Boys’ Basketball Roundup : Stuart Thomas Scores 27 to Lead No. 2 Mater Dei Over St. Bernard

Forward Stuart Thomas scored 27 points Friday night to lead No. 2 Mater Dei High School to its 35th straight victory, a 61-58 nonleague win over No. 3 St. Bernard at Loyola-Marymount.

Thomas, a 6-foot 9-inch senior, made 10 of 15 attempts from the floor. Leron Ellis added 20 points for the Monarchs (5-0), who never led by more than eight points.

David Whitmore scored 23 to lead the Vikings.

MATER DEI (61)--Mounce 10, Dwyre 2, Peabody 2, Ellis 20, Thomas 27.

ST. BERNARD (58)--Daniels 11, Hudson 11, Howling 5, Monge 6, Whitmore 23, Marreo 2.

In other nonleague action:

Ocean View 72, Serra 57--Blaine DeBrouwer scored 28 points as the undefeated Seahawks (6-0) beat Serra at Ocean View. Ricky Butler added 19 for Ocean View.

SERRA (57)--Moses 18, Malone 14, Newman 4, Muneyo 2, Jackson 2, Hailey 2, Hunt 2, Gatilhier 9, Tate 4.

OCEAN VIEW (72)--Treskes 0, Butler 19, Hazely 9, Panzica 8, DeBrouwer 28, Morris 2.

Esperanza 58, Troy 50--Ross Harvey scored 22 points and Kirk Branstetter added 20 as the Aztecs (2-3) beat the Warriors (3-2) at Esperanza. Mark Rudometkin led Troy with 17.

TROY (50)--Rudometkin 17, Burrer 15, Serren 4, Shirley 4, Piccotta 8, Greer 2.

ESPERANZA (58)--Burks 4, Gammalo 4, Harvey 22, Vincent 8, Branstetter 20.

Garden Grove 56, Anaheim 55--Octavio Contreras made 6 of 9 shots from the field and scored 14 points as the Argonauts (5-1) edged the Colonists (2-1). Garden Grove’s Jeff Kanegae, who hit 6 of 7 from the field and had 13 points, broke a 53-53 tie when he scored a three-point play with 20 seconds remaining. Anaheim’s Ernest Johnson then went the distance for an uncontested layup at the buzzer for the final margin.

ANAHEIM (55)--Buis 2, Pacheco 6, Barber 7, Gistlinck 9, Robuffo 29, Johnston 2.

GARDEN GROVE (56)--Contreras 14, Kanegae 13, Kiefer 4, Finch 8, Lorenz 10, Fornier 3, Lewis 4.

Rancho Alamitos 61, Laguna Hills 50--Guard Randy Morales scored 21 points and forward Craig Paquette added 18 as the host Vaqueros defeated the Hawks.

Rancho Alamitos improved its record to 2-3. Laguna Hills is 2-5.

LAGUNA HILLS (50)--Colburn 8, Nelson 10, Hardy 14, Kawada 6, Sheff 5, Morovick 2, Stickney 3, Stipetic 2.

RANCHO ALAMITOS (61)--Morales 21, Carter 9, Paquette 18, Velezquez 7, Flores 6.

Cerritos 64, Loara 44--Despite a 20-point effort by John Parker, the Saxons (0-4) remained winless with the loss to the Dons (4-2) in Anaheim. Gary Miller added 15 points for Loara.

CERRITOS (64)--Andrews 2, Holland 19, Ewell 2, Kolodziej 22, Humphrey 14, Raush 1, Hall 1, Marine 2.

LOARA (44)--Storm 2, Clester 4, Parker 20, Miller 15, Hagerman 3.

Los Alamitos 54, Fullerton 50--J.T. Snow scored 16 points and had 8 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the host Griffins (5-1) past the Indians (2-3).

Mark Parkinson made four steals in the final three minutes to help Los Alamitos hold on. Ralph Tallant led Fullerton with 14.

FULLERTON (50)--Tallant 14, Zerga 9, Perez 5, Wilber 6, Hetland 7, Lentz 6, Runnels 3.

LOS ALAMITOS (54)--Snow 16, Treece 2, Warner 12, Blossey 6, Pagett 4, Parkinson 4, Loe 10.

Santiago 56, Villa Park 45--Pete Avilas scored 23 points to lead Santiago to the win at Villa Park. Greg Burton led Villa Park with 17 points. Sonora won the game at the free throw line, sinking 26 of 35.

SANTIAGO (56)--Dinh 2, Avila 23, Burns 16, Hank 1, Lezama 12, Potestas 2.

VILLA PARK (45)--Bray 2, Burton 17, Tanner 6, Sipe 2, Stork 8, Cregan 2, Barnett 8.

Valencia 65, Glenn 47--Senior forward Kevin Jones scored 15 points to pace Valencia (4-1) at Glenn.

VALENCIA (65)--Nakawaki 12, Jones 15, Burbank 12, Larue 1, Hood 6, Herrell 6, Robinson 4, Hernandez 1, Huigen 2, Williams 4, Hatch 2.

GLENN (47)--Carmella 4, Campos 7, Hernandez 22, Torres 6, Johnson 2, Longovia 2.

In San Clemente Tournamentaction:

Foothill 68, El Toro 66--Derek Johnson scored 34 points and had 7 assists as the Knights (2-0) beat the Chargers in a semifinal game.

Foothill will play Fontana for the tournament title tonight at 7:30.

El Toro was led by Bret Johnson, who had 24 points, and Eric Speak er, who had 24.

FOOTHILL (68)--Johnson 34, Schlines 10, Grahovac 7, Jordan 11, Rasmussen 4, Kopcha 2.

EL TORO (66)--Speaker 20, Wayland 6, Johnson 24, Stone 10, Hargy 6.

In other San Clemente Tournament action:

Fontana 63, San Clemente 51--Ernie Rogers, a 6-foot 6-inch, 235-pound forward, scored a game-high 29 points as the Steelers (4-1) defeated the Tritons (4-2) in a semifinal game.

Gary Wade scored 23 points to lead San Clemente, which will play El Toro for third place.

SAN CLEMENTE (51)--Wade 23, McGraw 2, Steadman 15, Love 7, Valdez 2, Koepsell 2.

FONTANA (63)--Miranda 5, Carter 4, Zumpano 8, Hagee 12, Rooks 5, Rogers 29.

Laguna Beach 74, Cypress 68--Center Coby Naess scored 32 points as the Artists (4-2) defeated the Centurions in a consolation semifinal game. Chris Yoxtheimer scored 16 to lead Cypress. Laguna Beach will play Long Beach Wilson for the consolation championship today at 4 p.m.

LAGUNA BEACH (74)--Naess 32, Fortune 7, Spath 8, Elfsten 9, Heardman 11, Lawler 6, Englander 2.

CYPRESS (68)--Civitelli 2, Weaver 11, O’Leary 5, Coter 4, Reese 2, Kawamura 10, Reyes 2, Bumgarner 3, Yoxtheimer 16, Aguirre 5.

Long Beach Wilson 83, Costa Mesa 62--Don Brotz scored 18 points as the Bruins defeated the Mustangs. Mitch Pelichowski of Costa Mesa led all scorers with 24 points, and teammate Tom Morris added 16.

COSTA MESA (62)--Pelichowski 24, Rodriquez 4, Vogel 4, Morris 16, Rice 2, Nyugen 6, Rasmussen 6.

LONG BEACH WILSON (83)--Brotz 18, A. Casazza 2, Brooks 8, Rector 13, Simpson 8, San Jose 10, Reynolds 8, Pruitt 7, Allen 9, S. Casazza 2.

In the Santa Maria Tournament:

Marina 63, Santa Barbara 61--Mike Meyers hit a jump shot with two seconds left to give the Vikings the semifinal win. Steve Guild made it possible by tying the game with 2 free throws moments earlier. Mark Georgeson scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed 8 rebounds for Marina (4-1)

MARINA (63)--Georgeson 21, Guild 15, Meyers 11, Hattabaugh 8, Quinn 8.

SANTA BARBARA (61)--Kammerer 8, Garcia 10, S. Robinson 17, Knapp 12, D. Robinson 4, Craven 6, Johnson 4.

In the Cabrillo Tournament:

San Gorgonio 76, Kennedy 75--Mark Chumley made his only field goal of the game with 5 seconds remaining and then tacked on a free throw to lift San Gorgonio past the Fighting Irish (2-4). Kennedy hurt itself at the free throw line. The Irish hit 64 percent of their shots from the floor but only made 18 of 33 from the line. They missed the front end of 5 1-and-1 opportunities in the fourth quarter.

KENNEDY (75)--Davidson 4, Lauderdale 4, Keith 25, Queen 13, Mares 20, Curry 8, Hansell 1.

SAN GORGONIO (76)--Moten 14, Stockman 16, King 9, Wright 6, Baker 16, Chumley 5, Carpenter 2, Burr 8.