WINTER SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS : Cleveland Wins Sloppily at Reseda, 74-58

Cleveland Coach Bob Braswell was not happy with his team’s performance on Wednesday, but he will take the 74-58 victory over Reseda.

“We didn’t play very well tonight. We turned the ball over 30 times and we still won,” Braswell said. Cleveland also was without the services of starting point guard Darren Greer, who is out with an ankle injury.

Guards Andre Anderson and Michael Gray each scored 14 points as Cleveland (10-2, 3-1) jumped out to a 20-10 lead in the first quarter.

“Reseda’s press forced us into a lot of turnovers, but our press was effective too and it gave us a lot of easy layups when we were having a poor shooting night,” said Braswell.

Cleveland’s Albert Fann and Richard Branham added 12 points each and Branham had nine rebounds as Cleveland remained one game behind Fairfax, a 92-55 winner over Hamilton on Wednesday, in the Valley League.

Joe Crawford scored a game-high 18 points for Reseda (4-7, 0-4).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Birmingham 57, Chatsworth 45--Keith Owens had 20 points and 9 rebounds for Birmingham (12-1, 2-0) in the Northwest Valley League game at Birmingham. Kendall McDaniels scored 21 points for Chatsworth.

Thousand Oaks 60, Royal 46--Thousand Oaks (10-5, 5-0) remained in first place in the Marmonte League behind Kevin Martin’s 16, Robert McLaughlin’s 14 and Jon Walker’s 12-point performances at home. Roger Greene’s game-high 20 points paced Royal (0-12, 0-4).

Newbury Park 53, Camarillo 36--David Pessin scored 10 points and Wayne Cook had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Newbury Park (7-9, 2-3) in a Marmonte League game at Camarillo. Brad Bushman scored 10 points for Camarillo (1-11, 0-4.)

Canoga Park 57, Monroe 43--Center Orel Erlington scored 14 points for Canoga Park (7-5, 2-0) in the Northwest Valley League game at Canoga Park.

Grant 60, Van Nuys 48--Danny Enowitz scored a team-high 14 points and Jason Schira had 12 to lead Grant (6-6, 2-0) in an East Valley League game. Van Nuys (1-1 in league) was led by Gaylard Devers with 16 points.

Oakwood 85, Oak Hill 42--Mitchell Butler had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists for Oakwood (8-3, 4-0) in a Liberty League game at Oak Hill. David Friedman and Greg Gibbons each scored 21 points for Oak Hill (0-5 in league).

Cal Prep 56, Southwestern 23--Darryl Parrish had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Pat Colette had 17 points and 7 rebounds for Cal Prep in a Liberty League game.

Holy Martyrs 75, First Lutheran 34--Viken Tchorbabjian had 26 points and 9 assists and Armen Abramian had 15 points and 11 rebounds for host Holy Martyrs (8-4, 3-1) in a Liberty League game.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Kennedy 55, Cleveland 32--Kennedy (10-3, 2-0) extended its Valley League winning streak 82 with a victory at home. Diane DeCree had 16 points and 17 rebounds and Tisa Rush had 16 points and 7 steals to lead Kennedy. Dawn Stewart scored 10 points for Cleveland (2-4, 1-1).

Newbury Park 48, Camarillo 34--Julia Johnson scored a game-high 16 points as Newbury Park (9-6, 4-1) won its fourth straight Marmonte League game. Camarillo (0-4 in league) was led by Nicole Victoria and Angie Long with 10 points each.

Thousand Oaks 59, Royal 34--Barbara Tanner and Shani Smyth each had 14 points to lead Thousand Oaks (9-8, 4-1) in a Marmonte League game. Amy Hemphill had 11 points for Royal.

Chatsworth 52, Granada Hills 24--Chatsworth (8-1, 2-0) broke open the Valley League game in the second quarter, outscoring Granada Hills, 20-10. Ericka Miller scored 11 points for Chatsworth.

Monroe 39, Poly 24--Maria Wallace scored 9 points and Annette Robinson had 8 points for Monroe (2-3, 1-1) in a Pac-6 League game at home. Sheri Sasaki had 8 points for Poly.

Simi Lutheran 43, Thatcher 29--Guard Tanja Deukmejian scored 22 points and forward Megan Ziegler had 12 points and 11 rebounds for host Simi Lutheran (4-4, 1-1) in a nonleague game.

BOYS SOCCER

Chaminade 6, Pater Noster 0--Center-forward Jonas Escalera scored two goals for Chaminade (6-6, 3-1) in the Santa Fe League game at Chaminade.

Montclair Prep 3, L.A. Lutheran 0--Wing Jon Kravitz scored two goals and had an assist for Montclair Prep (7-2-1, 2-1-1) in an Alpha League game at Nordhoff Park.

WOMENS BASKETBALL

Valley 68, Trade Tech 57--Valley (15-3, 3-0 in league) took over sole possession of first place in the Southern California Conference as Damatra Johnson scored 21 points and Bernadette Tillis had 15 points and 9 assists for the hosts. Trade Tech (17-3, 2-1) was led by Marnell Wiley’s game-high 24 points.