Above: Walnut’s Bryan Gholar fights for the rebound with Damien Spartans’ J P Chakbazof
Covina Tournament semifinals: Bonita High School overwhelmed Bishop Amat on Wednesday night to easily advance to the championship game of the 57th Covina Christmas Tournament, 64-37. In tonight’s title game, the Bearcats (12-2) will take on Chino Hills, a 61-53 winner over Rowland.
Other scores of note …
Beach Ball Classic: C.J. Cooper and Grant Jerrett scored 14 points each, but it wasn’t enough against power Prestonwood Christian, losing in the second round at Myrtle Beach, 76-63.
Century Tournament: Glendora lost for the first time this season, falling to Valencia 53-36 in the third round of the Century Tournament to drop to 12-1.
Ontario Christian Tournament: Baldwin Park is playing for its third straight Ontario Christian title. They will face Village Christian in tonight’s championship at 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Nike Tournament of Champions, AZ.: . — Bonita’s Madison Zylstra scored a team-high 22 points, but it wasn’t enough. The Bearcats fell to Arizona’s Apollo, 67-65 in the semifinals of the Tournament of champions. It was the ‘Cats’ first loss, they drop to 11-1
Ayala Lady Hoops tournament: Bishop Amat advances to the semifinals with a 59-58 quarterfinal win over Rialto, and will now face powerful Etiwanda in the semifinals tonight.
Rowland Tournament: Wilson and West Covina survived round-robin play and will meet in tonight’s championship at 8 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Glendora has moved into the semifinals of the North Orange County Tournament at Sunny Hills by defeating Los Altos, 0-0 (won 5-3 on PKs) and a 1-0 win over Brea Olinda.
Tonight’s championships
Covina Tournament
Bonita vs. Chino Hills, 8:30 p.m.
Rowland Tournament
Damien vs. Don Lugo, 8 p.m.
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HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
CENTURY HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT
Third round
Valencia 53, Glendora 36
GLENDORA (36)
Doering 11, Colletta 8. Gordon 6, Williams 4, Foster-Kibbler 3, Smith 2, Denerson 2.
VALENCIA (53)
Loucik 11, Perez 10, Hanmond 9, Barr 7, Larkins 7, Steinke 7, Holden 2.
Records: Glendora 12-1; Valencia 8-4.
COVINA TOURNAMENT
Consolation semifinal
South Hills 78, California 56
SOUTH HILLS (78)
Dylan Fortich 28, Mikelle Cortez 13, Chris Porter 12, Darrell Chapman 10, Korey Serna 8, Kenny Williams 7.
CALIFORNIA (56)
Chris Ortiz 14, Matt Arceu 11, Mike Garcia 9, Dave Moreno 4, Mark Lombreecha 4, John Garcia 3, Andrew Garber 3, Anthony Marks 1.
Records: South Hills 6-5; California 4-8.
Semifinals
Chino Hills 61, Rowland 53
ROWLAND (53)
Sharif watson 16, Isac Thompson 15, Derric Mar 13, David Lee 4, Joseph Dionisio 2, Andrew Tadros 2, Michael Ball 1.
CHINO HILLS (61)
Warren Ondatje 12, A.J. Hecox 11, Jon Richman 10, Deion Bage 9, Cameron Curry 8, Mike Navak 4, Mike Sorensen 4, Wes Ondatje 3.
Records: Rowland 10-3; Chino Hills 11-2.
HOLIDAY CLASSIC
American Division
Consolation semifinals
Ayala 63, Eisenhower 37
EISENHOWER (37)
Kenyon Saylas 12, Marville Harris 10, Torlano Harris 8, Bernard Ireland 5, Antoneyo George 2.
AYALA (63)
Andrew Ortiz 22, Jared Ponce 19, Matthew Ponce 7, Josh Ramirez 6, Sean McMullen 6, Jake Farnsworth 3.
Record: Ayala 9-4.
NOGALES TOURNAMENT
Semifinal
Damien 57, Walnut 32
DAMIEN (57)
Chris Reyes 14, Ryan Tatera 13, Gian Demano 12, Kevin Mansour 9, J.J. Pavia 4, Clayton White 3, J.P. Chakbazof 2.
WALNUT (32)
Aubrey Coleman 8, Bryan Gholar 8, Pat Valyan 5, Shawn Yamamoto 4, Chibuzo Okoro 4, Zach Gilman 3.
Records: Damien 12-0; Walnut 6-6.
Third round
La Serna 65, Claremont 61
CLAREMONT (61)
Morelli 21, Maloot 10, Guerra 7, Sader 7, Reeder 6, Franklin 6, Hackett 2, Edward 2.
LA SERNA (65)
Wight 16, Valdes 15, Buenrostro 12, Monje 9, Ajemian 8, White 5.[AG-RULEABOVE]
SAN GABRIEL TOURNAMENT
Pool play
South Pasadena 59, Gladstone 25
GLADSTONE (25)
Alandy-Dy 7, Delgado 5, Servin 5, Fernandez 4, Reaves 2, Martinez 2.
SOUTH PASADENA (59)
Jabalanely 12, Kobara 11, Shields 9, Lindecamp 8, Matsukuma 6, Kawakami 4, Cameron 3, Nang 2, Wong 2, Qiu 2.
Records: Gladstone 1-7; South Pasadena 7-7.
BOYS SOCCER
DON LUGO WINTER CLASSIC
Consolation championship
Gladstone 2, Bishop Amat 1
Bishop Amat scoring: Angel Penorio (unassisted).
Gladstone scoring: Edwardo Cortez (Carlos Ramirez), Alexis Ayala (Cortez).
Record: Gladstone 3-5-3.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NIKE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (Ariz.)
Semifinals
Apollo (Ariz.) 67, Bonita 65
APOLLO (67)
Promise Amukamara 24, Alex Harris 12, Peace Amukamara 10, Brittany Wilkins 6, Desiree Lee 4, Brianna Madrid 4, Evelyn Guerra 4, Jessicva Rios 3.[AG-BOLD]
BONITA (65)
Madison Zylstra 22, Taylor Anderson 17, Nikki Wheatley 14, Brianna Kennedy 8, Jaclyn Smith 2, Natalie Reyes 2.
Records: Apollo 11-3; Bonita 11-1.
ONTARIO CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT
Pool play
Whittier Christian 69, Jurupa Hills 31
WHITTIER CHRISTIAN (69)
Flores 18, Macias 10, Arreola 10, Torres 7, Ohemeng 6, Lourie 5, Ross 5, Wightman 4, Durham 2, Cecil 2.
JURUPA HILLS (31)
Smith 11, Whiten 6, Pearson 5, Hamilton 4, Soto 3, Zavala 2.
Records: Whittier Christian 8-6; Jurupa Hills 2-8.
LADY RAIDER CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
Third round
La Habra 54, Los Altos 34
LA HABRA (54)
Allyson O’Brien 20, Kayla Judkins 12, Katie Herd 8, Amy Wilbourn 6, Jennifer Porter 4, Jenna Stokes 2, Aysia Sarno 2.
LOS ALTOS (34)
Justine Zavala 16, Savanah Blackingston 8, Destinee Lyespin 4, Crystal Chan 4, Veronica Areyzaga 2.
Record: La Habra 7-5.
Other scores
Wilson 47, Diamond Bar 27
West Covina 43, Covina 32
Nogales 45, Palm Springs 36
Montebello 49, Azusa 39
Rowland 53, El Rancho 46
Arroyo 29, Bassett 24
Gabrielino 40, Ontario 31
