St. Francis wins the title: The third time proved to be the charm for the St. Francis High School basketball team.
Joey Walsh scored 31 points and Malakhi Jensen had 16 as the Golden Knights won their first tournament in three tries this month with an 85-70 victory over La Serna to take the Nogales tournament title at Nogales High.
Sean Stephen had 10 points and Lucas Shin and Omari Moore had nine each for St. Francis, which improved to 9-3.

Nogales Boys Basketball After Christmas Tournament
Pool A: Bassett, Nogales, Montebello, St. Francis
Pool B: Don Lugo, Yucaipa, La Serna, Norco
Monday’s round-robin
Yucaipa 50, Norco 49
La Serna 63, Don Lugo 37
St. Francis 74, Montebello 46
Bassett 68, Nogales 55
Tuesday’s round-robin
La Serna 68, Norco 64
Yucaipa 79, Don Lugo 66
St. Francis 117, Bassett 50
Montebello 46, Nogales 42
Wedneseday’s round-robin
Montebello def. Bassett
La Serna 51, Yucaipa 42
Norco 72, Don Lugo 49
St. Francis 79, Nogales 45
Thursday’s championship
St. Francis 85, La Serna 70