December 22, 2024

OC Sports Zone: Community First

Foothill, Estancia, Northwood, Crean Lutheran, JSerra and Villa Park notch wins

Foothill 60, Mission Hills 57: The Knights notched a win at the Holiday Classic Thursday to advance into Friday’s championship game. Foothill (14-1) has won nine in a row. The Knights were led by Isaiah Bernard, who had 17 points and grabbed six rebounds. Travis Paleo had 13 points and four rebounds and Carlo Billings scored 12 points, pulled down five rebounds and recorded three assists.

Estancia 64, Santiago 58: The Eagles won their semifinal game Thursday night. Jaedon Hose-Shea had 24 points, Peter Sanchez scored 16 points and James De La O had 14 points to lead the Eagles.

Estancia will meet Irvine, which defeated El Modena on Thursday. El Modena and Santiago will play in the third place game at 6 p.m.

Northwood 72, Incline Village 51: The Timberwolves (9-7) captured a win in the semifinals of the Anaheim Colony to advance into the championship game Friday at 3:30 p.m. vs. Orangewood Academy (13-3), one of the top-ranked teams in the county.

Aditya Sheth had 33 points and made seven 3-pointers, Ryan Abaye had 19 points, five assists and two steals, Zaid Yunis had 10 points, five rebounds and three assists, Sam Alegre had five points and four assists and Aidan Arnold had four rebounds, five assists and two steals for Northwood.

Crean Lutheran 72, Central 46: The Saints (9-5) won at the Damien Classic in the Silver Division Thursday. Kaiden Bailey had 18 points, Patrick Miranda 17 points and Braeden Davidson 13 points to lead the Saints.

Pacifica Christian 57, Auburn, Wash. 54: Alex Stewart had 12 points and eight rebounds, Salim Seeman scored 12 poitns and Sarge Deal had 11 points to lead the Tritons to a win at the Damien Classic.

JSerra 97, San Ysidro 91: The Lions (13-2) were led by Aidan Fowler, who had 34 points and Sebastian Rancik, who scored 18 points to a win a the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic. Jake Stafford scored 15 points and Korin Hull 13 points for the Lions.

Villa Park 70, Indio 54: The Spartans (11-5) won their fourth in a row, defeating Indio in the semifinal game of the Desert Holiday Classic Thursday. Jack Sharar scored 22 points and made four 3-pointers and grabbed three rebounds to lead Villa Park. Dakari Harris had 16 points, eight rebounds and two steals, Jayden Baude had 15 points, five assists and three rebounds, Isaiah Labat had 10 points and six rebounds and Mai Johnson had three points and nine assists.

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