Fountain Valley 7th-graders third at State tournament

The Fountain Valley 7th-grade boys All-Star basketball team earned

third place at the 2000 National Junior Basketball State Tournament by

defeating South Huntington Beach, 53-40.

Fountain Valley won the game behind center Scott Grant’s third key

performance of the tournament, in addition to a complete team effort.

It was the third win in four tournament games for the All-Star team,

which also defeated Scripp’s Ranch, 56-44, and Corona/Norco, 52-36. Their

lone loss came at the hands of Anaheim, 50-40. In that game, guard Chris

Debowski hit five of this shots from three-point range.

Other members of Fountain Valley’s 7th-grade All-Star team include Jeff

Millard, Evan Ocepek, Robert Hansen, Jeremy Johnson, Viet Nguyen, Matt

Derocili, Matt Bitar, Ahmad Abdelmuti, and Coach Dick Bunnell.