Christian star Tiffany Stutz played with a re-injured ankle in the state championship game after the underdogs from El Cajon mounted a late-season run through the San Diego Section and state Division V playoffs.

Erik Meek of San Pasqual, headed for Duke University, averaged  30.18 points, a figure topped only by Tony Clark’s 30.3 in 1987-88 and 43.1 in 1989-90.

BOYS PLAYOFFS

(seeds in italics)

DIVISION I

FIRST ROUND

1 Poway 94, Granite Hills (5-20).

2 San Diego 73, Patrick Henry 45 (7-18).

The Cavers, victims of the Dreaded Administrative Glitch, which forced them to forfeit 16 victories because of a player’s residential ineligibility, “improved” their record to 3-19.  Competitively they were 18-4.

Rancho Buena Vista 67, Mount Miguel 49 (15-10).

San Dieguito 60, Bonita Vista 58, OT (14-9).

Matt de la Pena buried a three-pointer with 10 seconds left in regulation and scored the only points in the extra session.

3 Fallbrook 79, Montgomery 42 (7-18).

4 Morse 69, Hilltop 35 (12-14).

Southwest 82, Mira Mesa 68 (15-11).

Mt. Carmel 74, Chula Vista 63 (14-13).

The game had been postponed for a day because of a power failure in the Mt. Carmel gymnasium.  Dana Pope supplied the juice for the Sundevils with 23 points.

QUARTERFINALS

1 Poway 68, San Dieguito 58 (15-12).

Rancho Buena Vista 62, 2 San Diego 54 (3-20).

Mt. Carmel 54, 4 Morse 53 (17-11).

Robert Treahy was playing club volleyball when Coach John Marincovich informed Treahy that if he wanted to switch to basketball he would have to finish out this season to be considered for a position in 1991-92.

Treahy’s free throw with 12 seconds left was the difference as the Sundevils beat the favored Tigers.

3 Fallbrook 69, Southwest 47 (17-10).

SEMIFINALS

Rancho Buena Vista 55, 3 Fallbrook 53 (20-10).

Poway 57, Mt. Carmel 39 (20-8).

The Sundevils were scoreless…zero, zip, nada…in the fourth quarter.

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Poway 70, Rancho Buena Vista 50 (15-14).

After a 10-year hiatus, Doug Wealch had returned to Poway and coached a champion, before 6,225 persons in the Sports Arena.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS

4 Poway 72, 5 Manual Arts (L.A. City, 23-5) 66.

Kyle Milling had 23 points and 23 rebounds and Bill Rarity added 23 points for the Titans who outscored the Toilers, 32-8, from the free throw line.

Manual had manufactured at least 100 points in 12 games but Poway advanced with tough, physical defense.

The Titans’ victory was only the second by a San Diego Section team against a D-I, regional opponent since the state tournament resumed in 1981-82. Poway did it in 1985-86 against Pasadena Muir.

SEMIFINALS

1 Fremont (L.A. City, 32-1) 44, 4 Poway 41 (21-7).

The Titans trailed, 42-41, with 30 seconds left and had two chances to take the lead at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson.  They were scoreless the last 2:45.

“We escaped one,” said Fremont’s Antoine Dent, who led all scorers with 12 points. The Pathfinders ranked No. 8, in the U.S.

“They’re a very good team,” Fremont Coach Sam Sullivan said of the Titans to Jim Trotter of The San Diego Union.  “They’re very disciplined and well-coached, like I knew they’d be.  I think we got a little lackadaisical.”

D-II

FIRST ROUND

San Pasqual 73, University City 49 (12-10).

Six-foot, 10-inch Erik Meek bombed the Centurions with 41 points and 23 rebounds, shooting 15×22 from the floor and 11×13 from the free-throw line. U.C. mourned teammate Ian Krebs, who had passed away in his sleep two weeks before.

1 El Camino 92, El Cajon Valley 50 (7-18).

Grossmont 70, Monte Vista 58 (16-9).

2 Torrey Pines 102, Castle Park 46 (9-15).

3 Valhalla 80, Hoover 67 (12-10).

4 Helix 70, Vista 68, 2 OT (9-16).

—Derrick Henry rescued an offensive rebound and banked in a follow shot for the Highlanders’ third win against no losses in extra sessions.

—Henry’s shot followed a short stint on the bench, at which he got the word from Coach John Singer.  “His game is going to the offensive boards and he wasn’t doing that,” said Singer.

Serra 80, El Capitan 49 (8-14).

Carlsbad 56, Sweetwater 47 (21-6).

The 1989-90 D-I champion exited, compliments of the 11-times-defeated Lancers, whose Calvin Coleman held 22-point scorer Melvin Rushing to seven points.

QUARTERFINALS

San Pasqual 70, 2 Torrey Pines 59 (21-8).

“If we shoot like we did tonight, we’ll win it all, because Meek will dominate anyone inside,” said Golden Eagles coach Tom Buck, after Erik Meek scored 26 points and had 14 rebounds.

1 El Camino 81, Grossmont 69 (16-9).

4 Helix 57, Carlsbad 49 (15-12).

Valhalla 78, Serra 56 (16-7).

SEMIFINALS

El Camino 90, Helix 67 (20-6).

San Pasqual 79, Valhalla 55 (21-9).

CHAMPIONSHIP

San Pasqual 73, 1 El Camino 70.

Fourteen of Erik Meek’s 33 points and seven of his 17 rebounds came in the final quarter

“I told myself it was time to do something,” said Meek.

“He made the big-time shots,” said El Camino coach Ray Johnson, whose defense forced Meek away from the basket for off-balance jump shots.  “If he misses, we get every rebound and it’s a different story.”

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

3 San Pasqual 79, Irvine Woodbridge (Southern, 21-11) 71.

Erik Meek scored 39 points, pulled 9 rebounds, and blocked six shots against the Southern Section runner-up. The Golden Eagles led, 45-26, at halftime.

5 El Camino 71, 8 Bakersfield Foothill (Central, 14-15) 61.

The Wildcats made the most of their 390-mile-roundtrip to the South end of the San Joaquin Valley, especially Jeff Reeves, whose 23 points included five, three-point baskets.

SEMIFINALS

2 Tustin (Southern, 28-4) 85, 3 San Pasqual 61 (20-8).

“They just had to much quickness for us,” said San Pasqual coach Tom Buck, whose team’s 1-3-1 zone defense in the second quarter was exploited by the Tillers, who scored on 10×13 shots in a 22-8 run that led to a 39-23 halftime lead.

1 Artesia (30-2, Southern) 53, 5 El Camino 40 (23-6).

Ed O’Bannon had graduated to UCLA but younger brother Charles led a lineup of three sophomore starters and one junior.

El Camino took an 8-4 lead but that quickly became a 10-8 deficit.  The Pioneers never looked back.

–Tustin surprised Artesia, 51-36, in the division finals.

D-III

FIRST ROUND

La Jolla 80, West Hills 67 (1-19).

QUARTERFINALS

1 Kearny 84, La Jolla 55 (3-20).

2 University 56, Rancho Bernardo 38 (4-17).

First-year Rancho Bernardo scrapped to a 27-27 halftime tie with the 18-5 Dons.

3 Ramona 95, Santana 58 (7-15).

4 St. Augustine 84, Madison 70 (12-11).

SEMIFINALS

1 Kearny 79, 4 St. Augustine 57 (14-12).

3 Ramona 80, 2 University 62 (19-5). 

“Alfonso is Alfonso.  He makes me a good coach,” said Ramona’s Al Schaffer.  The subject of the coach’s praise was Alfonso de la Nuez, who scored nine consecutive points at the start of the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs opened a 15-point lead.

CHAMPIONSHIP

3 Ramona 73, 1 Kearny 55.

“We’ll pay for the new nets,” shouted Ramona coach Al Schaffer when told by officious honchos that the Bulldogs could not take part in a traditional cutting down:  “Each player gets one snip.  And the coach gets the last snip.”

Huh?

Three “menacing” security guards at downtown Golden Hall were determined to apparently save Hall management the $3 cost of replacing the nets, according to Tom Shanahan of the Evening Tribune.

“The guards took their defensive position by posting up in a triangle form under the basket,” Shanahan wrote.  Wiser heads prevailed and Ramona was able to take part in the ceremony.

Alfonso de la Nuez, an exchange student from Madrid, Spain, who was supposed to return home after his junior year but stuck around, led the Bulldogs with 21 points that included five three-pointers.

The championship was the first for Ramona since it won the last of four Class 1-A titles in 1972-73.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

7 Kearny 73, 2 Lemoore (22-6, Central) 71, OT.

Darnay Scott’s 22 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, six on offensive put- backs, led the Komets from a 10-point deficit.

Kearny’s Ali Nayab stole the ball and passed to Demetrious Brown, whose layup gave the Komets the lead for good in overtime.

5 Costa Mesa Estancia (26-5, Southern) 84, 4 Ramona 68 (20-6).

Playing at home, Ramona fell behind, 45-27, at halftime.  The Bulldogs outscored the Eagles, 41-39, in the second half as Alfonso de la Nuez closed his American basketball career with 24 points.

SEMIFINALS

3 Pomona (24-6, Southern) 72, 7 Kearny 52 (24-7).

Kearny didn’t help itself, missing 12 of 17 free throws.

D-IV

QUARTERFINALS

Mountain Empire 79, 3 Holtville 74.

Coronado 4 Imperial, no score.

SEMIFINALS

1 Lincoln 104, Coronado 49 (6-20).

2 Clairemont 77, Mountain Empire 68 (13-11).

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Lincoln 68, 2 Clairemont 54.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS

3 Lincoln 71, 6 Easton Washington (21-7, Central) 67.

“I was thinking, ‘Los Angeles,” sophomore point guard Archie Robinson told writer Tom Shanahan after Robinson’s two free throws clinched the victory.  “My teammates were saying, ‘Come on, Archie, send us to L.A.’”

Cal State Dominguez Hills, where the Hornets would play next, is located in  Los Angeles suburb Carson.

1 Oxnard Santa Clara (26-4, Southern) 76, 8 Clairemont 44 (12-13).

SEMIFINALS

3 Lincoln 107, 6 Santa Maria St. Joseph (25-4, Southern) 89.

A  290-mile, six-hour drive, a nine-player roster, and Archie Robinson’s five, first-half three-pointers, worked against the host Saints, who may have inspired the 5-foot-5 Robinson.

“Their team was laughing when Archie was introduced,” said Hornet coach Ron Loneski.

SEASON LEADERS

Unofficial, some scorers and totals  missing or incomplete

NAME	TEAM	GAMES	POINTS	AVERAGE
Erik Meek	San Pasqual	27	815	30.18 (1)
Mark Dillon	Valhalla	30	723	24.1 (3)
Alex Love	Clairemont	24	606	25.25 (2)
Darryl Parker	Rancho Buena Vista	28	671	23.96 (4)
Berry Randle	Lincoln	30	636	21.2 (10)
Brad Grubaugh	Rancho Buena Vista	28	622	22.2 (6)
Alfonzo De la Nuez	Ramona	26	602	23.15 (5)
Miller	Fallbrook	28	599	21.39 (9)
Green	Chula Vista	27	587	21.7 (7)
Brown	Hilltop	27	578	21.48 (8)
Rushing	Sweetwater	27	566	20.96 (11)
Reeves	El Camino	29	559	19.27
Dave Piester	Christian	28	551	19.67
Matt De la Pena	San Dieguito	27	544	20.14
Sean Howard	San Dieguito	27	543	20.11
Eric Barajas	University	26	499	19.19
Travis Knight	Ramona	26	498	19.15
Pike	Patrick Henry	24	479	19.96

FINALS

 1 Oxnard Santa Clara (28-4, Southern) 68, 3 Lincoln 55, 21-10.

By winning, Santa Clara positioned itself to bid third straight state championship, which it lost to Hayward, 62-45.

D-V

FIRST ROUND

Francis Parker-Lutheran, no score.

Tri-City 58, Calexico Vincent Memorial 54 (18-8).

Marian 71, Borrego Springs 28 (7-10).

4 The Bishop’s 77, Victory Christian 38 (1-16).

Santa Fe Christian 55, Calvin Christian 51 (11-12).

QUARTERFINALS

2 La Jolla Country Day 87, Francis Parker 54 (5-19)

1 Christian 92, Santa Fe Christian 67 (10-15)

4 The Bishop’s 53, Marian 47, OT (14-14).

Calipatria 59, Tri-City 49 (15-10).

SEMIFINALS

Calipatria 72, La Jolla Country Day 64 (17-5).

1 Christian 57, 4 The Bishop’s 42 (19-5).

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Christian 57, Calipatria 43.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

1 La Canada Ribet (29-2, Southern) 75, 8 Calipatria 54 (21-7).

6 Arcadia Rio Hondo (26-2, Southern) 61, 3 Christian 51 (22-6).

The Patriots lost the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Kares’ boys and girls teams at Valhalla.

GIRLS PLAYOFFS

DIVISION I

FIRST ROUND

1 Poway 73, Mount Miguel 15 (4-12).

Mira Mesa 62, Bonita Vista 43 (9-12).

Southwest 65, San Diego 41 (5-18).

4 Fallbrook 56, Hilltop 36 (8-16).

3 Granite Hills 67, Orange Glen 37 (5-20).

Christina Adams scored 27 points, including seven from beyond the three-point arc.

Rancho Buena Vista 62, Morse 44 (6-15).

San Dieguito 62, Chula Vista 47 (10-15).

2 Mt. Carmel 69, Montgomery 22 (8-17).

QUARTERFINALS

1 Poway 68, San Dieguito 58 (15-12).

2 Mt. Carmel 68, Mira Mesa 34 (11-15).

4 Fallbrook 59, Southwest 52 (16-6).

3 Granite Hills 84, Rancho Buena Vista 45 (13-13).

SEMIFINALS

1 Poway 50, Fallbrook 37 (18-10).

2 Mt. Carmel 93, Granite Hills 73 (20-8).

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Poway 55, 2 Mt. Carmel 41 (21-3).

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

5 Chino (29-4, Southern) 62, 4 Poway 53 (26-2).

D-II

FIRST ROUND

Escondido 46, Monte Vista 40, OT (15-9).

Freshman Truc Huynh scored 24 points, including five in overtime.  “She played the game of her (very young) career,” said Cougars coach Lori Becker.

San Pasqual 60, Vista 32 (12-12).

2 Carlsbad 57, Grossmont 26 (6-14).

1 El Cajon Valley 90, Serra 45 (7-16).

Heidi Holm led the 24-1 Braves with 28 points. Sister Heather had 20.

University City 53, Helix 32 (10-11).

Torrey Pines 49, San Marcos 43 (12-12).

Point Loma 62, Mar Vista 23 (10-12).

Castle Park 61, Mission Bay 36. (11-12).

QUARTERFINALS

1 El Cajon Valley 89, San Pasqual 57 (19-3).

Heather Holm had 27 points, Monica Krakes 20, and Julie Woodley 13 points and 10 rebounds.

2 Carlsbad 61, Escondido 38 (14-10).

Torrey Pines 39, 3 Point Loma 38 (24-3).

4 Castle Park 63, University City 47 (20-5).

“Nobody ever gives the South Bay (teams) any respect…all those North County and East County schools.  We’re going to represent the South Bay,” said the Trojans Christina Murguia, to writer Buster Olney.

Murguia accentuated the point with 28 points, 25 rebounds, 11 assists, and four blocked shots, although the losing Centurions geographically were not North or East but more or less Central.

SEMIFINALS

2 Carlsbad 69, Torrey Pines 43 (16-12).

1 El Cajon Valley 60, Castle Park 53  (23-5).

Heather Holm scored 23 of her 30 points in the second half and buried a three-point shot with 1:28 remaining to break a 53-53 tie.

Braves coach Bob Holm, Heather’s father said of Heather’s attempt to Buster Olney of The San Diego Union: “If my old man was on the bench I don’t know if I would have had the guts to shoot it.”

“We beat them if we don’t get the fouls (three starters fouled out in the last five minutes),” said Castle coach Chuck Mills.  “I think if we’d play them tomorrow we’d beat them.”

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 El Cajon Valley 55, 2 Carlsbad 42.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

7 Ventura (24-4, Southern) 71, 2 El Cajon Valley 67 (27-2).

5 Carlsbad 54, 4 Reedley (20-6, Central) 44.

SEMIFINALS

1 Brea Olinda (31-1, Southern) 61, 5 Carlsbad 47 (24-3).

D-III

FIRST ROUND

Ramona 45, West Hills 42 (8-16).

QUARTERFINALS

2 Kearny 60, Our Lady of Peace 47 (9-14).

Twins Shelli (22 points, 14 rebounds) and Melissa (22 and 13) Krause led the Komets.

1 Santana 62, Ramona 43 (3-19).

Desiree Weiman scored 30 points, giving her a career total of 1,022, No. 6 all-time in the San Diego Section.

3 Rancho Bernardo 58, La Jolla 31 (7-11).

4 University 48, Madison 32 (12-11).

SEMIFINALS

Kearny 39, 3 Rancho Bernardo 38 (18-5).

Santana 60, University 44 (11-12)

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Santana 46, 2 Kearny 36 (19-8).

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

3 Santana 70, 6 Costa Mesa Estancia (20-10, Southern) 62.

4 Playa del Rey St. Bernard (25-6, Southern) 59, 5 Kearny 30 (20-9).

SEMIFINALS

6 Lompoc 65 (24-3, Southern), 3 Santana 58 (23-6).

Twenty-nine points by Stephanie Thompson and 19 by Desiree Weiman were not enough as the Sultans were upset.

D-IV

QUARTERFINALS

3 Coronado 48, Clairemont 12 (0-17).

The Chieftains were improving.  They lost an earlier game to the Islanders, 55-2.

4 Imperial 44, Mountain Empire 40

SEMIFINALS

3 Coronado 49, 2 Holtville 48 (16-9).

A see-saw final five minutes saw Holtville, trailing, 46-40, take a 48-46 lead, but the Islanders rallied, thanks to a basket by Michelle Stevens and free throw by Kristie Luckenbill.

1 Lincoln 104, Imperial 35 (3-15).

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Lincoln 63, Coronado 34 (17-8).

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

3 Lincoln 71, 6 Woodlake (21-6, Central) 47.

1 Santa Maria St. Joseph (24-5, Southern) 64, 8 Coronado 19 (17-9).

SEMIFINALS

2 Morro Bay (26-3, Southern) 54, Lincoln 43 (19-3).

D-V

FIRST ROUND

Marian-Calexico Vincent Memorial, no score.

Francis Parker 57, Calipatria 42 (5-13).

Lutheran 52, Borrego Springs 47 (10-8).

4 The Bishop’s 77, Victory Christian 36 (1-16).

QUARTERFINALS

Francis Parker 56, 3 La Jolla Country Day 50 (14-11).

1 Christian 77, Marian 45 (7-16).

Tiffany Stutz (37 points), Jenny Culberson (16 points, 12 rebounds), and Jennifer Reyes (16 points) led the Patriots.

4 The Bishop’s 59, Julian 52 (14-7).

Lutheran 2 Calvin Christian, no score.

SEMIFINALS

2 Calvin Christian 51, Francis Parker 43.

1 Christian 79, 4 The Bishop’s 46 (12-15).

CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Christian 63, Calvin Christian 51.

Christian trailed, 34-25, at halftime. “We’d looked at film of Calvin early in the week and some of the girls were laughing,” recounted Patriots boss Kenny Weeks to Steve Brand of the Union.  “At halftime I told them the laughing was over.”

Tiffany Stutz scored 32 points for the Patriots, who won their 15^th straight game.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL

QUARTERFINALS

3 Christian 63, 6 Arcadia Rio Hondo (22-5, Southern) 59.

“I told them I wanted them to play knock-down, drag-out full court for the final four minutes,” Patriots coach Kenny Weeks told Buster Olney.

Christian, trailing, 59-52, with 3:02 remaining, closed out the Kares with an 11-0 finish.

4 Hemet Baptist (23-5, Southern) 40, 5 Calvin Christian 36 (21-5).

SEMIFINALS

3 Christian 43, 2 Strathmore (22-6, Central) 40.

FINALS

3 Christian 62, 1 San Luis Obispo Mission Prep 51 (22-6, Southern).

Tiffany Stutz scored 25 points and the Patriots, leading 52-49, closed with a 10-2 finish.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Atherton Menlo 65 (28-8, Central Coast), Christian 48 (24-6).

Playing for coach John Paye, her brother, Kelly Paye bombed the Patriots with 21 points, 10 assists, and 8 steals.

The Patriots’ Tiffany Stutz, averaging 22.2 points, scored 11 and spent time on the bench after reinjuring ankle that first was sprained in the volleyball season the previous spring.

 

CHAMPIONSHIPS

SEEDS IN ITALICS

OPEN BOYS

Cathedral was hot. The No. 1-seed Dons had won 14 of their last 16, but No. 2 Torrey Pines was hotter, on a 15-game winning streak.

It wasn’t about heat; it was defense.

The Dons, who won the Division I championship in 2018-19,  trailed, 28-25, at halftime but broke to a 39-34 lead in the third quarter, forcing Torrey Pines into six turnovers en route to a 59-51 victory.

It was the second consecutive championship for Cathedral’s Will Cunningham, who has coached largely in the background of other veteran mentors, such as John Olive of Torrey Pines and Mike Haupt of St. Augustine.

Olive has won 526 games and Haupt 521 in 23 years, but Cunningham has enjoyed similar success with the Dons, posting a 215-106 record in 11 seasons.

Announced attendance was 4,250 at Rimac Arena on the University of California at San Diego campus.

OPEN GIRLS

The Torreys (30-1) and the top team in California, according to Cal-Hi Sports, relished their 1 seed in the school’s first foray into Open Division competition in any sport.

Coach Terry Bamford’s team got off to 9-0 start and never trailed, riding the 26 points and 13 rebounds of Te-hina Paopao to win, 54-37.

No. 2 Cathedral led, 22-21, at halftime.

“Coach told us to run our stuff,” Paopao said.  “She also told us to start knocking down shots,”

BOYS D-I

“How you move on after adversity is everything,” said Santa Fe Christian coach Chad Bickley after the top-seed Eagles (23-9) dispatched No. 2 seed Carlsbad (24-9), 71-58.

The Eagles regrouped to win their third championship in the last four years after Trevan Martin, their top returning player, was lost with a knee injury before the season.

Bickley, 253-162 as the Solana Beach school’s coach since the 2006-07 season, told John Maffei of The San Diego Union, “Ultimately all you can control is how hard you play, if you play together, and how smart you play.”

Jailen Nelson scored 26 for Carlsbad.  Sam Dudley and Keatten Smith each scored 14 for the winners.

GIRLS D-I

No. 2 seed Serra was in front of top-ranked Mission Hills, 56-49 with 1:39 remaining, when the Grizzlies went on a 9-2 run and  tied the score at 58.

The Grizzlies (20-12)  were stunned when the Conquistadors’ Charissa Thomas, staring at six seconds left on the scoreboard clock, dribbled the length of the court and laid in a basket for a 60-58 victory.

Sa’de Wiley Gatewood, the state player of the year at Lynwood High in  2001-02 and who coached Mission Bay to a San Diego Section championship in 2011-12, won a championship in her first season at Serra (20-9).

Mission Hills was making its seventh consecutive championship appearance and lost its third in a row,

BOYS D-II

San Diego will be making its third trip in  three seasons to the regional playoffs, compliments of coach Basil Fontenot and his players, who revived a comatose program in 2016.

The No. 2 Cavers, winners over No. 5 University City, 87-79, are 81-42 under Fontenot and now have two consecutive titles, following a D-III championship last season.

The Cavers were 27-102 in the five seasons Fontenot assumed the program in

San Diego (21-10) enjoyed a 16-4 run at the end of the first quarter and was ahead, 30-13, after a 12-2 push in the second. The Centurions, playing without leading scorer Francky Naguidebe, out with a leg injury for much of the game, fought back.

The Centurions closed a 50-34 deficit to 52-48, but the Cavers stretched the lead to 73-57 and withstood U.C.’s 22-14 finish.

“Was it scary when they cut it to four?” replied A.C. Burgin to writer John Maffei, “It (was) scary when we’re up ten, up twenty.”

Burgin led both teams with 31 points, 18 rebounds, and 8 assists.  Tyler Castillo added 24 points and 16 rebounds,  Luke Minnick had 24 points and Kasen Dickerson 20 for U.C.

The teams attempted 63 free throws and officials called 50 fouls.

GIRLS D-II

No. 2  Lincoln (27-4) opened a 10-point advantage with 3:52 to play after sharing the lead 11 times in the first three quarters of the Hornets’ 49-44 win over No. 1 Otay Ranch (24-8).

Imani James scored 10 of her 14 points and was  6×6 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter.  Maria Flores, all of 5 feet, led the Hive with 15 points.

Of her fourth quarter, James informed writer John Maffei, “My team looks to me for leadership.  I’m the backbone of the team.

“We have other players to score, but I need to come through in the clutch,”James added.

James also noted that “Maria is my partner in crime, has been since freshman year.”

BOYS D-III

Jurian Dixon, the less-heralded of 24-8 San Ysidro’s fab freshmen scored 31 points and pulled 21 rebounds to lead the Cougars to a 71-59 win over 21-10 Coronado, itself led by junior Wayne McKinney III, a transfer from Lake Oswego, Oregon, who scored 32.

Mikey Williams, San Ysidro’s more ballyhooed ninth-grader, played through a leg cramp and scored 16 points, and Kailen Rains, the third 20-plus scorer on the team, added 16.

The Cougars led the Islanders, 45-35, at the end of three quarters and kept them at a distance in a 26-24 fourth.

The Montgomery-hosted game was sold out at halftime of the Point Loma-Madison girls championship contest and was witnessed by a standing-room-only crowd of more than 3,000 persons, according to John Maffei of The San Diego Union.

Williams, who set a San Diego Section with 77 points in a December game, is second among the state’s leading scorers, according to Max Preps, with a 30.3 average and has scored 908 points in 30 games.

Williams could catch Oak Park’s Clark Slajchert, the state leader with a 31-point average and 930 points. Slajchert’s season ended at 27-3 with a second-round loss in the Southern Section D-I playoffs.

McKinney is fifth in the state with a reported 27-game average of 28.8 and 778 points.  Dixon is 22nd with a 24.8 average and 794 points in 32 games.

GIRLS D-III

No. 1 Point Loma (22-2) made its first championship game appearance in seven years and finally put away upset-minded No. 10 Madison (15-17), 56-55, in overtime at Montgomery High.

“I’ve hit clutch free throws before, but I’ve never hit a bigger shot,” Pointers sophomore Mikaela Miles told John Maffei.

Miles  whose 15 points augmented the 24 by teammate Sarah Heckman, drained a three-pointer with six seconds left in the three-minute, extra session

BOYS D-IV

The 27-3, No. 1 seed Bulldogs and their loyal fans, who outnumbered local El Capitan’s, enjoyed Queen’s “We are the Champions“, after battling desert winds and the sudden gusts of the In-Ko-pah Pass, which takes visitors from Calexico, 3 feet above sea level, to an elevation of 4,647 feet, on a 120-mile trip to Serra High.

Calexico’s 70-57 victory over the No. 6, 14-15 Vaqueros seemed piece of cake when the Bulldogs bolted to a 29-13, second-quarter lead.  But the Vaqs made a 15-3 rally and suddenly were in contention, trailing, 32-29.

The Bulldogs’ Fabian Reyna (23 points), Aaron Tabarez (19), and Julian Beltran (17) and the Bulldogs held serve.  Jacob Pfitzner, a 6-foot-4, the tallest player on the floor scored 26 for the Lakeside squad.

GIRLS D-IV

“I was more nervous before this game than any one I played in high school,” said coach Andrea Bird of the top seeded Cavers (21-8) after they defeated 3 seed Clairemont (19-13), 56-48.

Bird was a member of San Diego’s last San Diego Section championship team, the 27-6 squad of coach Lonnie Jones in D-I in 2011-12.

Maddie Black scored 20 points for the Cavers, who opened a 53-40 lead after Black made three consecutive layups following Elisabeth Beesley’s three pointer.

BOYS D-V

About 2.3 miles and approximately eight minutes drive separate the campuses of Calvin Christian (1868 North Broadway) from Classical (207 East Pennsylvania) in Escondido, but the neighboring rivals decided matters 19 miles west at Carlsbad High.

The Caimans of Classical (21-8) clinched their eighth consecutive victory as first section title when senior Maximus Brown went coast to coast for a game-tying layup and added a free throw with 1.4 seconds left to beat the 16-8 Calvin Crusaders.

Calvin had taken a 41-39 lead with 6.8 seconds remaining when  6-foot, 10-inch  Martin Gumwel, who scored 18 points and had 19 rebounds, tipped in a basket.

GIRLS D-V

The Hoover Cardinals took flight on the wings of Namaya Sowunni’s 32 points and two critical free throws by Jurnee Harriage with 12.6 seconds remaining to edge Calexico Vincent Memorial, 63-61, at Carlsbad High. .

Carey Miller, Hoover’s third coach in three seasons, lifted Cardinals from the wreckage of a 6-21 previous year.  Recent history included a 14-9 record in 2017-18, which followed an 0-38 slog from 2015-17.

The 1 seed Cardinals overcame a 24-6 lead by the 2 seed Scots (25-1) early in the second quarter.

Hoover’s losses were to 11-17 University City, 51-39; 21-8 Holtville, 44-33, and 74-41 to 19-12 Clairemont.

RESULTS THROUGH SEMIFINALS

BOYS

OPEN DIVISION

QUARTERFINALS

8 Christian 9 (21-6) 61, @1 Cathedral 72 (22-7).

5 Francis Parker (22-4) 70, @4 Foothills Christian 63 (20-9).

6 Poway (24-5) 43, @3 Torrey Pines 74 (25-4).

7 Mater Dei (22-6) 60, @2 St. Augustine 65 (23-7).

SEMIFINALS

5 Francis Parker 64 (22-5) at 1 Cathedral 87 (23-7).

3 Torrey Pines 56 (26-4), @2 St. Augustine 54 (24-7).

D-I 

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Mount Miguel (4-21) 36, @1 Santa Fe Christian 75 (20-9).

9 Mission Bay (12-17) 66, @8 Rancho Buena Vista 58 (14-15).

12 Vista (10-19)  58, @5 Helix 72 (23-6).

13 The Bishop’s (11-18) 50, @4 San Marcos 73 (17-10).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Mission Bay (12-18) 51, @1 Santa Fe Christian 60 (21-9).

5 Helix (23-7) 50, @4 San Marcos 73 (18-10).

SEMIFINALS

4 San Marcos (18-11) 50, @1 Santa Fe Christian (22-9), 53.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Westview (12-16) 38, vs. 3 El Camino 56 (23-5) @Army-Navy.

11 Rancho Bernardo (12-15) 38, @6 La Costa Canyon 64 (18-12).

10 La Jolla Country Day 48, (12-16) @7 Mission Hills 64 (17-12).

15 Montgomery (12-16) 41, @2 Carlsbad 59 (22-7).

QUARTERFINALS

6 La Costa Canyon 46 (18-13), @3 El Camino 50 (24-5).

7 Mission Hills 41 (17-13) @2 Carlsbad 57 (23-7).

SEMIFINALS

3 El  Camino (24-6), 44, @2 Carlsbad 72 (24-7).

D-II

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Point Loma (13-16) 58, @1 Bonita Vista 57 (20-9).

9 Olympian (18-10) 55, @8 Orange Glen 63 (15-14).

12 Lincoln (11-13) 57, @5 University City 61 (18-8).

13 Serra (14-15) 73, @4 Otay Ranch 78 (19-10).

QUARTERFINALS

16 Point Loma (13-17) 51, @8 Orange Glen 54 (16-14).

5 University City (19-8) 73, @4 Otay Ranch 71 (19-11).

SEMIFINALS

8 Orange Glen (15-15) 41, @5 University City 69 (20-8)..

LOWER BRACKET

14 Canyon Crest 51 (10-19) @3 Army-Navy 47 (17-12).

11 Scripps Ranch 52 (14-10) @6 Oceanside 43 (17-11).

10 Del Norte 67 (16-11) @7 Escondido 62 (20-9).

15 Patrick Henry 60 (13-15) @2 San Diego 62 (18-10).

QUARTERFINALS

14 Canyon Crest (11-19) 42 @11 Scripps Ranch 41 (14-11).

10 Del Norte (16-12) 45, @2San Diego 52 (19-10).

SEMIFINALS

14 Canyon Crest (11-20) 51, @2 San Diego 68 (20-10).

D-III

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Madison (11-18) 60, @1 San Ysidro 93 (21-8).

9 Ramona (12-17) 49, @8 Brawley 58 (20-9).

12 Morse (14-15) 42, @5 Granite Hills 44 (16-9).

13 Hoover (11-18) 70, @4 Grossmont 61 (16-10).

QUARTERFINALS

8 Brawley (20-10) @1 San Ysidro 105 (22-8).

13 Hoover (11-19) 48, @5 Granite Hills 49 (17-9).

SEMIFINALS

5 Granite Hills (17-10) 60, @1 San Ysidro 85 (23-8), @Montgomery High..

LOWER BRACKET

14 Pacific Ridge (19-10) 25, @3 Eastlake 73 (16-13).

11 Mission Vista (16-12) 80, @6 Tri-City 77 (17-12).

10 West Hills (14-14) 58, @7 Mt. Carmel 56 (10-19).

15 San Dieguito (8-21) 36, @2 Coronado 53 (19-9).

QUARTERFINALS

11 Mission Vista (16-13) 66, @3 Eastlake 94 (17-13).

10 West Hills (14-15) 39, @2 Coronado 63 (20-9).

SEMIFINALS

3 Eastlake (17-14) 46, @2 Coronado 60 (21-9).

D-IV

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Victory Christian (13-16) 53, @1 Calexico 66 (24-3).

9 Calipatria (18-10) 48, @8 Clairemont 41 (15-10).

12 Escondido Charter (13-16) 39, @5 El Centro Central 66 (15-14).

13 Chula Vista (10-16) 55, @4 Monte Vista 67(18-11).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Calipatria (18-11) 37, @1 Calexico 70 (25-3).

5 El Centro Central (16-14) 61, @4 Monte Vista 41 (18-12).

SEMIFINALS

5 El Centro Central (17-14) 49, @1 Calexico 52 (25-4).

LOWER BRACKET

14 Blythe Palo Verde Valley 38 (8-16), @3 High Tech San Diego 64 (17-10).

11 San Pasqual (8-19) 43, @6 El Capitan 58 (12-14).

10 Guajome Park (16-11) 32, @7 Hilltop 66 (13-16).

15 Southern California Yeshiva (11-12) 67, @2 Mabel O’Farrell 80 (24-4).

QUARTERFINALS

7 Hilltop (13-17) 56, @2 Mabel O’Farrell 63 (25-4).

6 El Capitan(13-14) 58, @3 High Tech San Diego.48 (17-11).

SEMIFINALS

6 El Capitan (14-14) 58, @2 Mabel O’Farrell 55 (24-5).

D-V

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

1 Fallbrook (17-8), bye.

9 Health Sciences (10-14) 58, @8 Calexico Vincent Memorial 71 (14-8).

12 Liberty (11-16) 44, @5 Classical 57 (18-8)

4 Horizon Prep (20-2), bye.

QUARTERFINALS

8 Calexico Vincent Memorial (14-9) 58, @1 Fallbrook 77 (18-8).

5 Classical (19-8), 52, @4 Horizon Prep 41 (20-3).

SEMIFINALS

5 Classical (20-8) 50, @1 Fallbrook (18-9), 46.

LOWER BRACKET

3 Calvin Christian (14-7), bye.

11 Gompers Prep (14-6) 60, @6 Holtville 79 (14-9).

10 Ocean View (16-14) 43, @7 High Tech Chula Vista 63 (12-9).

2 Mar Vista (18-10), bye.

QUARTERFINALS

7 High Tech Chula Vista (12-10) 51 @2 Mar Vista 70 (19-10).

6 Holtville 29 (14-10), @3 Calvin Christian  46 (15-7)

SEMIFINALS

3 Calvin Christian (16-7), 60, @2 Mar Vista  45 (20-10)..

GIRLS PLAYOFFS

OPEN DIVISION

QUARTERFINALS

8 Mater Dei (18-9) 38, @1 La Jolla Country Day 74 (28-1).

5 La Costa Canyon (22-6) 56, @4 Bonita Vista 57 (21-8).

6 The Bishop’s (17-10) 52, @3 Cathedral 77 (18-10).

7 Christian (19-10) 76, @2 Westview 51 (26-3).

SEMIFINALS

4 Bonita Vista 48 (21-9) 46, @1 La Jolla Country Day (29-1) 48.

7 Christian (19-11) 55, @.3 Cathedral (19-10) 63.

D-I

UPPER BRACKET

FIRST ROUND

16 Mira Mesa (5-23) 19, @1 Mission Hills 67 (18-11).

9 San Marcos (15-13) 36, @8 Carlsbad 44 (21-8).

12 El Capitan (18-11) 53, @5 Del Norte 55, OT (20-9).

13 Imperial (21-8) 35, @4 Mount Miguel 59 (20-7).

QUARTERFINALS

5 Del Norte 48 (20-10), @4 Mount Miguel 63 (21-7).

8 Carlsbad 52 (22-8), @1 Mission Hills 55 (19-11).

SEMIFINALS

4 Mount Miguel (21-8) 32, @1 Mission Hills 68 (19-11).

LOWER BRACKET

14 Vista (16-13) 37, @3 Rancho Bernardo 49 (21-8).

11 Scripps Ra  nch 45, (14- 4412) @6 Poway 63 (18-11).

10 Torrey Pines (16-11), 49,@7 El Camino 44 (21-8).

15 Olympian (10-19) 38,@2 Serra 57 (17-9).

QUARTERFINALS

6 Poway 61 (19-11), @3 Rancho Bernardo 34 (21-9).

10 Torrey Pines(16-12) 50, @2 Serra 60 (18-9).

SEMIFINALS

6 Poway (19-12) 37, @2 Serra 50 (18-9)..

D-II

UPPER BRACKET

FIRST ROUND

16 University (11-17) 39, @1 Otay Ranch 56 (22-7).

9 Francis Parker (19-8) 52, @8 Calexico 49 (18-9).

12 Montgomery (13-16) 40, @5 Mission Vista 71 (17-9).

13 San Pasqual (14-15) 46, @4 Eastlake 34 (15-14).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Francis Parker (19-9) 51, @8 Otay Ranch 60 (23-7).

13 San Pasqual 58 (14-16). @5 Mission Vista 68 (18-9).

SEMIFINALS

8 Otay Ranch 55 (24-7), @5 Mission Vista 49 (18-10).

LOWER BRACKET

14 West Hills (13-13) 42, @3 San Dieguito 69 (15-10).

11 Our Lady of Peace (16-13) 46, @6 Grossmont 49(15-13).

10 Chula Vista (19-10) 44, @7 Morse 58 (19-10).

15 Ramona (7-20) 28, @2 Lincoln 44 (25-4).

QUARTERFINALS

7 Morse 42 (19-11), @2 Lincoln 42 (26-4).

6 Grossmont 56 (16-13), @3 San Dieguito 42 (15-11).

SEMIFINALS

6 Grossmont (16-14) 43, @2 Lincoln 45 (27-4).

D-III

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Maranatha (5-23) 16, @1 Point Loma 70 (19-2).

9 Sage Creek (12-10) 44 @8 Pacific Ridge 27 (15-7).

12 Hilltop (13-16) 37, @5 Mt. Carmel 41 (12-11).

13  Santana (15-14) 31, @4 Holtville 49 (21-7).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Sage Creek (12-11) 47, @1 Point Loma 52 (20-2).

5 Mt. Carmel (13-11) 63, @4 Holtville 50 (21-8).

SEMIFINALS

5 Mt. Carmel (13-12) 32, @1 Point Loma 55 (21-2).

LOWER BRACKET

14 St. Joseph (21-8) 38, @3 Foothills Christian 58 (25-4).

11 Escondido Charter (17-12) 31, @6 Coronado 53 (19-10).

10 Madison (13-16) 41, @7 Fallbrook 37 (17-11).

15 Mar Vista (7-22) 15, @2 Helix 62 (14-11).

QUARTERFINALS

10 Madison (14-16) 45, @2 Helix 44 (14-12).

6 Coronado 33 (19-11), @3 Foothills Christian 61 (26-4).

SEMIFINALS

10 Madison 52 (15-16), @3 Foothills Christian. 49 (25-5).

D-IV

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Mountain Empire (12-9) 19, @1 San Diego 61 (17-8).

9 Classical (15-13) 53, @8 El Cajon Valley 39 (16-11).

12 Mission Bay (11-18) 27, @5 Liberty 46 (19-5).

13 Escondido (6-22) 30. @4 Castle Park 34 (15-11).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Classical 44 (15-14), @1 San Diego 46 (18-8).

5 Liberty (19-6) 53, @4 Castle Park 59 (16-11).

SEMIFINALS

4 Castle Park (15-12) 27, @1 San Diego (19-8) 42.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Valley Center (5-17) 43, @3 Clairemont 61 (17-12).

11 Sweetwater (8-20) 35, @6 Oceanside 48 (13-12).

10 Monte Vista (13-16) 40, @7 13-17) 42Brawley 66 (13-16).

15 GraniteHills (9-18) 28, @2  El Centro Southwest 21 (17-13).

QUARTERFINALS

6 Oceanside (14-12) 42, @3 Clairemont 54 (18-12).

15 Granite Hills (9-19) 24,  @7 Brawley 40 (14-16).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26

7 Brawley ( 13-17) 42, @3 Clairemont 43 (18-12).

D-V

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

1 Hoover (25-3), bye.

9 Valhalla (5-17) 46, @8 Blythe Palo Verde Valley 45 (4-20).

12 Victory Christian (5-14) 22, @5 San Ysidro 52 (11-17).

4 Mabel O’Farrell (18-4), bye.

QUARTERFINAL

9 Valhalla (5-18) 45, @1 Hoover 52 (26-3).

5 San Ysidro (12-17) 54, @4 Mabel O’Farrell 33 (18-5).

SEMIFINALS

5 San Ysidro 47 (13-17), @1 Hoover 60 (27-3) .

LOWER BRACKET

3 Horizon Prep (20-2), bye.

11 Salton City West Shores (8-10) 21, @6 Preuss 24 (14-11).

10 The Cambridge (12-8) 33, @7 Guajome Park 45 (16-10).

2 Calexico Vincent Memorial (23-0), bye.

QUARTERFINALS

7 Guajome Park (16-11) 66, @2 Calexico Vincent Memorial 66 (24-0).

6 Preuss (14-12) 28, @3 Horizon Prep 38 (21-2).

SEMIFINALS

3 Horizon Prep (21-3) 33, @2 Calexico Vincent Memorial 74 (25-0).

This is the first The San Diego Union-Tribune Top 10 we’ve posted in several weeks and is final for the 2019-20 season, including San Diego Section playoffs.

*Completion of San Diego Section teams’ participation in the CIF state tournament are included in the final ratings  by Max Preps and Cal-Hi Sports.

First-place votes in parenthesis.

*Well-regarded teams not in the top 25 are considered “On the Bubble”. NR—Not ranked.

Union-Tribune	Team	Record	Points	Last Week	Max Preps	*Cal-Hi Sports
1.	Cathedral	24-8 (13)	130	1	29	23
2	Torrey Pines	27-6	117	2	32	25
3.	St. Augustine	24-7	104	3	34	Bubble
4.	Francis Parker	22-6	80	7	72	NR
5.	Foothills Christian	20-10	67	5	56	NR
6.	Christian	21-7	56	4	107	NR
7.	Santa Fe Christian	23-10	51	NR	75	NR
8.	Mater Dei	22-7	39	8	103	NR
9.	Poway	24-6	20	6	186	NR
10.	San Diego	21-11	15	NR	132	NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Carlsbad (23-9, 14 points), 12. San Ysidro (25-9, 12), 13. San Marcos (18-12, 3). 14. El Camino (25-7, 1).

Voting Panel:  John Maffei (The San Diego Union-Tribune), Terry Monahan, (Union-Tribune correspondent), Aaron Burgin (Fulltime Hoops), Steve Brand (freelance correspondent), John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, (97.3 FM The Fan), Steve (Biff) Dolan (Mountain Country 107.9 FM), Christian Pedersen (SoCal Preps Insider), Bodie DeSilva (scorebooklive.com); Adam Paul (ecpreps.com), Brad Enright (L.A. Court report), Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).

Shockers, upsets, and surprises (maybe) shook up the first week of the San Diego Section playoffs, which resume Feb. 25 following 120 games in boys and girls first- round and quarterfinals competition.

Twenty-seven games have been won by teams with less attractive (higher) seeds. Favorites won 93 games, a 77.5 winning percentage, according to results from seeds provided by the computer of Max Preps.

Taking them in reverse, we considered a victory by a number 9 seed over an 8 to be a surprise, with the “maybe” qualification.  Upsets were typically 10’s beating 7’s, 11’s topping 6’s, or 6’s nodding 3’s.

Shockers, and there were six of those, began on opening night when number 16 Point Loma defeated number 1 Bonita Vista, 58-57, in boys Division II.

Other jolts:

Fourteen seed Canyon Crest over 3 Army-Navy, 51-47, in boys’ II.

No. 13 Hoover over 4 Grossmont, 70-61, in boys’ IV.

No. 13 San Pasqual over 4 Eastlake, 48-34, in girls’ II.

No. 15 Granite Hills over 2 El Centro Southwest, 28-21, in a throwback to the 1940s in girls’ IV.

No. 10 Madison over 2 Helix, 45-44, in quarterfinals of girls’ III.

There were 12 games in which the 9 seed topped the 8, or the 5 beat the 4.  Those were the surprises, maybe.

No. 5 El Centro Central’s victory over No. 4 Monte Vista in the quarterfinals of Boys’ IV wasn’t a surprise but the score was, 61-41.

Seed numbers in italics.

BOYS PLAYOFFS

OPEN DIVISION

QUARTERFINALS

8 Christian 9 (21-6) 61, @1 Cathedral 72 (22-7).

5 Francis Parker (22-4) 70, @4 Foothills Christian 63(20-9).

6 Poway (24-5) 43, @3 Torrey Pines 74 (25-4).

7 Mater Dei (22-6) 60, @2 St. Augustine 65 (23-7).

SEMIFINALS

Feb 26.

5 Francis Parker vs. 1 Cathedral @TBA.

3 Torrey Pines vs. 2 St. Augustine @TBA.

D-I 

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Mount Miguel (4-21) 36, @1 Santa Fe Christian 75 (20-9).

9 Mission Bay (12-17) 66, @8 Rancho Buena Vista 58 (14-15).

12 Vista (10-19)  58, @5 Helix 72 (23-6).

13 The Bishop’s (11-18) 50, @4 San Marcos 73 (17-10).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Mission Bay (12-18) 51,  @1 Santa Fe Christian 60 (21-9).

5 Helix (23-7) 50, @4 San Marcos 73 (18-10).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

4 San Marcos.@1 Santa Fe Christian.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Westview (12-16) 38, vs. 3 El Camino 56 (23-5) @Army-Navy.

11 Rancho Bernardo (12-15) 38, @6 La Costa Canyon 64 (18-12).

10 La Jolla Country Day 48, (12-16) @7 Mission Hills 64 (17-12).

15 Montgomery (12-16) 41, @2 Carlsbad 59 (22-7).

QUARTERFINALS

6 La Costa Canyon (18-13), @3 El Camino 50 (24-5).

7 Mission Hills 41 (17-13) @2 Carlsbad 57 (23-7).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

3 El  amino @2 Carlsbad.

D-II

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Point Loma (13-16) 58, @1 Bonita Vista 57 (20-9).

9 Olympian (18-10) 55, @8 Orange Glen 63 (15-14).

12 Lincoln (11-13) 57, @5 University City 61 (18-8).

13 Serra (14-15) 73, @4 Otay Ranch 78 (19-10).

QUARTERFINALS

16 Point Loma (13-17) 51, @8 Orange Glen 54 (16-14).

5 University City 19-8) 73, @4 Otay Ranch 71 (19-11).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

8 Orange Glen @5 University City.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Canyon Crest 51 (10-19) @3 Army-Navy 47 (17-12).

11 Scripps Ranch 52 (14-10) @6 Oceanside 43 (17-11).

10 Del Norte 67 (16-11) @7 Escondido 62 (20-9).

15 Patrick Henry 60 (13-15) @2 San Diego 62 (18-10).

QUARTERFINALS

14 Canyon Crest (11-19) 42 @11 Scripps Ranch 41 (14-11).

10 Del Norte (16-2) 45, @2San Diego (19-10) 52.

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

14 Canyon Crest @2 San Diego.

D-III

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Madison (11-18) 60, @1 San Ysidro 93 (21-8).

9 Ramona (12-17) 49, @8 Brawley 58 (20-9).

12 Morse (14-15) 42, @5 Granite Hills 44 (16-9).

13 Hoover (11-18) 70, @4 Grossmont 61 (16-10).

QUARTERFINALS

8 Brawley (20-10) @1 San Ysidro 105 (21-8).

13 Hoover (11-19) 48, @5 Granite hills 49 (17-9).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

5 Granite Hills @1 San Ysidro.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Pacific Ridge (19-10) 25, @3 Eastlake 73 (16-13).

11 Mission Vista (16-12) 80, @6 Tri-City 77 (17-12).

10 West Hills (14-14) 58, @7 Mt. Carmel 56 (10-19).

15 San Dieguito (8-21) 36, @2 Coronado 53 (19-9).

QUARTERFINALS

11 Mission Vista (16-13) 66, @3 Eastlake 94 (17-13).

10 West Hills (14-15) 39, @2 Coronado 63 (20-9).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

3 Eastlake @2 Coronado, @TBA.

D-IV

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Victory Christian (13-16) 53, @1 Calexico 66 (24-3).

9 Calipatria (18-10) 48, @8 Clairemont 41 (15-10).

12 Escondido Charter (13-16) 39, @5 El Centro Central 66 (15-14).

13 Chula Vista (10-16) 55, @4 Monte Vista 67(18-11).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Calipatria (18-11) 37, @1Calexico. (25-3) 70.

5 El Centro Central (16-14) 61, @4 Monte Vista 41 (18-12).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

5 El Centro Central, @1 Calexico.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Blythe Palo Verde Valley 38 (8-16), @3 High Tech San Diego 64 (17-10).

11 San Pasqual (8-19) 43, @6 El Capitan 58 (12-14).

10 Guajome Park (16-11) 32, @7 Hilltop 66 (13-16).

15 Southern California Yeshiva (11-12) 67, @2 Mabel O’Farrell 80 (24-4).

QUARTERFINALS

7 Hilltop (13-17) 56, @2 Mabel O’Farrell 63 (25-4).

6 El Capitan(13-14) 58, @3 High Tech San Diego.48 (17-11).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

6 El Capitan @2 Mabel O’Farrell..

D-V

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

1 Fallbrook (17-8), bye.

9 Health Sciences (10-14) 58, @8 Calexico Vincent Memorial 71 (14-8).

12 Liberty (11-16) 44, @5 Classical 57 (18-8)

4 Horizon Prep (20-2), bye.

QUARTERFINALS

8 Calexico Vincent Memorial (14-9) 58, @1 Fallbrook 77 (18-8).

5 Classcial (19-8), 52, @4 Horizon Prep 41 (20-3).

Feb. 25.

SEMIFINALS

5 Classical @1 Fallbrook.

LOWER BRACKET

3 Calvin Christian (14-7), bye.

11 Gompers Prep (14-6) 60, @6 Holtville 79 (14-9).

10 Ocean View (16-14) 43, @7 High Tech Chula Vista 63 (12-9).

2 Mar Vista (18-10), bye.

QUARTERFINALS

7 High Tech Chula Vista (12-10) 51 @2 Mar Vista 70 (19-10).

6 Holtville 29 (14-10), @3 Calvin Christian  46 (15-7)

SEMIFINALS

3 Calvin Christian @2 Mar Vista.

GIRLS PLAYOFFS

OPEN DIVISION

QUARTERFINALS

8 Mater Dei (18-9) 38, @1 La Jolla Country Day 74 (28-1).

5 La Costa Canyon (22-6) 56, @4 Bonita Vista 57 (21-8).

6 The Bishop’s (17-10) 52, @3 Cathedral 77 (18-10).

7 Christian (19-10) 76, @2 Westview 51 (26-3).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

4 Bonita Vista @1 La Jolla Country Day.

7 Christian, @TBA.3 Cathedral.

D-I

UPPER BRACKET

FIRST ROUND

16 Mira Mesa (5-23) 19, @1 Mission Hills 67 (18-11).

9 San Marcos (15-13) 36, @8 Carlsbad 44 (21-8).

12 El Capitan (18-11) 53, @5 Del Norte 55, OT (20-9).

13 Imperial (21-8) 35, @4 Mount Miguel 59 (20-7).

QUARTERFINALS

5 Del Norte 48 (20-10), @4 Mount Miguel 63 (21-7).

8 Carlsbad 52 (22-8), @1 Mission Hills 55 (19-11).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

4 Mount Miguel @1 Mission Hills.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Vista (16-13) 37, @3 Rancho Bernardo 49 (21-8).

11 Scripps Ra  nch 45, (14- 4412) @6 Poway 63 (18-11).

10 Torrey Pines (16-11), 49,@7 El Camino 44 (21-8).

15 Olympian (10-19) 38,@2 Serra 57 (17-9).

QUARTERFINALS

6 Poway 61 (19-11), @3 Rancho Bernardo 34 (21-9).

10 Torrey Pines(16-12) 50, @2 Serra 60 (18-9).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

6 Poway @2Serra.

D-II

UPPER BRACKET

FIRST ROUND

16 University (11-17) 39, @1 Otay Ranch 56 (22-7).

9 Francis Parker (19-8) 52, @8 Calexico 49 (18-9).

12 Montgomery (13-16) 40, @5 Mission Vista 71 (17-9).

13 San Pasqual (14-15) 46, @4 Eastlake 34 (15-14).

QUARTERFINALS

Feb. 22

9 Francis Parker (19-9) 51, @8 Otay Ranch 60 (23-7).

13 San Pasqual 58 *(14-16). @5 Mission Vista 68 (18-9).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

8 Otay Ranch @5 Mission Vista.

LOWER BRACKET

14 West Hills (13-13) 42, @3 San Dieguito 69 (15-10).

11 Our Lady of Peace (16-13) 46, @6 Grossmont 49(15-13).

10 Chula Vista (19-10) 44, @7 Morse 58 (19-10).

15 Ramona (7-20) 28, @2 Lincoln 44 (25-4).

QUARTERFINALS

7 Morse 42 (19-11), @2 Lincoln 42 (26-4).

6 Grossmont 56 (16-13), @3 San Dieguito 42 (15-11).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

6 Grossmont @2 Lincoln.

D-III

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Maranatha (5-23) 16, @1 Point Loma 70 (19-2).

9 Sage Creek (12-10) 44 @8 Pacific Ridge 27 (15-7).

12 Hilltop (13-16) 37, @5 Mt. Carmel 41 (12-11).

13 Santana (15-14) 31, @4 Holtville 49 (21-7).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Sage Creek (12-11) 47, @1 Point Loma 52 (20-2).

5 Mt. Carmel (13-11) 63, @4 Holtville 50 (21-8).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25

5 Mt. Carmel, @1 Point Loma.

LOWER BRACKET

14 St. Joseph (21-8) 38, @3 Foothills Christian 58 (25-4).

11 Escondido Charter (17-12) 31, @6 Coronado 53(19-10).

10 Madison (13-16) 41, @7 Fallbrook 37 (17-11).

15 Mar Vista (7-22) 15, @2 Helix 62 (14-11).

QUARTERFINALS

10 Madison (14-16) 45, @2 Helix 44 (14-12).

6 Coronado 33 (19-11), @3 Foothills Christian 61 (26-4).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25.

10 Madison @3 Foothills Christian.

D-IV

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

16 Mountain Empire (12-9) 19, @1 San Diego 61 (17-8).

9 Classical (15-13) 53, @8 El Cajon Valley 39 (16-11).

12 Mission Bay (11-18) 27, @5 Liberty 46 (19-5).

13 Escondido (6-22) 30. @4 Castle Park 34 (15-11).

QUARTERFINALS

9 Classical 44 (15-14), @1 San Diego 46 (18-8).

5 Liberty (19-6) 53, @4 Castle Park 59 (16-11).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26.

4 Castle Park  @1 San Diego.

LOWER BRACKET

14 Valley Center (5-17) 43, @3 Clairemont 61 (17-12).

11 Sweetwater (8-20) 35, @6 Oceanside 48 (13-12).

10 Monte Vista (13-16) 40, @7Brawley 66 (13-16).

15 GraniteHills (9-18) 28, @2  El Centro Southwest 21 (17-13).

QUARTERFINALS

6 Oceanside (14-12) 42, @3 Clairemont 54 (18-12).

15 Granite Hills (9-19) 24,  @7 Brawley 40 (14-16).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 26

6 Brawley @3 Clairemont.

D-V

FIRST ROUND

UPPER BRACKET

1 Hoover (25-3), bye.

9 Valhalla (5-17) 46, @8 Blythe Palo Verde Valley 45 (4-20).

12 Victory Christian (5-14) 22, @5 San Ysidro 52 (11-17).

4 Mabel O’Farrell (18-4), bye.

QUARTERFINAL

9 Valhalla (5-18) 45, @1 Hoover 52 (26-3).

5 San Ysidro (12-17) 54, @4 Mabel O’Farrell 33 (18-5).

SEMIFINALS

Feb. 25

5 San Ysidro @1 Hoover..

LOWER BRACKET

3 Horizon Prep (20-2), bye.

11 Salton City West Shores (8-10) 21, @6 Preuss 24 (14-11).

10 The Cambridge (12-8) 33, @7 Guajome Park 45 (16-10).

2 Calexico Vincent Memorial (23-0), bye.

QUARTERFINALS

7 Guajome Park (16-11) 66, @2 Calexico Vincent Memorial 66 (24-0).

6 Preuss (14-12) 28, @3 Horizon Prep 38 (21-2).

SEMIFINALS

3 Horizon Prep @2 Calexico Vincent Memorial.

 

What’s in a league championship?

Especially in this era of power ratings and strengths of schedules and what they mean in playoff pairings and postseason division assignments, which will be announced today?

A league title represents essentially just bragging rights, but ask the players and coaches who achieved it and what they think when banners are hoisted in gymnasium rafters.

All will agree the accomplishment still carries weight and memories that will last.

Twenty-three league champions and four co-champions were officially crowned last night and began preparing for the second season and playoffs that start Tuesday.

LAST WEEK DECIDERS

Three races went down to the final night.

Foothills Christian, beaten at home, 68-54, two weeks before by Francis Parker, turned the tables, 80-67, in the rematch at Parker to tie the Lancers for the Coastal championship.

High Tech San Diego earned a tie for the Central championship with a 52-48 victory over co-champion Morse.

Scripps Ranch and San Diego shared the Eastern League flag after the Falcons knocked off Lincoln, 60-51, while San Diego was playing a nonleague, 70-69 win over Serra.

Calvin Christian and Classical split two league meetings and shared the Ocean circuit gonfalon.

FAMILIAR PLACE

Ray Johnson left the El Camino program after the 2013-14 season and took his San Diego Section-leading 739 career victories at the Oceanside school to college basketball.

Some things don’t change.

Johnson returned to El Camino this season and coached the Warriors to their first league championship in five seasons.

The Warriors’ Avocado East title was alphabetically first from the 23 leagues in the San Diego Section, which has 133 schools participating, compared to 18 leagues and 98 schools in football.

League	Team	W-L	Overall
Avocado East	El Camino	10-0	22-5
Avocado West	Torrey Pines	10-0	24-4
Central	Morse	8-2	14-14
	High Tech San Diego	8-2	16-10
Citrus	Victory Christian	10-0	13-15
City	Coronado	8-0	18-9
Coastal	Francis Parker	11-1	21-3
	Foothills Christian	11-1	20-8
Desert	Calipatria	5-1	17-10
Eastern	Scripps Ranch	5-3	13-10
	San Diego	5-3	17-10
Grossmont Hills	Helix	8-0	22-6
Grossmont Valley	Granite Hills	8-0	15-9
Imperial Valley	Calexico	5-1	23-3
Manzanita	Calexico Vincent Memorial	10-0	13-8
Metropolitan Mesa	Mater Dei	9-1	22-5
Ocean	Classical	7-1	17-8
	Calvin Christian	7-1	14-7
Pacific	Tri-City	7-1	17-11
Palomar	Poway	8-0	24-4
Patriot	High Tech Chula Vista	5-1	11-9
Pioneer	National University Academy	7-1	7-2
Sierra	Horizon Prep	10-0	20-2
Metropolitan South Bay	San Ysidro	12-0	20-8
Summit	Mabel O’Farrell	8-0	23-4
Valley	Escondido	10-0	20-8
Western	Cathedral	7-1	21-7

Two legendary mentors pulled the pin.

Point Loma’s Lee Trepanier, whose Pointers teams dominated the state and earned national recognition throughout the decade, retired after 14 seasons, with a 331-56 record and .855 winning percentage.

Neville Saner, whose Poway teams won four Division I titles in his seven seasons, retired after posting a 139-42 (.768) record.

CLARK WINNER IN DISPUTE

Barely two weeks remained before the first game and Tony Clark still wasn’t eligible to play.

Clark had transferred from Valhalla to Christian at the start of the school year, but Valhalla principal Bob Avant, an athlete and former 7-foot high jumper at the University of Southern California, had refused to sign the necessary public-private school transfer waiver.

San Diego Section commissioner Kendall (Spider) Webb also had denied the transfer, citing two reasons:

There had been a private dinner several months before at which Clark and other 11^th-grade players from around the area had been hosted by a Christian booster and the school principal.

Webb also noted that a Christian coach had improperly approached another area athlete.

Clark appealed and a three-member committee of the section board of managers, unanimously sided with the player and made Clark eligible.

The committee supported the charges against Christian, but said, “Denial of the opportunity to compete in his senior year will be a penalty placed against Tony Clark because of the possibility of improper actions of persons other than himself.”

There had been a strained relationship between Clark’s father, who had coached freshman basketball at Valhalla, and Manny Silva, the Valhalla varsity mentor.

Clark, bound for the University of Arizona on a basketball scholarship and a future No. 1 draft choice by baseball’s Detroit Tigers, set a San Diego Section record with a 30.3 scoring average in 1988-89 at Valhalla and would average 43.1 for Christian..

MORE AND MORE POINTS

Individual scores in the 30s were common.  Tony Clark and Christina Adams of Grossmont routinely posted numbers in the 40s and 50s, Clark even going as high as 64. San Pasqual junior Erik Meek averaged 28 points and would later captain the 1994-95 Duke University team and play eight professional seasons in Europe.

No less than a record 23 games were won by the team that scored at least 100 points.  Sixteen different squads reached triple digits, including five by Mt. Carmel, which came close to Sweetwater’s all-time record of 136 in 1983-84 in a 132-58 win over Orange Glen.

12/2/89

San Diego 80, Castle Park 50.

Talk about a full day’s work in the first game.  Clark James had 37 points, 29 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocked shots for the Cavers.

12/3/89

Christina Adams completed a three-game onslaught at the El Cajon Valley-Santana tournament by outscoring Serra with 49 points in a 59-48 Grossmont victory.

Adams averaged 40.5 points in the event, although sitting out the second half with a sore ankle versus Bonita Vista after scoring 36 points in the first two quarters.

The 5-foot-6 Adams, who averaged 15 points for the Foothillers in 1988-89, also rocked Hilltop with 47 points.

12/5/89

Christina Adams scored 50 points in a 79-50 win over Sweetwater, including 27 points on nine, three-point baskets.

12/6/89

Tony Clark remembered converting only nine three-point attempts at Valhalla in 1988-89. He hit five in his first game with Christian and scored 46 in a 71-68 win over Capistrano Valley Christian.

12/9/89

Tony Clark’s 58 points, third highest total in San Diego County history, gave him 142 in three games and a 79-60 win over Mountain Empire.

Mitchell Lilly had scored 61 in one game and Tom Shaules and Rob Petrie each scored 60.

—The Helen Bush School of Seattle defeated The Bishop’s, 72-43, in the Small Schools Invitational and then the tournament selection committee awarded the most-valuable player award to the Blazers’ team, although Christian’s Tony Clark scored 225 points in five games averaging 45.

“I don’t think anyone except Tony Clark should score 40 points in a high school game,” said Monte Vista’s Jeff Polinsky, who added, “When you’re on you’re on,” after scoring 45 in a 76-58 win over San Pasqual.

The Golden Eagles’ 6-foot, 10-inch Erik Meek scored 32, but sustained a foot injury.

—Santana took a 22-6, first-quarter lead and then held on to beat Christian, 54-52, despite 36 pints by the Patriots’ Tony Clark.

—Derek Wastila had 26 points and 26 rebounds to lead Coronado past Mount Miguel, 65-60.

12/16/89

J.J. Stokes, a future NFL No. 1 draft choice by San Francisco, scored 20 of his 29 points in the second half and  Point Loma, trailing, 50-42, after three quarters, rallied for a 65-64 win over Christian, which couldn’t convert Tony Clark’s 47 points.

12/20/89

Torrey Pines, getting 17 points each from Bart Brandenburg and Kyle Armstrong, won the 29^th Jim Mitchell Tournament, 61-52, over  Dana Point Dana Hills.

12/22/89

Patrick Henry cut a 25-point deficit from an earlier, 79-44 loss to Poway, but still lost to the Titans, 59-54, in the championship game of the 43^rd Kiwanis Tournament.

—Mira Mesa, with late-arriving football players J.J. Rowlett and Mark Ziegler combining for 51 points and 24 rebounds, won the Spartan Classic at Chula Vista, 95-82 over Oceanside.

12/28-29 1989

Another big game for Tony Clark (49 points) but another loss for Christian, which bowed, 80-65, to San Dieguito in the Aztec Christmas Classic at Montgomery.

Clark scored 54 points as Christian topped the Montgomery B team, 92-28.

12/30/89

Despite the loss of injured Tracy Halton and his 28-point average, Crawford edged Morse, 62-60, on Tito Singleton’s basket with seven seconds left for the Baron-Optimist championship at Southwestern College.

San Dieguito topped El Centro Central, 79-49, for the Aztec title.

1/3/90

Christina Adams was virtually unstoppable with 45 points but Helix scored a 70-61 win over rival Grossmont.

1/4/90

Clark James, averaging 31.3 points, was held to 15 as Kearny employed a “Diamond and One” defense in a 72-59 defeat of fourth-ranked San Diego.

“Carlos (Morgan) did a helluva job,” said Komets coach Bill Peterson.  “The whole game, he denied James the ball.”

1/6/90

Turnabout is fair play, even if not against the same opponent.

Two days following a 108-93 loss to Mt. Carmel, San Dieguito regrouped and defeated Vista, 112-87.  Six players scored in double figures led by Brian Malewicz and Matt de la Pena with 20 each.

“It was Morse-Lincoln from the first slam until the final shot,” wrote Ed Graney of The San Diego Union, noting that for the first time in 10 years neither team was ranked in the newspaper’s top 10, but as competitive and high-flying as ever.

Morse outlasted the neighboring Hornets with “a tough, man-to-man defense” and won, 63-61, before 1,800 persons at Mesa College.

Unofficial leading scorers by average/points

*Incomplete totals.

NAME	TEAM	GAMES	POINTS	AVERAGE
Tony Clark	Christian	31	1,337 (1)	43.12
Clark James	San Diego	23	659 (2)	28.65
Erik Meek	San Pasqual	21	586 (4)	27.90
Jeff Hooper	Lutheran	22	603 (3)	27.41
Tobin Wilkins	Midway Baptist	20	521(12)	26.05
*Jeff Polinsky	Monte Vista	19	463	24.36
*Darryl Parker	Rancho Buena Vista	24	584 (5T)	24.33
Shannon LeFever	Mount Miguel	22	510 (13)	23.18
J.J. Stokes	Point Loma	24	530 (11)	22.08
Carlos Campbell	Sweetwater	27	569 (7T)
Travis Gilley	El Camino	25	551 (10)	22.04
Carlos Campbell	Sweetwater	27	569 (7T)	21.07
*Chris Goergens	Granite Hills	17	358	21.05
*Tony Lee	Valhalla	23	488	21.21
Joe McDowell	Sweetwater	29	584  (5T)	20.13
Darryl McMillan	Lincoln	29	556 (9)	19.17

Tracy Halton, Crawford, 9×242, 26.9. *Alfonso de la Nuez, Ramona, 13×290, 22.30.

1/11/90

Dee Boyer, El Camino’s 6-foot, 9-inch center who missed the first 14 games with a fractured knee cap, scored 11 points in his return and the Wildcats won, 78-64, over San Pasqual, playing without 6-10 Erik Meek, out with strep throat.

1/18/90

Joe McNaull’s 6-foot, 11 inches, were all over the floor for Monte Vista as he scored 29 points and pulled down 32 rebounds in an 80-65 win over Granite Hills.

–Eight of Mt. Carmel’s nine, dressed-out players (they usually suited 12) scored from 11 to 23 points (Tom LaBuda 9×9 from the field, 5×6 on free throws) and they pin-balled to a 132-58, Palomar League victory over Orange Glen.

The Sundevils came close to Sweetwater’s record 136 in 1984-85.

–Christian evened its record at 7-7 as Tony Clark scored 49 points in 79-55, Harbor League win over Marian.

1/20/90

Chula Vista, on the road, led Sweetwater by 13 in the first half and 67-60 entering the final quarter but couldn’t hold on as the Red Devils, behind Joe McDowell’s 37 points, scored a 77-75, Metropolitan League win.  The Spartans had led Sweetwater by 15 in a December tournament and lost.

1/24/90

Among four players in double figures for Lincoln was 5-foot, 1-inch (yes, 5-1) ninth grader Archie Robinson, who had 11 points in a 95-67 roll on Madison.

1/25/90

All 12 players scored, led by 24 points each by Shane Knight and Mike Graves, elevating Mt. Carmel to a 117-80 in over Vista.

1/27/90

Patrick Henry’s Alan (Fritz) Ziegenfuss coached his 400^th career victory, 84-64 over Mira Mesa.  “Yes, four-hundred wins is a special thing, but I credit longevity and talent a whole lot more than coaching,” Ziegenfuss said to writer Steve Brand.

–J.J. Stokes scored 41 points for Point Loma (9-9), but Lincoln won its fifth in a row, 75-70.

–Tony Clark was 21×32 from the field and 6×8 from the three point arc and equaled his season high with 58 points as Christian (9-9) topped Clairemont, 88-52.

Feb 1, 1990

Tony Clark converted 22×32 field-goal attempts and his 55 points marked Clark’s sixth game with at least 50, but Christian fell to St. Augustine, in its first game after 14 forfeitures due to the ubiquitous, dreaded, administrative glitch, 87-79.

St. Augustine had not completed paper work on public-private school player transfer waiver.

–Poway, trailing by 15 points with less than six minutes to play, edged Mt. Carmel, 80-78.

2/7/90

Tony Clark scored 50 points.  It was his fourth consecutive game with at least that many and his seventh of the season.  Christian topped visiting Marian, 91-45.

2/10/90

Andre Toussaint’s basket with 10 seconds left gave Lincoln a 68-63 victory at San Diego as the Hornets claimed their fifth straight Central league title.

Feb. 13, 1990

“Yes, we probably got too conservative,” said Spartans coach Mike Collins, whose team led, 68-61, with 2:13 remaining and then attempted to take the air out of the ball, passing but passing up shots.

Joe McDowell’s two free throws with 0.07 on the clock clinched the Metropolitan League championship for the Red Devils, 73-71.

Feb. 15, 1990

Tony Clark’s 36 points gave him a season total of 961, breaking the record of 960 by Helix’ Bill Walton in 1969-70. Christian improved to 12-10 with a 66-50 victory over Coronado.

–Visiting Rancho Buena Vista outscored Mt. Carmel, 103-97, reversing an 82-57 loss to the Sundevils..

Brad Grubaugh set a school record with 43 points. Darryl Parker, son of former NBA player Sonny Parker, added 37 and the Longhorns shot 70 per cent from the field.

Feb. 16, 1990

Christina Adams set a San Diego Section record with 21 consecutive free throws in a 58-47 win over El Cajon Valley. Adams, who missed on her 22^nd attempt, finished with 31 points.

Feb. 17, 1990

Tony Clark scored 46 points but Christian bowed to Clairemont, 80-67.

Feb. 17, 1990

Mt. Carmel closed the regular season with a 124-65, Palomar League victory over Vista.  The outburst tied the Sundevils with Marian for the fourth highest score in County history.