La Quinta Tournament : Campbell’s 25 Points Lead La Quinta, 70-58

Scott Campbell scored 25 points to lead host La Quinta High School to a 70-58 victory over Katella in the title game of the Aztec tournament Friday night.

Campbell sparked a 10-1 third-quarter Aztec run as La Quinta (7-2) extended a narrow 40-37 lead to 50-38 in the last three minutes of the quarter. The Aztecs ran their lead to 62-42 midway through the final quarter.

Katella (4-3) had rallied from an early 19-11 deficit behind Darrell McGinnis’ 14 second-quarter points to tie the score, 31-31, at halftime. The Knights also capitalized on the Aztecs’ poor second-quarter shooting that saw them make just 4 of 14 shots.

But La Quinta employed a full-court press early in the second half, forcing several Katella turnovers. The Aztecs limited the Knights to only seven points in the third quarter.

Arri Bufford and Kenny Bennett scored 13 points each for La Quinta. Bufford was named the tournament’s most valuable player.

Katella was led by Jerry Babe’s 22 points. McGinnis finished with 18 points, and center Ian Donelly, the Knight’s leading scorer going into the contest, had 12.

Tustin 86, Huntington Beach 72--Leo Parker scored 27 points and Brad Cantrell 21 as the Tillers (5-2) won the third-place game. All five Tustin starters finished in double figures, lead by Parker and Cantrell, who made 5 of 9 three-point shots. Shawn London connected on four three-point shots for Tustin. Parker, who was named to the all-tournament team, had 12 rebounds.

Rich Hughes scored 22 points and Brandon Lott added 15 for the Oilers (3-4).

El Modena 84, La Quinta JV 55-The Vanguards pulled away from the Aztecs’ junior-varsity team in the second half. Nathan Bogan scored 12 points, and Robbie Piegsch and Russ Weild added 11 each for El Modena. La Quinta was led by Trent Julian’s 15 points.