May 9, 2024

OC Sports Zone: Community First

Thursday highlights: Foothill, Crean Lutheran and Aliso Niguel capture titles

FOOTHILL 66, BRIGHTON 58: The Knights captured the Holiday Tournament title. Jake Horton was named the MVP. Braedyn Benhard was named to the all-tournament team.

MIkey Mazurie scored 17 points, Jake Horton had 11 points and Carlo Billings 10 points for Foothill (14-1).

CENTENNIAL 66, CREAN LUTHERAN 56: The Saints wound up as the Gold Division co-championship at the Damien Classic after its scheduled opponent in the championship game was forced to drop out due to COVID protocol. Crean Lutheran wrapped up play in a different division.

Vyctorius Miller had 18 points, six assists and five rebounds and Koat Keat 14 points and 15 rebounds. Parker Tuttle added 12 points for Crean Lutheran (10-1).

EL DORADO 61, HUNTINGTON BEACH 52: The Hawks (15-3) wrapped up the Anaheim Tournament with a victory. Cooper Bladow and Hudson Novak scored 15 points each to lead El Dorado.

ALISO NIGUEL 73, ANAHEIM 29: The Wolverines (14-4) finished 4-0 to win the title at the Anaheim Tournament. Tyler Weaver was named the tournament MVP.

SERRA 67, CYPRESS 64: Kody Papke scored 25 points and Jonah Kim 15 points and made all three 3-point attempts in the Rajah Tournament in Indio.

Cypress rallied from 11 points down at halftime to take the lead on a 3-pointer by Papke.

“Serra came down and hit a three,” said Cypress Coach Derek Mitchell. “We missed a shot and had to foul. We ran out of time and lost  by three. We have grown up this tournament. We would not have even been in the game vs them at the beginning of the year.”