Campbell Hall’s McBroom dusts off St. Mary’s in Div. V final

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St. Mary’s made things interesting during the fourth quarter of the Division IV state boy’s basketball final, but then Campbell Hall broke at the McBroom and swept the Panthers under the rug with an 83-61 victory.

Campbell Hall was obviously the better team, even with UCLA-bound guard Jrue Holiday dealing with foul trouble most of the game. McBroom, a confident-looking freshman guard, showed he’s the heir apparent to Holiday, scoring a career-high 30 points to lift the Vikings at Arco Arena in Sacramento.

St. Mary’s cut the deficit to 67-55 midway through the fourth quarter, but McBroom stepped up with a key three-point basket (even though the scoreboard operator credited Holiday with the basket) and Dallas Rutherford followed with a fast-break layup. The Vikings, at last, had regained breathing room.

McBroom’s previous season high was 14 points, but he had been scoring more consistently of late, reaching double digits in six of the last nine games.

‘The passing of the torch,’’ Coach Terry Kelly said to some courtside spectators as McBroom was replaced late in the fourth quarter.

Rutherford finished with 20 points and Holiday had 19 points and 11 rebounds in his final high school game.

By the way, Holiday scored 15 points as a freshman in the Division IV final three years ago, helping the Vikings finish undefeated. That was the day he took the torch from senior Joe Ford.

--Dan Arritt

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