2020-21 Week 5: Torrey Pines Makes Jump in State Ratings
Torrey Pines this week ranks second in one California poll, third in another, and a unanimous No. 1 in San Diego.
John Olive , who became head coach at Torrey Pines before the 1997-98 season and whose teams have averaged 23 victories a season, commands a Falcons squad that has reached this juncture of the season with a 22-0 record.
Olive has an overall won-loss standing of 551-182 (.752), but his teams and no other in San Diego have been ranked as high as they are (3, behind Chatsworth Sierra Canyon and Santa Ana Mater Dei) by the respected Cal-Hi Sports. The Falcons are second in the computer-generated Max Preps standings.
A basketball lifer, the jovial Olive, played at Bishop Eustace High in South New Jersey and at Villanova before joining the San Diego Clippers of the NBA for two seasons as a 6-foot, 7-inch small forward..
Olive played one season with the Alberta Dusters of the Continental Basketball Association and then went into coaching. He was an assistant at Villanova and for five seasons was head coach at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.
Olive also coordinates the Torrey Pines Holiday tournament which annually attracts some of the top teams in the nation, is involved with USA basketball as a coach and executive, and runs a basketball camp in Encinitas.
The Falcons now are five wins away from a perfect regular season, a feat matched only by the 1959-60 Hoover Cardinals, 1967-68 Mount Miguel Matadors, 1969-70 Helix Highlanders, and 1973-74 Kearny Komets.
Torrey Pines won three last week, 82-53 over Temecula Rancho Christian, and 83-64 and 62-55 over Carlsbad.
The Falcons have Friday-Saturday games against Avocado League rival Vista this week and close with two the following week versus La Costa Canyon. A nonleague game against Anaheim Fairmont apparently has been pulled from the schedule.
This week’s TheSan Diego Union-Tribune poll:
RANK
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
LAST WEEK
1.
Torrey Pines
22-0 (13)
130
1
2.
San Marcos
19-0
114
2
3.
Cathedral
11-1
107
3
4.
St. Augustine
10-4
82
4
5.
El Camino
19-4
75
6
6.
Santa Fe Christian
13-3
58
5
7.
Mission Hills
14-4
48
8
8.
Carlsbad
12-6
43
7
9.
Orange Glen
19-3
41
9
10.
Corionado
13-4
10
NR
Others receiving votes: Mission Bay (12-6, 4 points), Bonita Vista (8-4, 4), San Ysidro (14-5, 2), West Hills (14-4, 1).
First-place votes in parenthesis.. Points awarded on scale of 10 down to 1.
Poll voters:13 sportswriters, sportscasters from around San Diego County.
John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
Aaron Burgin, fulltimehoopos.com.
Terry Monahan, Steve Brand, Union-Tribune correspondents.
John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan.
Bodie DeSilva, scorebooklive.com.
Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com.
Adam Paul, ECPreps.com
Steve Dolan Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
Rick Smith, partletonsports.com
Brad Enright, L.A. Court Report.
How others see San Diego Section’s top 10 in their California ratings*.
TEAM
RANK
CAL-HI SPORTS
MAX PREPS
Torrey Pines
1
3
2
San Marcos
2
23
11
Cathedral
3
15
8
St. Augustine
4
NR
24
El Camino
5
NR
47
Santa Fe Christian
6
NR
12
Mission Hills
7
NR
35
Carlsbad
8
NR
46
Orabnge Glen
9
NR
51
Coronado
10
NR
NR
*Cal-Hi Sports‘ ranks a Top 25.
2020-21 Week 4: Torrey Pines’ Run Now at 19 in Row
Coach John Olive may have passed the word around the Torrey Pines campus on Del Mar Heights Road: Do not even think about an undefeated season.
The coach would plead, “It’s too early.” Or, “We’re just thinking about our next game.”
But three impressive victories last week have put the Falcons at 19-0, with a No. 2 state ranking by Max Preps and No. 9 by Cal-Hi-Sports. Deep and well-rounded, the Falcons beat Coronado, 86-68, Mater Dei, 80-52, and Bonita Vista, 85-63
To run the table in the regular season (we’ll address playoffs later) the Falcons would have to win their last eight games, a schedule which includes home-and-home, Avocado League jousts against traditional rivals Carlsbad, Vista, and La Costa Canyon.
The Falcons also have home games against Temecula Rancho Christian and potentially troublesome Anaheim Fairmont Prep.
Olive has scheduled as tough as possible (one win over strong Corona Centennial, 65-62) but may have been helped by, of all things, the pandemic.
The scourge forced a drastic restriction in travel. No tournaments or mid-season road games against powerful, outside-the-section opponents.
Torrey Pines takes on the Temecula club tomorrow night (Wednesday, May 12) and tips Friday and Saturday against Carlsbad, the No. 7 team in the San Diego Section.
The last San Diego County team to end the season undefeated was the 1973-74, 32-0 Kearny Komets, led by Mark Hoaglin, Rick Taylor, Alan Rhodes, and Donald Page. That squad, as good as it was, played a local schedule, no intersectionals.
Undefeated regular seasons also have been achieved by Hoover (24-0, 1959-60), La Jolla (26-0, 1963-64), Mount Miguel (28-0, 1967-68), and Helix (29-0, 1969-70). Only Mount Miguel and Helix completed unbeaten runs through the playoffs..
UPDATE: Torrey Pines made it 20 victories in a row, 82-53 over Temecula Rancho Christian.
This week’s TheSan Diego Union-Tribune poll:
RANK
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
LAST WEEK
1.
Torrey Pines
19-0 (13)
130
1
2.
San Marcos
17-0
116
3
3.
Cathedral
8-1
97
2
4.
St. Augustine
12-2
81
7
5.
Santa Fe Christian
12-2
81
4
6.
El Camino
15-3
60
6
7.
Carlsbad
11-4
49
5
8.
Mission Hills
11-2
28
9
9.
Orange Glen
16-3
27
8
10.
Mater Dei
6-2
19
10
Others receiving votes: Coronado (12-4, 13 points), Mission Bay (10-5, 7) Bonita Vista (6-4, 4), Helix (9-7, 1).
First-place votes in parenthesis.. Points awarded on scale of 10 down to 1.
Poll voters:13 sportswriters, sportscasters from around San Diego County.
John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
Aaron Burgin, fulltimehoopos.com.
Terry Monahan, Steve Brand, Union-Tribune correspondents.
John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan.
Bodie DeSilva, scorebooklive.com.
Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com.
Adam Paul, ECPreps.com
Steve Dolan Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
Rick Smith, partletonsports.com
Brad Enright, L.A. Court Report.
How others see San Diego Section’s top 10 in their California ratings*.
TEAM
RANK
CAL-HI SPORTS
MAX PREPS
Torrey Pines
1
9
2
Cathedral
2
13
14
San Marcos
3
24
8
Santa Fe Christian
4
NR
11
Carlsbad
5
NR
32
El Camino
6
NR
47
St. Augustine
7
NR
18
Orange Glen
8
NR
49
Mission Hills
9
NR
34
Mater Dei
10
NR
70
*Cal-Hi Sports‘ ranks a Top 25.
2020-21: Evolution of Individual Game Most Points
The innumerable number of games and points and lack of sustained record keeping, or reporting, in earlier years make basketball a most challenging sport when it comes to posting stats of the “most”.
The table below, which begins decades after the game came to San Diego, lists an evolution of individual high scoring for one game. Corrections and additions welcomed.
First-place votes in parenthesis.. Points awarded on scale of 10 down to 1.
Poll voters:13 sportswriters, sportscasters from around San Diego County.
John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune.
Aaron Burgin, fulltimehoopos.com.
Terry Monahan, Steve Brand, Union-Tribune correspondents.
John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, 97.3 FM The Fan.
Bodie DeSilva, scorebooklive.com.
Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com.
Adam Paul, ECPreps.com
Steve Dolan Mountain Country 107.9 FM.
Christian Pedersen, San Diego Sports Association.
Rick Smith, partletonsports.com
Brad Enright, L.A. Court Report.How others see San Diego Section’s top 10 in their California ratings*.
TEAM
RANK
CAL-HI SPORTS
MAX PREPS
Torrey Pines
1
11
3
Cathedral
2
10
10
San Marcos
3
Bubble
8
Santa Fe Christian
4
NR
19
Carlsbad
5
NR
21
El Camino
6
NR
41
St. Augustine
7
NR
29
Orange Glen
8
NR
38
Mission Hills
9
NR
24
Mater Dei
10
NR
54
*Cal-Hi Sports‘ ranks a Top 25.
2020-21 Week 2: Power is on Del Mar Heights Road*
San Diego Section teams have been staying close to home because of the pendemic, but the season is in full swing with usual powers Cathedral and Torrey Pines almost neck and neck. San Marcos and a few others appear to be lying in the weeds.
Coach John Olive’s Torrey Pines Falcons managed to get in a home game against a tough Southern Section opponent and defeated Corona Centennial, the Los Angeles Times‘ No. 7 team, 65-62, in the most significant exercise thus far.
Below, the second weekly Union-Tribune poll result and the latest from Cal-Hi Sports and Max Preps.
RANK
TEAM
RECORD
POINTS
LAST WEEK
1.
Torrey Pines
14-0 (8)
125
1
2.
Cathedral
6-0 (4)
116
2
3.
San Marcos
13-0 (1)
108
3
4.
Santa Fe Christian
7-2
82
4
5.
El Camino
9-1
65
7
6.
Carlsbad
7-2
50
8
7.
Mission Hills
7-3
36
9
8.
St. Augustine
2-2
34
5
9.
Orange Glen
11-2
28
NR
10.
Mater Dei
3-1
27
NR
Others receiving votes: Coronado (9-3, 16 points), La Jolla Country Day (6-4, 11), Bonita Vista (3-3, 4), Montgomery (2-0, 4), Calvin Christian (8-0, 2), Francis Parker (3-2), Mission Bay (6-4), 1 point each.
How others see San Diego Section’s top 10 in their California top 25.
TEAM
RANK
CAL-HI SPORTS
MAX PREPS
Cathedral
1
13
9
Torrey Pines
2
14
3
San Marcos
3
Bubble
5
Santa Fe Christian
4
NR
22
El Camino
5
NR
21
Carlsbad
6
NR
25
Mission Hills
7
NR
17
St. Augustine
8
NR
NR
Orange Glen
9
NR
NR
Mater Dei
10
NR
NR
*The respective campuses of Torrey Pines and Cathedral are barely two miles apart on the Del Mar-Carmel Valley corridor.
1993-94: Lincoln Boys, Christian Girls Dominate D-IV
Clint Cummings (left) and Josh Merirll shared celebratory hug as University soaked in comeback win over St. Augustine in D-III decider.
Strength in the lower divisions, boys’ and girls’, continued to be the signature of San Diego Section teams.
The Christian girls followed the sensational mid-1980s stretch of four state championships by Point Loma by reaching the state Division IV championship game for the fourth season in a row.
Lincoln boys won the state D-IV title and were led by 6-foot, 8-inch Mark Sanford, a transfer from Kimball High in Dallas. The Hornets had lost D-IV championship games in 1987-88 and 1991-92.
NORSEMEN UNHAPPY
Playoff seeding meetings never would be confused with happy talk and sing-alongs around the camp fire. Agreement on pairings and on who gets in or is left out almost always is accompanied by grumbling coaches and shouting fans.
The old chant, “Elevator, elevator, we got the shaft” could be heard by Valhalla patrons as far away as Jamul.
Valhalla (19-8), a two-time winner over Monte Vista (15-12) in nonleague games, was seeded seventh in D-II and the Monarchs 10th.
The Norsemen, however, were forced to travel to Monte Vista for their first-round game, because the Monarchs won the Grossmont 2-A championship and Valhalla was third in the Grossmont 3-A race.
A CIF rule guaranteed league champions a home game in the first round.
“The coaches who were in the meeting feel it’s a bad rule,” said San Diego Section commissioner Kendall (Spider) Webb. “We’ll probably see it changed at the end of the year.”
Monte Vista ran the Norsemen out of the playoffs, 75-52.
BOYS PLAYOFFS
DIVISION I
FIRST ROUND San Dieguito (13-16) 56, @ Mira Mesa 64.
Poway (14-14) 61, @Rancho Buena Vista 85.
QUARTERFINALS Mira Mesa (14-12) 73, @1 Vista 107.
Rancho Bernardo 81, @4 Chula Vista (17-10) 60.
Fallbrook 50, @3 San Marcos (18-7) 45. 3 Rancho Buena Vista (16-12) 48, @1 San Diego (22-2) 72.
SEMIFINALS, @MIRA MESA. 1 Vista 63, Rancho Bernardo (16-10) 61.
Fallbrook 63, San Diego (22-3) 61.
—“It’s those damn North County refs again,” fumed San Diego’s Dennis Kane of official Rusty Rinner to writer Ed Graney. “You don’t make that call. You don’t take the game away from the kids.”
Fallbrook led, 61-59, with 13 seconds left before the Cavers’ Sedrick Bagby converted a free throw.
A whistle blew before Bagby’s second shot. Rinner called Bagby for taking too much time, more than the allowed 10 seconds.
Said Fallbrook coach Russ Keith: “I don’t expect to get that call. I don’t want to win that way.”
Said Rinner, who primarily worked games north of the city limits: “All I’ll say is I got to 15 (seconds)…and that’s stretching it.”
Said Bagby, who scored 29 points in a contest that featured 11 lead changes: “That’s how I shot the first one and he didn’t say anything. He didn’t even warn me.”
After the official’s call, Fallbrook inbounded the ball and Al Smalley scored on a layup. San Diego’s Walt Williams made one free throw with one second left for the final margin.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @Sports Arena. Vista 65, Fallbrook (17-12) 64,
—Adam Vandevoort drained a 10-footer as time elapsed. “I knew I had to get it off quick, but I also knew I had time to turn and shoot,” he told Steve Brand of The San Diego Union.
“During the time out (before the play, which began with Vista trailing, 64-63), I calculated how long it would take to shoot. I wanted the ball.”
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Long Beach Poly (26-6) 81, @3 Vista (26-4) 70.
D-II
FIRST ROUND Montgomery (14-13) 32, @1 El Camino 68.
Hilltop (18-11) 49, @Patrick Henry 63.
Escondido (13-11) 55, @Helix 83.
El Capitan (10-18) 58, @4 Carlsbad 66.
Hoover (12-12) 59, @3 Torrey Pines 82.
Mount Miguel (11-12) 63, @Serra (15-10) 68.
—Four free throws by Lovell Swink and two by Nathaniel Wright in the final 80 seconds pushed Serra to the victory.
Valhalla (19-9) 52, @Monte Vista 75.
Mission Bay (11-13) 42, @2 Grossmont 58.
QUARTERFINALS Monte Vista 53 (15-13) @2 Grossmont 67.
Serra (15-10), 58, @Torrey Pines 65.
Patrick Henry (18-11) 33, @1 El Camino 55.
Helix 74, @Carlsbad (17-9) 61.
SEMIFINALS, @RANCHO BERNARDO Helix 66, 1 El Camino (25-4) 63. —The Highlanders won their 16th game in the last 18 and avenged an 80-48 loss to the Wildcats in December. 2 Grossmont 45, 3 Torrey Pines (24-8) 42.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. Grossmont 60, Helix 52, OT. —“It’s nice to see a CIF championship where all the kids are from Grossmont,” said Foothillers coach David Hollman. “All my kids are homegrown. That’s the thing I’m proudest of. We did it without kids transferring in.”
“We played about five minutes of basketball,” Helix coach John Singer complained to Steve Brand of The San Diego Union, reflecting on the final five minutes of regulation time in which Helix erased an 11-point deficit.
Grossmont’s Bobby Ferriea, who scored 22 points, maneuvered around Helix’ Armon Carter in Foothillers’ 60-52, overtime win. Ferriea scored 22 points.
FIRST ROUND Kearny (7-19) 54, @Santana 57.
West Hills (9-13) 42, @La Jolla 81.
QUARTERFINALS Santana (10-13) 29, @1 University 62.
Eastlake 66, @4 Ramona (12-12) 60.
Scripps Ranch 83, @3 Mar Vista (18-7) 75.
—The first-year Falcons, buttressed by five transfers for the last five games of the regular season, thrived with Ashante Johnson, who moved from Kearny and scored 33 points.
La Jolla 47 (11-14), @2 St. Augustine 53.
SEMIFINALS, @MESA COLLEGE University 74, Eastlake (17-8) 46.
St. Augustine 59, Scripps Ranch (10-16) 50.
CHAMPIONSHIP University (26-3) 71, St. Augustine (24-5) 64. —University trailed, 52-41, early in the fourth quarter before a Sports Arena crowd of 7,395 persons.
Josh Merrill, the Dons’ 6-foot, 9-inch go-to guy, drained two, long, three-point attempts and was 8 for 8 from the free throw line in the final quarter.
The Saints, state D-III-ranked third behind the second-ranked Dons, had contained Merrill, holding him to six points in the first three quarters.
Merrill also had 10 rebounds, four in the fourth quarter, and blocked two shots.
“The threes, first Matt’s (Bryan) and then mine, got it going,” Merrill told Steve Brand.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Wasco (17-9) 39, @2 University 68.
St. Augustine 46, @Shafter (25-7) 43.
—Jelani McCoy shattered a backboard in the pregame shootaround. “It wasn’t even one of his monster slams,” said Saints coach Bill Peterson. “It was a baby one.”
McCoy had, by Peterson’s count, more than 50 cuts to his body but was okay after visiting a hospital.
McCoy had 11 points, 20 rebounds, and five blocked shots, including one in the final five seconds.
SEMIFINALS Rancho Santa Margarita (25-7) 39, @2University 41.
St. Augustine (25-6) 62, vs. 1 Garden Grove Pacifica (29-1) 65, @Cypress College.
—The Saints missed a handful of showtime dunks and blew a 16-point, 43-27 lead early in the third quarter.
University’s Tony Gutierrez beat Pacifica defenders to basket for score in D-III regional final.
FINALS
2 University (28-4) 55, Garden Grove Pacifica (30-1) 60, @Anaheim Arrowhead Pond.
—Uni led by 11 at halftime but the Mariners, using 11 players who each averaged 15 minutes on the floor, wore down the Dons with their press and depth.
“It’s tough,” said Josh Merrill. “I’d like to take a week off, but I’ll be at baseball practice tomorrow.”
D-IV
SEMIFINALS, @WEST HILLS Lincoln 98, Imperial (13-11) 64.
—Mark Sanford’s line for Lincoln: 32 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocked shots, 7 steals.
Holtville 77, Coronado (15-9) 64.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. Lincoln 102, Holtville (22-4) 69. —Seven section titles in a row for the Hornets. Mark Sanford had 24 points and 20 rebounds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Easton Washington Union (23-7) 51, @2 Lincoln 105.
Holtville (22-5), @1 L.A. Verbum Dei (25-2). No score.
SEMIFINALS Oxnard Santa Clara (19-8) 52, @Lincoln 83.
FINALS, @CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS. Lincoln 94, L.A. Verbum Dei (26-3) 93. —Lincoln’s Louis Johnson made the second of two free throws with 12 seconds left and the Hornets held on after losing all of a 13-point lead in the second quarter.
The Hornets’ Mark Sanford, staying tough after sustaining a fourth personal foul with 5:29 left in the third quarter, scored 32 points, including 15 in a pulsating fourth quarter, when Verbum Dei outscored the winners, 28-21, and had taken a 91-89 lead.
The shorter Eagles—their tallest starter was 4 inches shorter than Lincoln’s 6-8 Mark Sanford– continually drew Lincoln into foul trouble.
Verbum Dei, paced by future NBA star Andre Miller (23 points), was 29×42 from the free-throw line. Lincoln was 42×71, 59 per cent, from the field, but committed 29 turnovers to 11.
Mark Sanford (right), who led Lincoln’s 83-52 victory over Oxnard Santa Clara, battled Kris McLucas for rebound.
STATE CHAMPIONHIP, @OAKLAND COLISEUM ARENA. Lincoln (25-7) 63, San Anselmo Sir Francis Drake (32-4) 50.
—Seeing that Lincoln had averaged 93 points in the playoffs, the Pirates from Marin County took the air out of the ball but still trailed, 24-10, at halftime.
“It was evident they didn’t want to get into a running game,” Lincoln coach Charlie Paulk told Steve Brand. “That didn’t change our plan. We still run, no matter what they do.”
D-V
FIRST ROUND Santa Fe Christian 68, @Calvin Christian (14-9) 60.
Calipatria (7-16) 69, @La Jolla Country Day 84.
Tri-City 89, @Julian (15-9) 76.
Army-Navy 62, @Horizon (15-6) 54.
QUARTERFINALS Santa Fe Christian 42, @1 Christian (18-8) 40.
La Jolla Country Day (17-10) 48, @4 Calexico Vincent Memorial 59.
Tri-City (12-14) 55, @3 Francis Parker 67.
Army-Navy (11-11) 50, @The Bishop’s 58.
SEMIFINALS, @SCRIPPS RANCH. Calexico Vincent Memorial 61, Santa Fe Christian (11-16) 51.
The Bishop’s 43, Francis Parker (14-11) 38.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. The Bishop’s 56, Calexico Vincent Memorial (18-10) 47.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Pasadena Poly (22-5) 58, @4 The Bishop’s (19-10) 50.
North Hollywood Campbell Hall 68, Calexico Vincent Memorial (18-11) 61, OT.
GIRLS PLAYOFFS
DIVISION I
FIRST ROUND
San Dieguito (9-17) 41, @Rancho Bernardo 77.
Rancho Buena Vista 61, @San Diego (18-7) 52.
QUARTERFINALS
Rancho Buena Vista (12-17), 39 @1 Poway 57.
Fallbrook (20-6) 55, @4 Chula Vista 57.
—Allision Hines’ layup with 3 seconds left doomed the visiting Warriors.
Mira Mesa (16-9) 60, @3 Vista 81.
Rancho Bernardo (15-10) 46, @Morse 58.
SEMIFINALS, @MIRA MESA. 1 Poway 46, 4 Chula Vista (22-5) 41.
Vista (19-7) 64, Morse (19-7) 43.
—Vista went on a 20-0 run after Morse led, 14-13. “I think our press ruffled them a little,” said 28-point scorer DeAngela Minter. The Tigers turned the ball over eight times in the second quarter, 21 for the game.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. 3 Vista 51, Poway (21-6) 41.
—The Panthers’ DeAngela Minter shook off a sore hamstring and two tender ankles to score 32 points, including nine in the fourth quarter.
Ventura Buena’s Michelle Giordano, guarded by Vista’s Kristen Marsh, ignored her free-flowing pigtail and scored 21 points in 39-37 victory.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Ventura Buena (25-2) 39, @4 Vista (20-8) 37.
The Panthers missed their final 18 field goal attempts.
D-II
FIRST ROUND
Helix (7-17) 24, @1 Mission Bay 92.
—Adia Barnes led the Buccaneers with 41 points.
Mount Miguel 51, @Torrey Pines (13-13) 49.
—The Matadors avenged a 67-37 loss to the Falcons as Amie Belanger scored 25 points, including their first 16, despite playing on a sore knee and after a physician suggested not playing.
San Pasqual (11-15) 45, @El Cajon Valley 60. Hilltop (14-9) 27, @4 El Camino 75. Montgomery (13-12) 40, @Grossmont 84.
—Amber Phoenix’ 35 points lifted the Foothillers.
University City (11-12), 39, @1 Escondido 65. Point Loma 62, @Bonita Vista (17-8) 60.
—Jill Birmingham’s 22 points and 13 rebounds weren’t enough for the Barons, who led, 21-9, after one quarter. Angie Martinez had 31 points for the winners.
Patrick Henry (9-17) 29, @2 El Capitan.
QUARTERFINALS
Mount Miguel (14-10) 28, @Mission Bay 58.
Point Loma (19-12) 40, @El Capitan 67.
El Cajon Valley (18-8), 40, @El Camino 46.
Grossmont (20-7), 51, @Escondido 64.
SEMIFINALS, @RANCHO BERNARDO.
Mission Bay 68, vs. El Camino (20-6) 45.
—Adia Barnes was at it again for the Buccaneers, tripling with 40 points, 11 rebounds, and eight steals.
Escondido (26-3) 52, vs. El Capitan (25-2) 35.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA.
Mission Bay 68, Escondido (25-4) 44. —Future collegiate head coach Adia Barnes said to Steve Brand of The San Diego Union: “I listened to their coach (Lori Becker) and every time she said to get the ball inside, I knew it was coming.”
Barnes forced six Escondido turnovers in the fourth quarter and the Buccaneers won their first championship, girls or boys, and their 21st straight victory, spoiling a Cougars hoped-for celebration during the school’s 100-year anniversary.
Mission Bay (28-3) 51, Mission Hills Bishop Alemany (30-0) 68, @La Canada Flintridge.
—Adia Barnes fouled out with 11 points. Alemany was 18×22 from the free-throw line and outrebounded the Buccaneers, 41-24.
Adelia Haynes of Point Loma (53) was guarded by Bonita Vista’s Jan Norris. Point Loma won playoff, 62-60.
D-III
FIRST ROUND Crawford (6-16) 35, @Oceanside 52. West Hills (4-21) 23, @Madison 50.
QUARTERFINALS Oceanside (5-23) 24, @1 Santana (23-3) 75.
—Kelly Simers’ 33 points, including 9 three-pointers, was too much for the Pirates.
University 34, @4 Ramona (15-10) 32. Eastlake (13-12) 54, @3 Our Lady of Peace 66 Madison (9-16) 24, @2 Scripps Ranch 59.
—Scripps Ranch’s Alyssa Murphy: 28 points, 13 rebounds, 5 steals.
SEMIFINALS University (17-10) 49, @Santana 61. Scripps Ranch (20-4) 44, vs. Our Lady of Peace (18-7) 40, @Santana.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. Santana 61, Scripps Ranch 53.
—The Sultans, in their fifth final in the last seven seasons, won their third title.
—Scripps’ Alyssa Murphy, who led a University championship game upset of Santana in 1992-93, fouled out with 5:08 left.
Murphy scored 19 points, 11 below her average. “They double teamed me the whole game and I tried to do too much,” she said.
SEMIFINALS, @EL CAJON VALLEY Coronado (13-11) 47, 1 Lincoln 71.
—The Hornets, 12-9 competitively but 4-17 legislatively after an ineligibility, lived up to their top seeding.
3 Clairemont (12-12) 42, 2 Holtville 44.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. Lincoln (6-17) 58, Holtville (19-6) 43.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Sun Valley Village (25-1) 71, @Lincoln (6-18) 70.
Holtville (20-7), @2 Cerritos Valley (27-2) 62.
Christian’s Theresa Kain launched shot between The Bishop’s Amy Greifenstein and Amanda Updegraff. Patriots won San Diego Section and Regional final battles with Knights.
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FIRST ROUND Francis Parker (11-10) 53, @Tri-City (12-4) 48.
Lutheran (10-11) 34, @LaJolla Country Day (11-10) 48.
QUARTERFINALS Francis Parker 23 (11-11), @1 The Bishop’s 65.
Calvin Christian (13-6) 34, @4 Marian 47.
Calipatria (15-7) 43, vs. Julian (24-3) 89, @Ramona. —The Eagles outscored the Imperial Valley-based Hornets by at least 11 points in every quarter.
SEMIFINALS, @WEST HILLS The Bishop’s 50, Marian (11-14) 29.
Christian 88, Julian (24-4) 48.
CHAMPIONSHIP, @SPORTS ARENA. Christian 64, The Bishop’s 50.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL San Bernardino Christian (20-9) 41, @1 Christian (26-4) 72.
The Bishop’s 60, @3 San Luis Obispo Mission Prep 39.
SEMIFINALS Cambria Coast Union (19-7) 51, @The Bishop’s 65.
San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (19-7) 39, @Christian 74. —The Patriots gained the regional finals for the fourth consecutive year.
FINALS, @CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS Christian 53, The Bishop’s (27-4) 48.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, @OAKLAND COLISEUM ARENA Ripon (31-5) 62, Christian (28-5) 46.
—A factor often overlooked, according to Steve Brand of The San Diego Union-Tribune, was Ripon’s dominance on the defensive backboard, outrebounding the Patriots, 27-17.
They were much bigger and stronger,” said Christian coach Ken Grainger. “They bulled us around. They had the muscle and the mass.”
Christian had beaten Ripon in the state championship game in the 1991-92 season.
