win in the Hilltop/Pizza Hut tournament. El Camino’s Dee Boyer blocked 15 shots in a 1989 game.
–Dimitri Hodgkinson scored 37 points and El Cajon Valley reached triple digits in the Norsemen-Warhawk tournament…and lost! The Braves were edged by Mar Vista, 104-101. Valhalla and Madison were tournament hosts. Sophomore Jorge Salazar had 43 for the Mariners.
–Lincoln’s defending state Division IV champion kept sending El Camino to the free-throw line and the Warriors responded by converting 30×35 attempts and knocked down the Hive, 99-94. Lincoln was 12×22 from the line.
–Lincoln defeated Morse, 110-88, and surpassed the school record of 107 against Granite Hills in 1982-83.
TOURNAMENTS FLOOD SCHEDULE
A dizzying number of events included the 48th Kiwanis, 35th Lt. Jim Mitchell Memorial, and 22nd Francis Parker. Others were played locally, state-wide, in Nevada, and Hawaii. Many were dubbed with the misnomer “classics”.
–Poway (7-2) won the 16-team Kiwanis, 76-52, over Mount Miguel (8-2), capitalizing on a 40-23 advantage in rebounds.
–Jelani McCoy set a section record with 19 blocked shots in a 69-66 victory over Rialto Eisenhower in the first round of the Jim Mitchell.
It’s getting hectic,” said McCoy. “I’m not chasing the record, but when I get close, people remind me.”
NO REST FOR SCRIPPS
–The fifth Above the Rim classic was just that, powerhouse teams soaring on a national level. Teams from throughout the U.S. were at Torrey Pines.
Second-year Scripps Ranch four hours earlier had beaten Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 75-72, and then gave national power Santa Ana Mater Dei a run well into the third quarter.
Almost 3,000 persons in the 2,500-seat Falcons gym watched with stunned enthusiasm as the Falcons moved to a 41-34 lead with 4:59 remaining.
Monarchs coach Gary McKnight called timeout and switched his team from man-to-man to zone defense. ‘Dei went on a 19-2 run and won, 75-63. Ashante Johnson had 28 points against both Gorman and Mater Dei and Scott Charity had 27 points and nine rebounds in the loss.
–Mater Dei (16-1) defeated Brooklyn Lincoln (9-2) and its all-America guard Stephon Marbury, 92-77, for the championship. Marbury scored 39 points. Schea Cotton had 33 for the Monarchs.
JANUARY, 1995
Home is where the victories are.
Scripps Ranch came into its Western League opener at St. Augustine with a 12-1 record, but the Saints had not lost on their floor since 1991-92.
The result was Western League basketball at its most competitive as the Saints (10-4) pulled out a double-overtime, 77-73 victory.
Jelani McCoy’s two free throws with 10 seconds left sealed the victory. McCoy had 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 blocked shots, while Scripps’ Ashante Johnson scored 20 points and pulled 10 rebounds.
–Jorge Salazar’s 21 points were augmented with 11 assists as Mar Vista got Harbor League play under way with a 115-78 win over Christian. The Mariners earlier had whipped CETY’s of Tijuana, 117-39.
–Stormy weather and leaky roofs postponed three games: Chula Vista at Eastlake, Kearny at Point Loma, and Ramona at Escondido. Coronado’s game at Crawford was suspended at halftime with the Islanders leading, 30-18.
St. Augustine’s Jelani McCoy tries to block shot by University’s Nate Walton.
McCoy was held to a season-low 6 points by the policing of 6-6 Nate Walton, a transfer from Torrey Pines, and University topped St. Augustine, 64-49.
Walton the No. 2 son of former Helix great Bill Walton, scored 20 points with 13 rebounds and declared, “There was nothing like this at Torrey Pines. People on campus talked about (the game) all week. This is the biggest thing I’ve ever been involved in.”
McCOY REAL McCOY
–Two weeks later, McCoy, playing before a raucous home crowd, had 28 points, 26 rebounds, and blocked 11 shots in a 58-46 revenge win. Walton was held to eight points.
–“I wasn’t a force the first time,” said McCoy, “and there was some question who was the No. 1 center (McCoy or Walton) after that game.”
Ashante Johnson drained a three-point attempt with 4 seconds left in regulation and tipped in the winning basket with 4.7 seconds remaining in overtime to get Scripps Ranch past La Jolla, 63-61.
Scoring leaders, unofficial, some games not reported:
NAME
TEAM
GAMES
POINTS
AVERAGE
Jelani McCoy
St. Augustine
29
749
25.82 (5)
Jeremy Killion
Rancho Bernardo
27
712
26.37 (3)
Tim Rabetoy
Julian
23
689
29.956 (1)
Matt Jager
Vista
26
676
26.0 (4)
Sonny Drago
Ramona
27
650
24.07 (7)
Mike McNair
Kearny
27
647
23.96 (8)
Ashante Johnson
Scripps Ranch
32
643
20.09
Al Smalley
Fallbrook
21
608
28.95 (2)
Greg Clark
Grossmont
24
595
24.791 (6)
Will Goodloe
Mar Vista
27
566
20.96
Jared Evans
Helix
25
563
22.52 (10)
Harres Karim
Mira Mesa
24
550
22.91 (9)
Daral Guthro
Chula Vista
25
541
21.64
Lee
Point Loma
26
539
20.73
Louther
San Marcos
27
537
19.88
Robinson
Southwest
26
530
20.38
Jamie Hooper
La Jolla Country Day
25
526
21.0
Swanson
Tri-City
24
500
20.83
Miller
San Diego
24
475
19.79
Paris Corner
University City
23
472
20.52
J.B. Haskett
La Jolla
26
471
18.1
Van Hoeve, Covenant, 17×359, 21.1. Miller, El Cajon Valley, 21×429, 20.4.
Chula Vista’s Darel Guthro, fighting his way through Vista defenders, was a top 20 scorer.
El Camino took out its frustrations on Escondido, 109-54, after an upset, 64-59 loss to Torrey Pines. Four Wildcats scored at least 15 points.
Scott Charity adhered to the maxim that it is better to be late than never, scoring 23 of his 25 points in the second half as Scripps Ranch beat Mission Bay, 76-61.
Kearny’s Mike McNair and Point Loma’s Eric Bell matched four, three-point baskets, but McNair outscored his opponent, 34-18, and Kearny won, 63-55.
Eastlake (7-0) stayed unbeaten in the Metropolitan League when Rusty Skinner dropped in an 18-foot jumper to get the Titans past Chula Vista, 54-52.
KOMETS’ MARK FALLS
Mike McNair scored 47 points to break Wilburn Strong’s school record of 42 points, set in 1968-69, and led the Komets to an 84-74, Eastern League win over Serra.
Harres Karim scored with eight seconds remaining and then blocked a shot as Mira Mesa nudged San Diego, 48-47.
Al Smalley of Fallbrook had second highest average.
FEBRUARY, 1995
Matt Jager scored 40 points, but Poway’s Steve Francis was dominant in the Titans’ 79-74, double overtime win over No. 8-ranked Vista. Francis had 33 points and six three pointers and made a three with one second left to force a first overtime.
–With one second remaining in the first overtime, Francis was fouled attempting a half-court shot. He made three successive free throws to force a second extra session, in which Poway outscored Vista, 8-3.
University City sophomore Paris Corner threw up a 70-foot prayer that drained the bottom of the net as the Centurions (10-15) upset Scripps Ranch (19-5), 59-58.
“When you start the second half with a technical foul, you let the other team back in the game,” said Lincoln coach Charlie Paulk of the T the Hornets’ received for a slam dunk basket during warmups before the third quarter.
–The Hornets led, 36-24, at the start of the third quarter but Jelani McCoy led the Saints on a 23-14 run with five, thunderous slam baskets that brought the visitors back into the game.
–Lincoln held on for a 69-66 win despite McCoy’s 34 points, 14 rebounds, and 13 blocked shots.
Rancho Buena Vista clinched its first Palomar League championship in the school’s eight-season history with a 72-70 win over runner-up Rancho Bernardo. Tim Giles’ basket with three seconds left pulled out the win for the Longhorns.
CENTURY CLUB
TEAM
OPPONENT
SCORE
Horizon
Midway Baptist
119-30
Mar Vista
Tijuana CETY’s, Mexico
117-39
Mar Vista
Christian
115-78
El Camino
Oceanside
115-50
Lincoln
Clairemont
114-38
Lincoln
Morse
110-88
El Camino
Escondido
109-54
West Hills
El Cajon Valley
107-74
Mar Vista
El Cajon Valley
104-101
Mar Vista
El Cajon Valley
102-92
Mar Vista
Marian
102-76
Mar Vista
Crawford
101-66
Mar Vista
Clairemont
101-51
El Camino
Carlsbad
100-57
Tri-City
Midway Baptist
100-20
2019: Doyle joins 9 Others With at Least 200 Victories
Cathedral coach Sean Doyle, average nine wins a season for the next 15 years and catch Herb Meyer.
To those who think Doyle, should he decide to challenge Meyer’s record of 339 victories, is likely to fall short, consider that the veteran of 24 seasons, all at the same school, has averaged 9.3 wins the last 15 years.
Doyle (202-98, .678) became the 10th coach to win his 200th this season. He needs to stay in the game and have similar success at least until 2034 and win another 140 to pull even with the legendary Meyer, who led Oceanside for 17 years and El Camino for 28, and retired in 2003 with a record of 339-148-15, .690.
Sidestepping age, Doyle’s commitment and health would seem to be the most important factors. He’s been at it several seasons less than the two active coaches ahead of him, Monte Vista’s Ron Hamamoto, who has 234 victories in 34 seasons, and Valley Center’s Rob Gilster, who has 230 in 31.
Two other coaches also passed significant milestones this season.
Grossmont’s Tom Karlo became the 42nd coach to win his 100th game and Ramona’s Damon Baldwin became the 43rd. The Bishop’s Joel Allen came close, with his 98th .
Doyle passed Vista’s Dick Haines to move into the top 10. Hamamoto and Gilster leapfrogged John Shacklett to move into fourth and fifth, respectively.
Go to the Football menu on the home page and scroll to Coach 100 Club for a complete list of its members and where they’ll stand at beginning of the 2020 campaign.
