Bonita Vista Pulls an Upset in Overtime

It has been a very big week for the Bonita Vista Barons.

Wednesday night they ended Sweetwater’s long-running Metro Mesa league win streak at 50 with a thrilling 93-85 double-overtime win at Sweetwater.

Friday night again saw Bonita Vista in overtime in front of a hostile crowd at Montgomery High, and again it won, 60-58.

“The crowd there was going crazy,” Bonita Vista coach Brian Russo said. “They must have had at least 250 people screaming and yelling.”

The teams were tied 56-56 after regulation.

Bonita Vista’s Freddie Brown made one-of-two from the free-throw line with 13 seconds left in the overtime to give the Barons a 59-58 lead. Montgomery’s Rudy Rodgriguez launched an off-balance jump shot that missed badly.

The Aztecs intentionally fouled Bill Redman with one-second left. Redman made one-of-two from the free-throw line to provide the final margin.

Second-place Bonita Vista (10-3, 14-8) was led by David Fulmer, who scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds, and Doug Piper had 10 points.

Rodriguez led Montgomery (7-6, 11-9) with a game-high 22 points. Daryl Crawford added 20 points.

PALOMAR LEAGUE

Vista 63, Torrey Pines 52--The Panthers gained sole possession of second place with the win over the Eagles on the strength of a 29-point performance by senior guard Ron Howard.

Vista (9-4, 14-10) also had the game’s leading rebounder, Ray Muldrew, with 13. Leading scorer for Torrey Pines (7-5, 11-12) was Scott Kennedy, who scored 22 points.

GROSSMONT LEAGUE

Santana 83, Grossmont 74--Brian Heacock scored 23 points and Jeff Barry added 18 as the Sultans (9-7, 15-8) beat the Foothillers (2-14, 4-18) at Grossmont. Santana, which made 33-of-63 shots from the field, also got 16 rebounds from Heacock and 13 from Bill Mathis.

Bill Cook scored a game-high 32 points for Grossmont.

Valhalla 66, El Cajon 43--The Norsemen (10-6, 12-12) benefitted from a strong performance from Todd Christiansen (19 points) and Mike Pellieter and Troy Toolson (18 points each). Christiansen also had 12 assists.

Jeff Stanley led El Cajon (7-9, 9-13) with 14 points.

Helix 59, Granite Hills 50--Tom Shawcroft scored a game-high 24 points, but the Eagles (3-13, 4-19) lost to the Highlanders (10-6, 14-9). Doug Renert had 16 points for Helix and Jim Ybarra scored 12.

METRO LEAGUE

Sweetwater 100, Castle Park 68-The Red Devils (12-1, 22-3) tuned up for the CIF playoffs by trouncing the Trojans. Larry Willson led all scorers with 32 points, Mahlon Williams had 14 and Matt Simmons and Carlos Siragusa had 12 each. Williams and Simmons both had 13 rebounds.

Eddie Moreno scored 15 for Castle Park (5-7, 8-12).