Prep Basketball BOYS : Devane Scores 54, Including Winners, to Lead Cal Prep

Jake Devane didn’t push Cal Prep past Oak Hill single-handedly. But then, he didn’t exactly need a lot of help either.

Devane scored 54 points, including the winning margin on two free throws with three seconds remaining to give Cal Prep a 79-77 victory Friday at Oak Hill.

The Liberty League contest was mostly a shootout between Devane, a guard, and Raider guard Dave Friedman. The sophomore Friedman poured in 40 points, an Oak Hill school record.

“Devane was simply unstoppable,” Raider Coach Moses Jones said, “especially on drives through the lane to the basket.”

Devane, a senior who stands only 5-8, grabbed 11 rebounds and had 10 assists in addition to 20 field goals and 14 of 17 free throws.

“That was the best all-around game by a high school basketball player I’ve ever seen,” Cal Prep Coach Rob Hertenstein said .

The Knights improved their record to 4-1 in league and 7-7 overall. Oak Hill fell to 2-2, and is 4-2 overall.

Covenant Faith 29, West Simi Christian 22 Taylor Kensten, a 6-5 center, scored 16 points and dominated the rebounding to lead Covenant Faith to victory in a game played at Mason Park in Northridge.

Paul Holden scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for West Simi Christian.

Covenant Faith, with two 6-2 players and Kensten, towered over the Eagles, whose tallest player is 6-0.

“I was proud of my guys,” West Simi Christian Coach Paul Long said, “because they hustled and fought despite the height disadvantage.”

Covenant Faith is 2-0 in Christian School Athletic Conference play, 2-2 overall. West Simi Christian is 2-1 in league, 5-3 overall.

Bellarmine-Jefferson 40, LaSalle 39 A 20-foot baseline jumper by Bell-Jeff High forward Steve Dontanville with nine seconds remaining gave the host Guards a narrow win.

Dontanville scored 16 points and teammate Jeff Miljanich added nine points and seven rebounds. Joe Hart of LaSalle led all scorers with 17 points and Lancer center Luis Castro added 16.

Bell-Jeff is 4-1 in Santa Fe League action (14-2 overall). LaSalle is 3-2 in league (7-9 overall).

Chaminade 72, Pater Noster 48 Rigo Jauregui scored 23 points for visiting Pater Noster, but unfortunately for his team, that proved to be just about half its point total and that proved to be far less than the amount scored by victorious Chaminade.

Chaminade depended on balanced scored (five players in double figures led by Joe Chandler’s 14 points) to boost its Santa Fe League mark to 2-3, its overall record to 4-10.

Pater Noster remained winless in league at 0-5.

Faith Baptist 76, Buckley 57 Despite serious foul trouble for three of its starters, Faith Baptist was able to stretch its Delphic League record to 3-0 with its school-record 12th straight win. That streak began after the Contenders lost their first two games,

Center Gerald Thomas (23 points, 12 rebounds, two assists), forward Kevin Burton (12 points, seven rebounds) and Koko Simonian had three fouls each by the end of the first quarter. Faith Baptist, however, broke through a full-court press with a series of fast-break baskets late in the first half to break the game open. Brian Estrada had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Contenders.

Craig Weakley led the Griffins with 16 points.

Los Angeles Baptist 53, Western Christian 36 Host Los Angeles Baptist took a 27-14 halftime lead and extended it to 40-18 by the end of the third quarter.

Five Knights--Troy Lehman, Eric Dickson, Bob Dodson, Dave Kaak and Mike Weaver-- each had eight points. Dickson also had 12 rebounds and Lehman had five assists for L.A. Baptist, now 4-1 in the Alpha League and 11-3 overall.

Western Christian, led by Chris Trimble’s 14 points, is 2-3 in league.

El Segundo 63, Harvard 41 Harvard High is still looking for its first Pioneer League win aftrer dropping a 63-41 decision to host El Segundo.

The Eagles (1-2 in league, 4-10 overall) opened up a 12-1 lead in the first 5:30 of the game. David Reiner scored the Saracens’ first basket after getting the rebound of a Joel Farkas shot with 1:35 left in the quarter. The closest Harvard got was 14-7 early in the second quarter.

Part of the Saracens’ problem was that they made only two of 10 free throws in the first half and only two of nine field goal attempts in the first quarter.

“We just didn’t shoot well,” Harvard Coach Dave Waterhouse said. “They also hurt us on the boards.”

The Eagles outrebounded Harvard 35-24, including 25-14 on the defensive end.