CdM can’t catch up

Joseph Boo

WESTMINSTER - Corona del Mar High’s boys basketball team not only

had to face Santa Ana Calvary Chapel in Saturday’s third-place game of

the La Quinta Tournament, it had to do it with a slight handicap.

CdM’s Kevin Hansen played almost the entire game despite being so sick

that his coach, Paul Orris, said he should barely have played. To make

matters worse, Joel Templeton sprained his ankle in the fourth quarter,

leaving CdM even more short-handed for the end of the game.

And the Eagles were more than willing to take advantage, hitting 12-of-23

field goal attempts in the second half to win, 56-48.

CdM had a 14-9 after the first quarter. But the Calvary Chapel shooting

percentage went up from that point.

“We were supposed to do some things, like play better D,” CdM Coach Paul

Orris said. “We got to go back to the basics.”

Calvary Chapel took the lead for the first time in the game 33 seconds

before halftime with a three-pointer from Torin Beeler. The Eagles closed

out that quarter with a 7-0 run to take a 22-20 lead into halftime.

In the second half, CdM (4-2) came out firing, with Alec Hanson hitting a

jumper to tie the game. But Beeler immediately followed with a three to

take back the lead.

Both teams shot 7-for-14 in the third quarter, with CdM closing the lead

to one. Hanson ended up with three three-pointers in the second half to

keep CdM afloat.

Hanson hit his last three-pointer on CdM’s first possession in the

fourth, and it tied the game. But the Eagles’ Bryan Filkey and Josh

Sherman combined for an 11-0 run. The Sea Kings finally ended the streak

when Hansen hit a jumper with three minutes left in the game, and CdM was

down by nine points.

But CdM wasn’t through. Hansen hit another jumper and Brooks Morris,

named to the all-tournament team, got two layups for CdM to close the

game to three points. But Calvary Chapel point guard Isiah Barney hit a

three-pointer with 38 seconds left to clinch the outcome for the Eagles.

Besides the 52 % shooting percentage in the second half, the Eagles hit

all three of their three-point attempts in a 34-point half. It was a

team effort, with eight Calvary Chapel players scoring.

For CdM, Hansen still scored 10 points, flu bug and all. Morris also

finished with 10 points. Hanson had 15 points, 11 in the second half, for

the Sea Kings. Elliott Patterson had six points and six rebounds off the

bench.

LA QUINTA TOURNAMENT

Third Place Game

Calvary Chapel 56, Corona del Mar 48

Corona del Mar 14 6 17 11 - 48

Calvary Chapel 9 13 16 18 - 56

Corona del Mar: Hanson 15, Morris 10, Snell 2, Hietbrink 3, Templeton 2,

Patterson 6, Hansen 10, Shahangian 0.

3-pt goals: Hansen 3.

Fouled Out: None.

Technicals: Snell.

Calvary Chapel: Barney 9, Ononian 6, Beeler 11, Filkey 6, Sherman 12,

Olivas 2, Dressindorfer 2, Owens 6, Poe 2.

3-pt goals: Ononian 2, Beeler 2, Barney 1.

Fouled Out: None.

Technicals: None.