San Diego Prep Basketball : Colborne’s Back, Poway Shows It in 75-36 Win

Poway High School’s boys basketball team lost the top ranking in the San Diego County last week.

At the same time, it lost 6-foot 8-inch center John Colborne, who sat out last Friday’s loss to Torrey Pines because he had the flu.

This week Colborne was back in the Poway lineup.

It may not be long before the Titans return to the top of the rankings. At least it looked that way Tuesday when the Titans beat Orange Glen, 75-36, in a Palomar League game at Poway.

“John’s back. We’re fine,” Poway Coach Neville Saner said.

Colborne had 13 points for the Titans (10-1 in league, 20-1 overall), who are ranked second to Patrick Henry.

Jud Buechler led Poway with 18 points. Gary Anderson had 12 and Dominick Johnson and Andy Byrne each scored 11 points.

Kory Kelly led the Patriots (3-8, 6-12) with eight points.

Elsewhere in the Palomar League:

Vista 81, San Dieguito 44--Mike Jones scored 15 points and Ron Howard added 11 to lead the Panthers (7-4, 12-10) past the Mustangs (2-10, 5-16) at San Dieguito.

Mt.Carmel 73, Fallbrook 49--Scott Boggins scored 16 points to lead the Sundevils (7-4, 11-12) over the Warriors (3-8, 3-16). Mount Carmel’s Andy Hart had 11 points and 14 rebounds. James Black scored 11 for Fallbrook.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE

Valhalla 47, Helix 46 --The Norsemen (9-6, 14-8) moved into a third-place tie with Helix (9-6, 13-9) with the win at Grossmont. Valhalla led until Helix took a 46-45 lead with 1:30 remaining.

Two free throws by Todd Christiansen with six seconds left provided the margin of victory. Christiansen had 16 points and 8 assists. Mike Pellieter added 13 points and Eric Lazoya had 10. Doug Rennert led Helix with 16 points and Mike Favero had 15.

Monte Vista 63, Grossmont 39--The No. 4 Monarchs (15-0, 21-1) outscored Grossmont (2-13, 4-17), 32-19, in the first half and coasted to the victory at Grossmont. Demetrius Laffitte led Monte Vista with 21 points and David Burgess added 10. Bill Cook led Grossmont with 18 points and Don Angotti added 10.

Santana 87, Mount Miguel 64-The Sultans (8-7, 14-8) made 27 of 31 free throws and hit 55 percent of their field-goal tries for the victory.

Santana’s Jeff Barry led all scorers with 23 points. Teammates Billy Mathis had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Jim Tatum added 18 points.

Mike Flores had 13 points for Mount Miguel (2-14, 4-19).

AVOCADO LEAGUE

El Camino 67, San Marcos 47--The Wildcats (11-1, 21-2) clinched their first-ever outright league championship by beating the Knights. Oceanside had won four straight Avocado League titles.

Randy Hale had 22 points and 6 assists for El Camino. Kevin Taylor scored 17 points and had 9 rebounds. No one scored in double figures for San Marcos (0-11, 3-17).

Carlsbad 58, Ramona 49--Rick White scored a game-high 28 points as the Lancers (6-5, 12-9) beat the Bulldogs (5-6, 11-10) at Carlsbad. Robert McGrew handed out five assists for Carlsbad.

Mike Pendel led Ramona scorers with 18, and center Robert Cronic had 12.

Escondido 63, San Pasqual 62--The Cougars (3-8, 4-15), who have lost their share of close games this year, won this won with a layup by Neal Anthony with five seconds left. A field goal by Jeff Baglio with 15 seconds left had given San Pasqual a 62-61 lead.

Escondido wanted its top scorer, Darin Sommer to take the last shot. But the ball wound up in the hands of Neal Anthony.

Sommer had a game-high 20 points and added 13 rebounds. Sinoeh Esparza had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Baglio put in 20 for the Eagles (5-6, 13-11).