la times battle of the valley

What: LA Times Battle of the Valley
When: Saturday, May 12, 2001
Where: Cal State Northridge
Times: Boys Game--7:00 p.m., Girls Game--5:00 p.m.
Who: Top Southern Section Players v. Top LA City Section Players

The LA Times carried a small reminder today about this weekend's annual seniors-only LA City Section vs. CIF Southern Section "Battle of the Valley All-Star Game." The game will be played this Saturday night, May 12 at Cal State Northridge, with the girls game slated for early evening and the boys' game to follow. This game will feature most of the top players from the San Fernando Valley and local Ventura County teams in the CIF Southern Section and the LA City, including several players of the year in each division (e.g., Cecil Brown, Andrew Moore, etc).

Here are the rosters (in alphabetical order) and the coaches of the two teams as announced:

CIF SS Valley All Stars

LA City Section Valley All Stars

Kingsley Anyanwu	Crespi
Aaron Bobik	Newbury Park
Scott Borchart	Chaminade
Johnny Gray	Agoura
Michael Jenkins	St. Francis
Tony Johnson	Quartz Hill
Kyle Kegley	Thousand Oaks
Michael Luderer	Notre Dame
Casey Markovic	Bell-Jeff
Andrew Moore	Crespi
Dustin Villepigue	Simi Valley
Cody Pearson	Notre Dame
Colin Ward-Henninger	Buckley

Cecil Brown	Canoga Park
Shayne Berry	Chatsworth
Scott Johnston	Chatsworth
George O'Garro	Sylmar
Earnest Williams	Sylmar
Mike Charleston	Grant
DeWayne Anderson	Grant
Ramall Goodrich	Monroe
Haig Tatian	Birmingham
Ken Hauser	North Hollywood
Nathan Stern	North Hollywood
Derrick Lambey	Cleveland

Coach: Rob Di Muro, Notre Dame

Coach: Rob Bloom, North Hollywood

Several of the players have already committed, while others are still wide open on their college selections. Chaminade's Scott Borchart will play next year at the University of Santa Clara, while Simi Valley's Dustin Villepigue will be at Gonzaga, and Buckley's Colin Ward-Henninger will be at Yale. Last we heard, Michael Jenkins was thinking of walking on at Northwestern, where his brother also attends school. Most of the others in the CIF-SS side, including LA Times Valley Player of the Year, Cody Pearson are still undecided. Pearson is reportedly being looked at by Pepperdine and a few others. On the LA City Section side of the roster, the only player we know about who has definitely signed for next year who will play D-I basketball is Cecil Brown, a 6'-4" shooting guard who led the region and who signed at UCSB a few weeks ago. Grant's Mike Charleston is looking at some D-I volleyball offers.