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Recap: Boys' Game Scores From
Wednesday, Feb. 9--(Feb. 10, 2000)

Here are the results from the third day of the week of the final stretch run.   Results from virtually every City Section and Southern Section game.  Most of the league races have now been decided and there are only two more days remaining in the regular season.  Quite a few of the teams in the Southern Section wrapped up their regular season last night, including all the teams in the Mission League, which was won by Harvard-Westlake for the first time in three years, and the big race for the Santa Fe League between La Salle and Bell-Jeff was decided last night too, and La Salle won it's third straight title at Bell-Jeff.   And there were some other results which were exciting, and which may or may not have implications for the playoffs and seeding. . . . like Verbum Dei knocking off St. Anthony in Camino Real. . . or St. Bernard beating St. Paul, which up until a week ago had been ready to challenge for a share of the title, but ultimately Bishop Montgomery secured yet another title with it's win last night. In City Section, we went out yesterday to watch Taft take on Chatsworth, and to take another look at Steve Smith, the Taft freshman everyone is talking about. . . the game wasn't all that exciting (we sat with Dave Hopla who was in town for a day, and he described it "as exciting as watching paint dry"), but Smith showed some flashes of brilliance, with some very nice putbacks and a couple of twisting drives to the hole. . . and he can jump out of the gym, so he appears to be for real.   Gregg Guenther  (6'-8" Sr. PF) of Taft who has signed with USC for both football and will also play hoops, and Adam Drell (6'-7" Sr. PF) from Chatsworth, were duking it out on the boards, and Drell had 18 points and 18 boards, and looked good even though his team lost.  Adam is getting recruiting by Tufts and several other D-I's and by UC San Diego (which, although it's D-III, has one of the best arenas around and a great science program for pre-med students). . . Chatsworth's Shayne Berry shot well (he had 23 points) but kicked a chair when he didn't like a call, got called for a T early in the first half, but remarkably continued to play in the game. . . which just typified this sorta, kinda "lost" season for Chatsworth. . . Ronald Ruffin is also academically ineligible so he wasn't playing, and they lost one other player to grades as well.  For Taft, Ronald Gray, a senior, scored 30 points in a great performance.   For all you recruiting guys out there, Ronald is probably going to be at Glendale CC next year, at least that's what he told us.

We'll post up other details shortly.  For now though, here are the scores.  As always, if you have a result that we don't have listed, send it in or post it on the message forum.

Coliseum League
Crenshaw 110, Jefferson 67
Dorsey 77, Locke 58
Manual Arts 66, Fremont 62

Eastern League
Garfield 80, Huntington Park 78
South Gate 44, Bell 30
Jordan 78, Roosevelt 52

Marine League
Banning 53, Gardena 49
Carson 74, San Pedro (2OT)
Wahington 67, Narbonne 53

Northern League
Franklin 58, Lincoln 56 (OT)
Belmont 46, Marshall 45
Wilson @ Eagle Rock--not reported

Sunset Six League
Grant 67, Poly 56
Canoga Park 93, North Hollywood 80
Hollywood 61, Verdugo Hills 41

Valley Mission League
Kennedy 71, Van Nuys 57
Monroe 55, Reseda 41
San Fernando 61, Sylmar 58

West Valley League
Granada Hills 68, El Camino Real 57
Cleveland 63, Birmingham 48
Taft 72, Chatsworth 60

Western League
Westchester 89, University 54
Venice 86, Los Antgeles 53
Paliksades 71, Hamilton 50

Camino Real League
Verbum Dei 60, St. Anthony 58
St. Monica 70, Cantwell Sacred Heart 54
Mary Star 68, Bosco Tech 65

Citrus Belt League
Fontana 88, Redlands 65

Coastal Life League
Price 89, San Gabriel Academy 39

Condor League
Cornerstone Christian @ Villnova Prep--not reported
Cate 73, Laguna Blanca 61
Happy Valley @ Oak Grove--not reported

De Anza League
Beaumont 74, Riverside Notre Dame 53
Aquinas @ Silver Valley--not reported

Del Rey League
Bishop Montgomery 74, Bishop Amat 56
St., Bernard 68, St. Paul 54

Del Rio League
California 65, Whittier 31
El Rancho @ La Serna
Santa Fe @ Pioneer

Empire League
Loara 57, Century 42
Katella 33, Kennedy 32
El Dorado 59, Cypress 53

Golden West League
Westminster 59, Saddleback 39
Santa Ana 74, Tustin 50

Heritage League
First Lutheran 75, South Bay Lutheran 73

International League
Mesrobian 46, Southwestern Academy 33
Pacific Christian @ Delphi--not reported

Liberty League
Viewpoint 57, Oakwood 45
Providence 61, Holy Martyrs 43

Los Padres League
St Joseph 60,  Paso Robles 47
Santa Ynez 47, Morro Bay 33
Cabrillo 71, Atascadero49

Marmonte League
Simi Valley 86, Westlake 56
Moorpark 61, Newbury Park 52
Royal 72, Thousand Oaks 71

Mission League
Crespi 43, St. Francis 38
Harvard-Westlake 59, Loyola 58
Chaminade 86, Alemany 69

Mission Valley League
Gabrielino 63, Arroyo 58
Rosemead 44, Mountain View 41
El Monte 68, South El Monte 54

Moore League
Lakewood 59, Compton 58
Millikan 64, Long Beach Wilson 55
Jordan 90, Cabrillo 60

Orange League
Brea Olinda 69, Savanna 62
Anaheim 57, Western 39
Valencia 48, Magnolia 47

Pacific Coast League
Laguna Beach 53, Cota Mesa 52

Pacific View League
Oxnard 76, Hueneme 53

Prep League
Chadwick 70, Flintridge Prep 41

Santa Fe League
Cathedral 63, Salesian 57
La Salle 75, Bell Jeff 71
Murphy 77, St. Genevieve 45

Sea View League
Laguna Hills 75, Irvine 59
Woodbridge 65, Aliso Niguel 59 (OT)

Sierra League
Damien 68, Diamond Bar 59
Ayala 98, Rowland 42
Nogales 75, West Covina 63

South Coast League
El Toro 69, Mission Viejo 53
Capistrano Valley 82, Dana Hills 68
San Clemente 83, Trabuco Hills 65

Suburban League
Artesia 105, Bellflower 62
Glenn 95, Norwalk 65
La Mirada 52, Cerritos 49

Tri-Valley League
St. Bonaventure 61, Carpenteria 47
Oak Park 61, Bishop Diego 40

Milken 50, YULA 44
Westview @ Trinity Lutheran--not reported

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