First San Bernardino County rankings of the winter season

Here are the first San Bernardino County rankings for winter. I am sure there are omissions, but I haven’t had a lot of time to talk to coaches in the first week after football for us. So, in terms of soccer, water polo and wrestling, county rankings are based in large part off of CIF polls. And with no rankings to utilize, basketball county rankings are based on recent history as well as early-season results this year.

Email me at pete.marshall@inlandnewspapers.com, tweet to @petemarshallLaw or post a comment if you have some information that would help adjust the rankings.

Boys basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Eisenhower
3. Rancho Cucamonga
4. Chino Hills
5. Upland
6. Cajon
7. Redlands East Valley
8. Colony
9. Los Osos
10. Montclair

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Tuesday’s prep playoff scores

Here are Tuesday’s CIF-SS playoff scores for San Bernardino County teams. We were still missing a couple of scores as of Tuesday night.

BOYS SOCCER
Second Round
DIVISION 3

Fontana 3, Newport Beach Corona del Mar 1
DIVISION 4
Oak Hills 1, North Torrance 1 (Oak Hills advances on PKs, 4-2)
DIVISION 5
Cajon 4, Monrovia 0
Granite Hills 1, San Luis Obispo 0
Colton 1, South Pasadena 0
Santa Maria Pioneer Valley 1, Silverado 0
DIVISION 6
Crossroads 4, Ontario Christian 3 (OT)
Los Angeles Brentwood at Jurupa Hills
DIVISION 7
AAE 2, Santa Clarita Christian 1

BOYS BASKETBALL
DIVISION 1AA
Second Round
Santa Ana Foothill 74, Rancho Cucamonga 59
Upland 80, Palmdale Quartz Hill 55
Etiwanda 60, Cerritos Gahr 52
Santa Monica 68, Silverado 55
Eisenhower 51, Moreno Valley Rancho Verde 50
DIVISION 1A
Second Round

Vista Murrieta 69, Chino Hills 68
DIVISION 2AA
Second Round

Riverside Poly 44, Ayala 42
Cajon 51, Cypress 48 (OT)
Fullerton Sunny Hills 71, Summit 69
DIVISION 2A
Second Round

North Torrance 77, Don Lugo 75
Colony 96, Culver City 82
DIVISION 4A
Quarterfinals

Ontario Christian 55, Los Angeles Brentwood 54
DIVISION 5AA
Quarterfinals

Playa Del Rey St. Bernard 78, Aquinas 61
DIVISION 6
Quarterfinals

L.A. Adventist vs. Joshua Springs
Hesperia Christian 79, Santa Maria Valley Christian 57

Cajon clinches SAL hoops crown in thriller

That had to be the most tightly contested game I’ve seen all year on Tuesday night, when Cajon downed Arroyo Valley 62-61 in overtime, to clinch the San Andreas League boys basketball crown.
It probably wasn’t the best-played game, but it was definitely the most fun to watch.
Great crowd at Arroyo Valley on senior night.
It was a tight game that featured 8 lead changes and 6 ties.
The last tie came after Arroyo Valey’s Bobby Bonner sank a 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the score 55-55.
Arroyo Valley scoring machine Stephen Marshall (no relation to me, as far as I know) made eight 3-pointers, including two in overtime and scored 31 points. His last 3-pointer with 1:52 to play in overtime gave Arroyo Valley at 61-59 lead.
Alonzo McCain missed a chance to tie the game when he made only one of two free throws with 1:05 to play in overtime. But Michael Henley made the off-balance jumper as time expired in overtime to lift the Cowboys to victory.

Schedule for MLK Day at Los Osos

Los Osos High hosts an annual MLK boys basketball showcase event and here is this year’s schedule for the games on Monday:

9:30 a.m. Twentynine Palms vs. Walnut
11 a.m. Miller vs. Irvine Northwood
12:30 p.m. Los Osos vs. Pomona
2 p.m. Chino vs. La Puente Bishop Amat
3:30 p.m. Los Angeles Pacific Hills vs. Chino Hills
5 p.m. Claremont vs. Glendora
6:30 p.m. Ventura vs. Damien
8 p.m. Ayala vs. Eisenhower

Hickey officially AD at Summit, unclear on coaching future

Summit boys basketball coach Steve Hickey was officially named the school’s athletic director Wednesday night, getting approval from the Fontana Unified School District’s school board to replace Ed Kearby. Kearby was promoted to assistant principal at the high school.

“It hasn’t really sunk in,” Hickey said. “I have some big shoes to fill, because Ed did a great job of getting this thing going and building a lot of success in the five years since this school was opened.”

The 41-year-old Hickey was an integral piece of Summit’s overall athletic success, as he led the SkyHawks to the CIF-State Division II championship game this year en route to All-Sun Coach of the Year honors. But the new position might prevent Hickey from a return trip, as the veteran coach isn’t sure whether he’ll be able to coach with his new responsibilites.

“I don’t want to shortchange other sports because I’m focusing on my sport,” Hickey said. “That wouldn’t be fair and I don’t want other coaches to perceive that I’m showing favoritism to my sport. I’d like to coach, but I have to do what’s best for the athletic department first.

“I’ll have a decision by the end of August. Once school starts, I’ll see how everything works out and go from there.”

Hickey, Kearby move on up at Summit

Summit basketball coach Steve Hickey, the All-Sun boys basketball coach of the year this past season, will be promoted to athletic director Wednesday at the Fontana Unified School District board meeting according to the FUSD agenda. Hickey would replace Ed Kearby, who will be the assistant principal at Summit.

Hickey led the SkyHawk boys basketball team to the CIF-State Division II championship game at Arco Arena in Sacramento this past March, where it fell to San Jose Archbishop Mitty. How the promotion will affect his status as Summit’s coach is unclear at this time.

All-CIF boys basketball team

Division 1AA
Player of the Year – Ryan Anderson, Long Beach Poly
Coach of the Year – Sharrief Metoyer, Long Beach Poly

Byron Wesley, Etiwanda
Jordan Daniels, Etiwanda
Michael Caffey, Corona Centennial
Dominique Dunning, Corona Centennial
Gelaun Wheelwright, Corona Centennial
Xavier Johnson, Mater Dei
Katin Reinhardt, Mater Dei
John Gilliam, Upland
Lonnie Jackson, Valencia
Alexis Moore, Long Beach Poly

Division 1A
Player of the Year – Joe Stein, Loyola (12); Julian Harrell, Loyola (11)
Coach of the Year – Jamal Adams, Loyola

Parker Cartwright, Fr., Loyola
Taylor Hamasaki, Sr., Capistrano Valley
Bryan Fisher, Jr., Aliso Niguel
Paulin Mpawe, Sr., Redlands East Valley
Christian Misi, Jr., Crescenta Valley
Dusty Baker, Sr., Tesoro
Garrett Neilan, Jr., Downey
Bryan Gholar, Sr., Walnut
Devyn Sampson, Jr., Montclair

Division 2AA
Player of the Year – Chris Anderson, Canyon/Anaheim (12); Dylan Houck, Ventura (12)
Coach of the Year – Dan Larson, Venture

Dorian Cason, Sr., Summit
Jonathan Davis, Sr., Simi Valley
Zeke Deblase, Sr., Victor Valley
Dylan Garrity, Sr., Edison
Allan Guei, Sr., Compton
Shaquille Hunter, Sr., Villa Park
Billy Kelly, Sr., Ocean View
Isaac Neilson, Sr., Mission Viejo
Kevin Ramirez, Sr., Katella

Division 6A
Player of the Year – Daniel Soto, Padre Pio (12)
Coach of the Year – Chuck Selway, Padre Pio

Mikeal Anderson, Sr., Redlands Adventist
Tino Mkorombindo, So., Redlands Adventist
Jack Karapetian, Jr., Arshag Dickranian
James Brooks, Jr., Trinity Classical Academy
Daniel LaMoureaux, Sr., Boron
Evan Kidd, Sr., Midland
Shands McCoy, Jr., Westmark
Danny Taylor, Sr., Lee Vining
Vincent Smith, Jr., Padre Pio
Josh Pimentel, So., Calvary Baptist

Summit stuns Lincoln, makes it to state finals

Summit trailed by 10 points after a quarter, nine at halftime, and was still down eight after three quarters, but outscored top-seeded San Diego LIncoln 26-13 in the fourth quarter for a 72-67 victory in the Division II Regional Final at the Galen Center.
It was a 14-1 run to start the fourth that gave Summit a five point lead. Lincoln, the defending state champion, never got closer than two points the rest of the way.
Montigo Alford outscored Lincoln 9-1 by himself at one point during that run.
It is the first trip to the state finals for Summit, which will play on Friday at 8 p.m. in Sacramento.

Summit down 9 at the half

Lincoln started off fast against Summit in the Division II boys basketball regional final, taking a 22-12 lead after a quarter.
But the SkyHawks got their legs in the second, and trimmed the lead ever so slightly, trailing 37-28 at halftime. Darrick Arnold leads Summit with six points, while Doran Cason has seven rebounds.
Lincoln’s UCLA-bound guard Norman Powell has a game-high 10 points at the half.

Collison, Pendergraph to play in Etiwanda alumni game

Another note from Fowler that I thought should be passed along…

Considering the amount of its graduates who play basketball for a living, the Etiwanda High School alumni basketball game on May 21 won’t exactly be full of players trying to capture their former glory.

Fresh off their NBA rookie seasons, New Orleans Hornets point guard Darren Collison of UCLA fame and Portland Trail Blazers power forward Jeff Pendergraph will headline a group of players that includes some who play professionally overseas.

Collison, who won a CIF championiship at Etiwanda with the Arizona State-bound Pendergraph in 2005 and led UCLA to three final four appearances in four seasons, thrived in the absence of injured Hornets point guard Chris Paul, averaging 19 points and 8.5 assists the last three months of this season.

The alumni game will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Etiwanda on May 21.