Brea Tournament : El Dorado Advances to Semifinals

Defending champion El Dorado High School advanced to the semifinals of the Brea-Olinda Basketball Tournament with a 76-61 victory against Fullerton Saturday.

The Golden Hawks appeared to be in peak form as they improved their record to 10-1. They will face Woodbridge (9-2) at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

El Dorado’s Jim Sammon had another one of his average games--27 points, divided about equally between layups off the fast break and his high-arching jump shots.

“We expected a tough game. We knew they were no slouches,” Sammon said, recalling the Golden Hawks’ eight-point win against the Indians at the Garden Grove Tournament earlier this month.

“We knew they would try to slow the tempo down to keep it close,” he said. “But we try to run any time we can. We try to force the issue.”

The Golden Hawks accomplished that goal. They led by as many as 25 points, 59-34, after Fullerton managed only two points in the third quarter.

The Indians (6-4) attempted reasonable shots, but nothing seemed to go in. They made just 24 of 74 shots (32%) in the game.

“We tell the kids that there will be nights they won’t shoot well and the defense will have to keep us in the game,” Indian Coach Randy Forgette said.

“(But defense) was nonexistent,” he said. “It was really disappointing. We’ve got to regroup and come back.”

The Indians play Pomona at 3 p.m. Monday.

FULLERTON (61)--Tallant 8, Lentz 2, Zerga 11, Wilber 16, Hetland 8, Perez 4, Massey 2, Lewis 10.

EL DORADO (76)--Sammon 27, Hanna 14, Bailey 14, Krapf 6, Glade 6, Page 2, Byers 2, Boone 3, Stevens 2.

Brea-Olinda 71, Pacifica 51--The Wildcats (8-3) outrebounded the Mariners, 46-28, in this quarterfinal game. Kevin Walker led Brea with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Mike Toussey added 14 points and 10 rebounds.

PACIFICA (51)--Bonham 8, Brodt 11, Honda 2, Merry 2, Short 6, Shelton 5, Chapman 13, McDowell 4.

BREA-OLINDA (71)--Cooper 1, Francis 10, Anderson 7, Chiotti 2, Williams 4, Dossey 4, Johnson 4, Walker 25, Tousey 14.

Woodbridge 58, Pomona 43--The Warriors’ Adam Keefe, a 6-foot 7-inch sophomore center, scored 24 points to lead Woodbridge (9-2) to the quarterfinal win. Pomona’s Derwin Collins had 18 points.

POMONA (43)--Collins 18, Lee 2, Newsone 2, Greer 8, Owens 4, Greene 3, Bush 2, McQuirre 4.

WOODBRIDGE (58)--Murphy 14, Bryan 9, Sullivan 11, Keefe 24.

University 78, Trabuco Hills JV 39--Steve Stolzoff scored 29 points and Matt Gorzkowski added 12 as the Trojans defeated the Mustangs. John Welch led Trabuco Hills with 13 points.

UNIVERSITY (78)--Olin 7, Warren 4, Winslow 8, Glassen 9, Stolzoff 29, Allton 1, Kiskis 1, Gorzkowski 12, Roche 2, Beaumont 5.

TRABUCO HILLS JV (39)--Welch 13, McNeill 1, Gilbert 11, Poulos 4, Swanwick 10.

Diamond Bar 66, Savanna 45--The Brahmas used a balanced attack, with 10 players scoring in this easy second-round win. Pat McMann had 19 points to lead Diamond Bar. Savanna guard Mike Campbell led all scorers with 22 points.

SAVANNA (45)--Campbell 22, Veale 8, Kemple 2, Sulfrao 2, Smith 11.

DIAMOND BAR (66)--Dulude 10, Hendrick 11, Solomon 8, Oku 2, McMann 19, Edwards 6, Miller 5, King 2, Strass 1, Williams 2.