Sunset League : Ocean View Beats Fountain Valley, 67-42

Ocean View High School’s Blaine Debrouwer and Ricky Butler combined to score 20 points in the third quarter to take Fountain Valley out of a game the Barons were barly in.

The third-ranked Seahawks scored 26 points in the third quarter and went on to win the Sunset League boys’ basketball game, 67-42, in front of 500 spectators at Ocean View.

Debrouwer, a senior guard, scored 11 points, and Butler, a senior center, added 9, as the Seahawks turned a 29-15 halftime lead into a 55-26 lead going into the final quarter.

Butler, who was the leading rebounder with 11, scored 17 points before going to the bench with two minutes left to play in the third quarter.

Butler and Tony Panzica combined to open the third quarter with a lob pass above the rim that Butler dunked to start the string of 20 points between he and Debrouwer.

Fountain Valley could only score three points during the Butler-Debrouwer scoring parade.

Debrouwer remained in the game and ran the offense for much of the fourth quarter before coming out with two minutes left. He finished as the leading scorer with 21 points. The 6-foot 1-inch guard has signed with New Mexico State.

“I like to leave one starter in there to run the offense,” Ocean View Coach Jim Harris said. “Anyway, he was shooting well, so we left him in.”

Ocean View opened the game much as it started the second half. The Seahawks made their first five shots and 7 of their first 8 to build a 19-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.

“Fountain Valley had a tough time getting back in the game,” Harris said. “They are a patient team that doesn’t like to press, and once you can get ahead of them, it’s difficult for them to come back.”

The Barons didn’t help themselves Friday by missing four shots inside the key in the first quarter and nine in the game.

Senior Ron Briggs was the only Baron to score in double figures with 15 points.

The win assures the Seahawks (16-4) of at least a tie for first in league. Ocean View is 7-0, and Fountain Valley (12-10 overall) falls to 3-4 and into a four-way tie for second place with Huntington Beach, Edison and Marina.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY (42)--Wessler 4, Borquist 2, Hanson 1, Gordon 8, Rochlen 6, Briggs 15, Johnson 6.

OCEAN VIEW (67)--Panzica 2, Hazely 6, Butler 17, Morris 2, Debrouwer 21, Vogtmann 9, Hounsley 2, Diaz 4, Rochford 2, Padhiar 2.

Huntington Beach 61, Marina 55--The Oilers (3-4, 9-12) moved into a four-way tie for second place with the win over the Vikings at Marina.

Senior center Darren Snow scored 17 points as Huntington Beach outscored Marina by nine points in the second half to erase a three-point Marina lead at halftime. Huntington Beach forward Steve Pemper scored 15 points and was the game’s leading rebounder with 8, and teammate Shane Pariseau scored 12 points. Marina (3-4, 13-10) forward Steve Guild scored 16 points, and guard Mike Meyers added 14.

HUNTINGTON BEACH (61)--Snow 17, Pemper 15, Pariseau 12, Bettis 8, Vitz 7, Kao 2.

MARINA (55)--Guild 16, Meyers 14, Craft 13, Georgeson 8, Hattabaugh 2, Hayslette 2.

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Edison 65, Westminster 48--The Chargers (3-4, 13-8) gained a share of the second place with the victory over the Lions at Westminster.

Edison senior guard Ken Ammann led both teams with 25 points and had 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Teammate Richard Smith, a senior forward, scored 12 points, and Kevin Henderson added 10. Westminster (2-5, 5-17) had only one player in double-figures, Tom Dever, who scored 16 points.

EDISON (65)--Marguilies 4, Ammann 25, Cole 9, Smith 12, Katona 5, Henderson 10.

WESTMINSTER (48)--Dever 16, Chiasoson 6, Cabias 2, Smith 6, Austin 9, Love 7. Potter 2.

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