February 1, 2025

OC Sports Zone: Community First

Orange County boys basketball highlights and final scores for Friday, Jan. 31

CRESTVIEW LEAGUE

CREAN LUTHERAN 76, CYPRESS 53: The Saints wrapped up the outright league title with the road win at Cypress.

La Habra 73, Foothill 48

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

LAGUNA HILLS 70, SANTA ANA 66: Laguna Hills (11-15, 5-2) was led by Myles Mittelsteadt who had 17 points and Jackson Burnham who had 15 points. Santa Ana (7-17, 3-4) was led by Pedro Moran who had 28 points and made eight 3-pointers. Aaron Rivera had 13 points for Santa Ana, which is battling Buena Park for third place. Santa Ana plays at Buena Park (2-5 in league) Tuesday night.

SOUTH COAST LEAGUE

SAN CLEMENTE 68, TRABUCO HILLS 40: The Tritons (22-5, 6-1) were led by Porter Hansen who had 24 points. Christian Fernandez scored 15 points and Chase Tolliver had eight points and 14 rebounds.

TESORO 61, SAN JUAN HILLS 57: The Titans (18-9, 4-3) were led by Max Draper, who scored 17 points and had six rebounds. Adam Smalli had 13 points and seven rebounds and Riley Konick 11 points, five rebounds and three assists.

EMPIRE LEAGUE

TUSTIN 71, GODINEZ 38: The league-leading Tillers (21-6, 7-0) were led by Yuri Klines and Moe Hernandez, who had 12 points each. Marcus Poserio scored 11 points to lead Godinez (8-19, 0-8). Tustin can clinch the outright league title with a win Tuesday at Costa Mesa.

SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE

PACIFICA CHRISTIAN 76, WESTERN CHRISTIAN 32: The Tritons (17-7, 3-1) were led by EJ Spillman, who had 22 points and seven assists. Zane Gillespie had nine points, Hudson Reynolds eight points and Michael Noel eight points and four assists. Logan Stewart had 13 rebounds and five assists. Spillman became the program’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing Dominik Harris record of 1,244 points.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Beckman 62, El Toro 58

Capistrano Valley 48, Aliso Niguel 41

FREEWAY LEAGUE

VILLA PARK 78, EL DORADO 75 (OT): The Spartans (18-9, 5-2) were led by Tristan Griffin, who had 20 points, five rebounds and four assists. Mal Johnson had 19 points, five rebounds and three assists, Dakari Harris 15 points and six rebounds, Diego Perez nine points and five rebounds. El Dorado (19-8, 3-5) was led by Caleb Hendrix who had 21 points, Elias Rodarte with 16 points and Noah Barker who had 15 points.

ORANGE COAST LEAGUE

Katella 52, Segerstrom 34

TRINITY LEAGUE

SANTA MARGARITA 65, JSERRA 60: The Eagles (20-5, 6-2) defeated JSerra on the road Friday. Kaiden Bailey had 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals, Drew Anderson had 14 points and four rebounds, Brayden Kyman had 11 points and four rebounds and Rodney Westmoreland 10 points and four rebounds to lead the Eagles. Brannon Martinsen scored 17 points and Jarne Eyenga 13 points to lead JSerra (20-6, 6-3).

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