HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Country Day Sets Scoring Mark in 143-60 Victory

La Jolla Country Day Coach Bill Cahoone acknowledges his team plays an “up-tempo game.”

Fast took the Torres far Tuesday night in a Coastal League game against Mountain Empire.

Country Day set a San Diego Section record for points in a 143-60 victory. The output surpassed the record of 136 set by Sweetwater against Coronado in November 1984. Country Day scored 43 points in the first quarter and 39 in the fourth, the second and third highest quarter totals, respectively, in Section history.

“The only thing we were aware of (was that) our school record was 113,” said Calhoone, who added that his team pressed the first five minutes and mixed in man-to-man and zone defenses thereafter. “Since we had 73 at half and (both teams) were playing an up-tempo game, we were pretty comfortable about doing something.”

Six of Country Day’s nine players reached double figures, led by guard Larry Cheng with 31 points. Forward Jason Boyle had 30 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds, and center Everett Alexander added 22 points.

The Torres (10-3) shot 64% from the field, making 55 of 82 two-point attempts and 7 of 15 three-pointers. They outrebounded Mountain Empire 48-13, compiled 48 assists and had 21 steals.

Said Cahoone: “It was one of those nights everything went in.”

In another Coastal League game:

Julian 92, Francis Parker 76--Graham Koonce led Julian with 35 points and teammate Anthony Howard added 26. For Parker, Scott Schneider, who connected for three three-pointers, finished with 26 points.

Nonleague

San Diego 78, Clairemont 51--San Diego’s sophomore-dominated team spread the scoring around and had five players finish in double figures. Those who stood out included: Yusuf Hasan, who scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds; Travis Nichols, 13 points and eight rebounds; and Cedrick Bagby who added eight assists to his game-high 16 points.

Kearny 56, Patrick Henry 44--The Komets’ No. 1 ranked defense was under its average of 48.3 points a game and point guard Ali Nayab led the offense with 19 points. Damien Victor added 12 as No. 4 ranked Kearny improved to 15-1.

Serra 59, La Jolla 27--It was a three-point game after the first period, then La Jolla’s starters retired and the Vikings (5-9) could muster only four, five and five points in the last three quarters. The Conquistadors, which got 13 points each from Justin Wible and Kendrick Johnson, improved to 6-4.

Valhalla 74, Helix 50--Helix, which trailed the entire game, pulled to within eight with five minutes to go before Scott Bittle and Ben Sager hit consecutive three-pointers for Valhalla and increased the lead to 14.

Bittle and Wayne Sippial each connected for three three-pointers and each finished with nine points.

Also for No. 7 Valhalla (13-5), Darrick Freeman pulled down 14 rebounds.

Monte Vista 68, El Cajon 34--The No. 2 Monarchs led by 11 at halftime but turned the game into a laugher after a 24-6 third quarter. Aaron Elliott had 17, Marty Ellis 14 for Monte Vista (14-1). Mike Harris scored 16 for the Braves.

Grossmont 59, Santana 40--Junior guard Vince Clark led Grossmont on a 15-2 run to start the game by making seven steals. Grossmont’s other starting guard, junior Mike Kingsley, added nine assists to his game-high 16 points. Also for Grossmont (10-5), Tim Donohue had 13 points and senior forward Wynter Phoenix grabbed 11 rebounds. Santana fell to 3-8.

Mt. Miguel 65, El Capitan 54--Marcos Gallardo (20 points) and Reggie Jones (27) helped Mt. Miguel improve to 8-8. El Capitan fell to 7-9.

Granite Hills 77, West Hills 62--Granite Hills’ Mark Pluge led all scorers with 21 points on 10 for 12 shooting. He also pulled down eight rebounds. Teammate Bobby Allums also put up some impressive numbers: 10 points, seven rebounds, six steals and nine assists. Granite Hills improved to 8-5 and West Hills fell to 5-8.

GIRLS

Metro Conference

Chula Vista 55, Mar Vista 29--Besides leading all scorers with 23 points, Chula Vista’s Allison Hines contributed six steals and six rebounds as Chula Vista improved to 5-8, 3-1. Josie Azada led Mar Vista with 16 points.

Mongtomery 36, Southwest 34--Amy Mara led Montgomery with 14 points and 11 rebounds, but Southwest’s Janet Eleazar led all scorers with 19 points.