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Ventura County Senior Boys' & Girls'
All-Star Games: A Recap--(June 6, 2000)

Wow, it's now June, so when we opened up both the LA Times and Daily News on Sunday morning, the last thing we expected to be reading about was yet another senior-class high school All-Star game. But sure enough, there it was, in the Times, a nice little recap of both the boys' and girls' all-star games on page D-14, and in the Daily News, a full box-score with both first and last names. . . nice.

Here's what we learned happened in the boys' game from the Times' story written by Steve Galluzzo, which was evidently not carried on the internet version of the LA Times (at least we couldn't find it after a quick search):

Long Shot by North Falls Short
By Steve Galluzzo
Special to the Times

Ventura--Jason Angel of Santa Clara High missed a three-point shot at th ebuzzer and th eSouth escaped with a 103-100 victory over the North in the Ventura County Basketball Coaches' Assn.'s Senior All-STar game on Saturday night at Ventura High.

Branduinn Fullove of Simi Valley sank two free throws with 17.5 seconds left to provide the South with its three-point edge.

Fulove had 19 points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots and four assists.

Todd Tomlinson of Moorpark scored 20 points fo rthe South, including five three-pointers. He also buring 21 shots to win the three-point shooting contest at halftime, seven more tan Adam Segal of Royal.

Ricky Hernandez of Oxnard scored 18 points fo rthe North, Mike Keddington of Channel Islands added 15 and Angel and Eric Watkins of Hueneme each had 14.

The North led, 55-48, at halftime, but consecutive three-point baskets by Tomlinson gave the South its first lead, 64-63 midway through the third quarter.

The North responded with a 7-2 run and led, 76-71, going into the final 10-minute quarter.

Segal hit consecutive jumpers to tie th escore, 95-95 with 2:26 left.

Fullove hit seven of nine free throws and also won the slam-dunk contest before the game.

Here's the full boys' game box score (from the Daily News, so if the numbers don't match Galluzzo's, blame them, not us):

South (103)--Todd Tomlinson 20, Branduinn Fullove 19, Anish Sharda 16, Adam Segal 15, Wil Svitek 9, Tim Chevalier 9, Ryan McCormick 9, Zach Smith 4, Kahlil Fennel 2.

North (100)--Rudy Hernandez 18, Jason Angel 16, Eric Watkins 14, Mike Keddington 13, Etienne Emanual 10, Dustin Baier 7, Matthew Merricks 10, Mike Derse 4, Mike Perez 2, Anthony Camper 6

South 22 26 23 22--103
North 28 27 21 24--100

The Times also featured an account of the Girls' game as well:

North 105, South 39-- Alex Gientke showed why she was selected Ventura County player of the year by scoring 19 points for the North in teh girls' game.

Monique Taylor of Channel Islands, Krinstine Gleisberg of Ventura and Kellie Erickson of Buena each scored 14 points for the North, coached by Glenn Gray III of Ventura.

"We cam in pretty excited because we knew it was going to be our last high school game and we just clicked well together," said Gientke, a 5-10 guard from Ventura High who has accepted a scholarshipt to Santa Clara. "We played against each other all season, and it was fun to be on the same team for once.

"We only practiced twice, and it was mostly full-court, five-on-five, and we only ran one offense."

The North forced 15 turnovers in the first half en route to a 49-21 lead.

Erickson hit four three-pointers. No surprice, since she won the thre-point contest by draining 14 long-range shots in the one-minute time limit.

Oli Keohohou of Newbury Park had 12 points and four assists fo rthe South, coached by Ellen Blackmun of Calabasas.

The South scored its 15 first-quarter points on three-pointers, and was outscored, 32-4 in the third quarter.

Here's the girls' box score, a combination from the Daily News and the Times (and hopefully the numbers all match the story you just read):

South (39)--Chung 0, Leaver 0, Oli Keohohou 12, Allison Entin 9, Lauren Ferreria 8, Julia Bowman 6, Erica McQuire 4.

North (105)--Christine Gleisberg 14 and 9 rebounds, Monique Taylor 14 6 assists, Kellie Erickson 14 and 5 blocks, Maribel Ambriz 11, Farah Kholbeck 11 and 8 rebounds, Michelle Morgan 8, Memory Rohne 5 and 6 assists, Chenne Tuimoloau 5, Estelle Diaz 4, Alex Gientke 19 and 6 assists.

South 15 6 4 14--39
North 26 23 32 24--105