High School Roundup: Laguna Beach boys' basketball reaches Charlie Wilkins Memorial final

By Daily Pilot staff

Dec. 15, 2017 11:50 PM PT

Junior guard Blake Burzell finished with 26 points, leading the Laguna Beach High boys’ basketball team to a 59-43 win over Panorama City St. Genevieve in the semifinals of the Charlie Wilkins Memorial Tournament at Westminster High on Friday night.

The Breakers (9-2), ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 3AA poll, face Orange Lutheran in the championship game on Saturday at 6 p.m. Orange Lutheran defeated the Breakers 54-40 in the tournament on Tuesday, ending Laguna Beach’s 7-0 start to the season.

Charlie Rounaghi had 14 points for Laguna Beach, helping it reach a tournament final appearance for the second time this month.

Ocean View 63, Godinez 58: Senior center Mehkel Harvey recorded 17 points, 13 rebounds, five blocked shots and three steals on Friday, helping the Seahawks advance to the Lodinez Tournament championship game.

Ocean View (7-2), No. 10 in CIF Southern Section Division 3AA, plays at Loara in the final on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Ocean View’s Nathaniel Washington had 15 points, nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks.

Corona del Mar 56, Buena Park 53: Senior guard Kevin Kobrine’s 23 points led the way for the Sea Kings in the Charlie Wilkins Memorial Tournament at Westminster High on Friday.

John Humphreys had 15 points for CdM (6-2), and Jack Garza added 10 points.

The Sea Kings wrap up tournament play against Panorama City St. Genevieve on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Edison 44, El Dorado 39: Senior guard David Atencio scored 13 points in the Chargers’ SoCal Elite Gary Raya Classic game on Friday.

Josh Phillips and Spencer Serven had nine points apiece for Edison (4-3), which outscored El Dorado 14-6 in the third quarter.

Yorba Linda 53, Huntington Beach 46: Senior guard Cade Ortiz had 16 points for the Oilers, who lost their seventh in a row, during the SoCal Elite Gary Raya Classic on Friday.

Huntington Beach dropped to 1-7.

Dana Hills 53, Los Amigos 39: Sophomore guard Brian Pacheco finished with 13 points for the Lobos in Friday’s game in the Garden Grove Tournament.

WRESTLING

Fountain Valley is having the strongest showing among local teams in the Servite Mann Classic wrestling tournament through Friday’s action at Marina High.

The Barons have Luis Ramirez and Dylan Zotea in the main draw semifinals of the 132-pound division. Max Wilner is also through to the 145 championship semifinals.

Ramirez and Zotea are on opposite ends of the draw, making it possible for an all-Fountain Valley final in their weight class.

Wilner is set to take on another local standout in Marina’s John McCoy, who was the Sunset League runner-up to Fountain Valley’s Karson Ayres a year ago.

Ocean View 126-pounder Noah Edsell has advanced to the semifinals. The senior won all three of his Friday matches by way of pin, and he will oppose top-seeded Josh Medina of Servite on Saturday.

Edison’s Jared Williams, a 152-pounder, won both of his matches by pin after coming into the tournament as the No. 2 wrestler.

Saturday’s wrestling begins at 10 a.m. at Marina.

BOYS’ SOCCER

Laguna Beach 1, Beckman 0: Sophomore forward Jet Rocha scored in the Breakers’ nonleague match on the road Friday.

Laguna Beach (4-2-0), which has won four straight, hosts Trabuco Hills on Monday at 6:30 p.m.

Pacifica Christian Orange County 4, Capistrano Valley Christian 0: Sophomore Noah Redman scored two goals and assisted on another for the visiting Tritons in a nonleague match on Thursday.

Pacifica Christian (3-4-1) plays at Samueli Academy, ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division 7, in a San Joaquin League contest next Friday.

JSerra 2, Edison 1: The visiting Chargers, ranked No. 9 in CIF Southern Section Division 1, fell to 4-2-2 on Friday.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Huntington Beach 1, Canyon 0: Xolani Hodel scored on Anna Carleton’s assist in the Oilers’ pool-play match at the Mater Dei Premier Invitational on Friday.

Despite the win, the Oilers finished second in their group and didn’t advance to Saturday’s semifinals.

Huntington Beach (4-3-2) hosts Dana Hills in a nonleague game Monday at 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Ocean View 57, Costa Mesa 32: Senior guard Erica Almiranez scored 18 points, all via the three-point shot, in the Seahawks’ nonleague game on Friday.

Ocean View (3-4) snapped a three-game losing streak, while the Mustangs fell to 1-5.

Junior center Helen Reynolds had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Seahawks. Freshman guard Hosanna Walker added nine points, six rebounds and four steals.

GIRLS’ WATER POLO

Estancia 20, Westminster 4: Sydni White scored seven goals for the Eagles in Thursday’s nonleague home game at Costa Mesa High.

Annie Mitchell and Bella Dunham both scored four goals, and Cassie Corrigan had three. Gidget Brestel and Mackenzie McIntyre also scored.

Mitchell made four saves and Zora McPhail had three saves for Estancia (3-3).

Twitter: @DailyPilotSport

To report scores of high school games, or other newsworthy items from youth, college and professional sports, contact the Daily Pilot sports staff listed below:

David Carrillo Peñaloza, Sports Editor

(714) 966-4612, david.carrillo@latimes.com

Fall: football, girls’ golf

Winter: boys’ basketball, boys’ soccer

Spring: baseball, boys’ golf

Matt Szabo, Sports Reporter

(714) 966-4614, matthew.szabo@latimes.com

Fall: boys’ water polo, girls’ tennis

Winter: girls’ soccer, girls’ water polo

Spring: boys’ tennis, swimming, lacrosse

Andrew Turner, Sports Reporter

(714) 966-4611, andrew.turner@latimes.com