January 2008 Archives

Grace Brethren 3, Villanova Prep 2
Goals GB: Nick Frumkin 2 (one PK), Cameron Chupp.

Buckley 4, Windward 0
Goals Michael Manella 2, Scott Cohen 2.

Viewpoint 7, Santa Clarita Christian 0
Goals Kian Gorabian 3, Kobe Joffe 2, Chase Neisner, Josh Craft.
North Hollywood 1, Poly 1
Goals NH: Micaih Moore.

Fulton College Prep 1, SOCES 1
Goals S: E.J. Aljuwani.

Kennedy 3, Panorama 1
Goals K: Jose Arellano 2, Nestor Meraz.

Community Charter 6, Animo (Venice) 0
Goals Jonathan Estrada 2, Juan Orantes, Saul Perez, Alex Benitez, Mike Miranda.

For the first time in more than 30 years there is a City Section water polo postseason and it starts Friday. Undefeated Birmingham is the No. 1 seed and gets a first-round bye, as does No. 2 Cleveland, No. 3 Roosevelt and No. 4 Venice. Birmingham's first game will be Monday at Panorama against the winner of Friday's Santee at Eagle Rock contest. Cleveland will host the winner of the Manual Arts at Verdugo Hills matchup. Semifinals are Wednesday and the final is Feb. 8 at John Argue Swim Stadium.

St. Mary's Academy of Inglewood at Bell-Jeff of Burbank 7 p.m.

The No. 1 and No. 2 ranke dteams in Division IV-AA.

Got a call from Manny Alvarado the other day, saying that Kennedy High will be having its annual baseball game on February 9, at the school's baseball field, at 11 a.m.

Kennedy will be retiring Jack Cassel's #14 before the game.

Five former area stars were named to the 50-player USA Softball Player of the Year preseason watch list this week.

Former Camarillo High shortstop Cambria Miranda (Oregon State) headlines the group, which also includes former Royal of Simi Valley pitcher/first baseman Becca Heteniak (DePaul), former Saugus High catcher Tiffany Huff (Tennessee), former Louisville of Woodland Hills infielder Annie Kinsey (Pennsylvania) and former Calabasas High catcher Sam Marder (Ohio State).

Miranda, the Daily News Player of the Year in 2003, was a second team All-American last year after hitting .328 with 10 doubles, 11 home runs, six triples and a .602 slugging percentage. She was first team All American as a sophomore.

Two UCLA players -- senior pitcher Anjelica Selden and senior outfielder Krista Colburn -- were also selected.

Selden and Miranda are among the favorites to win the award, along with Arizona pitcher Taryne Mowatt, Michigan first baseman Samantha Findlay, Texas A&M pitcher Amanda Scarborough, and Arizona State outfielder Katie Cochran.

Several local high school football coaches are considering asking the Southern Section to investigate possible recruiting violations by Alemany High and its principal, Frank Ferry.

Saugus coach Jason Bornn, Canyon coach Chris Varner and Valencia coach Larry Muir have complained over the phone to Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod. Muir said he is attending a meeting today to decide whether or not to file an official complaint, and he believes the other two will file, too, if possible.

There is also a district meeting scheduled soon to discuss the William S. Hart district filing against Alemany, according to Bornn.

Southern Section representative Thom Simmons said he is aware about the allegations, but nothing is official.

At issue is a group meeting at Alemany in December, consisting of 17 youth-football players from Santa Clarita and their families. Bornn and Muir said Thursday that the meeting constituted undue influence.

"I dont agree with it. I just don't like it," Muir said. "I think we're going to lose kids, and obviously we don't want that to happen."

Ferry and Alemany head coach Dean Herrington said Thursday they have done nothing wrong, and Ferry said he had even called Southern Section commissioner Jim Staunton beforehand to warn him about possible future complaints.

Ferry also said the hiring Tuesday of longtime Hart of Newhall defensive coordinator Rick Herrington, Dean's older brother, has other programs worried.

"When Alemany was going 0-10 and 2-8, everyone loved us," Ferry said. "Now I have two of the best coaches in California on one staff, and every one is upset we're getting interest from eighth-grade kids, not just from Santa Clarita but the San Fernando Valley, Simi, Antelope Valley, all over."

Bornn sent a mass e-mail Thursday urging anyone with information about Alemany wrongdoing to contact the Southern Section.

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With the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City girls' soccer team suffering a 2-1 loss Wednesday night to Chaminade of West Hills, the Wolverines' 25-match Mission League unbeaten streak came to an end, the latest in list of defending league champions to have their lengthy runs halted this month.

Take a look at the list of local girls' soccer teams to have their league unbeaten runs stopped during January (Note: An unbeaten run includes ties. These are not winning streaks, as has been reported on other Web sites.)

Highland (Golden League) 40 -- Lost 1-0 at Quartz Hill on Jan. 18

El Camino Real (West Valley League) 30 -- Lost 1-0 at Chatsworth on Jan. 11

Sherman Oaks CES (Valley League) 27 -- Lost 1-0 at Northridge Academy on Jan. 24

Harvard-Westlake (Mission League) 25 -- Lost 2-1 vs. Chaminade on Jan. 30

Thousand Oaks (Marmonte League) 19 -- Lost 1-0 vs. Westlake on Jan. 19

Hart (Foothill League) 10 -- Lost 3-0 at Valencia on Jan. 29

Oak Park (Tri-Valley League) 8 -- Lost 1-0 at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 7

-- Five local girls' soccer programs have almost managed to make it to February with their league unbeaten streaks still alive:

North Hollywood (Sunset Six League) 37 -- Play Thursday at Poly of Sun Valley

Viewpoint (Liberty League) 36 -- Play Thursday vs. Santa Clarita Christian

Lancaster Desert Christian (High Desert League) 28 -- Play Thursday vs. Mojave at Lancaster National Soccer Complex (Note: Desert Christian has 28 consecutive victories)

Sylmar (Valley Mission League) 18 -- Play Friday vs. San Fernando

Hollywood (Southern League) 17 -- Play Tuesday at Los Angeles

The Dodgers are hosting a CIF baseball coaches reception Thursday at Dodger Stadium where Tommy Lasorda will present two coaches with the Tommy Lasorda Coaches Award. The winners aren't supposed to be announced until the reception, but I'm told one of the winners is from a valley team.
Also scheduled to be in attendance is former Newbury Park star Andrew Lambo, who was the Dodgers' fourth-round draft pick last spring. He'll be joined by Newbury Park coach Scott Drootin and scout Chuck Crim, being recognized for their part Lambo's development. Lambo has another awards ceremony to attend next week when the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America honors him as their Most Outstanding First-Year Player.

MARMONTE
Agoura 63, Simi Valley 59
Taylor Lord scored 18 points and Brittany Ostar added 12 for visiting Agoura (9-13, 4-6).
Simi Valley (8-14, 3-8) was led by Lyndsay Bergus with 17 points.

Moorpark 54, Thousand Oaks 37
Lauren Carter had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Molly Carson added 10 points and 13 rebounds for host Moorpark (13-9, 6-4).
Jenna Bandy scored 10 points for Thousand Oaks (12-10, 6-4).

OMEGA
Trinity Lutheran 57, Cornerstone Christian 13
Mattie Vance and Storie Blake lead Trinity Lutheran (5-2) to the easy league victory. Vance had a triple-double with 16 points, 15 rebounds and 11 steals. Blake had a big game as well, scoring 23 points with 20 rebounds and six steals.

SUNSET SIX
Poly 62, Verdugo Hills 31
Sara Villanueva scored a game-high 26 points and Crystal Cristales added 14 for host Poly (12-6, 6-1).
Kianne Bailey scored 10 points for Verdugo Hills (2-8, 1-6).

Van Nuys 64, Canoga Park 48
Min Oh and Erica Mergersen combined to score 58 points for visiting Van Nuys (7-6, 4-3). Oh scored a game-high 33 points and Mergerson finished with 25.
Kristin Ingram had 15 points and Sara Collins added 14 for Canoga Park (5-15, 0-7).

WESTSIDE
Highland Hall 44, West Valley Christian 23
Kristina Beck scored a game-high 25 points and Kelli Bryant added 10 for host Highland Hall (6-3, 6-0).

WEST VALLEY
Chatsworth 77, Birmingham 19
Host Chatsworth (18-5, 7-0) had five players score in double figures led by Kimberly Brandon with 16 points and six steals. Monica Jackson had 15, Eryka Menzies scored 13 points and had seven assists, Destinee Sellers had 11 and Gennifer Brandon added 10.
Coral Laolagi led Birmingham (7-10, 1-6) with nine points.

Cleveland 80, El Camino Real 75 2 OT
Nichelae Henderson scored a game-high 37 points including a 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime as Cleveland (15-10, 1-6) snapped its six-game losing streak. Henderson, who has been hampered with a knee injury, left the game momenturily and then returned to hit the game-tying shot at the end of the first overtime. Nycole Harvey and Alexo Davidson scored 16 and 15 points respectively for the Cavaliers.
El Camino Real (12-9, 3-4) had four players score in double figures. Sam Rebibo led the Conquistadores with 28 points including the game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer at the end of regulation. Bahar Rohani had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Monica Fernandez had 12 points and seven assists and Dani Rosenthal added 10 points.

Taft 57, Granada Hills 50
Taft rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit and held Granada Hills to just 13 points in the second half for the victory. Rmanii Haynes had 19 points, seven steals and six assists for host Taft (15-6, 5-2). Amber Dixon added 11 points for the Toreadors.
Xava Grooms scored 14 points and Reyneisha Mays added 13 for Granada Hills (11-6, 4-3), who played without All-City guard Haley Tsutsui.

GOLDEN
Highland 7, Antelope Valley 0
Leanne Brown had two goals and two assists, Melanie Johnson scored two goals and Samantha Johnson had a goal and two assists for Highland (13-4-2, 10-1).

MARMONTE
Thousand Oaks 2, Moorpark 1
Amanda Neveu and Alyson Bingel each scored a goal for Thousand Oaks (12-4-1, 8-1-1).

Westlake 2, Newbury Park 1
Krystin Shanklin and Andrea Todak each scored a goal for Westlake (6-7-3, 3-6-1).
Rachel Hook scored the lone goal for Newbury Park (6-6-4, 4-3-3).

MISSION
Chaminade 2, Harvard-Westlake 1
Lauren Battung scored both goals and Alexa Cain had an assist as Chaminade (8-5-6, 4-2-1) snapped host Harvard-Westlake's 25-game league unbeaten streak.
Haley-Jaye Boysen scored the goal for the Wolverines (6-5-6, 5-1-1).

Louisville 2, Flintridge Sacred Heart 0
Alyssa Kramer had a goal and an assist for Louisville (8-8-4, 2-3-1). Janelle Topete scored the game's first goal and Ivette Rodriguez added an assist.

Notre Dame 3, Alemany 0
Olivia Feitshans scored two goals and Jen Pace added one for Notre Dame (14-3-3, 4-3). Meg Pierce, Hannah Snow and Robyn Weatherby each had an assist for the Knights.

TRI-VALLEY
Oak Park 3, Malibu 2
Lauren Kawamoto scored two goals and Stephanie Gilbert added another for Oak Park (10-6-4, 6-3-1).

St. Bonaventure 2, La Reina 1
Gillian DeGennaro scored La Reina's only goal off an assist from Kelsea Brajkovich in the 60th minute. La Reina has an overall record of 12-8 and 4-4 in league.

VALLEY MISSION
Sylmar 10, Panorama 0
Sylmar (14-4-3, 6-0-1) extended its unbeaten streak to eight games with the victory. Tanya Lopez had four goals and two assists. Carol Martinez had two goals and three assists and Edith Dominguez added two goals for the Spartans.

WEST VALLEY
El Camino Real 1, Chatsworth 0
Lindsey Forte scored the game's lone goal in the 61st minute from an assist from Katie Etcher. El Camino Real (5-8-2, 4-2), which avenged a loss to Chatsworth on January 11th, took sole possesion of second place in league behind Granada Hills (4-7-2, 4-1-1).
Dana Moreno had six saves for the Chatsworth (6-4-2, 3-2-1).

By scoring all three goals in Agoura's 3-1 victory over Simi Valley today, junior Sam Myerson has tied the school's single season goal-scoring record at 30.

Agoura's next game is this Friday night at Royal at 6 p.m. The last time the two teams met on Jan. 7 the Chargers lost 2-1. Myerson had an assist on the goal in the loss.

Malibu 63, Fillmore 55
Ryan Walczuk had 29 for the Sharks in the win.

Buckley 59, Yeshiva 53
Andrew Fahadi had 19 points and Shawn Brouhaim scored 15 for Buckley.

Westlake 77, Newbury Park 63
Adam Kolodny scored 27 for the Warriors in the Marmonte League win.

Crespi 69, St. Francis 49
Joe Fauria led the Celts with 14 points and Gino Zanrosso added 13 for the Mission League win.

Alemany 42, Notre Dame 26
Eric Rivero scored 11 for Alemany.

Chaminade 64, Harvard-Westlake 54
Jules Montgomery had 16 points, Evan Grossi scored 14 and and Jamal McClurkin tossed in 13 for the Eagles in the Mission League upset win. Renaldo Woolridge led the Wolverines with 18 points.

Flintridge Prep 61, Kilpatrick 37
Aaron Fried almost outscored the opposing team by himself with a career-high 36 points for Flintridge Prep.

North Hollywood 59, Grant 45
Jesse Zarate again led the Huskies - this time with 18 points - for the Sunset Six League win.

Verdugo Hills 59, Poly/SV 55
Bobby Blake scored 24 points for Verdugo Hills, who move to 14-8 and 2-5 in the Sunset Six League.

Van Nuys 95, Canoga Park 75
The Wolves opened up the flood gates offensively with Mat Hankins leading Van Nuys with 27 points, while Victor Rudd added 24 points and 10 rebounds and Dominique Evans had 16 points.

Reseda 82, Monroe 74
Randall Harris scored 18 and had 11 assists and Mycal Mendes had 17 for the Regents in the win.

Taft 80, Granada Hills 42
Eugene Phelps had 21 points, Justin Hawkins had 19 and Michael Williams added 17 for Taft to cruise to the easy win.

Highland Hall 74, West Valley Christian 67
Taylor Waldroff scored 22, Quentin Wade had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Sam Rappaport threw in 10 for the Westside League win.

Agoura 3, Simi Valley 1
A: Sam Myerson 3 (30 on the season. ties school record)

Newbury Park 2, Westlake 1
NP: Callum McDaniel, Nick Harrison.

Harvard-Westlake 2, Chaminade 0

Alemany 2, Notre Dame 2
A: Felipe Blanco 2, ND: Emmanuel Renteria, Omar Lopez.

Crespi 1, St. Francis 0
Ryan Lanutti from Juan Mendoza.

St. Genevieve 4, Murphy 0
StG: Dominic Archey, Tyler Archey 2, Killian Leduke 1

El Camino Real 3, Chatsworth 1
ECR: Beto Velasquez 1, Vince Scozzaro, Dylan Niven. Velasquez has two assists

Taft 2, Birmingham 1
T: Chase Kodama, Agustin Cazarez; B: Gustavo Villalobos (PK).

Flintridge Prep 6, Kilpatrick 1
FP: Andy Davis 2, Steven Morse, Cary Cousineau, Reed Bradley, Alex Holden.

Agoura 3, Simi Valley 1
A: Sam Myerson 3 (30 on the season. ties school record):

Newbury Park 2, Westlake 1
NP: Callum McDaniel, Nick Harrison.

Harvard-Westlake 2, Chaminade 0

Alemany 2, Notre Dame 2
A: Felipe Blanco 2, ND: Emmanuel Renteria, Omar Lopez.

Crespi 1, St. Francis 0
Ryan Lanutti from Juan Mendoza.

St. Genevieve 4, Murphy 0
StG: Dominic Archey, Tyler Archey 2, Killian Leduke 1

El Camino Real 3, Chatsworth 1
ECR: Beto Velasquez 1, Vince Scozzaro, Dylan Niven. Velasquez has two assists

Taft 2, Birmingham 1
T: Chase Kodama, Agustin Cazarez; B: Gustavo Villalobos (PK).

Flintridge Prep 6, Kilpatrick 1
FP: Andy Davis 2, Steven Morse, Cary Cousineau, Reed Bradley, Alex Holden.

Wow, on the heels of H.W.'s upset loss Monday at Crespi, this one is real shocker:

Chaminade 66, Harvard-Westlake 54

We had our hot new reporter, Jahmal Corner, covering the game, so read all about it in tomorrow's Daily News.

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I wouldn't necessarily call it too big of an upset but the biggest victory today goes to the Celts, who gave St. Francis its first Mission League loss of the season, beating the Knights 1-0 on their own field.

So.. final, Crespi 1, St. Francis 0 with Ryan Lanutti scoring the game-winner on an assist by freshman Juan Mendoza. Sophomore goalie Omar Zeenni is one of the best stories of the year, picking up yet another shutout against the Golden Knights (they tied 0-0 earlier in the year). He had six saves in this one.

Also, Crespi's senior day game, planned for Monday, was postponed until Feb. 7 because the field was still hurting from the rain last week.

We've done the math over here and if both teams win out the rest of the league season, both would be tied for first, which would give Crespi the one-up aka the league title because of today's win.

According to a story in the Antelope Valley Press, Lemuel Galvao has resigned as AVC's women's soccer coach. though he will remain Highland High of Palmdale's boys' coach.

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Hot-shooting Dovie Hoffman has helped lead Valley Torah of Valley Village to a five-game winning streak. He is averaging 20.8 points, including 22 with 13 rebounds Saturday in a 59-50 victory over West Valley Christian.

Jermaine Dansby, a top sophomore for Community Charter in Lake View Terrace, has given a non-binding verbal committment to UC Santa Barbara, even though he plays for a City Section small school with just 265 students.

He's averaging 19.3 points and 12 assists, albiet mostly against light competition.

"Jermaine Dansby is the most underrated, under-the-radar player in Southern California," Community Charter coach Les Bean said. "He's a superb ball-handler and very poised with an excellent feel for the game. And he's one of the best ball defenders in Southern California. We scored 31 points in a loss to Santa Margarita, one of the top two teams in the state, and Jermaine scored 22. That gives you an idea of how good he is."

Lancaster coach David Humphreys, who played at The Master's College and has remained in good shape through the years as a private shooting coach, has yet to meet a player who can outshoot the master.

"My players think they can beat me, but they never will. You can't outshoot a shooting coach," Humphreys said. "Once in a while, I have to show them they have no chance to beat me."

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Spotted in the stands Tuesday at the Valencia-Hart game was baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Murray and renowned rock drummer Carmine Appice, who has played with everyone from Vanilla Fudge to Ozzy to Rod Stewart.

No, they were not together ...

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Robyn Estrada couldn’t have asked for a better scenario.

Jaide Garcia couldn’t have been happier to oblige.

Estrada recorded a hat trick Tuesday to reach 100 career goals, the last score coming in the 35th minute off an assist from her best friend Garcia, helping the Desert Christian of Lancaster girls’ soccer team defeat Kern Valley of Lake Isabella 12-0 at Lancaster National Soccer Complex.

"At the very beginning of the game, I told (Robyn) 'I know you’re close, but I’m not going to tell you how many you have,'" said Garcia, who scored twice and had two assists in the High Desert League win.
"All I know is she needed to get three and every time I got the ball, I was looking for her. I was so happy she finally got it."

Estrada, who has 24 goals this season after leading the Southern Section with 40 last year, returned the favor in the 61st minute, delivering a well-placed corner kick, which Garcia headed inside the left post.

"Jaide is definitely a huge part of these 100 goals. There’s a lot of people who have been a big part of this," said Estrada, who has 76 career assists. "It’s not always about the goalscorer. If it wasn’t for people like Jaide working so hard to get me the ball or Kristyn Richards saving us on defense so many times, then I wouldn’t be able to score."

Estrada, who reached 97 goals with a hat trick in a 5-1 victory Jan. 17 at Bishop Union, had to wait nearly two weeks to play a match because of inclement weather resulting in league contests being postponed. But the four-year starter scored twice in the first 20 minutes, and, after Shea Richards increased the lead to 3-0, Estrada took a pass from Garcia and buried a 20-yard shot inside the left post to reach the century mark.

"From the beginning of the game, Jaide kept looking for me, but I didn’t want to be a ball hog," said Estrada, who became the first area player since Village Christian of Sun Valley’s Jessica Gordon (2002-06) — now at San Diego State — to score 100 career goals.

"But playing together for as long as we have, I think it's super cool that she was involved in (No. 100)."

Seven different players scored in the second half for Desert Christian (15-0-1, 8-0), which increased the area’s longest unbeaten streak to 34 in a row entering today’s contest against Mammoth at the Soccer Complex.

"I didn’t want to have any regrets the whole season. I just wanted to do my best, whether I finished with 50 goals or if I scored 100," Estrada said. "Now that it’s (happened), I’m focusing more on the bigger picture because I still want to win CIF with my teammates."

Malibu High has an opening for a J.V. baseball coach.

Interested applicants should fax resumes to athletic director Chris Neier at 310-457-6876 or e-mail to varsity head coach Paul Gallo at paulmgallo@hotmail.com

Daymond Cowlah scored 17 points and made two free throws with 13 seconds remaining to give Montclair Prep of Panorama City a big 52-48 victory against Brentwood of Los Angeles Tuesday night.

Cowlah was almost the goat missing the front end of one and one situations twice in the final 19 seconds but Montclair Prep rebonded both misses and Cowlah became hero with two made free throws.

Roland Makoge scored 12 points for Montclair Prep, which earned its 12th win of the season and moved into sole posession of third place in the Olympic league behind Campbell Hall and Windward.

Brentwood, which beat the Mounties by 27 points nearly a month ago, got off to a hot start behind three 3-pointers from Adam Carneol for a 9-0 lead.

Montclair Prep came right back with a 13-2 run to end the first quarter. The game was tied at halftime and after three quarters.

The Mounties trailed 47-44 after a Peter McMillan 3-point play with 2:30 remaining but Cowlah scored on two lay-ups and freshman Jake Boger made a rebound putback for another basket giving the Mounties a three point lead.

All interested people in the opening for football coach at Cleveland High in Reseda should forward resumes to athletic director Jason Meskis.

Meskis can be reached at 818-885-2397. The school fax number is 818-727-0964. E-mail address is jmeskis@hotmail.com

LIBERTY
Buckley 57, Oakwood 42
Erin Fukushima scored a game-high 20 points including four 3-pointers and had seven steals to lead host Buckley (13-7, 5-1) to its fourth striaght win. Jackie Sparangna and Lindsey Schapiro added 13 and 10 points respectively for the Griffins.
Carrie Schaprio scored 19 points and Julie Spector had 10 for Oakwood (13-7, 3-3).

Viewpoint 54, Providence 38
Natalie Levine scored 17 points, Lexi Sharma had 13 and Samantha Borenstein added 10 for visiting Viewpoint (15-7, 6-1).
Macy Tone led Providence (6-15, 1-6) with 12 points.

MISSION
Alemany 71, Flintridge Sacred Heart 28
Jackie Sanchez scored 16, Ashley Bautista had 14 and Maya Sotelo added 11 for host Alemany (9-12, 4-3).
Flintridge Sacred Heart (1-18, 0-7) was led by Stephanie Obioha with 13 points and Vanessa Romero had 11. The Tologs have lost 11 consecutive games.

Harvard-Westlake 63, Louisville 26
Nicole Nesbit scored a game-high 16 points to lead host Harvard-Westlake (15-8, 6-1).
Louisville (5-16, 1-6) was led by Amanda Arnold with 15 points.

Notre Dame 53, Chaminade 34
Kody Burke had 21 points and 12 rebounds for host Notre Dame (16-8, 6-1) who remain in a first place tie with Harvard-Westlake. Liza Avancenall added 11 points for the Knights who have won four straight.
Erin Dautremont led Chaminade (15-9, 4-3) with 13 points.

OLYMPIC
Windward 51, Montclair Prep 45
Jazzmin Lewis scored 14 points for visiting Montclair Prep (18-5, 3-3).

PACIFIC
Burbank 60, Hoover 48
Center Kendra Carter scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds. Kristin Crawford had 11 points and Anasik Zohrabi added 10 for Burbank (17-7, 8-3).
Rachel Estrella scored a game-high 21 points for host Hoover (5-13, 2-9). Chloe Baqqero chipped with 15 points for the Tornadoes.

Burroughs 44, Arcadia 33
Samantha Cross scored 14 points and Natalie Nichols added seven points and five steals for visiting Burroughs (16-8, 9-2).

SANTA CRUZ
Bell-Jeff 58, St. Matthias 13
Julia Tani scored eight points and Phobe Kunitomi and Amanda Gupilan each scored seven for host Bell-Jeff (19-5, 5-1).

TRI-VALLEY
St. Bonaventure 49, Oaks Christian 40
Chelsea Carlisle and Katie Brooks scored 15 points each for host Oaks Christian (15-4, 7-2).

Terrez Scott knew he had it in him. The Valencia guard was coming off a two-point performance and had not come through with a game-winning shot in the final seconds since he was a little kid, but he scored two baskets in the final minute Tuesday– including a short jumper with six seconds left – to lift the Vikings to a 62-60 boys’ basketball victory at rival Hart to all but eliminate the Indians (17-7, 3-4) from Foothill League championship contention with three games remaining.

“This feels amazing,” Scott said. “We had to come together at the end, and my team was there for me. It was a team win.”

Hart trailed by as much as 12 in the first half and was down by 10 at halftime before roaring back before a near-capacity crowd that was on its feet for much of the fourth quarter.

The last minute belonged to Scott, and that was the difference.

“Terrez just willed us to win,” teammate John Otavka said.

Scott, a 6-foot senior, finished with 11 points. Skyler Seymour added 17 points and 10 rebounds, Otavka scored 12, and Lonnie Jackson and Brandon Thrush added eight.

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FOOTHILL
Burroughs 2, Arcadia 1
Derek Olson and Oscar Castro each scored a goal for Burroughs (16-5-2, 8-1-2). Andre Yanez had seven saves for the Indians.

FRONTIER
Malibu 6, Grace Brthren 2
Nick Frumkin and Manuel Torres eached scored a goal for Grace Brethren (2-9-1, 0-4-1).
Malibu is 6-1-1 overall and 4-0 in league play.

SUNSET SIX
North Hollywood 2, Grant 2
Marlon Chavarria and Enrique Carranza each scored a goal for North Hollywood (1-4-3, 1-3-2).

NONLEAGUE
L.A. Baptist 6, Kilpatrick 0
Jon Hilliger and Cody Phillips scored two goals each for L.A. Baptist (10-7-1).

The Harvard-Westlake girls water polo team inproved to 15-0 with today's 12-5 victory over visting Louisville. The Wolverines can clinch the Mission League title with another win Wednesday against Flintridge Sacred Heart.
Harvard-Westlake, the top-ranked team in Div. IV, had defeated Louisville 16-3 earlier this month, but this time the Royals trailed just 5-4 at haltime. Wolverines freshman Ashley Grossman responded with three consecutive goals to start the third period, helping Harvard-Westlake pull away to an 11-4 lead before Louisville scored again on a fourth-quarter penalty shot. Grossman finished with a game-high five goals. USC-bound teammate Nadia Dan had four goals.

This one looks like it might come down to the wire. Packed house, lots of excitement. Wyche hit another 3-pointer, and here comes Hart.

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