Colbourne Leads Poway to Palomar League Win, 76-43

Poway High School center John Colbourne continued to dominate the inside game on Friday as he led the defending San Diego 3-A champions to a 76-43 win over San Dieguito in a Palomar League game at San Dieguito High.

Colbourne, a 1984 Times’ All-County selection, scored 17 points, had 10 rebounds and 8 blocked shots. Poway forward Dominick Johnson led all scorers with 19 points and guard Gary Anderson added 16. Poway improved its records to 12-0 overall and 2-0 in league.

“All the kids played good defense,” Poway Coach Neville Saner said. “We forced turnovers right off.”

The strong defensive play enabled Poway to take a commanding, 24-5, lead after one quarter. It increased the lead to 39-12 at halftime. Poway was able to go to its bench in the second half, something it was unable to do last season when it carried only seven players. Poway showed depth throughout the game on Friday despite playing without starting forward Jud Buechler, who was ill.

“We don’t go to the bench much, but we can more than we did a year ago,” Saner said. “But you’ve got to remember, we have very good starters. And there’s got to be a reason before we take them out of a game.”

In other Palomar League games:

Torrey Pines 50, Vista 49--The Falcons edged the Panthers at Torrey Pines High in the league opener for both teams. Vista trailed at halftime, 27-17, but the Panthers rallied in the third period to trail by a single point heading into the final period. However, Torrey Pines was able to hold on for the win. Dave Jenny of Torrey Pines led all scorers with 21 points and teammate Scott Kennedy had 14. Ron Howard led Vista with 19 points.

Orange Glen 68, Mount Carmel 63--Mount Carmel led, 28-26, at halftime, but Orange Glen outscored the Sundevils, 20-8, in the third quarter en route to the win at Orange Glen High. Orange Glen’s John Mitchell led all scorers with 25 points and teammate Kory Kelly added 14. Edgar Camerino led Mount Carmel with 21 points and Pete Cowen scored 14.

In the Santana Tournament at Santana High:

Mt. Miguel 64, Granite Hills 50--The Matadors pulled out their first win of the season on the strength of a 12-point performance in the first quarter by Marcus Edge, who closed with a game-high 20. Mt. Miguel (1-11) also got help from Lewis Holloway, who scored 18 points, and Chris Penman, who had 13. The Eagles (2-12) were led by Tom Shawcroft with 16 points, and Todd Parker, 10.

Hilltop 45, Clairemont 37--The Chiefs were leading at halftime, 21-18, but a weak third-quarter performance, in which they were outscored 12-4, proved to be their undoing. Three players scored in double figures to lead the Lancers. Brad Platt led all scorers with 16 points. Jud Rachow scored 14 and David Mossman 10. The leading scorer for the Chiefs was Mark Wyckoff with 10.

Patrick Henry 52, University 46--The Dons led at the end of three quarters 39-33, but the Patriots outscored them, 19-7, in the final period for the win. Howard Wright and Junior Young led Patrick Henry in scoring with 16 points apiece. Scott Marshall led University with 16 points and teammate Sean Giles had 15.

Santana 64, St. Augustine 43--The Sultan’s made good on 16 of 18 free throws to beat the Saints in a game they trailed the half, 28-24. Santana’s Jeff Barry scored a game-high 22 points, and added seven assists and seven rebounds. Teammate Jim Tatum had 17 points and Brian Heacock 14. The Dons were led by Chris Applegate with 17 points and Paul Larkin with 10.

In Nonleague games:

Mission Bay 67, San Clemente 59--The Tritons got off to a slow start and never recovered as the Buccaneers won their eighth game of the season against three defeats. San Clemente was outscored, 14-7, in the first period and trailed at halftime, 33-23. Mike Rogers led the Buccaneers with 20 points, Juan Ruiz scored 16 and John Cheatham had 10. Gary Wade scored a game-high 25 points for the Tritons.