Archbishop Riordan’s King-Njhsanni Wilhite, proven right here in a sport final spring, capped a 25-point efficiency with a layup on the buzzer to beat St. Francis on Saturday night time. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Boys basketball
Archbishop Mitty’s Tim Kennedy doesn’t must be advised how robust it may be to win a boys basketball sport at Serra. The longtime coach was a Padre himself within the Nineteen Nineties.
Kennedy took his Mitty workforce to San Mateo on Saturday night time with an undefeated report in West Catholic Athletic League play, having crushed the league’s three San Francisco colleges (Archbishop Riordan, St. Ignatius, Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral) and St. Francis.
Mitty, ranked second by the Bay Space Information Group, ran right into a defensive buzzsaw towards Serra.
The Monarchs trailed 18-16 at halftime and 29-22 by way of three quarters.
Serra went on to win 50-41, a bounce-back victory after gorgeous losses the earlier Saturday at Valley Christian 50-49 and at residence on Wednesday towards St. Francis 61-38.
No. 7 Serra improved to 11-4 total and 4-2 within the WCAL.
Mitty fell to 11-4, 4-1.
Miles Klapper scored 23 factors and Garret Keyhani completed with 14 factors and 14 rebounds to guide Serra, Brady Smith chipped in with 9 factors.
Aidan Burke (17 factors) and Derek Sangster (13 factors) scored in double figures for Mitty.
No. 10 Archbishop Riordan 64, No. 19 St. Francis 62
St. Francis, taking part in at residence in Mountain View, appeared on its approach to a second consecutive spectacular victory when the Lancers took a 12-point lead into halftime towards Riordan.
However the Crusaders held St. Francis to 6 factors within the third quarter after which prevailed when King-Njhsanni Wilhite capped a 25-point efficiency with a layup as time expired.
Riordan is 9-5, 3-1.
St. Francis dropped to 10-6, 2-4, with two of these WCAL losses in excruciating vogue – an time beyond regulation gut-wrencher final Monday at Mitty after which Saturday’s heartbreaker.
Bellarmine 47, Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral 33
Bellarmine had misplaced all 5 of its WCAL video games heading into Saturday’s sport at Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral, the earlier three by a mean of twenty-two.3 factors.
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The skid ended towards SHC as Nick Corbett (16 factors, 12 rebounds) and Theoren Brouillette (12 factors) led the Bells to a much-needed victory.
Bellarmine is 8-7, 1-5. SHC fell to 4-8, 2-4.
Sunday basketball
In August, the California Interscholastic Federation suspended its bylaw that stops colleges from taking part in on Sunday, giving them a possibility to make up video games postponed through the pandemic.
Dougherty Valley and Granada took benefit Sunday, partaking in a decent and tense East Bay Athletic League boys basketball sport.
When it ended, fourth-ranked Dougherty Valley, taking part in at residence in San Ramon, emerged with a 76-71 victory over Sixteenth-ranked Granada.
The Wildcats improved to 17-1, 3-1.
Granada is 11-4, 3-1.
Connor Sevilla (32 factors) and Ryan Beasley (22 factors) led Dougherty Valley.
Granada bought 31 factors from Kevin Gad, 15 factors and 10 rebounds from Jonathan Mitchell and 14 factors, 11 rebounds and 6 assists from Andrew McKeever.
Elsewhere
No. 1 Campolindo stretched its successful streak to 9 video games with a 71-56 victory over Vanden on the Crush within the Valley showcase at Contra Costa School. Aidan Mahaney (18 factors), Matt Radell (15 factors) and Cade Bennett (10 factors) led the best way for the Cougars, who've received 34 of their previous 35 video games. … Bishop O’Dowd improved to 6-5, beating Sacramento 73-50 on the Crush within the Valley. The Dragons have received three in a row since dropping to College at De La Salle’s MLK Basic.
Ladies basketball
Sabrina Ionescu Showcase
With WNBA famous person Sabrina Ionescu in attendance at Carondelet for her first highschool showcase, lots of Northern California’s high gamers and groups took half in a marathon day of video games.
There was some last-minute shuffling after a few groups withdrew.
However eight video games unfolded beginning Saturday morning, highlighted by Pinewood’s comeback victory over Monte Vista, Archbishop Mitty’s overcome Folsom, Bishop O’Dowd outlasting Lick-Wilmerding, host Carondelet turning again Heritage and St. Mary’s-Stockton toppling St. Ignatius.
On the finish of the lengthy day, Carondelet’s Kelly Sopak, who coached Ionescu at Miramonte, tweeted, “Particular due to @sabrina_i20 and her whole household for making the FIRST Sabrina Ionescu Showcase #SI20 an enormous success. Her influence on OUR sport has been legendary #GrowtheGame.”
To which Ionescu replied, “No, thanks!!! 1st one down, many to go!”
Listed below are the ultimate scores:
Piedmont 83, Las Lomas 38
No. 18 Pinole Valley 66, Castro Valley 59
No, thanks!!! 1st one down, many to go!🙏🏼 https://t.co/iCdPLirmEF — Sabrina Ionescu (@sabrina_i20) January 23, 2022
No. 6 Bishop O’Dowd 75, Lick-Wilmerding 63
No. 5 Pinewood 66, No. 9 Monte Vista 61
No. 2 Archbishop Mitty 68, Folsom 39
Mitty defeats Folsom 68-39 in Sport 3 of the #SI20Showcase Sport MVP @MorganCheli – @sabrina_i20 readily available to ship the MVP T Shirt pic.twitter.com/ecnAeff2h1 — CalStars (@CalStars) January 22, 2022
Clovis West 70, Oakland Tech 64
No. 1 Carondelet 79, No. 10 Heritage 60
St. Mary’s-Stockton 71, No. 4 St. Ignatius 52
Ladies basketball falls 79-60 to Carondelet within the SI20 Basic. Amanda Muse named sport MVP after 27 factors, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks. Ashley McNabb, Kendall McClure, Julia Wright 10 factors every. We begin BVAL play on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/ly7NBCW3y5 — Heritage Athletics (@HeritagePats) January 23, 2022
Elsewhere
No. 3 Salesian ran its report to 10-3, holding off Antelope 62-57 on the Crush within the Valley showcase at Contra Costa School. Ariel Anderson (13 factors), Silivia Fonongaloa (12 factors) and Makiah Asidanya (12 factors) scored in double figures for the Delight.