High School Basketball : Simi Valley Falls as Shot by Quirmbach Misses Mark

A last-second 3-point shot by Chris Quirmbach ricocheted off the rim as Simi Valley was edged by Chaparral, 73-70, in the third-place game of the Sundevil tournament in Las Vegas.

The desperation shot was set up when Chaparral missed a free throw that would have put the game out of reach with 5 seconds to play. Simi Valley got the defensive rebound, Quirmbach drove to the top of the key and let fly.

Guard Steve Carnes scored a team-high 24 points and teammate Dennis Cook added 14 in the losing effort. The Pioneers are 4-4.

Woodcrest Christian 85, Grace Community 79--Forwards Jo Jo Haiting and Matt Albee combined for 43 points to knock the Hawks out of the semifinal consolation round of the Hesperia tournament.

Guard Scott Lechuga scored a game-high 27 points for Grace Community (5-2), which led at halftime, 42-35, surrendered its lead and lost its second consecutive game.

St. Genevieve 62, Bassett 55--Mike Cassidy scored a game-high 22 points and had 10 assists to lead the Valiants to the consolation final of the Bosco Tech tournament.

Center Marc Colon added 12 points and 11 rebounds for St. Genevieve.

St. Genevieve (5-2) advanced to the semifinal round by beating Crossroads in the early game, 81-75. The Valiants took a 9-0 lead and never trailed. Crossroads pulled to within 4 with less than 2 minutes to play but Dara Kargari hit 4 straight free throws to ice it.

Cassidy led all scorers with 25 points and 15 assists. Roland De la Maza added 16 points.

Montclair Prep 59, Pater Noster 26--The Mounties (9-4) had 3 players score in double figures in the nonleague game at Montclair Prep.

Montclair Prep’s Jackie Shemtov came off the bench to lead all scorers with 11 points, and J. T. Billingslea and Chris Sanger each added 10 points.

The Mounties were playing without leading scorer Craig Handschu, who was sidelined because of a sprained left knee.

GIRLS

Chaminade 56, Saugus 34--The Eagles took a 41-14 lead after 3 quarters in the nonleague game at Chaminade. The surge was spearheaded by Sue Frink, who scored 20 points, and Melanie Sapon, who had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Pam Powers added 8 points and 12 rebounds. Saugus guard Debbie Ramsey countered with 15 points.