1991-92: Legendary Pointers Coach Lee Trepanier Passes
The basketball community lost a legend in August when Lee Trepanier, the retired, 56-year-old Point Loma coach, died in his sleep August 2, 1991.
Trepanier, 56, had been battling stomach and esophagus cancer for two years.
Trepanier learned of his cancer in August, 1989, but coached and taught math through the school year and retired as coach after the 1989-90 season.
Trepanier’s girls teams at Point Loma won state championships an unprecedented four consecutive years, 1984-87. He compiled an all-time record of 331 wins against 51 defeats and a .866 winning percentage.
12/4/91
Robbie Sandoval, the future girls’ coach at Mount Miguel, scored 18 points and hit a three-point basket that sent a game with Patrick Henry into overtime.
Three extra sessions later the Matadors pulled out a 52-51 victory, helped in no small part by a Sandoval basket with 20 seconds to go that narrowed a Matadors deficit to one point. Damion Willis tipped in a basket at the buzzer for the win.
12/5/91
San Dieguito and Corona del Mar battled through three overtimes before the Mustangs outlasted their hosts, 49-44, at the Newport Harbor tournament.
12/11/91
Donnie Collins’ fall-away, three-point basket as the buzzer sounded sent the Madison Warhawks into overtime against St. Augustine. John Gergurich, who led the Saints with 28 points, and Eric Ott each had two free throws in the extra period. The Saints won, 74-72.
12/12/91
Poway transfer Kirk Hipple scored 34 points and was 15×15 from the free throw line and Bill McMahon’s three-point basket with three seconds remaining lifted Rancho Bernardo (4-19 in 1990-91, its first year) to a surprise win over Morse, 73-72.
12/18/91
Rancho Buena Vista led Fallbrook for a grand total of six seconds but it forged a 49-48 victory in the Vista Tournament. Tori Anderson’s 12-foot looper brought the Longhorns from behind.
12/20/91
Tony Maxwell authored one of the highest single-game totals in Hoover history, 43 points, in a 84-81 victory over Chula Vista in the opening round of the 45th annual Kiwanis Tournament.
12/21/91
“I feel like a fool,” said Lincoln coach Ron Loneski, who added, “I feel stupid,” to Buster Olney of The San Diego Union.
Loneski was not happy with his team’s play in an 80-71, Kiwanis tournament win over Vista. “People sitting up in the stands must see this and say, ‘Doesn’t Loneski teach them anything?'”
“We were looking for some big guys, but they were all little guys (no Vista starter over 6-1), then they started bombing,” said the Hornets’ Akili Smith, who had 14 points and 10 rebounds, of the Panthers’ 14, three-point baskets.
12/22/91
Vista’s sharpshooters, unable to overcome Lincoln, took it out on Hoover, converting a San Diego Section 18 baskets from behind the 19-foot, 9-inch arc, in a 119-42, Kiwanis victory. The breakdown: Jason Barnes, 5; Dave Dillon, 4; Mike Vendling, 3; Jose Perez, 2; Shawn Jager, 2, and Dave Enger and Nils Michaels, 1 each.
12/24/91
“What do I think?” Kearny coach Bill Peterson shouted to the Union’s Steve Brand, clutching a scorebook. “Try 22-4 on the free-throw line.”
Actually, Poway converted 15×21 on the free-throw line (Kearny was 2×4) and handed Kearny its first defeat, 59-49, in overtime for the Kiwanis Tournament Unlimited Division championship.
–Craig Brown scored 35 points and Torrey Pines topped Trabuco Hills, 83-67, for championship of the 31st Jim Mitchell Tournament.
12/27/91
After four games, St. Augustine coach Jeff Armstrong resigned to become coach of the Saudi Arabia Olympic team. Athletics director Rick Stewart became head coach and the Saints responded with 3 straight wins to improve to 7-0, including a 43-19 victory over Montgomery in the Sweetwater Tournament.
12/28/91
The wide gulf between San Diego’s best teams and those from around the country was evident as Oak Hill Academy of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, defeated Lincoln, 93-57, in the Above the Rim tournament at Torrey Pines.
12/29/91
Poway made eight consecutive free throws in the final three minutes to defeat Bakersfield, defending state Division I champion, 59-56, in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
1/11/92
Chula Vista’s Jerome Green made 7×13 three-point shots in the first half and finished with 47 as the Spartans outran Bonita Vista, 85-80. The 6-foot, 2-inch junior had 26 points at halftime and came within two points of his reported school record.
1/22/92
La Jolla Country Day, leading 56-35, after three quarter was perspiring heavily at game’s end. Santa Fe Christian outscored the Torreys in the final eight minutes, 24-6, but La Jolla Cpointry Day hung on, 62-58.
“I miss Meek like I miss hemorrhoids,” said El Camino coach Ed Johnson to Ed Graney of The San Diego Union, after Johnson’s team had beaten San Pasqual, 72-36, as star, 6-foot, 10-inch Eagle Erik Meek now was a freshman at Duke. Meek scored 30 points in the teams’ last meeting, a 73-70 San Pasqual triumph in the 1990-91 Division-II championship.
1/25/92
Five Lincoln players, led by Berry Randle’s 23 points, scored in double figures in a 114-53 victory over Crawford at Lincoln. The Hornets, leading, 74-29, outscored the Colts, 49-24, in the final eight minutes.
2/3/92
Palomar League No. 2 Vista led No. 1 Torrey Pines, 53-40,in the third quarter, then trailed, 75-68, but fought back to tie the score at 79 before Craig Brown’s two free throws pulled out the victory for the Falcons, 81-79.
Vista made 14 baskets from behind the three-point arc and forced 30 turnovers. “They were like little vagrants,” Brown said to Buster Olney of The San Diego Union. “They were all over the place.”
2/6/92
El Camino led at Carlsbad, 73-65, with 44 seconds remaining, but Chad Nelson, who scored 31 points, led a Lancers comeback and 81-79 win in overtime, virtually clinching the Avocado league championship in the battle between the league’s No 1 and No. 2.
2/8/92
Sweetwater’s Andy Partch had 16 points, 15 assists, six rebounds, and two steals, plus he was 9×10 on free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter of the Red Devils’ rivalry-game, 91-87 win over Chula Vista.
2/13/92
Carlsbad’s 77-56 win over Rancho Bernardo was punctuated with a 31-point first quarter in which the Lancers buried 14×16 field- goal attempts.
2/16/92
Guillermo Sanchez’ “rim-rattling” three-pointer with five seconds remaining lifted visiting Sweetwater to a 48-47 victory over Castle Park.
“I scored 31 points?” Craig Smith said to writer Ed Graney. “I thought I had 20.” Brown, who also made 13×14 fee throws, was dominant in Torrey Pines’ 68-56 win over visiting Poway.
The season’s high scorers:
NAME
TEAM
GAMES
POINTS
AVERAGE
Jerome Green
Chula Vista
29
785
27.06 (1)
Miller
Fallbrook
28
650
23.2 (3)
Kyle Milling
Poway
33
632
19.25
Ryan Cunningham
Mira Mesa
26
620
23.8 (2)
Scot Pollard
Torrey Pines
31
584
18.8
Berry Randle
Lincoln
32
583
18.2
Rhoden
Vista
27
560
20.7 (5)
Marty Ellis
Monte Vista
28
552
19.7
Lake
Helix
24*
530
22.08 (4)
Jager
Vista
28
530
18.9
Aaron Elliott
Monte Vista
29
529
18.2
Caphas
Escondido
24
485
20.2 (6)
Kingsley
Grossmont
25
468
18.7
Jason Switzer
Grossmont
26
463
17.8
Watts
University City
22
436
19.8 (7)
Morsch
Orange Glen
21
413
19.7
2/19/92
A brawl Feb. 15 involving Kearny and University City resulted in a double forfeit.
Kearny led, 61-43, with 6:09 left. U. City’s Vernon Warren and Kearny’s Steve Marshall got into it. Both benches cleared and fans came out of the stands.
The teams went to separate rooms to cool out. When the game was to resume, U.C. coach Tom Medigovich told a security guard that he had sent his players home after being told by another security guard that the game was over.
San Diego Section commissioner Kendall (Spider) Webb ruled a double forfeit. Unhappy Kearny coach Bill Peterson had to agree. The CIF green book stated that “if more than 2 people leave bench,” game is forfeited, said Peterson.
Medigovich declared, “It was very ugly. I’ve never seen anything like this.”
2/20/92
Lincoln forced five turnovers in a 16-0 run and beat Madison, 86-58, for its 55th straight Central League win and seventh straight league title.
–Theoretically the splurge could have been more than 16-0. “That was a coaching error,” said coach Ron Loneski. “I made some changes when I should have kept doing what we were doing.”
1991-92: “Indiana” Playoff System in Place This Season
University City’s Kathleen Murphy appraised hand in her face from Our Lady of Peace’s Kari Dannenhauer.
After restricting playoff Divisions I and II to 16-team brackets the last two seasons, the San Diego Section board of managers went back to the ”Indiana” model of the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons in which all San Diego Section teams playing basketball were eligible for the postseason play.
“I think I was one of the few who didn’t think everyone should get in,” said El Camino coach Ray Johnson. “Sixteen teams is enough. If they have a problem with whom the 16th seed should be, let those teams play it off. This way, it’s a waste of time.”
PATRIOT LADIES GET IT DONE
The Christian girls won a state championship in the last second. The Lincoln boys lost one in the last five seconds.
The frenetic finishes in boys Division IV and Girls D-V brought an end to one of the most successful seasons in San Diego County history, for teams in the lower divisions.
Poway, a 3 seed in Boys D-I, was taken out by 6 seed Capistrano Valley, 67-60, in the first round of the Southern California playoffs. No. 2 Torrey Pines was eliminated in the semifinals, 56-46, by Artesia in D-II.
Four girls teams, Carlsbad, Poway, Lincoln, and Christian, advanced to the regional semifinal round but only Christian moved on. The Patriots defeated Ripon Christian, 45-43, for the championship of California at Arco Arena in Sacramento.
Lincoln meanwhile also was in Sacramento but lost on a tipped basket in the last five seconds, 56-55, to Salinas Palma.
BOYS PLAYOFFS
DIVISION I
PLAY-IN ROUND
San Marcos 50, @Sweetwater 48 (11-16).
Henry (4-18) 52, @Southwest 54.
Montgomery (4-17) 50, @San Dieguito 81.
FIRST ROUND
San Marcos (6-18), 47 @1 Poway 77.
San Dieguito (10-17) 67, @2 Morse 77.
Mira Mesa (16-10) 68, @Chula Vista 69.
The Spartans rallied from six points down with a minute to play, winning on Kevin Brenna’s basket.
San Diego (11-11) 62, @Rancho Bernardo 79.
SECOND ROUND
Southwest (13-13) 51, @3 Mt. Carmel 88.
Rancho Buena Vista 70, @4 Bonita Vista 61, OT (18-9).
Mount Miguel (11-15) 62, @Vista 96.
Granite Hills (13-10) 62, @Fallbrook 65.
Torrey Pines’ 6-foot, 11-inch Scot Pollard, a future NBA first-round draft choice and 12-season player, led Torrey Pines before transferring to Kennewick, Washington, for his senior year.
QUARTERFINALS
1 Poway 85, 8 Chula Vista (18-11) 70.
Poway’s Kyle Milling scored 20 of his 30 points in the first half. The Spartans’ Jerome Green scored 40.
A crowd of 7,569 persons saw Titans coach Doug Wealch equal predecessor Neville Saner with a second straight title (Saner won 4 overall).
“We had an emotional game with Rancho Bernardo in fall league and kind of lost our composure,” said Wealch to Ed Graney of The San Diego Union. “We didn’t want that to happen again. We just told the kids to keep their heads and go out and play.”
Kyle Milling had 27 points and 16 rebounds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
6 Capistrano Valley (29-3) 67, @3 Poway 60 (25-9).
Outscored, 23-9, in the second quarter and guilty of 17 turnovers the Titans were doomed. Poway’s Kyle Milling had 13 points, 10 rebounds, six blocked shots, and three steals.
D-II
FIRST ROUND
Mar Vista (9-15) 51, @Oceanside 82.
El Cajon Valley (3-18) 59, @San Pasqual 65.
San Pasqual’s David Durst scored 26 points and converted 11×15 shots from the field.
Ramona 55, @El Capitan 46 (11-15).
Escondido 79, @Mission Bay 51 (7-19).
Crawford (3-21) 50, @Grossmont 74.
Santana (7-15) 55, @Castle Park 60.
SECOND ROUND
Oceanside (11-15) 52, @1 Torrey Pines 63.
Six-foot, 11 inch Scot Pollard drilled the Pirates with 32 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocked shots.
Castle Park 51, @2 Kearny (26-2) 88.
Grossmont was no match for Bryant Westbrook and El Camino
University City (13-11) 58, @Serra 72.
Point Loma (15-10) 56, @Helix 72.
THIRD ROUND
Escondido (7-13) 57, @3 Monte Vista 87.
Ramona 41, @4 Carlsbad 87.
Valhalla 71, @San Pasqual 65 (20-8).
Grossmont (12-13) 45, @El Camino 87.
Grossmont scored zip—zero, nada—in a 23-0 El Camino third quarter and the outmanned Foothillers actually came into the game with a passable record.
Torrey Pines’ winning streak reached 18 games and Carlsbad’s ended at 16.
The Falcons led only 54-50 after a Carlsbad basket to start the fourth quarter, but the Lancers managed only two points in the final 6:41.
3 Monte Vista 54 (25-2), Helix 44 (19-7), @Santana High.
As an antidote for pregame jitters, Monte Vista coach Zack Peck ordered his team to a full-court press at the start. The Monarchs forced 18 turnovers for the game that led directly led to eight field goals and 16 points.
University’s Jerry Prior looks to pass around La Jolla’s Ken Kavanagh in Dons’ D-III championship surprise.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Torrey Pines (27-3), 74, 3 Monte Vista (25-3) 53, @Sports Arena.
More than 2,500 persons packed the Falcons gymnasium and another O’Bannon, younger brother of Ed, who was Torrey Pines’ nemesis in a losing effort four seasons before, scored 27 points. “Ed reminded me of that loss,” said Charles.
D-III
QUARTERFINALS
West Hills (9-14) 57, @University 85.
SEMIFINALS
University 56, @1 St. Augustine 41 (18-9).
La Jolla 66, @2 Madison 63 (15-12).
CHAMPIONSHIP
University 48, La Jolla (11-13) 40, @Sports Arena.
“I admire the hell out of these guys,” said Dons coach Jim Tomey of his team’s late-season run. “They stuck with it. I’d look into their eyes early in the season and wonder, then they’d come back the next day ready to play.”
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Costa Mesa Estancia (24-7) 59, University (9-18) 41, @University of San Diego.
La Jolla (11-15) 36, @La Canada (27-2) 58.
D-IV
SEMIFINALS
Coronado (4-23) 35, vs. 1 Lincoln 104.
Imperial (10-12) 65, vs. 2 Clairemont 79.
Greg Lee, former UCLA standout and teammate of Bill Walton’s on NCAA championship teams, coached games in shorts and directed Clairemont to D-IV championship game.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Lincoln 92, 2 Clairemont (11-13) 61, @Sports Arena.
Lincoln’s fifth straight championship needed a 10-0 run in the middle of the first quarter, at the end of which the Hornets led, 27-20.
“What we need is a down-to-the-wire game early (in the Southern California Regional), said Berry Randle, who had 29 points and 15 rebounds.
“We need that to put a scare into us,” Randle continued. “Some of our players don’t know what that’s like yet.”
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL.
QUARTERFINALS
7 Tollhouse Sierra (17-7) 70, @2 Lincoln 98.
“Scoring in the nineties is our game,” Lincoln coach Ron Loneski told Steve Brand. “I couldn’t believe they tried to press us. We’re in great shape. We press. We run.”
Berry Randle’s line read 21 points, 11 rebounds, and five blocked shots. Hosa Baker scored 22, Archie Robinson 17.
Clairemont (11-14) 48, @1 Oxnard Santa Clara (26-3) 94.
SEMIFINALS
2 Lincoln (22-9) 76, Downey Pius X 71 (23-7).
In a shooting slump much of the year, Archie Robinson buried five, three-point shots in the first quarter and finished with 22 points.
FINALS
2 Lincoln 62, 1 Oxnard Santa Clara (27-4) 60, @Cal State Dominguez Hills.
Lincoln led by 14 points in the second half. Archie Robinson’s basket with nine seconds remaining put the Hornets ahead, 62-58, and then Robinson dribbled the clock away after two free throws by the Saints.
Lincoln fought back after trailing the Central Coast Section champion, 30-13, midway in the second quarter.
The Hornets actually took a 55-54 lead on Berry Randle’s basket with 23 seconds remaining, but the Chieftains’ Brandon Peterson tipped in the winning basket.
“We did not lose in the last five seconds,” said Hornets coach Ron Loneski. “We lost it in the first sixteen minutes.”
D-V
FIRST ROUND
Calexico Vincent Memorial (6-15) 55, @Marian 81.
Borrego Springs (9-13) 31, @The Bishop’s 69.
Midway Baptist (7-14) 26, @4 Christian 65.
Lutheran (3-12) 49, @3 Santa Fe Christian 70.
Francis Parker (6-19) 59, @Tri-City 74.
Julian (8-15) 61, @Calvin Christian 67.
QUARTERFINALS
Marian (6-18) 38, @1 Calipatria 89 (21-2) .
Calvin Christian (12-8) 40, @2 La Jolla Country Day 83 (21-3).
The Bishop’s 38, @4 Christian 42 (19-8).
Tri-City (15-8) 52, @3 Santa Fe Christian 53 (22-4).
Brother and sister combination of Shondel (left) and Archie Robinson led Lincoln teams.
SEMIFINALS
1 Calipatria 48, 4 Christian (19-9) 36, @El Capitan High.
The Hornets, ranked eighth in the state in their division by Cal-Hi Sports, forced 32 turnovers. Christian made 3×13 free-throw attempts.
3 Santa Fe Christian 52, 2 La Jolla Country Day 44 (21-4).
FINALS
1 Calipatria 60, 3 Santa Fe Christian (23-5) 58.
Sophomore Roferrel Simpson’s no-look, put-back basket before the halftime buzzer proved the difference. Simpson had 19 points and 13 rebounds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
L.A. Bel Air (19-10) 51, @Calipatria (24-3) 46.
Santa Fe Christian (23-6) 55, @North Hollywood Campbell Hall (22-7) 78.
GIRLS PLAYOFFS
D-I
FIRST ROUND
San Dieguito 44, @Morse 41 (12-14).
Mount Miguel (1-22) 31, @San Marcos 55.
Patrick Henry (1-20) 35, @Granite Hills 56.
Brande Wray drained five consecutive three-point attempts and the Eagles soared.
Hoover 41, @Montgomery 39 (10-14).
Vista 56, @San Diego 48 (9-14).
SECOND ROUND
San Dieguito (9-16), 18 @1 Poway 81.
Chula Vista (11-13), 58 @Rancho Buena Vista 74.
Hoover (6-15) 30, @3 Rancho Bernardo 81.
Orange Glen 50, @Hilltop 29 (16-7).
Southwest (14-9) 44, @Mira Mesa 42.
Vista (6-19) 45, @2 Mt. Carmel 67.
Kris Grazzini set a Sundevils school record with 34 points with 13×17 shooting and pulled 13 rebounds.
Granite Hills (11-16) 44, @4 Bonita Vista 54.
San Marcos 46, @Fallbrook 51 (15-9).
Poway’s Steph Guerena battles for loose ball with Kara Newman of Ventura Buena.
QUARTERFINALS
Fallbrook (15-10) 47, @4 Bonita Vista 58.
Southwest (15-10) 45, @2 Mt. Carmel 67.
Rancho Buena Vista (15-13) 45, @1 Poway 71.
Orange Glen (15-11) 46, @3 Rancho Bernardo 48.
Carol Pajarillo scored 6 points but the last two, on a 15-foot jump shot, was the separator.
SEMIFINALS
1 Poway 90, 4 Bonita Vista 24 (22-4).
2 Mt. Carmel 49, 3 Rancho Bernardo (23-4) 36.
The Sundevils’ Kris Grazzini scored 21 points, denying second-year Rancho Bernardo a boys’ and girls’ finalist.
Jamie Shadian’s four, three-point baskets fired the Titans.
SEMIFINALS
Palos Verdes Rolling Hills (32-0) 75, Poway (27-4) 41.
Kearny’s Shona Jones (left) and Michelle Haines were happy campers after playoff win over Helix.
D-II
FIRST ROUND
Valhalla (4-19) 38, @Grossmont 61.
Ramona (1-24) 24, @Castle Park 45.
Mar Vista (4-14) 25, @Serra 42.
Oceanside (4-21) 51, @Torrey Pines 54.
El Camino (4-19) 36, @El Capitan 45.
SECOND ROUND
Grossmont (12-14) 38, @1 Carlsbad 60.
San Pasqual (12-14) 30, @Monte Vista 46.
Helix (15-10) 43, @Kearny 45.
A Kearny rally started when Shelli Krause launched a 23-foot shot with 34 seconds left and the Komets trailing six. Bingo!
El Capitan (12-12) 40, @2 Point Loma 52.
THIRD ROUND
Torrey Pines (10-16) 45, @3 University City 72.
Serra (13-12) 45, @4 El Cajon Valley 69.
Escondido 44, @Santana (19-7) 42.
Castle Park (15-11) 34, @Mission Bay 47.
QUARTERFINALS
Kearny 34 (20-7), @2 Point Loma 42.
Monte Vista (18-6) 28, @1 Carlsbad 65.
Escondido (11-15) 41, @3 University City 57.
Mission Bay 48, @4 El Cajon Valley 62 (21-4).
Heather Holm (29 points) socked the Buccaneers with back-to-back threes, igniting a 20-2 run by the Braves after they lagged by five in the third quarter.
Tiffany Stutz, maneuvering around Marian’s Jennifer Reyes, averaged almost 26 points for state champion Christian.
SEMIFINALS
1 Carlsbad 73, 4 El Cajon Valley 68 (21-5), OT.
3 University City 43, 2 Point Loma (23-4) 41.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Carlsbad (23-2) 53, 3 University City (24-4) 43, @Sports Arena.
“This seemed so unattainable, but it’s been a dream of mine to win a section title since I was a little kid,” the Lancers’ Vanessa Nygaard, who scored 16 points, told Jim Trotter of The San Diego Union.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
8 Tustin (21-9) 47, @1 Carlsbad 60.
“We were a little rubbery legged…in the first part of the game,” said Dawn Laukes to writer Jim Trotter. “We were coming off a couple tough games against El Cajon and University City and we weren’t used to that.”
University City (24-5) 61, @Cerritos Gahr (26-4) 69.
“We’ve put up two Avocado League banners and one CIF banner,” said Lancers coach John Dubreville. “Next year we’re going to put up a gold (state championship) banner.”
D-III
FIRST ROUND
Madison (1-21) 17, @La Jolla 35.
SEMIFINALS
La Jolla (6-19) 35, @1 Our Lady of Peace 38.
West Hills 45, @2 University (9-16) 38.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Our lady of Peace 61, West Hills (8-15) 38.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
West Covina South Hills (25-3) 70, @Our Lady of Peace (17-9) 54.
West Hills (8-16) 16, @Brea-Olinda (29-2) 96.
D-IV
SEMIFINALS
Imperial (2-15) 12, @1 Lincoln 75.
“If we aren’t .500 or better next year, we won’t play again,” Imperial coach Dan Romero said of a possible future playoff appearance. The Tigers trailed, 24-0, after one quarter.
Holtville (18-7) 43, @2 Coronado 58.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Lincoln 64, 2 Coronado 33 (18-7)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
Fresno San Joaquin Memorial (21-7) 48, @2 Lincoln 59.
A seven-hour bus ride didn’t help the Panthers, who fell behind, 21-2, to start the game.
The Hornets rode the 29 points from Shondel Robinson and 6-foot-3 Hattie Sanders’ 17 rebounds.
Coronado (18-8) 34, @Woodlake (29-2) 51.
SEMIFINALS
Santa Ynez (25-3) 53, @2 Lincoln (21-4) 52.
D-V
FIRST ROUND
La Jolla Country Day 44, @Borrego Springs (10-10) 32.
Calexico Vincent Memorial (7-11) 53, @Parker 66.
SECOND ROUND
Tri-City (2-12) 34, @Marian 84.
The Crusaders’ Jennifer Reyes dished 20 assists, third highest total in section history.
Lutheran @Calipatria, no score.
Francis Parker @Calexico Vincent Memorial, no score.
QUARTERFINALS
La Jolla Country Day (7-13) 35, @1 Christian 68.
Francis Parker (14-9) 40, @2 The Bishop’s 60.
Marian 42, @4 Calvin Christian 31 (14-6).
Calipatria (11-11) 38, @3 Julian 82.
Jennifer Hekel stung the Hornets with 18 points, 18 rebounds.
SEMIFINALS
1 Christian 61, Marian (13-11) 51, @El Capitan High.
3 Julian 57, 2 The Bishop’s (19-6) 48.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Christian 75, 3 Julian (18-10) 47, @Sports Arena.
Tiffany Stutz led the Patriots with 35 points, but freshman Stephanie Shadwell stole the show with a triple double, 20 points, 19 rebounds, and 11 steals.
“I wanted to overcome my nervousness,” Shadwell told Steve Brand of the Union. “On Thursday my coach (Mike Zazvrskey) put a lot of confidence in my head. He believes in me.”
Christian’s Jenny Culbertson faced double-team from Ripon Christian but scored 12 points in first half of D-V state title win..
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
QUARTERFINALS
Julian 69, @San Bernardino Christian (26-1) 61.
The host Knights had been the Southern Section’s only remaining unbeaten team.
1 L.A. Holy Martyrs (24-4) 41, @Christian 65.
SEMIFINALS
Pasadena Poly (18-10) 31, @Christian 64.
Julian (20-11) 52, @Arcadia Rio Hondo (24-1) 58.
FINALS
Christian 57, Arcadia Rio Hondo (24-2) 49.
The Patriots trailed, 32-24, at halftime. Tiffany Stutz, averaging 25.8 points, was hounded by Kares defenders, denying her the ball but Stutz scored 16 points, teaming with Jenny Culbertson on a 16-2 run in the third quarter.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Christian (22-4) 45, Ripon Christian (27-3) 43, @Arco Arena, Sacramento.
Tiffany Stutz stole the ball with eight seconds remaining and passed with three seconds left to Diana DeGrenier, whose layup with .33 hundredths of a second left brought the Patriots home.
2019-20 Week 18: La Jolla Country Day, Cathedral, Madison Girls Still Standing
La Jolla Country Day and Cathedral are where they’re supposed to be, according to the seeds. Madison is a welcome surprise.
That’s the state of San Diego Section basketball today as the section’s final three go into tonight’s Southern California regional finals.
The girls saved the day after the boys went out early, with a thud, despite most boys teams having better seeds and playing at home.
The young men did not beat a team in the first round that had a seed poorer than 10 and the 4 boys winners all went out in the next round.
The La Jolla Country Day girls, ranked number one in the state and in the country, according to Max Preps, will be at home to face No. 4 L.A. Windward, after getting past troublesome Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda, 54-44, in the Open Division semifinals.
IZZY DOES IT
Cathedral’s Izzy Navarro scored seven of her 12 points in the fourth quarter and her steal and basket with 20 seconds left finally put away Studio City Harvard-Westlake, 59-56, in the D-I semifials and send the Dons to another home game against Fullerton Rosary.
The get to the semifinals the No. 1-seed Dons needed a 63-47, quarterfinals victory over Garden Grove Orangewood, which had beaten Cathedral, 65-63 and 64-61, in two earlier encounters.
Madison, which has been upsetting teams since the D-V regional pairings were announced will try to beat the odds again The 10 seed Warhawks entered the San Diego Section postseason with a 10-16 record, compliments of a mid-season, nine-game losing streak,.
Madison (18-17) will make a 228-mile trek to East Bakersfield (22-9). The Max Preps computer rates the Blades 293rd in California, 124 places better than the scrappy squad from Northeast Clairemont.
GIRLS WEEK 18 *Southern Section ^L.A. City ^^Central
DIVISION
TEAM / RECORD
MAX PREPS STATE RATING
SEMIFINALS
NEXT OPPONENT / RECORD
MAX PREPS STATE RATING
OPEN
1 La Jolla Country Day / 32-1
1
4 Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda, 54-44*
4 L.A. Windward / 27-5*
4
I
1 Cathedral / 21-11
16
4 Studio City Harvard Westlake, 59-56*
2 Fullerton Rosary / 22-12*
15
V
10 Madison / 18-17
417
6 San Diego, 46-37
4 East Bakersfield / 22-9^^
293
II
6 Marian / 20-10
54
Loss @2 L.A. Pacific Palisades / 60-55^
Season complete
IV
12 Point Loma / 24-3
104
Loss @1 Lancaster, 51-44*
Season complete
2019-20 Week 17A: San Diego Contingents Stumble in Regional
Super Tuesday was essentially a Super Wipeout for San Diego Section boys teams in the first round of the State Tournament’s Southern California regional. The girls did better.
The guys posted a record of 3 wins and 14 losses, the young ladies 7-8, and the overall 10-22 was in grim comparison to the 16-14 record in the 2018-19 first round.
BOYS
Seven visiting teams from the Southern Section with higher (poorer) seeds came South and took out San Diego Section clubs, some with stunning results.
Could the Russians have meddled with Max Preps‘ computer, which spat out the seeds and pairings?
Most jarring was the manner in which host No. 7 St. Augustine, leading 12-4, in the early going, withered in the heat of a rapid, free-wheeling Riverside Poly team, 83-46.
The same Poly Bears, in their distinctive orange and green uniforms, who lost to St. Augustine, 75-59, in December.
Guard D.J. Davis, a UC-Irvine-bound gunner who scored 30 points and drained half of his teams’ staggering, 16 beyond-the-arc baskets, missed most of the December game.
Husky San Diego State commit Lamont Butler added 22 points and was a force at both ends of the court as three Aztecs assistant coaches looked on.
DIVISION I
No. 4 seed Torrey Pines had one of the few enjoyable evenings for the males, defeating 13 West Hills Chaminade from the northern San Fernando Valley, 82-53.
Host and No. 3 Cathedral, rocked by the automobile accident and loss of Abinna Anyanwu over the weekend, faded in the fourth quarter and lost to 14 Altadena Renaissance, 62-54.
D-II
No. 1 La Canada St. Francis, 82, No. 16 Carlsbad 63.
No. 14 L,.A. Salesian 53, No. 3 Foothills Christian 50.
No. 9 Lake Balboa Birmingham 58, No. 8 Poway 49,
No. 15 Riverside Hillcrest 55, @2 Francis Parker 41.
No. 10 Marian 50, @7 L.A. King Drew 62.
No. 11 Christian 67, @6 Eastvale Roosevelt 76.
No. 13 Santa Fe Christian 57, @4Hesperia 70.
D-III
No. 3 El Camino 77, 14 Adelanto 68.
No. 11 Burbank Providence 68, @6 San Marcos 66, OT.
No. 7 San Diego 63, @10 L.A. Price 72.
D-IV
6 University 81, 11 Calexico 65.
7 San Ysidro 69, 10 L.A. View Park 48.
D-V
12 Classical 43, @5 Redlands Arrowhead Christian 59.
GIRLS
D-II
5 The Bishop’s 58, 12 L.A.Granada Hills 50.
6 Mater Dei, 11 L.A. Hamilton 78.
13 Serra 44, @4 Santa Monica 49.
15 Mission Hills 42, @L.A. Pacific Palisades 59.
D-III
8 Mount Miguel 65, 9 West Covina 35.
10 Poway 25, @7 Calabasas Viewpoint 59.
13 Lincoln 52, @4 Menifee Paloma Valley 62.
D-IV
12 Point Loma 45, @5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 32.
D-V
6 San Diego 52, @11 L.A. Central City Value 45.
7 Madison 49, 10 Santa Barbara Bishop Diego 26
9 San Bernardino 50, @8 Hoover 46.
QUARTERFINALS TOMORROW.
Action resumes Thursday.
The Cathedral girls, who drew a bye in D-!, know their opponent, Garden Grove Orangewood, but Open Division No. 1 La Jolla Country Day will not play until Saturday, taking on the winner of Thursday’s Corona Centennial-Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda game.
Pairings :
BOYS
DIVISION
TEAM
RECORD
FIRST-ROUND WIN
NEXT OPPONENT
RECORD
FIRST-ROUND WIN
I
4 Torrey Pines
27-5
13 West Hills Chaminade, 82-53.*
5 L.A. Windward*.
27-7
12 L.A. Fairfax, 64-62.^
III
3 El Camino
25-6
14 Adelanto 77-68.*
6 Burbank Providence*
26-7
11 San Marcos, 68-66.
IV
6 University City
21-9
11 Calexico, 81-65.
@3 Downey St. Pius X-St. Matthias*.
28-6
14 Yeshiva U. of Los Angeles, 45-39.*
7 San Ysidro
25-8
10 L.A. View Park, 69-48.^
@2 L.A. Pacific Palisades^.
16-11
15 Bakersfield Independence, 57-52.*
*Southern Section. ^L.A. City. **Central.
GIRLS
DIVISION
TEAM
RECORD
FIRST-ROUND WIN
OPPONENT
RECORD
FIRST-ROUND WIN
OPEN
1 La Jolla Country Day
30-1
Bye
5 Corona Centennial or 4 Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda*.
I
1 Cathedral
20-11
Bye
8 Garden Grove Orangewood*.
27-6
9 Bonita Vista, 66-59.
II
5 The Bishop’s
18-10
12 Granada Hills, 58-50 ^.
@4 Santa Monica*.
27-7
13 Serra, 49-44.
6 Mater Dei
19-9
11 L.A. Hamilton, 81-78 ^.
@3 Bakersfield^^.
30-2
14 L.A. El Camino Real, 46-32^.
III
8 Mount Miguel
22-8
9 West Covina, 65-35*.
@1 Santa Maria Righetti^^,
23-4
Bye
IV
11 Otay Ranch
25-8
6 North Hollywood Campbell Hall, 58-50*.
@3 Pasadena La Salle*.
25-8
6 L.A. Marshall, 51-31^.
12 Point Loma
23-2
5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 45-32*.
13 Pomona Ganesha *.
25-3
4 Palm Desert Xavier Prep, 47-46.
V
6 San Diego
21-8
11 L.A. Central City Value, 52-45^.
@3 L.A. King/Drew^.
18-13
Moreno Valley Vista del Lago, 45-29*.
7 Madison
16-17
10 Santa Barbara Bishop Diego, 49-26
@2 Pasadena Marshall*.
25-4
Strathmore, 50-43^^.
2019-20 Week 17: Road to State Championships Starts Here
No teams in the boys’ Open Division looks like a break for San Diego Section teams, which were assigned some favorable seeds in other divisions of first-round play that gets under way in the Southern California regional tournament Tuesday night.
Two girls teams are seeded No. 1 and have byes to the quarterfinals. Open Division La Jolla Country Day goes in not only with the top seed but is ranked first in California and in the Country, according to some voting entities.
Thirty-three boys’ and girls’ squads were invited, compared to 31 last season, and with no opposing Central Section squads most travel will be no more than (hopefully) a three-hour bus ride.
DONS FIRST IN GIRLS D-I
Cathedral, which lost to La Jolla Country Day in the San Diego Section girls Open final, also received a first-round bye in D-I.
Francis Parker, a 2 seed in D-II, is the highest seeded boys squad. Cathedral, El Camino, and Foothills Christian have No. 3 rankings, and Torrey Pines got a desired 4.
Based on seeds 1 through 8, San Diego teams are favored in 16 of 30 opening-round games. Game 31 is not counted because it matches two San Diego Sections squads, University City and Calexico, in D-III.
If history holds, some of those lower seeded, visiting Southern Section teams will be more difficult than expected.
San Diego clubs were 16-14 against Southern, Los Angeles City, and Central section clubs in the first round in 2018-19, but not without disaster. L.A. University, No. 16 in boys D-III, scratched out a 78-74, overtime win at No. 1 Montgomery. No. 12 Temecula Linfield upset No. 5 Grossmont, 63-55, in girls D-IV.
BOYS
DIVISION
TEAM
RECORD
OPPONENT
RECORD
I
3 Cathedral
24-7
14 Altadena Renaissance
24-9*
4 Torrey Pines
26-5
13 West Hills Chaminade
26-8*
7 St. Augustine
24-6
10 Riverside Poly
26-6*
II
2 Francis Parker
22-5
15 Riverside Hillcrest
24-5*
3 Foothills Christian
20-9
14 L.A. Salesian
28-4*
8 Poway
24-5
9 Lake Balboa Birmingham
19-9^
10 Mater Dei
22-6
@7 L.A. King/Drew
23-8^
11 Christian
21-6
@6 Eastvale Roosevelt
24-8*
13 Santa Fe Christian
23-9
@4 Hesperia
24-7*
16 Carlsbad
24-8
@1 La Canada St. Francis
26-8*
III
3 El Camino
24-6
14 Adelanto
27-5*
6 San Marcos
18-11
11 Burbank Providence
25-7*
7 San Diego
21-10
10 L.A. Price
24-10*
IV
6 University City
20-9
11 Calexico
27-3
7 San Ysidro
24-8
10 L.A. View Park
17-8^
9 Coronado
21-10
@8 Harbor City Narbonne
20-12^
V
12 Classical
24-8
@5 Redlands Arrowhead
17-12*
*Southern Section. ^Los Angeles City Section.
GIRLS
DIVISION
TEAM
RECORD
OPPONENT
RECORD
Open
1 La Jolla Country Day
30-1
Bye
I
1 Cathedral
20-11
Bye
9 Bonita Vista
21-9
@8 Garden Grove Orangewood
26-6*
14 La Costa Canyon
22-6
@3 Lynwood
21-8*
15 Westview
26-3
@2 Fullerton Rosary
19-12*
II
5 The Bishop’s
17-10
12 Granada Hills
20-11^
6 Mater Dei
18-9
11 L.A. Hamilton
21-7^
13 Serra
20-9
@4 Santa Monica
26-7*
15 Mission Hills
18-9
@2 L.A. Pacific Palisades
22-9^
III
8 Mount Miguel
21-8
9 West Covina
23-7*
10 Poway
19-12
@7 Calabasas Viewpoint
18-9*
13 Lincoln
23-7
@4 Menifee Paloma Valley
30-3*
IV
12 Point Loma
22-2
@5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
27-5*
V
6 San Diego
20-8
11 L.A. Central City Value
24-5^
7 Madison
15-17
10 Santa Barbara Bishop Diego
23-9*
8 Hoover
28-3
9 San Bernardino
18-12*
SEED PODS
Eastvale Eleanor Roosevelt, the D-II opponent of Christian, is the alma mater of San Diego State star Matt Mitchell…San Diego Section teams open play against 22 Southern Section and 10 Los Angels City Section squads…after posting a 16-14 record in the 2018-19 first round, local clubs were 6-10 in the quarterfinals…Torrey Pines, runner-up in San Diego this season, was the 2018-19 Open Division champion and got in as a No. 8 seed, sentenced to play at No. 1 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon…the result was an 83-38 loss for the Falcons…only Southern Section teams occupy the six-team Open Division bracket this season…seven San Diego teams, almost half of the 16, are in D-III…Cathedral will try to recover from the emotional shock of losing star Obinna Anyanwu, who sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident over the weekend…San Ysidro has won 15 games in a row but a challenging early schedule that left the Cougars 9-8 at the turn of the year worked against them…they’re a 7 seed in the competitive D-III and maybe deserved a better opportunity in D-IV…Francis Parker and Foothills Christian have played three times during the season (Parker won two) and could meet again…they’re 2 and 3 seeds in D-III…St. Augustine is 1-0 against Riverside Poly, the Saints’ D-1 opponent…they defeated the Bears, 75-59, in the Torrey Pines Christmas tournament….
1990-91: And the Scoreboard Blinked…and Blinked.
The three-point basket, which became a part of the game in 1986, continued to be refined and exploited and teams’ scoring points in the 80’s and 90’s was common. One-hundred-point totals were at a record pace.
Valhalla’s Mark Dillon set a state record with 145 three-pointers and tied the state record with 12 treys in a game in which he scored 50 points.
There were 25 games in which the winning team scored at least 100 and Mountain Empire and La Jolla Country Day along with Rancho Buena Vista and Vista each passed 100 in the same game.
12/1/90
“These guys are all arms and legs…their elbows don’t match their knees, but they get the job done,” San Diego coach Dennis Kane said after the Cavers jumped Montgomery with a 33-8 first quarter en route to a 93-51 victory in the University City tournament.
–Alex Love “was shooting from another area code,” observed Claremont coach Greg Lee after Love scored 30 points in a 76-69 win over Hoover.
–Marian traveled 115 miles north of San Francisco to Booneville, population slightly more than 1,000 and home of the Redwood Classic, in which the Crusaders took a 91-83 loss to Bethune, South Carolina, that state’s top 1-A team.
San Diego’s Marino Bowman and Lincoln’s Berry Randle fight for rebound.
Jaamar Lavender scored 27 points and added 14 rebounds and 10 rebounds as Morse scored a rare road win in Los Angeles, defeating Wilmington Banning, 83-81.
–Lincoln fouled its way into defeat in the Norsemen-Warhawk tournament as Mt. Carmel converted 33 of 42 free throw attempts and beat the Hornets, 93-67.
–Nine San Diego Cavers, led by Mike Watson’s 17 points, scored in a 99-51 University City tournament win over Castle Park.
12/5/90
Gilberto Gonzalez scored 52 points, the 11th highest single-game total in County history, to lead Mountain Empire to a 105-82 win over Calexico Vincent Memorial.
12/6/90
Ryan Wooton scored 37 points and eight other Mt. Carmel teammates scored in a 110-61 win over Granite Hills.
12/8/90
Domingo Rivera made two technical free throws with two seconds remaining to lift Mount Miguel to a 78-76 win over Lincoln. The Hornets’ Berry Randle, a transfer from Crawford, was T’d after missing a dunk and then hanging on the rim.
–Erik Meek scored 18 of San Pasqual’s 22 fourth-quarter points and 33 for the game as the Golden Eagles overcame Grossmont, 68-62, after trailing by five after three quarters in the Grossmont Tournament.
12/13/90
Six-foot, nine-inch Ramona center Ryan Knight had 33 points, 16 rebounds, and blocked seven shots, and Ramona, racing to a 38-point third quarter, upended Clairemont, 99-66 with the fifth highest point total in school history. The Bulldogs defeated Borrego Springs, 115-49, in 1972-73.
12/21/90
After defeating L.A. Jordan, 82-74, in the opening round of the Los Angeles Invitational, reality set in for Morse, beaten by one of the northern city elite, Fairfax, 83-44.
–Rancho Buena Vista also got a dose of life in the fast lane, falling despite Darryl Parker’s 43 points to Concord de la Salle, ranked 18th in the state, 98-87, in the 30th Lt. Jim Mitchell Memorial Tournament at San Dieguito.
–Erik Meek scored 33 points and had 14 points and 5 blocked shots but San Pasqual dropped a 93-67 decision to 9-1 Los Angeles Manual Arts in the Artesia Gold Cup.
12/22/90
Legendary coach Morgan Wooten’s DeMatha High team of Hyattsville, Maryland, administered additional punishment to Meek and his teammates, winning, 89-48, at Artesia. Erik Meek scored 28 for the Golden Eagles.
–Rancho Buena Vista and Vista became the first teams in which both scored 100 points. The Longhorns prevailed over their neighboring rival, 118-102, in the Jim Mitchell.
–The 44th Kiwanis Tournament, now second tier to the Jim Mitchell and others, was won by Mt. Carmel, 61-57, in overtime over Poway.
Kearny welcomed Darnay Scott after late- arrival from Komets’ playoff football season.
12/23/90
Host San Dieguito, playing in the Mitchell championship game for the first time in 13 years, was no match for Concord de la Salle, 69-48. The Spartans’ Drew Barry, son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, scored 19 points and added 12 assists and five steals.
12/27-30
The nationally prominent, post-Christmas Above the Rim tournament at Torrey Pines was a showcase for East Coast teams, while almost all other local squads participated in many events of less attraction.
–Monsignor McClancy of Elmhurst, N.Y., took on two of the San Diego area’s best and defeated Torrey Pines, 75-56, and overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to knock down Lincoln, 88-81.
–McClancy was beaten by St. Raymond of New York’s Bronx borough, 79-62, and Jersey City St. Anthony topped St. Raymond, 83-65, for the championship.
–University surprised the County’s two top-ranked teams, beating El Camino, 64-63, and Mt. Carmel, 59-54, to win the Mt. Carmel tournament.
TRIPLE DIGITS
Rancho Buena Vista
Vista
118-102
Mountain Empire
Julian
115-84
La Jolla Country Day
Mountain Empire
113-66
Torrey Pines
Ipswich, Australia
111-36
Lincoln
El Centro Central
111-63
Mt. Carmel
Granite Hills
110-61
Rancho Buena Vista
Escondido
107-75
Christian
Castle Park
106-23
Mountain Empire
La Jolla Country Day
106-102
Mountain Empire
Calexico Vincent Memorial
105-82
University
Ipswich, Australia
104-42
Valhalla
West Hills
104-50
Sweetwater
Castle Park
104-71
San Dieguito
Vista
104-84
Torrey Pines
Castle Park
102-46
Bonita Vista
Chula Vista
102-80
Rancho Buena Vista
Compton
102-67
El Capitan
Santana
101-52
Lincoln
Granite Hills
101-55
Lincoln
Madison
101-80
San Diego
Madison
101-63
Calipatria
Victory Christian
100-27
Helix
Steele Canyon
100-43
Sweetwater
Mar Vista
100-79
Valhalla
Ipswich, Australia
100-80
1/5/91
Marlon Wells, a future San Diego Section coach, led San Diego to 75-64 win over Monte Vista with 16 points, seven rebounds, seven steals, and five assists.
–Erik Meek scored 28 points and had scoring help from 11 others, the 4 other starters, and seven-man bench, as San Pasqual cruised, 94-62 over Mt. Carmel.
–“Welcome back, Darnay Scott,” exclaimed Bill Peterson, coach of the 12-1 Kearny Komets, who beat Sweetwater, 74-69, in the Valhalla Tournament. Scott, finally tuned after arriving late following an all-state football season, scored 29 points with 11 rebounds.
1/10/91
At 6 feet, 9 inches, Ramona’s Travis Knight was rim protector
For the second time in two seasons, Vista was a three-digit victim of San Dieguito. Sean Miller scored 39 points and the Mustangs out ran the Panthers, 104-84, after setting a school record in a 112-87 win the previous season.
1/12/91
San Pasqual stunned top-ranked El Camino, 68-56, behind Erik Meek’s 34 points and a 20-8 fourth quarter.
1/16/91
Valhalla converted just nine of a Section record-tying 41 three-point attempts and felt the pain, losing, 77-56, to visiting Monte Vista.
–A sore back and the promise of a future major league baseball career forced Castle Park’s Benji Gil, averaging 20.7 points, to withdraw from the Trojans’ squad
1/17/91
This week’s top-ranked team took a fall, following previous No. 1 El Camino’s loss. Visiting Torrey Pines knocked off Mt. Carmel, 65-52. “I still think they’re the best team,” Falcons coach John Farrell said of the vanquished Sundevils.
1/19/91
Chris Miller scored 30 points, including a three-pointer to necessitate overtime and then the winning basket with 36 seconds left in the third extra session as Fallbrook nipped Rancho Buena Vista, 89-88.
1/24/91
Mountain Empire, up there in the mountains on Buckman Springs Road near Campo and Pine Valley, reversed the table on La Jolla Country Day.
Mountain Empire’s starting five all scored in double figures, with no contribution from its bench. Gilberto Gonzalez led with 28 in a 106-102 victory that evened the slate with the Torres, who defeated Mountain, 113-66, in their first meeting.
–Until this season, only one game, Sweetwater 116-114 in 1984-85 over a Yugoslavian club team, possibly not all of high school age, had seen triple digits by both teams.
Marlon Wells muscles up shot in San Diego’s 85-78 win over Lincoln.
1/26/91
Lincoln won its 14th consecutive game against San Diego and its 33rd in a row in the Central League, 85-76, over the Cavers. Five-foot-5 sophomore Archie Robinson converted six free throw attempts in the final eight minutes and led the Hornets with 18 points.
2/2/91
Southwest, riding a seven-game winning streak, led Sweetwater, 55-44, with 4:33 remaining in the game when Red Devils coach David Ybarra called time.
The Sweetwater coach looked at his starters and said, “Here’s my best group. My best five. My Top Guns. I’m not going to say another word. You either you do it, or you don’t.”
After trading baskets, Sweetwater scored the last 16 points and won, 62-57.
Said starter Mendel Nafarrete of his coach’s strategy, “I get it now. The silent treatment. Reverse psychology.”
2/12/91
Darnay Scott scored 26 points and retrieved 21 rebounds in an 84-68 win over University. “I like Monday games,” said Scott. “I usually use up a lot of energy in practice the day before (Tuesday) games. Today I felt good.”
2/13/91
Mark Dillon set a state record with 12, three-point baskets and scored 50 points in Valhalla’s 99-61 victory over West Hills. El Segundo’s Chris Hansen first set the record of 11 in January.
“Our game plan was to deny him the threes,” said West Hills coach Brian Daly. “I’ve never seen such a display in high school.” Daly didn’t elaborate whether it was Dillon’s performance or his defense’s.
2/14/91
Lincoln clinched its sixth consecutive Central League championship, 90-60, over Crawford. San Dieguito denied Poway a tie for the Palomar League title, 68-65, as Chris de la Pena scored 30 points, including a 17-footer that iced the game with two seconds left.
–Host St. Augustine broke from a 39-39 tie with Coronado with a 30-16 fourth quarter and 69-55, Harbor League victory.
2/15/91
Valhalla finished the regular season with a school-best 21-6 record and 24 consecutive Grossmont 2-A victories, 87-73 over Grossmont.
2/16/91
Christian couldn’t win a league championship with superstar Tony Clark in 1989-90 but claimed the Harbor title this season, 72-56 over Clairemont behind David Piester’s 40 points. The Patriots’ last league title was in the Central League in 1983-84.
2/17/91
San Diego ended a seven-year, 15-game losing streak to Lincoln, topping the Hornets, 85-79, after getting word the Cavers would forfeit 16 victories by a controversial eligibility rule regarding a player residence’s address. The Dreaded Administrative Glitch issue had gone all the way to San Diego Superior Court before being upheld.
