Chino Hills advance scouting
With the CIF-State pairings coming out Sunday and the first round of the Division I playoffs coming 24 hours later, it doesn't leave much time to scout your opponent. But due to a lucky break, Chino Hills was able to scout tonight's opponent - No. 1 seed and Los Angeles city champion Woodland Hills Taft.
The Huskies' freshman and JV coach just happened to be at Taft's city championship victory over Fairfax as fans, as they just wanted to check out some elite high school basketball.
"Those guys had a day off, so they headed into the city to watch the game," Chino Hills coach Don Grant said. "We had no idea if we'd be playing or who we'd be playing, so they went as fans."
As fate would have it, Chino Hills was matched up with Taft, giving the Huskies an advantage that most teams today won't have.
"I guess we'll try to teach it to them at lunch," Grant said of the information about Taft. "At least we got a little bit to teach."
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