December 18, 2024

OC Sports Zone: Community First

Cypress, Edison, Tesoro, Crean Lutheran, Servite, St. Margaret’s and CVC boys teams win

CYPRESS 62, LA HABRA 53: Cypress won its first game of the year Thursday in the Sonora Tournament.

“Winning that first has been a long time coming,” said Cypress Coach Derek Mitchell. “We’ve been down by single digits in the fourth quarter in all our losses and haven’t been able to close out games. It’s been a learning curve for our guys and it doesn’t get any easier tomorrow when we play Coach (Nate) Harrison and Canyon.

“They have one of the top teams in the county. La Habra can really shoot it as they made nine threes tonight. Coach (Aaron) Riekenberg does a great job putting them in the right spots and their zone is tough to match up against.”

Cypress (1-4) was led by Kody Papke, who scored 19 points. Devon Washington and Mickey Kadawaki scored 10 points each. Jonah Kim had 10 points and three 3-pointers for the Centurions.

La Habra (3-6) was led by Eric Castillo, Grayson Sinek and Jaeddon Anderson, who had 12 points each.

EDISON 64, CALVARY CHAPEL 39: The Chargers were led by Emerson Evans who scored 22 points and Dylan Hugues, who scored 14 points in the Mariko Memorial Classic at Portola. Quinn Delany scored nine points and Tucker Tripp six for Edison (1-2).

TESORO 61, SAN DIEGUETO 44: Tesoro (6-0) notched another victory at the Mariko Memorial Memorial Classic at Portola. Carson Brown led the Titans with 19 points. Kyle Gleason had 17 points and eight rebounds, Jake Bennett had eight points and 14 rebounds and Blake Manning had seven points and seven assists.

CREAN LUTHERAN 93, VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 41: Koat Keat scored 27 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had three assists to lead the Saints (2-0). Vyctorius Miller added 21 points and 12 assists and Ethan Tauber scored 10 points for Crean Lutheran.

SERVITE 55, FULLERTON 53: Servite (2-0) captured a victory in the Loara Tournament. Miles Song led the Friars with 30 points.

ST. MARGARET’S 58, ESPERANZA 57: The Tartans advanced to the finals of the Buena Park Tournament with a victory. Dylan Cormac scored 29 points and made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including the game-winner.

CAPO VALLEY CHRISTIAN 49, ARROYO GRANDE 41: The Eagles (3-0) were led by Mac West with 21 points and seven rebounds, Arik Mawien with 10 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks and Athian Athian with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

LA MIRADA 52, ORANGE LUTHERAN 49: The Lancers lost in overtime in the Coyote Classic. Orange Lutheran (5-3) was led by Seth Brown, who scored 19 points. Blake Brewer had nine points and Nik Flores eight points.

FINALS:

Estancia 51, Godinez 36

Laguna Beach 37, Trabuco Hills 34

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