Fabian Reyna

Basketball buzzers are loud, like, annoyingly so.

They typically chirp out at about 100 or so decibels — not quite at shooting-range levels, but not so far off as to be pleasant.

Perhaps that’s why so many of our more hallowed sporting moments involve “beating” them (buzzers, that is).

One imagines there’s a certain amount of amount of catharsis involved.

It’s not a thrill that too many get to experience, but Fabian Reyna has.

Last Saturday, playing against Coronado High, Reyna — a junior guard for the Calexico Bulldogs — had one of the best games of his young life.

He tallied 26 points against the Islanders — nearly half of the Bulldogs’ total output — including two on a tough floater as the clock expired to give his team the 57-55 win.

It was one of those storybook days, but hero ball is not Reyna’s main game.

He prides himself on his skills as a facilitator and feels he’s at his best when he can collapse the defense by “getting to the basket” and then “passing to the wide-open man.”

He credits his teammates and coaches for his star turn, saying, “They drew up a good play. I already knew what I was going to do when I got the ball, and we executed all

as a team … Julio (Ramirez) with the screen … and I got bumped here and there, but it went in.”

According to Coach Hugo Estrada, Reyna’s self-effacing attitude and team-oriented thought process are a big part of what makes him such a heads-up player.

“It’s really a pleasure to [coach] a young man like Fabian,” Estrada said, “He’s a hard-working individual. He puts the team first. He’s a good leader. He’s still young, but he’s really taken to that role.”

The win over Coronado gave Calexico a record of 7-2 (since expanded to 8-2 with Tuesday’s win over Vincent Memorial — Reyna exited that game in the second quarter after tweaking his ankle, but the injury is not expected to sideline him for long), which is easily the best start the Bulldogs have had within the past 15 years

This early hot streak has the team in prime position to contend for a title in the wide-open Imperial Valley League, where Brawley and Southwest are recalibrating after losing a lot off the top and Central is 3-8 after running a San Diego County gauntlet, and Reyna thinks they’ve got a shot.

“We’re building up to be a good team,” he said. “We have rough patches, but we’ll build and build and get it together.”