Prep roundup: Dougherty Valley falls in Torrey Pines semifinals. San Ramon Valley, De La Salle win thrillers
Luke Isaak's 3-pointer sends San Ramon Valley into a final at Damien Classic. St. Francis boys, girls reach final at their own tournament.
One day after knocking Memphis commit Mikey Williams and his star-studded San Ysidro squad from the winner’s bracket in the top division at the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, Dougherty Valley hoped to leave its game against St. Augustine-San Diego on Thursday night with a berth in the final.
But instead of another fast-breaking points-fest, St. Augustine slipped past the plodding Wildcats 62-58 and ended their great run in the National Division semifinals.
The same layups and jump shots that seemed automatic a day ago were suddenly rimming out for Dougherty Valley, who squandered a 29-27 halftime lead and lost its first game of the year (12-1).
Connor Sevilla scored a game-high 24 points for the Wildcats, and backcourt partner Ryan Beasley scored 14. Wing Blake Hudson notched 13 points.
Coach Mike Hansen said the frustrating loss, which featured St. Augustine burning the Wildcats on several out-of-bounds plays, may end up benefitting his team in the long run.
“We have to clean up our execution because when you play good teams like we did tonight, stuff gets exposed,” Hansen said. “As a coach, I’m like ‘Great, now I know what we need to work on.”
St. Augustine’s Jurian Dixon scored 23 and LoLo Randolph scored 15 for a team that will face St. John’s-DC in the final.
“They’re very well coached and very athletic, and we came out a little flat,” Hansen said.
Dougherty Valley will play Eastside Catholic-Washington in the third-place game on Friday.
“We have to bring some energy and effort tomorrow,” Hansen said. “Going 3-1 down here would be outstanding.”
No. 6 San Ramon Valley 53, Roosevelt-Eastvale 52
Luke Isaak’s 3-pointer with five seconds left propelled San Ramon Valley past Roosevelt and into the championship game on Friday in the Gold Division at The Classic at Damien in Southern California.
Isaak (15 points) and Seamus Deely (13) led San Ramon Valley in scoring as the Wolves improved to 13-1.
The Danville school will play Ironwood-Glenwood in the final.
“This is a team that is playing with Coach Del constantly on our minds,” the team tweeted after the semifinal. “Hope we are making him proud!!!!”
Enormously popular SRV assistant coach Hans de Lannoy, 70, is in hospice after battling cancer for years.
In four decades as a head coach for multiple teams – including the SRV boys and girls programs – de Lannoy won 512 games. He was inducted into the SRV Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.
This team is so resilient! Luke Isaak hits a 3 with seconds left to give @BasketballSrv the win and I to the Gold division championship game tomorrow night. This is a team that is playing with Coach Del constantly on our minds. Hope we are making him proud!!!! pic.twitter.com/SD8CLPkma7
— SRVBasketball (@BasketballSrv) December 30, 2022
No. 4 De La Salle 53, St. John Bosco-Bellflower 52
One shot was all it took for De La Salle to turn what would have been a painful defeat into an epic victory in the top division at the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic.
Matt Daly buried a 3-pointer from the corner at the buzzer to give the Spartans the victory after St. John Bosco roared back from 18 points behind through three quarters to nearly pull off a stunning comeback.
But it wasn’t to be for Bosco as De La Salle (10-3) scrambled on its last possession to find a shot that eventually came when the ball made its way to Daly.
Evan Wells and Alec Blair each scored 16 points for De La Salle, which will conclude the tournament Friday against JSerra-San Juan Capistrano.
OMG Daly at the buzzer – DLS wins in classic NorCal SoCal all Boy’s school battle – @DarrenSabedra @MitchBookLive @NorCalPreps @CalHiSports @dlshsbasketball pic.twitter.com/MRYlUMZv9P
— De La Salle Athletics (@dlsathletics) December 30, 2022
No. 1 Archbishop Mitty 68, Monterey Trail-Elk Grove 58
After back-to-back losses in the top division at the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, Mitty got back into the win column as junior forward Gavin Ripp scored 30 points to lead the way against Monterey Trail. Mitty (7-2) will close out the tournament on Friday against Torrey Pines before opening West Catholic Athletic League play Wednesday at Bellarmine.
Modesto Christian 48, No. 7 Campolindo 39
In a rematch of last season’s NorCal Open Division final, Modesto Christian beat Campolindo again, this time in the semifinals of the Modesto Christian tournament. The home team built a 23-18 lead at halftime and widened the advantage to 36-25 through three quarters. Campo fell to 8-3.
Coronado 74, No. 11 Bishop O’Dowd 66
Bishop O’Dowd fell for the second time in three games this week in the top division at the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic, losing to Coronado in a consolation game. Leo Chapman (20 points) and Amos Hodgson (17 points) led O’Dowd in scoring. O’Dowd (4-6) will close out the tournament on Friday.
Girls basketball
No. 6 San Ramon Valley 66, Caruthers 54
San Ramon Valley advanced to the final in the top division at the Gold Crown Holiday Tip-off in Chula Vista with a victory over Caruthers. SRV went 3-0 in its pod. Anneka Lupinek scored 23 points and Amanda Kerner added 12 points for the Wolves, who improved to 10-1. SRV also got 11 points, eight assists and six rebounds from Gianna Ghio and 10 points, nine rebounds and six assists from Sofia Bowes. The final is Friday.
Basketball: St. Francis boys, girls tournament
St. Francis advanced to the final in both the boys and girls brackets at its Joe Schram Holiday Classic after semifinal victories Thursday. The girls beat Lincoln-San Francisco 74-56 and the boys defeated Palma 77-62.
The girls will play Marin Catholic in the final at 4:15 p.m. today, followed by the boys final against Santa Cruz at 5:45.