La Habra players and coaches after Sunday’s final at Sunny Hills. (Photo courtesy La Habra basketball).
La Habra High School’s boys basketball team captured the championship of the Sunny Hills Summer Series Varsity Tourney defeating Yorba Linda 62-40 in the championship game Sunday.
The Highlanders defeated Valencia, Huntington Beach and Laguna Hills to reach the finals.
“We had a couple guys balancing club with this tournament so we had a lot of guys step up,” said La Habra Coach Aaron Riekenberg. “Twenty-26 Josh Desatoff played really well the first two games before getting injured and sitting the rest of the tourney (and) 2025 Jaedon Anderson and Christian Howlin both had big contributions all tournament long.
“We were led by 2026 Acen Jimenez who is gearing up for a huge sophomore season after being named first team all-league as a freshman. Jaedon Anderson kept his hot streak going after scoring 48 points on Wednesday at Marina against Laguna Beach on 13 made 3-pointers.”
SUNDAY SCORES
La Habra 62, Yorba Linda 40 (championship)
Whitney 48, Laguna Hills 35 (3rd place)
Sunny Hills/Black 65, Huntington Beach 42 (fifth place)
Santa Ana 81, Loara 75 (7th place)
West Torrance 46, Placentia 37 (9th place)
Sunny Hills/Gold 63, Santa Fe 39 (13th place)
Westminster 63, Sunny Hills/White 58 (15th place)
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—Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone; timburt@ocsportszone.com
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