HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Buena by 89, and It Could Have Been Worse

Joe Vaughan has seen a lot of blowout games in his 18 years as coach of the Buena High girls’ basketball team. He’s seen his Bulldogs score more than 100 in games during seasons that produced Southern Section championships.

But he doesn’t remember Buena ever winning by 89 points.

The Bulldogs did just that Thursday, beating Oxnard, 98-9, in a Channel League game at Buena.

“That might be a school record for margin of victory, I’m not sure,” Vaughan said. “We pressed for a quarter and a half, then we backed off. It could have been worse, but we weren’t running the break anymore. We were trying not to run it up.”

The Bulldogs (20-2, 12-1 in league play) outscored Oxnard, 29-0, in the first quarter. Five of Buena’s seven scorers reached double figures. Eboni Conley, Michelle Giordano and Kori Sebek each finished with 18 points. Nicole Greathouse added 16 and Kara Newman posted 14. Sebek also had nine steals.

The Yellowjackets are 1-21.

Alemany 80, Chaminade 11--The Indians finished the regular season undefeated and secured their sixth league title in seven years under Coach Melissa Hearlihy. Eleven Alemany players scored in the Mission League game at Alemany (23-0, 12-0).

Thousand Oaks 44, Simi Valley 27--Alissa Corey scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Lancers (18-7, 10-4) past the Pioneers (15-12, 7-7) in a Marmonte League game at Simi Valley.

No Simi Valley player scored more than seven points.

Sara Griffin, the Pioneers’ leading scorer who missed most of the first half because of foul trouble, scored two.

Newbury Park 58, Royal 51--Panther forward Kara McKeown scored 10 of her 17 points in the second half as Newbury Park (21-4, 12-2) withstood a Highlander comeback in a Marmonte League game at Royal (14-7, 7-6).

The Highlanders trimmed an 11-point halftime deficit to a point at the end of the third quarter by outscoring the Panthers, 15-5. Merilee Lewis scored six of her 14 points in that span.

Panther guard Julie Wastell led all scorers with 21 points.

Burroughs 73, Saugus 39--Jamie Vahoviak led the Indians with 24 points and nine steals, and teammate Christy Russell added 21 points, including five three-point baskets, in a nonleague game at Saugus. Burroughs is 17-4.

Bell-Jeff 50, Mary Star 33--Cathy Flores scored 16 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and made six steals to lead the visiting Guards (20-5, 12-2) to a Camino Real League victory. The win gave Bell-Jeff its sixth consecutive 20-win season.

Oak Park 57, La Reina 41--The Eagles (8-2 in league play) turned a precarious three-point lead into a rout by outscoring La Reina, 19-8, in the final period in a Tri-Valley League game.

Alexa Valavanis (15 points) and Gina Cusano (14) led the Eagles. Shane Anderson scored 12 points and grabbed 21 rebounds for La Reina.

Channel Islands 68, Agoura 31--Shawanda Hotchkiss scored 16 points as Channel Islands (22-3, 13-1) clinched the Marmonte League title.

Dee Tuimoloau added 10 points for the Raiders.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Reseda 83, Granada Hills 51--After playing the first quarter even, the Regents (15-1, 3-1) pulled away from Granada Hills (1-3 in league play) in the second period in a North Valley League game at San Fernando.

Archie Williams led the Regents with 17 points, followed by Trenton Cross with 16 and Roderick Jones with 14.

San Fernando 68, El Camino Real 63--The Tigers (8-10, 2-2) put together a 15-0 run to take a 53-38 lead, then held on in the final minutes against El Camino Real (0-4 in conference play) at San Fernando.

Charles Adams scored a game-high 32 points for the Conquistadores.

Javy Ramos scored 19 points to lead the Tigers.

Burbank 49, Burroughs 40--Brad Warner’s 17 points led the host Bulldogs (10-13) to a nonleague victory over crosstown rival Burroughs (2-14).

BOYS’ SOCCER

Notre Dame 5, St. Bernard 1--Chris Sailer scored twice, his 20th and 21st goals of the season, to lead the Knights in a Mission League match at Notre Dame (14-7-1, 7-5-1).

L.A. Baptist 2, Western Christian 0--Danny Hernandez and Ryan Ryder each scored for the host Knights (5-12-2, 3-3-2) in the Alpha League victory, while Dustin Stamp stopped five shots on goal by the Fighting Lancers.