SANTA FE LEAGUE

By MIKE BRESNAHAN

Oct. 12, 2000 12 AM PT

TEAM TO BEAT

Bell-Jeff is off to a surprisingly good start and could parlay it into a league title. The Guards don’t overwhelm with offense, but are yielding only 257 yards a game.

CHALLENGERS

St. Genevieve had been averaging 4.7 points until scoring 53 points last week against Saddleback Valley Christian. Murphy has played against bigger schools without much success, including a 42-0 drubbing against Burbank.

THE REST

Defending league champion Cantwell Sacred Heart can’t do anything right this year and has been outscored, 212-65.

STANDINGS

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League Overall School W L T W L T PF PA Bell-Jeff 0 0 0 3 2 0 102 106 St. Genevieve 0 0 0 2 2 0 67 74 Murphy 0 0 0 1 4 0 71 153 Cantwell SH 0 0 0 0 5 0 65 212

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DATES TO MARK

Oct. 28 St. Genevieve vs. Bell-Jeff

Nov. 4 Bell-Jeff vs. Murphy

Nov. 10 Murphy vs. St. Genevieve

High School Sports

Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

SANTA FE LEAGUE

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