San Diego High Schools : Point Loma Beats Santana, Barely

Monica Filer made two free throws with 16 seconds left and Point Loma High School held off Santana in the final seconds, 48-47, to win the girl’s Unlimited Division championship game of the 41st Kiwanis tournament Saturday night at Serra High.

The victory extends Point Loma’s San Diego Section winning streak to 69 games. The state record is 84.

Santana had a couple of opportunities to win in the final seconds but couldn’t score.

Freshman Desiree Weimann, whose two last-second free throws against Mt. Carmel put Santana in the championship game, missed the front end of a one and one with less than 10 seconds remaining. The rebound went out of bounds off a Point Loma player and Santana had one last chance with six seconds. However, the inbounds pass, intended for Leslie Ellis, was intercepted by Point Loma’s Michelle Montanez.

Filer led Point Loma (10-0) with 22 points and Tyeast Brown added 10.

Ellis led Santana (10-1) with 24 points and Rebecca Aase had 10.

In other girls’ Kiwanis Tournament games:

Mt. Carmel 60, Morse 40--Mt. Carmel won the third-place game in the Unlimited Division.

Calexico 56, San Pasqual 53--Calexico took the championship of the Limited Division.

La Jolla 54, Mission Bay 52--La Jolla won the third-place game in the Limited Division.

In the boys’ Unlimited Division:

Madison 70, Mt. Carmel 64--Jeff Harper scored 28 points to lead Madison in the championship game at Serra High. Shane Knight’s 16 points paced Mt. Carmel (7-2).

Poway 72, El Capitan 64--Poway won the third-place game, outscoring El Capitan, 24-6, in the third quarter on the strength of 8 steals to erase a 34-30 halftime deficit. Dave Delaney led Poway (6-2) with 23 points. Jason Berkeshire had 22 points and Bryan Palmer 20 for El Capitan.

Patrick Henry 54, Monte Vista 50--Collis Hunt’s steal and two free throws in the final seconds secured the victory for Patrick Henry at Serra. Terrence Hamilton scored 8 of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter as Patrick Henry rallied from a 43-39 deficit by outscoring Monte Vista, 15-7. Hunt had 16 points for Patrick Henry (5-2) and John Spence added 12. Jason Peters led Monte Vista with 14 points, Scott Winne had 12 and Ron Wofford and Joe McNaull had 10 each.

Chula Vista 45, Hilltop 32--Scott Matney scored 8 of his game-high 15 points in the final quarter as Chula Vista ran away from Hilltop at San Diego High School. Chula Vista (4-5) held a 30-27 lead after three quarters. Chula Vista held Hilltop’s Mark Dirksen to 9 points, 16 below his average. James Shaw added 10 points for Chula Vista. John Moore led Hilltop with 10 points.

In the boys’ Limited Division:

Lincoln 85, La Jolla 68--Carl Gaines scored 28 points and Aaron Wilhite had 24 points and 22 rebounds to lead Lincoln to the Limited Division championship at Hoover High. La Jolla trailed, 42-40, at halftime but was outscored, 43-28, in the second half. Bernard Dickerson added 19 points for Lincoln (8-1). La Jolla was led by Jermone Sherman’s 17 points. Sean Rogers added 16 points and Kyle Kupeil had 14 for La Jolla.

Crawford 78, San Diego 51--Lamont Grove scored 29 points as Crawford won the third-place game at Hoover. Tracy Halton had 14 points for Crawford (4-3) and Chris Johnson added 12. For San Diego, Andy Swindall had 13 points, Clark James 10 and Tony Wines 12.

Bloomington 91, Valhalla 82--Euric Gray, who is headed for the University of Nevada Las Vegas, scored 24 points and Charles Johnson added 23 as Bloomington of San Bernardino won the losers’ bracket championship game at San Diego High. Valhalla (5-2) trailed by 20 entering the fourth quarter but Rafid Kiti, a 6-5 junior guard, scored 22 of his 36 points to make the score close. Tony Clark had 19 points and 15 rebounds for Valhalla.

Briefly--University City 54, Fallbrook 52, (3 OTS); St. Augustine 72, Clairemont 59.