ORANGE COUNTY PREP BASKETBALL : Boys’ Roundup : Altamirano’s 28 Leads Los Amigos 74-70 Win

Senior guard Gene Altamirano, hitting mostly from the outside, scored 28 points to pace Los Amigos High School to a 74-70 nonleague victory at Villa Park Wednesday.

Los Amigos (2-1) led, 72-70, when Villa Park (0-2) forward Chris Storck’s shot rolled off the rim. A Villa Park player under the basket was unable to control the rebound and the ball bounced off his foot out of bounds with 10 seconds left.

The Spartans fouled Lobos guard Jim McGee, who hit both free throws. McGee finished with 16 points and forward John Jenkins had 15.

Villa Park had six players in double figures, led by Storck with 14 and guard Mark Brock with 12.

Los Amigos had a 12-point lead at one point of the first quarter but the Spartans pulled to within four by the end of the quarter.

In the first round of the Sonora-Sunny Hills Tournament:

Capistrano Valley 64, Magnolia 47--Mark Lyon scored 18 points and Mike Goff added 15 points to lead the Cougars (3-0) at Sonora High School. Magnolia stayed close through three quarters before being outscored 21-9 in the final quarter.

Katella 67, Hacienda Heights Wilson 55--All five starters scored in double figures, led by center Richard Lucas with 22, to pace the Knights (5-0). The Wildcats (0-2) got 21 points from senior guard Damon Owens and 18 from center Neil Weingarten.

Woodbridge 47, Newport Harbor 39--Center Adam Keefe scored 29 points to lead the Warriors in the season opener for both teams.

Irvine 66, Brea-Olinda 62--Matt Norton scored 15 points and Mike Herring and David Ballantyne added 13 each to lead the Vaqueros.

In the second round of the La Quinta Tournament:

Pacifica 84, La Quinta JV 70--Alan Bruce scored 25 points and Mike Short added 16 points for the Mariners. Pacifica (3-2) meets West Torrance for fifth place Friday at 4:30 p.m.

In the first round of the San Clemente Tournament:

Foothill 81, Lincoln 49--Chris Aqueveque’s 13 points led the Knights. Five Knights scored in double figures. Foothill (1-3) meets El Toro in the second round Friday.

In the Santa Ana Tournament:

Westminster 63, Bolsa Grande 61 (overtime)--Mark Austin scored with five seconds to play in overtime for the Lions. The score was tied, 57-57, at the end of regulation.

Santa Ana 55, Hollywood 37--Willie Lane scored 14 points to lead the Saints. Santa Ana is 3-1. Hollywood is 0-4.

In nonleague games:

Lakewood 68, Los Alamitos 57--Three Lancers combined for 56 points, led by guard Dwayne Cooper’s 20. Los Alamitos is 2-3. Forward Mo Warner had 15 for Los Alamitos and Rob Lester 12.

Santiago 46, Anaheim 40--Peter Avila scored 16 points and Rich Takaoka added 11 to lead Santiago (2-3) at Anaheim. The score was tied, 40-40, with about a minute left. Earnest Johnston had 15 to lead Anaheim (0-2).

Valencia 63, Esperanza 43--The Tigers’ Jeff Franck led all scorers with 21 points at Esperanza. Franck also had 14 rebounds. Ross Harvey led the Aztecs with 10 points. Valencia is 4-1, Esperanza 1-3.

Western 44, Loara 42--Forward Mark Sanchez scored the first 12 points of the game for the Pioneers (3-1) and 15 of his 19 in the first half, but Western had to hold off Loara in the final minutes to preserve the victory. The Saxons (0-3), down by nine at halftime, had two chances to tie the game in the final minute but missed both shots. Paul Plettinck and Todd Eaton led Loara with 10 points each.

L.B. Poly 48, Edison 39--Terry Nelson scored 19 points and Shelton Gillis had 17 and 10 rebounds to lead Poly (4-1) at Long Beach. Poly broke open a 31-31 tie on a three-point play by Gillis with 4:38 left.

Mike Henderson had 17 to lead Edison (0-1).

Garden Grove 57, Laguna Hills 49--Octavio Contreras scored 13 points and Jeff Finch added 12 to lead the Argonauts (2-2) at Laguna Hills (1-3).

Ocean View 65, Inglewood 61--Ricky Butler scored 23 points and Doug Rice added 17 to lead the Seahawks at Ocean View. Ocean View (4-0) plays host to Serra Friday night.

Fullerton 68, Estancia 51--Greg Wilber scored 22 points and Brian Massey added 14 points for the Indians at Estancia. Fullerton raised its record to 1-2. Estancia fell to 2-1.