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Boys’ basketball: Granada Hills overcomes slow start to reach Division I final

Highlanders defeated Poly, 66-60

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Granada Hills is known for its slow starts, but this one wasn’t being taken too kindly. It was the City Section Division I semifinal on Friday night against Sun Valley Poly at Roybal, and the Highlanders were down, 27-10, early in the second quarter.

Coach Donald Loperena’s patience was being tested, but his team responded with a 66-60 victory.

“When they were up so much in the first half, that was our wakeup call,” sophomore Michael Mensah said.

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Mensah contributed 15 points during the Highlanders’ comeback. Jason Horosny had 18 points and Adam Banihamad added 12 points. Granada Hills didn’t take its first lead of the game until 6:29 left.

Granada Hills improved to 20-12 and will face Sylmar, a 72-69 winner over Washington, in next Saturday’s 3 p.m. final at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Poly (16-13) received 20 points from Cesar Reyes and 19 from Jose Esqueda.

Twitter:@LATSondheimer

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