Girls Basketball: Bonita beats Wilson 60-45 to capture Rowland tournament; South Hills edges host Glendora, 49-48; DRanch goes down

By Fred Robledo on December 30, 2009 5:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (8) |

Rowland Tournament: Brianna Kennedy finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead Bonita to a 60-45 victory over Wilson in the championship of the Rowland girls basketball tournament on Wednesday, giving the Bearcats their third straight tournament tile as they improved to a perfect, 14-0.

Glendora tournament: South Hills' Melinda Gomez finished with 15 points and made two free throws with less than a second remaining to lead the Huskies to a 49-48 victory over Glendora to capture the Glendora tournament title.

Ayala Tournament: Diamond Ranch committed 19 turnovers and lost for the first time this season, 58-49, to Bell Jeff in the semifinals of the Best of the West tournament at Ayala.

Ayala Best of the West
Girls Tournament at Ayala
Wednesday's semifinal
Diamond Ranch vs. Bell Jeff, 6 p.m.
Ayala vs. Corona Santiago, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday's quarterfinals
Diamond Ranch 55, Summitt 43
Bell-Jeff 63, Bishop Amat 49
Monday's second round
Top Half Bracket
Bell-Jeff def. Centennial, 4:30 p.m.
Bishop Amat 58, Etiwanda 53
Summit 63, Rancho Cucamonga 54
Diamond Ranch 49, Chino HIlls 35
Saturday's first-round local scores
Bishop Amat 65, Notre Dame 31
Diamond Ranch 51, Pasadena 30

Glendora Girls Basketball tournament
Pool A: Eagle Rock, Claremont, La Serna, South Hills
Pool B: Duarte, Glendora, Hoover, Charter Oak
Saturday's round-robin results at Glendora
Eagle Rock 65, Claremont 24
South Hills 62, La Serna 35
Charter Oak 45, Hoover 35
Glendora 54, Duarte 44
Monday's games at Glendora
Duarte def. Hoover
South Hills 62, Claremont 36
Eagle Rock 38, La Serna 33
Glendora def. Charter Oak.
Tuesday's games at Glendora
South Hills 81, Eagle Rock 55
Charter Oak def. Duarte
Claremont def. La Serna
Glendora 47, Hoover 24
Wednesday's Championship
South Hills 49, Glendora 48

Rowland Christmas Classic
Semifinals
Bonita 53, Beckman 30
Wilson 50, West Covina 34
Wednesday's championship
Bonita 60, Wilson 45

8 Comments

Fan said:

well I guess you are right 8-10 sounds more like it. Lets see what happens though. The game is at Bonita. The bad thing is Bonita plays Los Altos as a tune up before the DR game. DR plays a tough Alemany or Windward as a tune up game. Could give them even more of an edge having to play an intense matchup.

January 2, 2010 9:55 PM

whatsup said:

fan

by 20 WOW if that's not a motivating factor then I don't know what is? I was thinking more like 8-10 but man 20 that's a lack of all respect of any kind.

January 2, 2010 2:04 PM

Fan said:

well DR lost so both teams will not be undefeated. DR will beat bonita by 20+. The records are similar but look at the competition. Yes Bonita has some quality wins vs valley christian, south hills, st lucy's and maybe Wilson (have not seen them) but that is four of the 14 wins, for the most part they have played no one. They will not be able to match the athletism of DR, unfortunately! Next year will be bonita's turn as they will be one year older and most of DR will be gone to graduation.

January 1, 2010 10:05 PM

whatsup said:

They question is can Bonita beat DR?

The answer is yes they have a shooters chance but they will also have to try and match the speed and physical play in the middle. I bet Coach B has a plan of all plans he knows he has a young athletic team and he probably wants to go into there first game as confident as his opponent no doubt Bonita is the team of the future but DR is the team of the present. Fred Girls basketball is usually a boring subject but this year you have a good storyline and as usual I have to help you along the way.

December 31, 2009 12:35 PM

Basic

said:

Not Avoidance...well maybe a little...

I think the Lady Bearcats are playing it smart, building confidence and are looking forward to the HUGE challenge. I mean why get demoralized with a loss to a league foe early on? Yes I think DR would win now and more than likely when they do play but it's a smart move to build the confidence of these young ladies and hopefully some tough matches along the way will get them ready. Almost no one is giving them a shot against DR (yes this includes me) but if you hear it long enough one of two things are going to happen, you will believe the hype and loose or you will be TIRED of hearing all the hype and SICK of people telling you "you can't" or maybe just Sick & Tired of it and step-up and get big win on emotions and all that hard work you're putting in....

Good luck Lady Bearcats.

December 31, 2009 7:56 AM

Get Serious said:

Avoidance,

You need to get out more to watch games. The Tourneys that Bonita has won have been pretty soft competition. DR has played (and beaten)5 teams ranked in their division, including the top ranked team in Division 1A. Remember it's quality, not quantity.

December 31, 2009 2:19 AM

avoidance said:

Goes both ways, however both will most likely be undefeated when they meat so it should be an intense matchup.

December 30, 2009 6:01 PM

whatsup said:

looks like bonita is staying away from DR in preseason?

December 30, 2009 3:58 PM