HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Balanced Scoring Carries Reseda

Four Reseda players scored in double figures as the Regents defeated Monroe, 77-63, on Wednesday to advance to the championship game of the Birmingham tournament.

Roderick Jones led the Regents with 17 points, followed by Trenton Cross and Damon Bailey with 15 each and Archie Williams with 14.

Reseda (11-0) shot 35 of 42 from the free-throw line and led by as many as 20 in the third period.

Kashon Griffin scored a game-high 18 points for Monroe (3-6), which played without star Kenyatta Niles, who was nursing an injured ankle.

Shaka Stiner added 16 points for the Vikings.

Reseda will play Grant, a 52-46 winner over Birmingham, tonight for the championship.

Grant outscored Birmingham, 19-10 in the second quarter to take a 25-18 lead at halftime. The Lancers didn’t trail thereafter.

Mark Ellis, a junior forward, scored a team-high 14 points for Birmingham in his second start of the year. Marc Fernando added 10.

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In other Birmingham tournament games:

Kennedy 78, St. Genevieve 47--Dante Jones and Jelani Janisse each scored 12 points to lead five Golden Cougars in double figures in a consolation semifinal. St. Genevieve’s Randy Iaccino had 23 points--nearly half of the Valiants’ total.

Van Nuys 51, Sherman Oaks CES 46--James Brooks scored 10 points to lead a balanced Van Nuys offense and send the Wolves into tonight’s consolation final. Jeff Cannon scored a game-high 18 points for Sherman Oaks CES.

In other boys’ basketball tournaments:

ABOVE THE RIM

Thousand Oaks 63, Monsignor Bonner (Pa.) 38--Jason Hartman had 19 points and eight rebounds, both team highs, to lead Thousand Oaks (8-3) in a consolation game at San Diego.

Peter Lauer added 14 points for the Lancers, who extended a three-point halftime lead by outscoring Bonner, 12-4, in the third quarter.

Thousand Oaks shot 56.4% from the field (22 of 39) to 35.4% (17 of 48) for Bonner.

Chatsworth 80, San Diego Lincoln 79 (OT)--Tariq Hill sank a three-point shot to send the game into overtime, then scored all three of Chatsworth’s points in overtime in a consolation game.

Trenell Floyd led the Chancellors with 23 points and also had seven rebounds. Marcel Wilson (20 points and 11 rebounds), Jerome Joseph (15 points and six steals) and Hill (14 points) also scored in double figures for Chatsworth (8-5), which played a game earlier in the day.

Mark Sanford led Lincoln (5-4) with 21 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots.

Rummel (Va.) 98, Chatsworth 94--Despite having five players in double figures, Chatsworth was outgunned in a consolation game.

Trenell Floyd (22), Tariq Hill (18), Jerome Joseph (13), Lee Larson (12) and Marcel Wilson (11) each scored in double figures, but Chatsworth couldn’t erase a 55-44 halftime deficit. Wilson and Floyd each added 10 rebounds.

The game marked the second time in the tournament that Chatsworth surrendered more than 90 points.

Chatsworth center Eddie Miller missed the game because of a death in the family.

SANTA PAULA

Oak Park 64, Santa Paula 44--Junior swingman Shawn Williams scored a game-high 23 points to lead Oak Park (11-1) in the championship game.

Williams was named the tournament’s most valuable player.

Brandon Creason added 16 points and Ryan Garth had 10 for Oak Park. Both made the all-tournament team.

Manual Escamilla scored 14 points to lead Santa Paula, but was held to two points in the second half by Ryan McMullen.

Newbury Park 63, Moorpark 62--The Musketeers made a three-point basket at the buzzer, but still suffered a loss to Newbury Park (4-5) in the consolation final.

Ken Martin (19 points), Leodes Van Buren (13) and Sean Burnett (10) led the attack for Newbury Park.

The Panthers led, 44-36, after three quarters, but Moorpark rallied in the final period, connecting on six three-point baskets.

Morro Bay 73, Paraclete 69--Steve Dombrowski scored 26 points and Brendan Carberry added 16 for Paraclete in the seventh-place game.

Dombrowski, usually the Spirits’ sixth man, was making a rare start because three Paraclete starters did not play in the tournament due to family vacations, injuries or disciplinary reasons.

CHAMINADE

Calabasas 46, Chaminade 41--Sophomore center Nick Alexander scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Calabasas (7-5) in pool play.

Chaminade, which trailed at halftime, 29-14, cut the deficit to four points in the fourth quarter but the rally fell short. John Gunn led Chaminade (4-6) with 12 points.

Chaminade Coach Rob Kurowski was particularly frustrated with the loss. “In our (Tuesday) win against Granada Hills, we played a great third quarter,” Kurowski said. “But as good as we were then, we were that bad today.”

Freshman guard Ryan Coleman helped lead the Coyote offense. Coleman had 14 points and dished out six assists.

Granada Hills 64, Yeshiva 40--Steve Fisher scored 13 points to lead Granada Hills in the third round of pool play. Joe Jenkins added 10 points for the Highlanders (3-7).

Michael Strapp scored 21 points to lead Yeshiva (2-7).

Cleveland 54, Campbell Hall 49--The Cavaliers (9-4) overcame a slow first quarter with a strong defensive effort to beat Campbell Hall (11-3) in the final round of pool play.

Jermaine Hall and Louis Fernandez each scored 12 points to pace Cleveland’s offense.

Campbell Hall, which committed numerous turnovers, was held to eight points in the third quarter and trailed, 43-32, after three periods.

Simeon Woodall scored 13 points for Campbell Hall and Alex Lopez added 12. Lopez was held to two points in the second half.

Cleveland Coach Kevin Crider said, “We used overall team pressure defense to cause Campbell Hall to do things they didn’t want to do.”

But despite the win, Crider was unhappy with Cleveland’s play.

“Since the Inglewood game (when the Cavaliers scored only five first-quarter points) we need to improve our intensity.”

Lopez’s most-productive quarter was the second, when he scored eight points.

After being intentionally fouled by Cleveland’s Rudolph Henry, Lopez scored the next eight points for the Vikings, who trailed, 25-24, at halftime.

Cleveland starter Roderick Jones missed the game due to a shoulder injury suffered in Tuesday’s game against St. Monica. Crider is hopeful that Jones will return in time for Cleveland’s first league game next week.

St. Francis 33, Montclair Prep 32--Corby Foster sank a jump shot in the lane at the buzzer to send St. Francis into tonight’s championship game. The Golden Knights meet Cleveland at 8 p.m.

St. Francis (8-4) trailed, 32-26, with 2 minutes 40 seconds remaining, but scored the final seven points. Montclair Prep (9-3) was limited to three points in the fourth period.

Anwan Jones led the Mounties with 10 points, but fouled out with 41 seconds remaining. Braden Weber had 11 points for St. Francis.

St. Francis’ 6-11 center Chris Ott scored eight points, but despite their size advantage over Montclair Prep, the Golden Knights failed to establish an inside game.

St. Francis managed to score only three points in the opening quarter and trailed Montclair Prep, 19-12, at halftime.

Crescenta Valley 68, Saddleback 44--Richard O’Neill scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Falcons in a semifinal of the Anaheim Canyon tournament.

Crescenta Valley (9-3) will face Pacifica in the championship game tonight at 7:30. Pacifica defeated Magnolia, 76-69.

Brock Jacobsen added 21 points for Crescenta Valley, which held a commanding 40-21 lead at halftime and coasted thereafter.

Westlake 77, Ventura 57--Sophomore Steve Aylsworth came off the bench to score a team-high 18 points to lead Westlake in a semifinal of the Ventura tournament.

Matt Smiley had 14 points and Kevin Crook added 10 for Westlake (6-1). Ryan Studt scored 19 to lead Ventura (4-5).

Westlake faces Saugus in the final tonight at 8.

Harvard-Westlake 56, Bishop Amat 47--The Wolverines jumped out to a 20-point halftime lead and held on in the semifinals of the Covina tournament. Harvard-Westlake (11-0) was led by Scott Garson with 23 points. Freshman Jason Collins added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolverines. Bishop Amat was led by Darron Williams with 14 points.

Verbum Dei 87, Agoura 65--Senior guard Benon Ureda scored a game-high 25 points for Agoura (5-4) in an Artesia tournament consolation game. Brian Laibow added 10 points and seven assists. Taft 88, University 50--Montoya Washington sank eight of nine shots and finished with 18 points to lead Taft into today’s fifth-place game of the Eagle Rock tournament. The Toreadors (9-4) will meet Jordan at 3:30 p.m.

Miles Blake (15 points), Ricky Steele (14 points, 10 rebounds), Lamont Magee (12 points) and Alton Arrington (12 points) also scored in double figures for Taft.

Rancho Buena Vista 92, Burbank 60--Keith Flowers scored 15 points and added eight rebounds to lead Burbank in a consolation semifinal of the Brea tournament.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

THOUSAND OAKS TOURNAMENT

Channel Islands 54, Crescenta Valley 53--Dee Tuimoloau made the first of two free throws with 27 seconds remaining to break a 53-53 tie and the Raiders (8-2) held on to beat Crescenta Valley (9-4) in a semifinal game.

Shawanda Hotchkiss scored 19 points for Channel Islands, followed by Denise Montijo with 15.

Crescenta Valley’s Sarah Hagman led all scorers with 27 points, including six three-point baskets.

Thousand Oaks 47, Rio Mesa 39--Jennifer Detmer, a freshman, and Nicki LaSala, a sophomore, combined for 29 points to lead the Lancers (8-3) past Rio Mesa (8-2) in a semifinal game.

Thousand Oaks, which didn’t trail after the first period, will face Channel Islands in the championship game tonight at 8.

Hart 47, Chino 33--Shandra Neal scored 12 points and LaCresha Clark added 11 points and 10 assists for Hart in a fifth-place semifinal game at the Thousand Oaks tournament. Hart forced 17 Chino turnovers.

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In other tournament games:

Oak Park 61, San Marino 39--Alisha Valavanis scored 19 points and teammate Natalie Davis added 17 to lead the Eagles (9-3) in a consolation semifinal of the Bell-Jeff tournament.

Kennedy 46, Westchester 41--Freshman Tamaya Morris was three for three from three-point range and finished with a team-high 11 points to lead Kennedy (8-4) in a semifinal of the Birmingham tournament.

The game started at 8 a.m. At 12:30 p.m., Kennedy defeated Culver City, 45-43, in overtime in an L.A. Invitational game at Pierce College. Morris scored a game-high 14 points.

Simi Valley 47, Lake Shore (Canada) 39--Kristen Hansen scored 13 points and Angela Mosesso added 10 to lead the Pioneers from a 27-14 halftime deficit in the quarterfinals of the Western tournament in Anaheim. Lake Shore was led by Melaura Lambert with 14 points.

BOYS’ SOCCER

Royal 3, Chino 2--Sebastian Alvarado scored on a pass from Chris Fernandez with four minutes remaining to lift Royal to the championship of the Don Lugo tournament. Tim Pederson and Fernandez each scored goals for Royal (13-1-1).