Arango Scores 64 for Calvary Baptist

Aaron Arango of La Verne Calvary Baptist finished with 64 points, tying for the 11th-highest total in Southern Section history, in a 112-97 nonleague boys’ basketball victory over Redland Calvary Chapel on Friday night.

Tigran Grigorian of Pico Rivera Mesrobian scored 100 points last season. Chad Bickley of Santa Maria Valley Christian has the next two highest totals at 89 and 79 points. Arango is tied with Tracy Murray of Glendora and Greg Goorjian of Crescenta Valley, who each scored 64 twice.

Jake Ruff added 28 points for Calvary Baptist (7-5). Freshman Isiah Taylor had 26 points to lead Calvary Chapel (2-10).

-- Andre Uribe

Santa Ana Mater Dei vs. Los Angeles Verbum Dei will be the featured game at today’s Freedom Classic Invitational at Long Beach City College.

Mater Dei, ranked No. 3 in the Southland by The Times, is the defending Division II state champions. Verbum Dei is the two-time defending Southern Section Division IV-A champions, but has been weakened this season by the transfer of 6-9 junior Amir Johnson. The game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Among the other seven games scheduled, No. 9 Etiwanda plays Los Alamitos at noon. Etiwanda’s only loss this season was by six points to Mater Dei. The Griffins are led by Kyle Brucculeri’s 18.3 points a game. Both teams have posted seven-point victories over No. 15 L.A. Loyola.

South Gate, led by UCLA signee Lorenzo Mata, plays Lakewood Artesia, the defending Division III-AA champions, at 1:30. Lynwood, ranked No. 8 and coming off a 59-52 San Gabriel Valley League loss Friday night at No. 4 Compton Dominguez, plays Anchorage (Alaska) Bartlett at 6.

Garden Grove Pacifica and Playa del Rey St. Bernard are scheduled to play the opening game at 9 a.m.

-- Dan Arritt

Girls’ Basketball

Huntington Beach Edison’s 51-40 Sunset League victory Thursday over Anaheim Esperanza was delayed about 25 minutes at halftime to tend to official Dennis Gienger, who is a diabetic.

Referee Mike O’Conner stopped the game after noticing the Gienger was in distress. The half closed out with O’Conner officiating by himself. Edison Athletic Director Bruce Belcher found a replacement for the second half, Kris Locken.

Gienger said Friday that he was fine.

“My sugar got too low,” he said. “It happens sometimes. It’s nothing.”