VILLA PARK, CA – The second Villa Park High Coaches vs. Cancer one-day boys’ hoops event was held Saturday.
Here is a rundown on the games (note: I watched just the Palm Springs-Gahr and Villa Park-Los Alamitos contests):
*Redondo Beach Redondo Union 59, Huntington Beach Edison 49: The backcourt of sophomore Ian Fox (17) and junior Derek Biale (15) combined for 32 points to help the South Bay-based squad topple the Chargers in the South Bay-Orange County showdown.
Left-handed point guard Corey Foster scored 24 points for Edison while 6-4 senior Dreon Barlett added 14.
*Anaheim Canyon 65, Huntington Beach 62: Five-nine junior Jo Jo Ballestero scored 23 points to help his team hold off the Oilers, who were led by the 32-point effort of 6-6 junior Harley Ruder.
*Palm Springs 65, Cerritos Gahr 39: Six-foot Jordan Pellum scored 26 points – many coming off the passes of 6-2 junior Quentin Taylor, who added 21 points for the winners in a game whose outcome was expected to be much more in doubt than it proved to be.
*Villa Park 62, Los Alamitos 52: Six-four Isaiah Bradford scored 22 points, sophomore point guard Luke Selway added 15 and 6-3 senior Aaron Ezra added 12 as the host Spartans knocked off the Griffins, who got 22 points from 5-11 junior Wes Mitter.
*Mission Viejo 84, Victor Valley 45: The Diablos won their 18th in a row (they opened their season with a loss to Southern California’s best team, Santa Ana Mater Dei) with double-figure scoring from four players, led by 6-3 senior Michael Cramer’s 14 points.
Six-three junior James Smith had a game-high 24 for the Jackrabbits.
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