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Girls basketball
Pioneer 46, Fullerton 34 — Marissa Mora had 14 points, eight rebounds and three blocks and Raylene Cosio and Mariah Silva each had 11 points for the Titans (11-5) in a nonleague game. Cosio also had 14 rebounds.
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Boys basketball
Whittier Christian 65, La Habra 57 — Justin Osborn scored 16 points, Jake Williams and Justin Turner each had 14 points and Nico Albertini had eight points for the Heralds (7-4) in a nonleague win. Quinn Commans and Albertini each had eight rebounds.
Boys soccer
California 3, Firebaugh 2 — Ulices Hernandez scored twice and Steven Moya scored a goal and had an assist for the Condors (1-3-2) in a nonleague victory. Also for California, David Ariasand Daniel Oropeza each had an assist.
Girls water polo
La Habra 9, El Rancho 5 — Natasha Velez scored three goals and had four steals and Alina Harguindeguy scored twice for the Highlanders in a nonleague win.
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Girls basketball
La Habra 52, Whittier Christian 45 — Senior Christa Evans had 21 points and 16 rebounds and freshman Joleen Corona added 10 points for the Heralds (9-3) in a nonleague loss.
Staff photo by Keith Durflinger
La Mirada solidified its hold on being the No. 2 boys basketball team in the area and maybe showing consideration for the top spot, currently held by Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary, with a 62-58 victory over No. 4 Sonora in the North Orange County Tournament championship game at Sonora High.
Daniel Cabrera scored 20 points and Kevin Askew had 13 for the Matadores, who improved to 8-2.
La Mirada, which will get its shot at area No. 1 CSHM in early January, also got 13 from Shemar Morrow and 10 from Nick Colosi.
Sonora slipped to 10-2.
La Mirada’s Rendwick Helaire (14) grabs a rebound as they play St. John Bosco in the North Orange County Championships basketball tournament at Sonora High School on La Habra on Friday December 16, 2016. La Mirada defeated St. John Bosco 71-62. (Photo by Keith Durflinger/Whittier Daily News/SCNG)
LA HABRA — There were a lot of questions for the La Mirada High School boys basketball team entering the season. But the Matadores, two years removed from winning a CIF State Division II title and winners of the past two Suburban League crowns, had all the answers Friday.
Shemar Morrow scored 17 points and Rendwick Helaire and Brian Askew had 14 each as La Mirada advanced to the North Orange County Tournament final with a 71-62 victory over St. John Bosco at Sonora High School.
Nick Colosi also had 10 points for La Mirada (7-2), which will face either host Sonora or Capistrano Valley for the championship at 7:30 p.m. today.
JJ Watson had 26 points for Bosco (6-2), which is ranked No. 9 in this week’s CIF Southern Section Division 1AA poll. The Braves will face the Sonora-Capo Valley loser for third place at 6 p.m.
La Mirada, after surviving a quick start from Bosco in the third quarter, solidified the win with a 16-5 blitz over a 5-minute stretch during the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth to go up 57-46.
Morrow had consecutive fast-break layins for a 47-41 lead after three quarters, and La Mirada opened the fourth with a 7-3 surge for a 57-46 lead following a 3-point play by Daniel Cabrera (six points) and a 3-pointer by Askew.
Bosco cut the lead to 60-56 with 1:55 left before La Mirada made nine of 10 free throws down the stretch to secure the victory.
La Mirada coach Bryce Jones: “We said going into the season that we are going to win games we probably shouldn’t win and lose games we shouldn’t,” La Mirada coach Bryce Jones said. “We’re up and down. Tonight, we were up. St. John Bosco is a very good, very well-coached team. For us to compete at (this) level is good. (Helaire and Morrow’s) physicality led us, and our guard play was solid.”
— Stephen Ramirez