Fremont’s Sullivan Seeks 400th Victory

Fremont boys’ basketball Coach Sam Sullivan will be going for his 400th victory on Friday when the Pathfinders travel to Huntington Park for a Southeastern Conference game.

Sullivan, in his 20th season, began the week with a record of 398-144, and the Pathfinders’ 96-64 victory over Garfield on Wednesday put him within one of the milestone.

“Every year at the end of each season I tally up the victories and write down on a sheet of paper the key players and where we stood when the season ended,” said Sullivan, who has guided Fremont to three of the school’s nine City Section titles. “Right before the start of the next season, I always pull out my notes to review. I didn’t realize until two weeks ago that I was this close to 400.”

Under Sullivan, a 1969 Fremont graduate, the Pathfinders are 91-3 in conference play the last seven years and have won six conference titles.

The Pathfinders were 4-A finalists in 1995.

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The City Section 4-A boys’ and girls’ basketball championship games are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 7 at the Sports Arena, Commissioner Barbara Fiege said.

The 3-A championship games will be played March 6 at a site to be announced. Last year, the games were played at Cal State Los Angeles.

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Several athletes from City Section schools will take part in the high school portion of the Los Angeles Invitational indoor track meet Feb. 7 at the Sports Arena.

Some of the confirmed girls’ participants are Tasha Bruner of Westchester, Dannea Grant of Crenshaw and Karita Brown of Manual Arts in the 50-meter sprint, Raquel Johnson of Westchester in the 500 meters and Tiffany Burgess of Birmingham in the mile.

Boys’ participants include Larry Auglin of Gardena in the 50-meter dash, Greg Lee and Terry Ellis of Dorsey (50-meter high hurdles), Billy Wingfield of Carson (long jump) and Jaime Camilo of Gardena (pole vault).