HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Antelope Valley Rediscovers Touch

The Antelope Valley High boys’ basketball team, a consensus preseason power and favorite to roll to the Golden League title, stumbled to a surprising 1-2 start before entering the Cerritos-Gahr tournament Wednesday.

But with Thursday’s 60-55 second-round win over La Mirada, the Antelopes (3-2) have won two in a row and are finally above .500.

“We just couldn’t get near the hoop in those games,” Coach Skip Adams said of his team’s start.

Senior forward Chris Walters, who has signed to attend Texas El Paso next fall, scored a career-high 30 points to lead Antelope Valley. Junior Brock Chase chipped in a career-high 12 points off the bench.

In other tournament games:

FAITH BAPTIST TOURNAMENT

Montclair Prep 59, Brethren 38--Sophomore forward Chris Sanger scored a game-high 19 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Mounties in a championship quarterfinal game.

Senior forward Jason Gerber had 14 points and 17 rebounds for Montclair Prep (2-0), which will play Faith Baptist in the championship game at 7 tonight.

Harvard 95, Oak Park 62--Matt Clark scored a game-high 24 points and had 15 rebounds for Harvard in a quarterfinal win.

Rick Osterloh added 21 points for Harvard (3-0), which will play Chadwick at 8:30 tonight in a semifinal game.

Faith Baptist 66, Moorpark 58--Center Dionicio Blanco scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and teammate Alex Estrada added 20 points, seven assists and five steals to lift the Contenders in a championship quarterfinal game.

Faith Baptist (2-1) trailed, 45-40, at the end of the third period but outscored Moorpark, 26-13, in the final quarter.

SAN LUIS OBISPO TOURNAMENT

South Bakersfield 69, Crespi 55--Guard Madden Clayton scored 18 of his game-high 38 points in the fourth quarter as South Bakersfield pulled away from the Celts in the first-round game at San Luis Obispo High.

Clayton scored seven, eight, and five points in the first three quarters and Crespi (2-2) trailed by just two points, 43-41, after three periods.

But Crespi, which shot only 34.5% (20 of 58) from the field, couldn’t stop Clayton in the final quarter as he scored 18 of his team’s 26 points.

Matt Luderer led Crespi with 17 points and teammates Rasaan Hall and John Curtin each added 14 points.

CABRILLO TOURNAMENT

Crossroads 58, Bell-Jeff 42--Bell-Jeff starting center Giselle Scemeredi fouled out in the second half and finished scoreless as Crossroads, which led, 20-19, at halftime, pulled away in the first-round game.

Amy Gandin scored a game-high 23 points for Crossroads (2-1). Guard Julie Cusuamano led Bell-Jeff (1-2) with 12 points.

NORDHOFF TOURNAMENT

Newbury Park 95, Santa Ynez 59--Center Joe Smigiel scored a game-high 20 points and Chrios Falzone added 19 to pace the Panthers in the first round of the Nordhoff tournament.

Kevin Leveall scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Newbury Park (1-1).

GIRLS’ NONLEAGUE

Campbell Hall 46, Mayfield 37--Senior forward Kyrsten Williams scored 21 points and had 20 rebounds to lead Campbell Hall (2-1) in a nonleague game at Mayfield.

Notre Dame 63, Faith Baptist 37--Senior guard Kim Fischer scored 21 points and had four rebounds to lead Notre Dame (1-2) in a nonleague game at home.

Point guard Luisa Parra scored two points to go with six assists.

Chaminade 50, Westlake 22--Maria Costa scored 19 points and teammate Jane Kim scored 13 and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Eagles posted an easy win at Westlake.

Pam Powers scored 14 for Chaminade (3-0). Vanessa Wright, Tanya Jones and Claudia Johnson each scored six points for Westlake.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Royal 10, Quartz Hill 0--Center Nicki Noyes, a former goalkeeper, scored four goals to lead the Highlanders (4-0) to a nonleague rout at home.

Sophomore goalkeeper Carolyn Rahn, in her first start since being promoted from the junior varsity, stopped one shot to record the shutout.

Quartz Hill is 2-2.

Chaminade 3, El Camino Real 0--Chaminade (4-1-1) posted its fourth shutout in a nonleague match at home.

Goalkeeper Kathy Regan stopped six shots and Natalie Dill, Anne McDermott and Lea Stankevich each scored goals for the Eagles.

BOYS’ SOCCER

Hart 1, Saugus 0--Armando Garcia scored one minute into the match on an assist from Bryan Coward in a nonleague match at Saugus.

Hart (2-0) outshot Saugus, 24-4.

Alemany 2, Quartz Hill 0--Damon Rivetti scored a pair of second-half goals to lead the Indians (3-0) in a nonleague match at Alemany. Brent Chalker and Keith Allen each had assists.

Goalkeeper Scott Downey stopped five shots to record his first shutout.

Agoura 6, Hoover 0--Dominic Zapata scored three goals and goalie Jacob Myers posted his first shutout as the Chargers won easily at Agoura.

Joe Meldaglia, Mike Bruekle and Sam Niruyi each added goals for Agoura (1-2).