HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS : Fairfax Wins in Overtime as Kennedy Fades at Finish

Kennedy blew a six-point lead with four minutes remaining and lost to powerful Fairfax, 59-58, in overtime, at Kennedy.

Fairfax’s Sean Higgins made four jumpers from beyond 20 feet and J.D. Green made two baskets as Fairfax, the second-ranked team in the country in USA Today’s prep basketball poll, caught Kennedy to send the game into overtime.

Kennedy, which lost a Valley League game to Fairfax, 85-62, earlier in the season, had the ball with 11 seconds remaining in overtime but forward Uba Satterfield missed a 20-foot shot that would have won the game.

Marcus Malone scored 16 points, Leon Ware had 14 and Clarence Williams scored 10 for Kennedy (13-7, 7-5). Higgins led Fairfax (21-0, 12-0) with 27 and Green added 20. Fairfax’s high-scoring junior, Chris Mills, did not play because of a strained knee.

Kennedy hosts Fremont on Friday in the opening round of the City Section 4-A playoffs.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Cleveland 89, El Camino Real 42--Michael Gray scored a game-high 22 points and Andre Anderson added 21 for Cleveland (17-3, 10-2) in a Valley League game.

Reseda 90, Hamilton 73--Jeff Ricks had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Joe Crawford had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Tibor Kalman had 18 points for Reseda (6-14, 2-12) in a Valley League game at Hamilton. Gerald Evans added 10 points for Reseda and Michael Collins had 15 assists.

L.A. Baptist 60, Cathedral 52--Mike Null scored 22 points and James Hoback added 18 for L.A. Baptist (18-5) in a Southern Section 1-A wild-card game at L.A. Baptist.

Bel-Air Prep 58, Oak Park 47--Despite 18 points by Brian Friefeld and 14 points from Mike Birch, Oak Park (10-11) lost the Southern Section 1-A wild-card game.

Holy Martyrs 55, Central Coast Christian 45--Viken Tchorbajian scored 28 points and had five assists for Holy Martyrs (16-6) in a Small Schools Southern Section wild-card game at Holy Martyrs.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Cate 70, Simi Lutheran 41--Wendy Meyer scored 34 points for Cate in the Southern Section Small Schools wild-card game at Simi Lutheran. Tanya Deukmedjian scored 21 points and Meganne Ziegler added 17 points for Simi Lutheran (10-8).