Orange County basketball highlights for Tuesday, Jan. 22

Orange County basketball highlights for Friday, Jan. 11

Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Friday, Jan. 11. BOYS BASKETBALL Friday’s basketball scoreboard Ian Martinez made a free throw to send the game into overtime, then sank two more at the end of the OT to give No. 7 JSerra an 85-84 win over St. John Bosco in a Trinity League battle Friday night at JSerra Pavilion. Martinez also hit 3-pointer in the extra session that gave the Lions an 82-80 lead. Sage Guillen scored 33 points, all on 11 3-pointers, to key Fullerton’s 70-43 win over Buena Park. Will Hollon added 18 points and eight assists as the Indians (10-12, 1-3) broke through for their first Freeway League win. AJ Perry hit six 3-pointers among his 22 points, and No. 15 Canyon beat Foothill 73-54 in a Crestview League game. No. 21 Beckman took sole possession of first place in the Pacific Coast League with a 47-37 win over visiting Northwood. Dylan Thoerner scored 19 points and Aaman Soma had 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Patriots (15-6, 4-0), who will complete the first round of league play Tuesday at University. Sophomore Amit Flint scored 20 points for Northwood (10-11, 3-1). Kyle Kyckelhahn’s tip-in with 4.5 seconds left gave Aliso Niguel  a 60-59 win over visiting San Juan Hills in a Coast View Conference cross-over  game. Max Horowitz led Aliso with 12 points. San Juan Hills’ Ryan Perucci took game-high honors with 25 points. Trevor Seesemann scored 34 points to lead Troy to a 62-56 win over Sunny Hills in a Freeway League matchup at Troy. Luke Hosozawa led Sunny Hills with 24 points. No. 6 Tesoro (14-4, 3-0) remained unbeaten in the Sea View League with a 51-38 home-court win over Dana Hills. No. 9 Newport Harbor opened Surf League play with a 63-56 win at Los Alamitos. Robbie Spooner had 15 points, Dayne Chalmers 14 and Levi Darrow 12 for the Sailors (21-1, 1-0), who won their 17th straight game. Kevin Kent had 21 points for Los Al. GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday’s basketball scoreboard Taryn Uyematsu scored 26 points and No. 20 Canyon knocked off No. 13 Foothill 48-41 in a Crestview League game at Foothill High. Lea Kitsigianis added nine points and 14 rebounds and Mia Farrell had seven points and six assists for the Comanches (13-6, 1-1), who bounced back from a 27-point loss to Brea Olinda three days earlier. Foothill is 15-7, 0-2. Regenus Gates scored 17 points and No. 21 Kennedy (12-8, 4-0) stayed unbeaten in the Empire League with a 40-26 win at Cypress. No. 25 University (14-7, 4-0) held onto the top spot in the Pacific Coast league with a 47-32 win at Woodbridge.   Friday’s top scorers BOYS Pts    Player, school 34    Seesemann, Troy 33    Guillen, Fullerton 33    Headington, Edison 31    Kyman, Santa Margarita 27    Alamudun, Marina 25    Agbonkpolo, Santa Margarita 25    Naess, Laguna Beach 25    Perucci, San Juan Hills 24    Brown, Cypress 24    Hosozawa, Sunny Hills 23    Dasca, Costa Mesa 23    Ibarra, Rancho Alamitos 23    Maker, Orange Lutheran 23    Nadeau, La Quinta 23    Nguyen, La Quinta 23    Valdez, Godinez 22    Cooper, Woodbridge 22    Herbert, San Clemente 22    Perry, Canyon 22    Richards, Estancia 22    Uyesugi, University 21    Cash, Estancia 21    Humphreys, Corona del Mar 21    Kent, Los Alamitos 21    Martinez, Garden Grove 21    K. Vu, Ocean View 20    Flint, Northwood 20    Hefner, Costa Mesa 20    Hornery, Mater Dei 19    Miller, Servite 19    Thoerner, Beckman 18    Barnella, Marina 18    Hollon, Fullerton 18    Hotmer, Trabuco Hills 18    Porter, Orange 18    Sorto, Century 17    Castro, Garden Grove 16    Cabrera, Trabuco Hills 16    D’Amato, El Toro 16    Davis, Fountain Valley 16    Gilbert, Crean Lutheran 16    Halverson, Brea Olinda 16    Martin, El Toro 16    Miramontes, Godinez 16    Soma, Beckman 15    Clarke-Hosler, Woodbridge 15    Patterson, Cypress 15    Spooner, Newport Harbor   GIRLS Pts    Player, school 27    Reynolds, Ocean View 26    Uyematsu, Canyon 23    Feldman, Crean Lutheran 22    Jo. Corona, Whittier Christian 22    Lee, Brea Olinda 19    Choi, Oxford Academy 19    Masuno, Oxford Academy 18    French, Beckman 18    Fries, Esperanza 18    Watkins, Whittier Christian 17    Gates, Kennedy 16    Le, Garden Grove 16    Stines, Troy 15    Moreno, Garden Grove 15    O’Malley, Crean Lutheran 14    Kwong, Esperanza 14    Tan, Troy 13    Anderson, Sonora 13    Dermer, Sonora 13    Pearson, Troy 12    MacKay, Pacifica Christian 11    Brown, Pacifica Christian 11    Goldsmith, University 11    Paredes, Beckman 11    Roy, University 11    Youssouf, Esperanza 10    L. Mirhan, Valencia 10    A. Sherfey, Whittier Christian 10    Trinh, Yorba Linda 10    Yoshitake, Sonora Coaches and team representatives are encouraged to email their scores and stats after every game to the Register at preps@ocregister.com.  

Orange County basketball highlights for Friday, Jan. 25

Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Friday, Jan. 25. BOYS BASKETBALL Friday’s basketball scoreboard Three Cypress players scored 20 or more points and the No. 7 Centurions clinched at least a share of the Empire League title with a 79-58 win over Tustin at Cypress High. Anthony Tello had 23 points, Jared Brown 22 and Elijah Vaielua 20 points and 15 rebounds for Cypress (24-2, 8-0), which can break the school record for wins in Tuesday’s game against Kennedy. Dayne Chalmers scored 28 points on 12-of-14 field-goal shooting as No. 17 Newport Harbor beat No. 16 Edison 55-40 to create the possibility of all four Surf League teams finishing the season at 3-3 next week. Sam Barela added 10 points and four assists for the Sailors (23-4, 2-3), who will visit Corona del Mar (18-8, 3-2) on Wednesday. Kaden Headington scored 16 points for Edison (18-9, 3-2) which will visit Los Alamitos (9-15, 2-3) the same night. Cameron Dashiell had 32 points, eight steals and five assists as No. 8 La Habra repelled a determined Troy team 76-69. The Highlanders (23-2, 8-0) will visit second-place Sonora on Tuesday with a chance to clinch the Freeway League title outright. Kyle Phan had 21 points for Troy (15-11, 4-4). No. 5 Canyon and No. 6 Villa Park stayed on pace for a season-ending showdown for the Crestview League title with easy victories Friday night. Canyon (20-6, 4-0) beat Foothill 53-38 behind 19 points by A.J. Perry. The Comanches need to avoid another near-upset at Esperanza on Tuesday after barely beating the Aztecs 53-50 last Tuesday at home. Villa Park (22-2, 3-1) throttled Esperanza 86-48 and will visit Foothill on Tuesday, then travel to Canyon on Thursday. Three Costa Mesa players exceeded 20 points as the Mustangs maintained their slim lead in the Orange Coast League with a 78-60 win over visiting Saddleback. Nico Dasca had 27 points, Tre Villalpando 22 and Osman Hefner 21 for the Mustangs (13-11, 7-1), who host their two nearest pursuers next week – Santa Ana on Tuesday and Estancia on Thursday. Seth Locke hit the game-winning jump shot with 9.6 seconds left to give Northwood a 40-39 win over Portola in a crucial Pacific Coast League game. Locke finished with 14 points and Shandon Sharifi scored 16 as the Timberwolves (17-8, 6-2) remained in a first-place tie with Beckman and knocked Portola (13-13, 4-4) out of the race. Northwood will visit Irvine on Tuesday and host Beckman in the final regular-season game Thursday. Mohsen Hashemi led Portola with 19 points. Dylan Thoerner scored 33 points and Beckman needed virtually all of them to outlast Woodbridge 79-72 in another key PCL game. Aaman Soma added 20 points as the Patriots (17-8, 6-2) stayed tied for first with Northwood. Beckman will host University on Tuesday before going to Northwood on Thursday. Brian Bae had 17 points and Chris Cooper 14 for Woodbridge (8-16, 3-5), which was tied with Beckman going into the fourth quarter. GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday’s basketball scoreboard No. 19 Kennedy pulled away from a one-point halftime lead and beat No. 21 Crean Lutheran 64-50 to clinch outright possession of the Empire League championship. Second-place Crean (20-5, 5-3) still had slim title hopes going into the game and led 23-21 late in the half. But Kennedy’s Regenus Gates hit a 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Fighting Irish (16-8, 8-0) went on to outscore the Saints 40-27 in the second half. Gates finished with 32 points. Taylor Feldman had 20 for Crean. Malia Goldsmith had 26 points and 12 assists and No. 24 University clinched the outright championship of the Pacific Coast League with a 69-53 win over Irvine at Irvine High. Claire Kawata added 14 points on four 3-pointers and Aryn Press had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Trojans (18-7, 8-0), who pulled three games ahead of second-place Irvine (12-14, 5-3) with two to play. The game was close until University broke it open with a 21-11 fourth quarter. No. 6 Troy scored the first 45 points of the game and beat La Habra 73-9 to clinch at least a share of the Freeway League championship. The Warriors are 19-6 overall and 8-0 in league, two games up with two to play. No. 8 Oxford Academy clinched the 605 League title with a 67-30 win over Whitney. The Wildcats (23-3, 8-0) had four players in double figures, led by Angie Choi with 16 points and nine assists. Austyn Masuno scored 13 points and blocked eight shots. Friday’s top scorers BOYS Pts    Player, school 33    Thoerner, Beckman 32    Dashiell, La Habra 31    Alamudun, Marina 28    Chalmers, Newport Harbor 27    Dasca, Costa Mesa 26    Poling, El Dorado 25    Maker, Orange Lutheran 23    Castro, Garden Grove 23    Tello, Cypress 23    Yi, Oxford Academy 22    Brown, Cypress 22    Caiazzo, Ocean View 22    Martinez, Garden Grove 22    Villalpando, Costa Mesa 22    Weingard, San Juan Hills 21    D’Amato, El Toro 21    Hefner, Costa Mesa 21    Phan, Troy 20    Humphreys, Corona del Mar 20    Soma, Beckman 20    Vaielua, Cypress 19    Hashemi, Portola 19    Naess, Laguna Beach 19    Nguyen, Ocean View 19    Perry, Canyon 19    Valdez, Godinez 19    K. Vu, Ocean View 18    Headington, Edison 18    Porter, Irvine 17    Bae, Woodbridge 17    Brookins, Westminster 16    Bakke, El Dorado 16    Egbert, Capistrano Valley 16    Keeler, Marina 16    G. O’Neill, Saddleback Valley Christian 16    Ortega, Garden Grove 16    Salinas, Saddleback 16    Sharifi, Northwood 16    Turner, El Dorado 15    Kravitz, Laguna Beach 15    Yauney, Troy 14    Cooper, Woodbridge 14    Hewitt, Mission Viejo 14    Kung, Oxford Academy 14    I. Lee, Westminster 14    Locke, Northwood 14    Miramontes, Godinez 14    Patel, Tustin 14    Waite, Canyon 13    Dean, Irvine 13    Esparza, Sonora 13    Gald, Mission Viejo 13    Miller, Beckman 13    Overstreet, La Habra 13    Saccaccio, Huntington Beach 13    Stines, Sonora 13    Stone, Corona del Mar 12    Gleason, Capistrano Valley 12    Gutierrez, El Toro   GIRLS Pts    Player, school 35    Lee, Brea Olinda 32    Gates, Kennedy 26    Goldsmith, University 23    Maggard, Woodbridge 22    Hermanson, Tustin 22    Jones, Foothill 20    Feldman, Crean Lutheran 19    Jo. Corona, Whittier Christian 18    MacKay, Pacifica Christian 16    Choi, Oxford Academy 14    French, Beckman 14    Kawata, University 14    Madrazo, Oxford Academy 13    Gagnon, Oxford Academy 13    Lizardo, Sonora 13    Masuno, Oxford Academy 13    Press, University 12    Eddy, Pacifica Christian 12    Esquivel, Katella 12    Gustafson, Brea Olinda 12    Vela, Foothill Coaches and team representatives are encouraged to email their scores and stats after every game to the Register at preps@ocregister.com.  

Orange County basketball highlights for Tuesday, Jan. 29

Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 29. BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday’s basketball scoreboard David Yi set an Oxford Academy record with 40 points as the Patriots beat Glenn 77-39 in a 605 League game on Senior Night. Yi, a senior forward who will try to walk on at Penn, broke the mark of 34 points set by Salman Tailor in a 2014 game. Yi also had 14 rebounds, while Mumin Saba and Eric Ho had 10 points each for the Patriots (14-13, 5-4). Jake Poling scored 26 points and El Dorado clinched the North Hills League championship outright with a 53-36 win at El Modena. John Bakke and Shaun Turner added 16 points each for the Hawks (16-11, 5-0), who have a two-game lead with one to play. Beckman clinched at least a share of the Pacific Coast League title when it beat University 81-54 and Northwood lost in double-overtime at Irvine 47-40. Dylan Thoerner led five Patriots in double figures with 18 points and Christopher Muller had 16 for Beckman (18-8, 7-2), which can win the title outright with a win at Northwood on Thursday. Irvine knocked Northwood out of a first-place tie in the Pacific Coast League with a 47-40 win in double overtime at home. Devin Lee had 14 points, Hunter Anderson 11 and Chris Dean 10 for the Vaqueros, who avenged a 55-31 loss at Northwood on Jan. 15. Seth Locke led all scorers with 17 points for the Timberwolves (13-13, 6-3), who can still share the title if they beat Beckman at home on Thursday. Will Hollon sank three free throws with :00.3 showing on the clock to give Fullerton a 37-36 Freeway League win over Buena Park at Fullerton College. Hollon finished with 14 points and Zachary Perez had 10 for the Indians. No. 7 Cypress clinched the Empire League title outright with a 59-40 win over Kennedy. Anthony Tello had 14 points for the Centurions (25-2, 9-0). Richard Gan sank a 3-pointer in the final second to give Magnolia a 40-38 win over Anaheim in Orange League play. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tuesday’s basketball scoreboard Malia Goldsmith broke the University career scoring record Tuesday night as the Trojans beat Beckman 57-44 in a Pacific Coast League game at Beckman. Goldsmith scored 14 points and stands at 1,328 for her four-year varsity career, surpassing the 1,327 points scored by Lauren Hudash from 2004-08. Claire Kawata added 11 points and Soha Ali scored eight as No. 23 University (19-7) stayed unbeaten in the Pacific Coast League at 9-0. The Trojans had clinched the outright championship Friday and will conclude the regular season Thursday with a home game against Woodbridge. Beckman’s Jacqui Paredes led all scorers with 15 points. Goldsmith, a 5-foot-6 senior point guard, also sank her 142nd career 3-point basket Tuesday, tying the mark set by Dana Bossenmeyer from 2011-14. By the end of the season, coach Nicole Bradshaw said, Goldsmith will hold four career school records – points, assists, steals and 3-pointers made. Senior Austyn Masuno scored a career-high 34 points and grabbed 21 rebounds as No. 8 Oxford Academy wrapped up the 605 League title outright with a 60-25 rout of Glenn. Angie Choi added nine points and Mylee Madrazo scored eight for the Patriots (24-3, 9-0), who have won their nine league games by an average of 35 points. No. 9 Huntington Beach cleared up the Surf League race by beating Corona del Mar 50-21. Daniella Benabou scored 13 points and Bella Serrano had 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Oilers (21-6, 5-1) clinched the title outright on the last day of the league season. Had CdM (16-12, 3-3) won, there would have been a three-way tie for the title among those two teams and Los Alamitos (20-8, 4-2). Meghan McIntyre also had 11 points for Huntington Beach. San Juan Hills clinched a share of its first league championship since 2013-14 by beating El Toro 51-31 at home. Liza Hladek scored 24 points and Grace Gentry had 18 rebounds and three blocks as the Stallions (19-6) finished 7-1 in the Sea View League. Jordan Parkhurst added 10 points. Laguna Hills stayed on track to share the Sea View League crown by beating Mission Viejo 62-26 at home. Cierra Arlow had 27 points and 12 rebounds and Liandra Shaffer scored 15 points for Hawks (13-10, 6-1) who can clinch a tie for the title with a win at Capistrano Valley on Thursday.   Tuesday’s top scorers BOYS Pts    Player, school 40    Yi, Oxford Academy 29    Yauney, Troy 27    Hefner, Costa Mesa 26    Erving, Segerstrom 26    J. Silva, Santa Ana 23    Platt, Yorba Linda 22    Martinez, Garden Grove 21    Stines, Sonora 21    Villalpando, Costa Mesa 20    Hashemi, Portola 20    I. Lee, Westminster 19    Castro, Garden Grove 18    Cooper, Woodbridge 18    Lucas, Saddleback 18    Montera, Brea Olinda 18    Perry, Canyon 18    Sloniger, Valencia 18    Thoerner, Beckman 17    Locke, Northwood 17    Roy, University 16    Muller, Beckman 16    Salinas, Saddleback 15    Overstreet, La Habra 14    Clarke-Hosler, Woodbridge 14    Gill, University 14    Hollon, Fullerton 14    Knutson, Yorba Linda 14    Lee, Irvine 14    Poling, El Dorado 14    Tello, Cypress   GIRLS Pts    Player, school 34    Masuno, Oxford Academy 28    Orozco, Valencia 27    Arlow, Laguna Hills 27    Nguyen, Marina 26    Yoshitake, Sonora 24    Hladek, San Juan Hills 23    Clark, Trabuco Hills 23    Jones, Foothill 23    McArthur, Dana Hills 23    A. Nguyen, La Quinta 22    Avalos, Buena Park 22    Lee, Brea Olinda 22    Mack, Katella 22    O’Malley, Crean Lutheran 20    Uyematsu, Canyon 19    Feldman, Crean Lutheran 18    Felix, Rosary 18    Gates, Kennedy 17    Miller, Los Alamitos 16    Cuevas, Santa Ana Valley 16    DeGree, San Clemente 16    Gustafson, Brea Olinda 16    Rodriguez, Rosary 16    Smead, Saddleback Valley Christian 15    Avinger, Rosary 15    Paredes, Beckman 15    Shaffer, Laguna Hills 15    Vela, Foothill 14    Anderson, Sonora 14    Goldsmith, University 14    A. Reed, Crean Lutheran 14    Serensits, Savanna 13    Benabou, Huntington Beach 13    Farrell, Canyon 13    Hill, Saddleback Valley Christian 12    Chambers, Dana Hills 12    J. Corona, Whittier Christian 12    Maggard, Woodbridge 12    Price, Brea Olinda 12    Trinh, Yorba Linda Coaches and team representatives are encouraged to email their scores and stats after every game to the Register at preps@ocregister.com.  

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Rough re-entry for Wolf basketball

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