Getting the hoops ball rolling, er, bouncing ...
A quick look at area basketball in the confusion of all the tournaments
being played ...
:
La Habra (8-3) upset the Daily News No-1 ranked La Mirada, 74-71, in a
North Orange County tournament game today. La Habra's Jordan Sachs
scored 36 points, La Mirada's Derrick Williams got 35 in a duel between
the area's top two players.
La Habra led, 72-71, when Randall Nygren, fresh from quarterbacking
the Highlanders to the CIF-SS Southwest Division football championship,
scored a layup off an offensive rebound with three seconds to play to
ice the victory.
La Habra plays next against San Dimas in the first round of the
Orange Holiday Classic at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Chapman College.
La Mirada (8-3) does not play again until Dec. 27 in the KSA Tour
Tournament that runs through Dec. 30 in Orlando, Fla. The Matadores
leave Christmas Day. ...
St. Paul had its impressive, season-opening seven-game winning streak ended
by Morningside, 75-73, in the Friday's semifinals of the Cantwell Sacred
Heart boys tournament. St. Paul point guard Steven Saenz had 30 points
and continues to (arguably) be the area's best 3-point shooter. ...
La Serna took a 5-4 record off back-to-back losses into today's game
against Apple Valley in the West Covina Tournament. The Lancers have been
led by Jonathan Diaz (10.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg), Matt Bridge (8.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg)
and Steven Desowitz (8.6 ppg). ...
Whittier (6-3), La Serna and Pioneer (6-5) led Del Rio teams in games
reported through Wednesday. ...
Has anybody witnessed anything/anyone interesting among area teams during the early goings on of this young season?
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Roger Murray is the prep sports editor for the Whittier Daily News.
Roger, how come you never print the All-league teams for football, basketball, baseball, etc..in the newspaper? I think there are many deserving players from the local area that should be recognized for their efforts during their respective seasons. Also, I think All-league may mean more to the players, because the voting comes from the coaches in the league.
All-Area teams will be announced :
Wednesday, 12/24, for boys waterpolo;
Thursday (Christmas day) for football;
Friday, 12/26 for girls cross country;
Saturday 12/27 for boys cross country;
Sunday 12/28 for girls volleyball;
Tuesday 12/30 for girls tennis.
when are the all area picks gonna be in the paper
Santa Fe is sure having a rough start to the season, are they that bad??! Or they just too young??!
Excellent reporting. How do we Tribune readers get that kind of thorough and detailed information out of our prep news people?
We covered the signing and it was in a story that ran in Wednesday's paper.
you should mention in an article about Jordan Sachs signing a letter of intent to play Basketball at Westmont College-hes a greeat kid and i wish the best of luck to him in college- it should be fun when Westmont plays Biola the next 4 years.