St. Bernard center Ed Stokes averaged 28...

St. Bernard center Ed Stokes averaged 28 points in four games to lead the Vikings to the championship of the Beverly Hills tournament. The 6-11 senior, named tournament MVP, had 34 points, 23 rebounds and 10 blocked shots in the final, a 65-61 win over Rolling Hills.

Loyola Marymount’s Hank Gathers pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds and scored 27 points in a 136-103 loss to Oklahoma. The 6-7 junior ranks among NCAA leaders in both categories, averaging 32 points and 15 rebounds a game.

Jaymie Bradford, Jennifer Stone and Erica Henderson each scored a goal to help Hawthorne (7-0) defeat Mira Costa, 3-1, and reach Friday’s final in the South Torrance Holiday girls soccer tournament against South.

Palos Verdes’ soccer team, top-ranked in the Southern Section 4-A Division, is 6-0 and has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 24-2.

Who’s Not

Gardena’s basketball team failed to make a field goal in the fourth quarter Friday night against Banning and lost, 69-50, in the consolation semifinals of the Goodman Tournament at Cal State Los Angeles.

Loyola Marymount’s run-and-gun offense is putting up big numbers, averaging 112.8 points a game, but the Lions are paying for it on defense. LMU is giving up an average of 117.3 points, most of any NCAA team.

South Bay Lutheran of Inglewood, struggling with a starting lineup of three freshmen and two sophomores, dropped to 0-6 with a 76-60 non-league basketball loss to California Lutheran.

Mira Costa (1-3) opened the Torrance Basketball Tournament on Tuesday with an 84-46 loss to previously winless Torrance. It was the third straight defeat for the Mustangs.