wildcard preview I-AA boys

Paramount finished as an at-large entry from the San Gabriel Valley League, the No. 6 finisher in the league with an overall record of 14-13. Rialto was also an at-large entry, the No. 4 team from the very tough Citrus Belt League, with an overall record of 13-13. Here are the rosters for these two teams:

	Paramount Pirates			Rialto Knights
No.	Player	Ht, Class, Pos	No.	Player	Ht, Class, Pos
4	Jermaine Hood	5'-5" Sr. G	3	Getano Johnson	5'-9" Sr. G
5	Herbert Hilton	5'-5" Sr. G	5	John Carter	5'-8" Jr. G
10	Tony Smith	5'-10" So. G	10	Luther Hall	5'-11" Jr. G
11	Andre Figueroa	6'-1" Sr. F	12	Kenny Autry	5'-11" Sr. G
12	Richard Padilla	6'-0" Sr. G	20	Clarence Butler	5'-9" Jr. G
21	Ernest Sandoval	6'-1" Sr. F	21	Daniel Green	5'-9" Jr. G
22	Chris Campbell	6'-1" Jr. G	22	Sean Green	6'-3" So. G/F
23	Robert Cargile	5'-11" Jr. G	24	Chris Fuller	6'-2" Sr. F
31	Gary Sloan	6'-4" Sr. F	25	Rremon Littlejohn	5'-10" Sr. F
32	Armando Lozano	6'-3" Jr. F	30	Michael Robertson	6'-3" Jr. C
34	Arthur Mack	6'-2" Jr. F	32	Brandon Kennedy	6'-2" Fr. F
41	Gabriel Cervantes	6'-0" Jr. g	40	Lavelle Joyner	6'-3" Jr. C
42	Louis Saucedo	6'-6" So. C	42	Michael Williams	6'-4" Jr. C

Paramount didn't submit their complete record, or if they did, the CIF-SS didn't reproduce it, so we can't tell you who they beat and who they lost to without going on a full-blown search of the archives. If you're a coach from Rialto, perhaps your time can be best spent doing a "Search SoCalHoops" to look for those game results, but for the casual fan, well, who has the time? Rialto did submit both a schedule and roster, so we know that they've beaten Perris, lost to Woodbridge by only 4, lost to Centennial by 8, and have beaten Division I-AA's No. 3 seed, AB Miller by 7 points in a league game, so they must be pretty tough, and with the game at Rialto, that has to be worth a couple of points in a close contest. Look out for Sean Green, one of the better scoring threats in the CBL this past season.

The winner gets Ayala, the Sierra League champion, on Friday night at Ayala.

Santa Monica enters the playoffs as an at-large entry from the Bay League, the No. 5 team from that league with a record of 13-13 overall. Arcadia will get the home court advantage, also an at-large entry from the Pacific League, the No. 6 team from that league with an overall record of 12-14.

	Santa Monica Vikings			Arcadia Apaches
No.	Player	Ht, Class, Pos	No.	Player	Ht, Class, Pos
3	Mark Covin	6'-0" Jr. G	3	Tony Larkins	5'-7" Jr. G
4	Terrell Maze	6'-0" Sr. G	5	Chris Handy	5'-10" Sr. G
5	Pablo Dresie	6'-5" Sr. F	10	Drew Wheat	6'-4" So. F
10	Brett DeAngelis	6'-0" Jr. G	11	Greg Garcia	6'-1" So. G
11	Avery Martin	5'-10" Fr. G	15	Edward Ho	5'-11" Sr. F
13	Charles Gordon	5'-10" Sr. G	21	Scott Bozin	6'-0" Sr. G
15	Khalif Parker	5'-11" Jr. G	23	Jay Salter	5'-9" Sr. G
20	Kyle Troupe	5'-11" Jr. G	24	Donte Owens	6'-2" Sr. F
21	Greg Walker	6'-5" So. F	31	Aaron Anderson	6'-2" Sr. F
22	Arash Ghaffari	6'-2" Jr. F	32	Ryan Newton	6'-3" Sr. F
23	Charles Stokes	6'-7" Jr. F	33	Brent Dohling	5'-11" Sr. G
24	Tim McGrath	6'-3" So. F	34	Jon Ramirez	5'-9" Sr. G
32	Scott Roberts	6'-5" Jr. F	42	David Gaulton	6'-3" Sr. F
33	Chris Gary	6'-3" Sr. F	44	Neal Cheng	6'-0" Sr. F
44	Kristin Currie	6'-5" Sr. F

Notable wins for Santa Monica have included a 51 point shellacking over Salesian early in the season, wins over Leuzinger, Granada Hills, Grant, Saugus, Peninsula (they split in league), Morningside (twice, also league), while notable losses have included a 43-33 loss to Santa Barbara, a 51-44 loss to Dos Pueblos (when DP had Steve Greybill), Inglewood (with and without DeAngelo Collins), and they split a pair with Mira Costa. Pablo Dresie is one player to watch for and Brett DeAngelis is also a scoring threat. For Arcadia, Brent Dohling is the leading scorer, and the Apaches have notably beaten Montclair, Gabrielino, Montebello (1st in Almont League), Cerritos, Duarte, Nikiski (Alaska), South Pasadena, Campbell Hall, while they've lost to predictably better and deeper teams like Pasadena, Crescenta Valley, and Muir, not to mention Hoover twice in league, and Hoover didn't qualify at all.

The winner gets Esperanza, the Sunset League's No. 1 team, on Friday night @ Esperanza.

Fountain Valley comes into the game as an at-large entry from the Sunset League, tied at No. 3 (meaning they were really No. 4 for playoff purposes) with an overall record of 13-14. The game will be played at Dana Hills, which finished 6th in the South Coast League and so obviously they are also an "at-large" entry, with a record of 13-13.

Interestingly, Dana Hills either didn't submit a media sheet or it got lost in the shuffle, so in order to avoid any unfair surprise, or rather to put everyone on the same footing, we're not going to give rosters, at least not complete ones, for this contest. Besides, if Dana Hills didn't have time to submit one, why should we spend our time hunting around for a roster for them? All we can say is that Dana Hills ought to key in on Kevin Edmunds (6'-6" Sr. F), who is clearly one of the best players on his squad, a team which beat Los Alamitos (twice) but which inexplicably lost to Laguna Hills 38-33....Hey, these are high school kids, after all and anything can happen. But Fountain Valley has also beaten Esperanza (they split), Edison, Marina (another split) Rancho Bernardo from San Diego, Mojave from Vegas, Foothill from Vegas, L A Jordan, and a holst of other teams. Of course they also lost to Rialto, Mayfair, Morningside, LA Fremont (by 38 points) and Inglewood (by only 15).... An all-OC matchup. Should be fun.

The winner gets Etiwanda, the No. 1 team from the Mt. Baldy League on Friday.