Pacific Coast League Roundup : Barnes Starts Quickly for Trabuco Hills

John Barnes scored the first seven points Friday night and Trabuco Hills High School never looked back in defeating Orange, 67-52, in a Pacific Coast League boys’ basketball game at Trabuco Hills.

Barnes, a 6-foot 3-inch senior forward, led the Mustangs (10-6, 1-1) to a 21-12 first-quarter lead.

“We came out with pressure, mixing a full-court and half-court press that caused turnovers,” said Rainer Wulf, Trabuco Hills coach. “We got them to run a little bit. They are a very patient team. We got the game going to our pace. When that happened, we were pretty much home free.”

Trabuco Hills also was led by Tim Manning, a 5-11 sophomore guard who scored 18 points and made 4 three-point shots. Rick Swanwick, a 6-10 junior center, added 16 points.

Orange (3-11, 0-2) was led by John Rodriguez with 21 points and Craig Mathews with 15 points, including four three-point shots.

Woodbridge 87, Costa Mesa 60--Costa Mesa connected on eight three-point shots and Woodbridge made seven, but the Warriors won easily at Costa Mesa. Robb Lee (12 points) made four three-pointers for Woodbridge (10-5, 2-0). Timmy Nguyen (18 points) had four three-pointers and teammate Greg Ertel (13 points) had three for Costa Mesa (3-12, 0-2).

Costa Mesa played without starting forward Paul Kos, who injured his right ankle last Wednesday in a game against Laguna Beach. Kos has been averaging 21 points a game.

Adam Keefe scored 21 points to lead Woodbridge, which opened a 27-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. Tim Felter scored 14 and Tuan Vu 13 for Costa Mesa.

Laguna Beach 66, Laguna Hills 59--Guard John McKeown scored 21 points and Dain Blanton 19 to lead Laguna Beach (2-0, 5-8) at home. Laguna Hills is 9-7 and 0-1.