Basketball: St. Paul beats Cantwell in battle of the area’s girls top teams; Whittier boys stay hot, advance to El Rancho semifinals

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For the second consecutive night, two of the area’s best met on the basketball court. This time on the girls side, as area No. 2 St. Paul knocked off No. 1 Cantwell, 54-50. On the boys side, Whittier continued with its undefeated season, beating Sunny Hills in an El Rancho tourney quarterfinal.
Here’s Thursday’s results and Friday’s schedule
THURSDAY’S SCORES
BOYS
EL RANCHO TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals

Ayala 55, Heritage Chr. 36
Whittier 75, Sunny Hills 62
Bonita 71, Washington Prep 49
Marina 71, El Rancho 41
Consolation Quarterfinals
Montebello 85, Baldwin Park 60
Summit 52, St. Paul 40
Schurr 56, Warren 51
Huntington Park def. Alhambra
BEVERLY HILLS TOURNAMENT
Cantwell 67, Santa Monica 64
GIRLS
GLENN-NORWALK TOURNAMENT

St. Paul 54, Cantwell 50
Downey 37, Whittier 24
Santa Fe 51, Valley Chr. 24
WHITTIER CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT
St. Joseph 71, Mary Star 31
Whittier Chr. 55, Rolling Hills Prep 14
FOUNTAIN VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Schurr 44, San Juan Hills 36
CLAREMONT TOURNAMENT
La Mirada 41, Ontario Chr. 26
NONLEAGUE
Bishop Conaty-Loretto 33, Pioneer 27
FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE
BOYS
EL RANCHO TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINALS

Ayala vs. Whittier, 6 p.m.
Marina vs. Bonita, 7:30 pm.
Fifth-place Semifinals
Heritage Chr. vs. Sunny Hills, 3 p.m.
Washington Prep vs. El Rancho, 4:30 p.m.
Consolation Semifinals
Montebello vs. Summit, 6 p.m.
Schurr vs. Huntington Park, 7:30 p.m.
13th-place Semifinals
Baldwin Park vs. St. Paul, 3 p.m.
Warren vs. Alhambra, 4:30 p.m.
CORONA DEL MAR TOURNAMENT
California vs. Culver City, 4 p.m.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT
Whittier Christian vs. Flintridge Prep, 8 p.m.
NONLEAGUE
Woodbridge at Sonora, 7 p.m.
GIRLS
WHITTIER CHR. TOURNAMENT

Rolling Hills Prep vs. Mary Star, 3 p.m.
Rowland vs. La Habra, 4:30 p.m.
San Gabriel vs. Los Altos, 6 p.m.
Whittier Chr. vs. St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m.
GLENN-NORWALK TOURNAMENT
St. Paul vs. Downey, 8 p.m.
Whittier vs. Cantwell, 5 p.m.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Schurr vs. Western, 4:30 p.m.
NONLEAGUE
El Monte at Montebello, 4:45 p.m.
Woodbridge at Sonora, 5:30 p.m.

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