BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Huntington Beach’s Miller Gets 200th Career Victory

Coach Roy Miller gained his 200th career victory as Huntington Beach defeated Santa Ana 69-49 in a Sunset League boys’ basketball game Wednesday at Santa Ana High School.

Miller, who has a record of 200-193 in 16 seasons at Huntington Beach, said he was unaware that he had reached a milestone.

“I don’t keep track of that,” Miller said. “I just worry about keeping the program going . I didn’t have any idea.”

Matt Ambrose scored 15 points and Tony Gonzalez added 13 for the Oilers (23-3, 13-0), who are ranked second in the county. Denny Maciel and Darnell Adamson each scored 10 points for Santa Ana (8-15, 4-9).

In the Empire League:

Cypress 56, El Dorado 45--Bart Boulton scored 25 points for Cypress (9-14, 2-7). El Dorado got 23 from John Simonsen.

Esperanza 75, Loara 51--Mike Thimgan had 19 points and Mike Lawson added 13 for host Esperanza (19-5, 9-0), which clinched its second consecutive league championship. Esperanza won its 12th consecutive game. Scott Davis had 16 points for Loara (7-17, 2-7).

Katella 79, Los Alamitos 74--Brian Carlson scored 24 points for Katella (17-6, 6-3). Ryan Staniec had 22 points for Los Alamitos (6-3).

In the Freeway League:

Sonora 84, La Habra 66--Chris St. Clair scored 40 points, including seven three-point shots, breaking Sonora’s single-game scoring record. Tim Dranginis (1975) and Eric Samuelson (‘84) held the old record of 38.

St. Clair, who made 13 of 20 shots, scored 25 points in the second half for the Raiders (21-3, 9-0). Chris Campbell added 13 points for Sonora, which had already clinched the league title.

Fullerton 55, Buena Park 53 (OT)--Chris Young scored all four of Fullerton’s points in overtime, including the game-winning basket with five seconds left. Chad Murray led Fullerton (15-9, 6-3) with 19 points. Alex Tolentino scored 24 points for Buena Park (11-12, 4-5).

In the Garden Grove League:

Kennedy 85, La Quinta 62--Pat Kunz had 23 points for visiting Kennedy (22-3, 13-0 in league). Joe Linck scored 16 points for La Quinta, which finished 6-17, 4-10.

Pacifica 40, Los Amigos 38--Ramon Alliman stole the ball with 10 seconds left and drove the length of the floor for a layup to score the winning basket for Pacifica (13-8, 8-5). Noah Tagatauli led Los Amigos (6-16, 5-8) with 11 points.