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BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

By MIKE BRESNAHAN
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Antelope Valley, which went 0-10 in the Golden League last season, is a few points away from being 2-0 against the league favorites this season.

Under first-year Coach Tom Hegre, the Antelopes (7-10, 0-2) led Lancaster by 21 before losing in overtime and were defeated by Quartz Hill on a last-second basket.

“Everybody says for the program’s sake that we are right where we should be,” Hegre said. “But the kids want to win these close games and I want to win these close games. They’re not on the two-year plan.”

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La Canada gets another chance to beat a quality opponent tonight.

The Spartans (13-3, 1-0) lost to Notre Dame by a point and trailed Bishop Montgomery by six in the fourth quarter before fading.

Tonight, they host Monrovia in a battle of league favorites. Monrovia has an imposing front line led by 6-foot-7 forward Bryant Markson, the league most valuable player last season.

“We can stay with good teams,” La Canada Coach Tom Hofman said. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to beat them.”

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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.

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