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2009 Van Nuys High summer showcase

Sunday June 28

4:30 p.m. Notre Dame vs. Sierra Canyon
5:30 p.m. Dorsey vs. Pasadena
6:30 p.m. Birmingham vs. Reseda
7:30 p.m. Van Nuys vs. Sylmar
8:30 p.m. Cleveland vs. Chatsworth

Monday June 29

4 p.m. El Camino Real vs. La Canada
5 p.m. L.A.C.E.S. vs. Verdugo Hills
6 p.m. Birmingham vs. La Canada
7 p.m. Taft vs. Community Charter
8 p.m. Reseda vs. Cleveland
9 p.m. Pasadena vs. Chatsworth

Tuesday June 30

4:30 p.m. Notre Dame vs. Birmingham
5:30 p.m. El Camino Real vs. L.A.C.E.S.
6:30 p.m. Dorsey vs. Verdugo Hills
7:30 p.m. La Canada vs. L.A.C.E.S.
8:30 p.m. Chatsworth vs. Sylmar

Wednesday July 1

4 p.m. La Canada vs. Verdugo Hills
5 p.m. El Camino Real vs. Van Nuys
6 p.m. Dorsey vs. Cleveland
7 p.m. Taft vs. Reseda
8 p.m. Sylmar vs. Community Charter
9 p.m. Taft vs. Pasadena

Reseda coach Keith Higgins, who led the Regents to the City Section Div. II championship in March is one of two finalists for the coaching job at Compton College.

Higgins could be named coach as early as Monday or Tuesday next week.

Thursday June 25

Taft vs. St. Francis, 4 p.m.
Campbell Hall vs. Loyola, 5:30 p.m
Westchester vs. Leuzinger, 7 p.m. (championship semifinal)
Mater Dei vs. Serra, 8:30 p.m. (championship semifinal)

Friday June 26
Harvard-Westlake vs. La Canada, 4 p.m.
Crespi vs. Dorsey, 5:30 p.m.
Fairfax vs. Santa Monica, 7 p.m.
Long Beach Poly vs. Orange Lutheran, 8:30 p.m.

The 13 and under seventh grade ARC Gorillas club basketball team based in the San Fernando Valley will be attending the AAU National tournament next week in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Gorillas, coached by longtime Calabasas resident Lee Garson, finished fourth last year and are seeded 11th for this years event.

Garson said the team is led by Marcellus Johnson, Parker Cartwright and Jeremy Lieberman.

Johnson is a 6'5 center, who attends Pinecrest of Van Nuys and is the younger brother of Campbell Hall forward James Johnson.

Cartwright is one of the best point guards in the country for his age group according to Garson, attends Sierra Canyon middle school and is the younger brother of Loyola guard Miles Cartwright.

Lieberman is a great shooter and could be headed to Calabasas for high school.

As for Garson, he has been coaching what seems like forever and is the father of current UCLA assistant Scott Garson, who played at Harvrad-Westlake of North hollywood from 1992-1994.

Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth upset Saugus Monday night in a Div. II silver bracket quarterfinal, 47-42.

But that wasn't the whole story.

Sierra Canyon was led by Derrick Newton, a 6'5 forward, who just completed the eighth grade is still only 13 years old.

Newton scored a game high 17 points and showed great poise and finesse for a such a young player.

Newton will definitely be one to watch in the next four years.

War on the Floor Monday Schedule
Boys Games
at Taft

12 pm Ripon vs. Moorpark
1 pm Canoga Park vs. Northridge Academy
2 pm Alemany vs. Knight
3 pm Buckley vs. Grant

Championship Quarterfinals
4 pm Taft vs. Dorsey
5 pm Pasadena vs. Birmingham
6 pm Campbell Hall vs. Crescenta Valley
7 pm The Rock Academy vs. Oxnard

Games at El Camino Real
2 pm Reseda vs. Paraclete
3 pm Calabasas vs. Westlake
4 pm Van Nuys vs. Montclair Prep
5 pm Washington Prep vs. Sylmar
6 pm Notre Dame vs. Chaminade
7 pm Lincoln-San Diego vs. Golden Valley
8 pm El camino Real vs. Cleveland
9 pm Sierra Canyon vs. Saugus

Oaks Christian of Westlake Village isn't all about football.

The school will be hosting a very competitive boys basketball tournament scheduled for Dec. 26-30.

The teams scheduled to participate are:

Dominguez
Etiwanda
Loyola
Pasadena
Colony
Thousand Oaks
Santa Monica
Cleveland
Salesian (Richmond)
Sacramento
Edison (Fresno)
Sheldon (Sacramento)
El Camino Real
Alemany
Sierra Canyon
Oaks Christian

If De'Andre Daniels from Taft of Woodland Hills continues to improve at the rapid rate he is moving at right now, he could have his pick of colleges to go to come the 2011-2012 season.

Daniels could be the regions most improved player after scoring 25 points and grabbing nine rebounds in a summer league game against Agoura Monday night.

The 6'9 wing showed improved skills and a fluidness to his game not seen ever since he landed at Renaissance Academy in La Canada via Louisiana two years ago.

Daniels had potential but was raw his sophomore year and it is now just starting to come out.

Having to sit out of varsity competition because he transferred, Daniels must have been working on his game in secret.

He had a dunk in the second half that brought the crowd to its feet, showing his amazing athletic ability.

His father, LaRon, said Kentucky, Virginia, Memphis, UNLV, and Utah have offered scholaships and more colleges are expected to do so this week.

Daniles also received good news two weeks ago when the NCAA sent a letter confirming it will give Daniels an extra year to gain full eligibility for the 2012 season.

Daniels will play at Taft next year but will likely play the 2011 season not in California.

2009 Big - 10 summer league

at Taft High on Mondays

First week recap
June 15

El Camino Real 47
Buckley 29

Treyare Holden had 26 points and six rebounds to lead El Camino Real. Dushon Carter and Keith Dawkins also played well. Carter had five points, eight rebounds and four assists.

Nick DeBonfilhs and Andrew Farhadi led Buckley. De bonfilhs had seven points, six rebounds and five blocks. Farhadi had 10 rebounds and four assists.

Birmingham 60
Alemany 45

Rene Reyes had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead Birmingham. Angel Gutierrez had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Sahdi Odu had 12 points and seven rebounds.

Steven Jones and Max Guercy led Alemany. Jones had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists. Guercy had nine points.

Taft 72
Agoura 51

De'Andre Daniels had 25 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and one thunderous dunk to lead the Toreadors.

Bryce Jones had 15 points and eight rebounds while sophomore Spencer Dinwiddie had nine assists.

Taft led 36-10 before Agoura came back to cut it to eight in the second half.

Stephan Hicks and Hasan Khan played well for Agoura.

Crespi 66
Golden Valley 40

Matt Mounier had 18 points and Reggie Coates provided the bulk down low to lead the Celts.

Golden Valley was missing 6'7 forward Trevor Wiseman, who was out with a wrist injury.

Crespi was without Blake Stanton, who will probabaly stick with football for most of the summer.

Harvard-Westlake 65
Simi Valley 45

Four players scored in double figures for the Wolverines led by Austin Kelly's 17 points.

Damiene Cain had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Cain has been offered by Oregon St., UNLV and San Diego St. and is only going into the 11th grade next September.

Erik Swoope had 13 points and an electrifying right handed put back dunk in the second half with six minutes remaining.

The league takes a break next Monday for the annual War on the Floor tournament but will resume again June 29.

The Big - 10 Summer League starts Monday at Taft High in Woodland Hills.

There is no shortage of top teams from the region.

Taft, Simi Valley, Harvard-Westlake, Crespi, El Camino Real, Golden Valley, Alemany, Buckley, Birmingham and Agoura are all competing each Monday through Aug. 3.

Come check it out.

Games will be played from 4 p.m. till 9 p.m. each Monday