HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK : Discipline, Desire, Dedication Delayed By Dreadful Drive

Members of the Reseda High basketball team wear sweat shirts with the words “Discipline, Desire, Dedication” emblazoned across the backs. The three words are intended to remind the players of what it takes to win.

But after the Regents’ 64-47 loss to Granada Hills on Friday night in the first round of the Birmingham tournament, Reseda Coach Bill Hughes must be wondering if he should add the word “punctuality.”

Reseda began what was supposed to have been the night’s top game without four starters.

Instead of clogging the lane in front of the Granada Hills basket, Reseda’s tardy front line was driving through the clogged lanes of the Ventura Freeway on its way to the Birmingham gym.

Center Dexter Nickelson, guard Stanley Williams and forwards R. L. Whiting and Terrance Hamilton all arrived late--midway through the first quarter. None of the four players entered the game until late in the second quarter.

“Our game was at 5:15, so I told them to be here at four,” Hughes said. “When games are played on school days, it’s no problem for these kids because there’s a bus and the transportation thing is taken care of.

“But tonight, instead of being here for the start of the game, they were on the Ventura Freeway or the Hollywood Freeway or whatever freeway they take to get here.”

The Philadelphia 76ers have center Moses Malone. Serra High has Moses-Malone.

Forwards James Moses and forward Keith Malone have combined for a heavy 1-2 punch, producing 112 points in the Cavaliers’ first two games of the Chaminade tournament.

Serra plays De LaSalle on Monday at Chaminade. The game, for fifth place, begins at 4:30 p.m.

Mitch Parrott, Camarillo’s high-scoring forward, fouled out with 6:16 left in the third quarter of Friday night’s semifinal loss to Buena in the Ventura Tournament.

After Parrott was called for his fifth foul, Camarillo Coach John Harbour was angry, as was the large number of Camarillo fans among the 1,000 in attendance.

Harbour turned to the crowd and yelled, “Have you ever seen anything like this?”

The official who called the foul stood for two minutes at half court attempting to inform the scorers of the violation, but his voice was drowned out by shouts from the crowd.

When things finally settled down, Harbour appealed to his players, “Don’t let them take it away from us. We can still do it.”

But not, apparently, without Parrott.

The Scorpions were leading, 34-25, at the time of Parrott’s departure. A little over four minutes later, Buena took the lead, 38-37, and went on to win, 67-58.

When Simi Valley played Quartz Hill in the first round of the Hart Tournament, it appeared Quartz Hill would set some kind of unofficial record for having as many turnovers as it had points.

Quartz Hill had 12 turnovers at the end of the first quarter when Simi Valley was leading, 24-8.

At the half, Simi Valley led, 49-25. The Rebels had 21 turnovers.

With the game all but over, Quartz Hill continued its quest to match turnovers with points scored.

With four minutes left in the third quarter, the Rebels had 29 points and 28 turnovers.

Quartz Hill then ended the suspense by scoring six points, putting that contest out of reach.

The Rebels ended up losing the game, 95-52, but winning the points-to-turnovers battle by 14 points.

Add Simi Valley: Don MacLean, the 6-8 sophomore center for the Pioneers, apparently isn’t letting early success go to his head.

“It’s nice to get the big write ups,” he said, “but I try not to let all that ‘super sophomore’ stuff get to me. Really, I try to forget it.

“My mom puts all the articles on the closet door, I look at them, then that’s it. I don’t even bother thinking about living up to everyone else’s expectations for me. I have my own.”

Along comes Alonzo: Another sophomore making an impact for his team is Van Nuys sophomore Alonzo Galloway, who had a season-high 16 points and 11 rebounds Friday night in the Wolves’ 71-50 win over Monroe.

Galloway, at 6-0, is one of three Van Nuys players no taller than six feet who comprise the team’s front court.

“He’s getting better and better every week,” Van Nuys Coach Kevin Duford said. “We’re a bunch of little six-footers on the front line. If Alonzo keeps working hard to improve, he could be a top player.”