D-IAAA wild card game previews

There are two Wild Card games in Division I-AAA tomorrow night (Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2000). Interestingly, not all of the at-large entries (teams which failed to qualify by finishing in the top half of their leagues, but who finished with 11 or more wins) are featured in the Wild Card games. There were 12 such at-large entries who petitioned for entry in the bracket, all of which were given games, but only Alta Loma, Esperanza, Bell Gardens and Lakewood have wild card games. Others, like Downey, El Rancho, Leuzinger, AB Miler, Paramount, Rialto and Santa Monica, were placed directly into the bracket and they will all play on Friday night.

Here's a look at the four teams playing in the two wild card games on Wednesday. By the way, all the games are at 7:30 p.m. These "previews" are going to be really down and dirty. . . just rosters and records where available. If you want to know more about how these (or any) teams did during the year, scan through the Daily Articles or the 00-01 Scoreboard articles.

Esperanza enters as the fourth place entry from the Sunset League (5-5) behind Los Alamitos (10-0), Fountain Valley (7-3), and Marina (5-5). Alta Loma comes in as the fourth place entry from the Mt. Baldy League, also with a league record of 5-5, behind Ontario (10-0), Etiwanda (6-4), and Chaffey (5-5). Alta Loma will be the host school. We'd really like to be able to list the rosters for both schools, but we can't. . . It seems that someone forgot to include Alta Loma's roster in the the CIF Media packets which were made available to those of us who went to the seeding announcments. . . but we do have the roster from Alta Loma's soccer team!!! You'll no doubt be pleased to learn that Kameron Hart of Alta Loma is the leading goal scorer of the Alta Loma soccer team, with 20 goals on the year, 7 assists, and 47 points. . . . At least we have both school's complete records of wins and losses:

Esperanza Aztecs
64	Orange	41
62	Servite	53
53	Villa Park	65
53	El Dorado	72
55	Troy	70
51	Capo Valley	62
62	Servite	45
61	Capo Valley	67
66	Cypress	74
70	Katella	51
65	Sunny Hills	47
76	Yosemite	72
71	Claremont	76
58	Gahr	59
65	Jurupa Valley	54
61	Sonora	79
41	Fountain Valley	53
62	Marina	69
75	Huntington Beach	69
46	Los Alamitos	54
65	Edison	55
30	Fountain Valley	40
81	Marinea	70
61	Huntington Beach	51
54	Los Alamitos	57
44	Edison	40

Alta Loma Braves
46	Chino	49
52	Camien	61
40	San Dimas	57
56	Garey	55
49	Bonita	54
62	LA Lockie	63
50	Canyon Springs	54
55	Rialto	47
74	Redlands East Valley	53
46	San Gorgonio	49
65	Rowland	49
51	Diamond Ranch	73
56	Paramount	48
82	Rowland	78
69	Walnut	59
74	Montclair	65
47	Etiwanda	52
73	Chaffey	80
46	Perris	68
60	Ontario	89
72	Rancho Cucamonga	64
43	Ontario	69
74	Montclair	69
55	Etiwanda	69
50	Chaffey	46
74	Rancho Cucamonga	70

Esperanza Team Roster
3	Anthony Vicencia	6'-0" Sr. G
4	Felix Loc	5'-11" Sr. G
5	Adam Benner	5'-10" Sr. G
11	Anthony Suite	5'-7" Sr. G
12	Alex Liao	5'-6" Sr. G
14	Burke Spencer	5'-9" Jr. G
21	Kyle Aurelia	5'-8" So. G
22	Braden Porter	6'-0" So. G
30	Mark Davidson	6'-5" So. F
33	Mark Lovein	6'-7" So. F
42	Mike Davis	6'-1" Fr. G
55	JD White	6'-4" Sr. F
	Jesse Hills	6'-3" So. C
	Art Darien	5'-8" Fr. G
	Cory Hayashi	5'-10" Jr. G

Alta Loma Roster Not Submitted

Lakewood comes into the playoffs as the 6th place team in the Moore League, ahead of only LB Cabrillo which finished 0-12 in elague and 4-16 overall, and needless to say didn't make the playoffs. But Lakewood managed a 12-14 record playing against the rest of the teams in league which finished in this order: 1. Long Beach Poly (12-0, 22-5); 2. Jordan (9-23, 19-10); 3. Millikan (7-4, 17-9); 4. LB Wilson (5-7, 11-16); and 5.Compton (5-7, 12-13).

Bell Gardens finished 5th int he Almont aLeague at 4-6 in league and 11-15 overall. Almont had a logjam at second with the three way tie, and the teams finished in this order: 1. Montebello (8-2, 14-12); 2. San Gabriel (6-4, 15-11); 3. Alhambra (6-4, 18-8); 4. Schurr (6-4, 10-15). Only Mark Keppel which went 0-10 in league and 4-19 overall didn't make it to the playoffs from the Almont League.

Bell Gardens Lancers
61	La Serna	70
54	El Rancho	65
55	West Covina	66
53	Los Altos	89
981	Whittier	45
62	South El Monte	37
70	Montclair	73
50	Canyon Springs	76
61	Don Lugo	48
42	Claremont	67
60	Sultana	57
57	Baldwin Park	46
67	Nogales	61
740	Damien	47
48	San Dimas	60
59	Diamond Bar	57
50	Montebello	58
67	San Gabriel	66
78	Keppel	56
69	Schurr	71
56	Alhambra	54
55	Montebello	60
62	San Gabriel	65
54	Keppel	44
61	Schurr	65
47	Alhambra	49

Lakewood Lancers
86	Gahr JV	52
85	Marshall	58
59	LB Wilson	4
57	Ghar	54
66	Muir	71
39	Mayfair	90
50	Pacific Hils	62
2	Los Alamitos (forfeit)	0
72	St. Anthony	47
64	Downey	67
63	Redondo Union	71
59	Artesia	78
69	Hawthorne	55
71	Skyline	60
74	Millikan	80
81	Jordan	85
41	Poly	46
70	Wilson	74
66	Cabrillo	42
72	Compton	65
64	Millikan	70
62	Jordan	78
69	Poly	`80
72	Wilson	58
67	Cabrillo	58
71	Compton	74

Bell Gardens Lancers
10	Alex Lizarraga	5'-7" Jr. G
11	Jerry Santos	5'-8" S.r G
13	Hugo Nieves	6'-0" Sr. F
14	Jesse Hipolito	5'-11" Sr. C
15	*Arcenio Ramirez	5'-9" Jr. G
20	Francisco Gandara	6'-2" Sr. F
21	*Osvaldo Carreon	5'-9" Sr. G
23	*Ray Ochoa	5'-11" Jr. G
24	Joe Pedroza	5'-7" Sr. G
25	Ismael Varela	6'-0" Jr. F
30	*Shamir Narsal	6'-2" Sr. F
31	*Migues Rosales	6'-5" Jr. F/C
32	Sahir Castillo	6'-0" Sr. G/F
33	Gabriel Herrera	6'-5" Sr. C

Lakewood Lancers
1	Eugene Carey	5'-8" Jr. G
3	Robert Hicks	5'-11" Sr. G
5	Leo Thomas	5'-4" Fr. G
10	Doug Peterson	6'-2" So. F
12	Tyrell McLaurin	6'-1" Jr. F
20	Joshua Anderson	6'-1" So. F
22	Michael Jones	5'-8" Jr. G
32	Chester Gabriel	6'-02" Jr. F
33	Robert Hughing	6'-3" Jr. F
33	John Wegner	6'-5" Jr. F
42	Dontray Greer	6'-3" Jr. F
44	Ese Lemusu	6'-4" Jr. F
50	Armand Ivory	6'-2" Jr. F

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