No. 12 Campolindo handles Miramonte
Carter Mahaney scored 22 points and David Ahazie added 19 as No. 12 Campolindo-Moraga defeated host Miramonte-Orinda 62-47 on Friday in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division play.
The Cougars (12-4, 3-0) trailed just once, 7-6, following a threepointer by Jayson Fernbacher, who scored 15 points. Campolindo outscored the Matadors 13-5 the rest of the quarter and cruised to its eighth win in nine games.
Ahazie scored 17 points after the first quarter. The 6-foot-3 senior guard, who averages 17.6 points per game, was injured and missed the team’s only loss in the recent stretch, 60-47 to Weston Ranch-Stockton in the finals of the Modesto Christian tournament on Dec. 29.
Mahaney scored 13 of his points in the second half. His freshman brother, Aidan Mahaney, added 13 points. Matt Meredith contributed 14 points for Miramonte (10-6, 1-1).
No. 1 Salesian-Richmond 60, St. Patrick-St. Vincent 39: JoVon McClanahan scored 17 points, Shane Bell added 16 and Austin Johnson had 11 points and three steals and the Pride (18-0, 4-0 Tri-County Athletic League) built a 26-7 halftime lead and beat the host Bruins (7-7, 2-2), who got 13 points from Akil Edwards.
Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 50, #17 Menlo School-Atherton 48: Brendan Carney had 12 points and the Gators (6-7, 3-1 West Bay Athletic League) won in overtime despite squandering a 12-point fourth-quarter lead. Menlo’s Cole Kastner (18 points, 17 rebounds) stole the ball and hit a layup in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime. The Gators were 12-for-14 at the line. Menlo (9-3, 3-1) was 10for-18 on free-throw tries.
WCAL: First place in the West Catholic Athletic League will be at stake when St. Ignatius (7-7, 3-1) hosts No. 2 Riordan (10-4, 3-1) on Saturday. In other games Saturday, No. 14 Mitty (9-5, 3-1) travels to Valley Christian (10-4, 1-3), No. 11 Bellarmine (11-3, 2-2) travels to No. 20 St. Francis (8-6, 0-4) and No. 10 Serra (11-3, 3-1) plays at No. 16 Sacred Heart Cathedral (1-3).
Riordan is coming off an 84-40 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral on Thursday in which Je’Lani Clark had 20 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and six steals. Bryce Monroe added 14 points and Justice Turner and Chime Ugbaja added 10 points each.
St. Ignatius, after beating Sacred Heart Cathedral 65-45 on Tuesday in the Bruce-Mahoney game, took a 17-point lead into the fourth quarter in a 61-49 home win over Serra on Thursday. Wrenn Robinson scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and Neal Begovich added 12 for the Wildcats. Cade Rees had 17 of his 24 in the fourth for Serra.
GIRLS
#1 Mitty 69, #15 St. Ignatius 50: Haley Jones had 22 points, Ania McNicholas 12 and Marley Langi 10 for the visiting Monarchs (12-2, 3-0 WCAL), who went on a 28-5 run starting late in the second half after the Wildcats (11-5, 1-2) tied the game 25-25. Rachel Harviey, Soon Ja Elzie and Maddie Ennis combined for 25 points for St. Ignatius.
#16 St. Francis 48, #12 Sacred Heart Cathedral 44: The visiting Irish (7-6, 2-1), coming off an overtime win over St. Ignatius, had a 10-point lead with five minutes remaining but couldn’t hold off the Lancers (13-2, 2-1).