Mustangs gallop in championship series

The South Huntington Beach Mustangs opened the National Junior

Basketball Division III Championship Series Sunday with a 43-28 victory

over the Westminster Bruins.

Daniel Lee hit some clutch shots in the final period and Eric

Schlesinger and Tyler Sinclair also contributed offensively as the

Mustangs pulled away from the Bruins down the stretch.

The defensive play of Alec Roy and Dan Nakamura created several fast

break opportunities for the Mustangs, who resume playoff action Sunday

(2:45 p.m.) at Edison High.

In Fountain Valley NJB Championship Series action:

DIVISION I

FV Jabberwalkies 57, El Modena Hills 49

Matt Derocili led the Jabberwalkies charge with 20 points and 11

rebounds, Chris Debowski scored 11 points to go along with eight rebounds

and six steals, Sean Gates, Taylor Grosso and Jeff Millard combined for

15 rebounds. Tyler Killian scored seven points with four assists and Ryan

Stehle added six points.

FV Lakers 48, West HB Raptors 28

Alex Le netted 18 points and Viet Nguyen had 16 points for the Lakers

(5-6).

DIVISION II

FV Bruins 53, El Modena Hills 44

The Bruins turned on the defense, led by Jonathan Said and Tyler

Freleaux, to overcome a 12-2 first quarter deficit. Kevin DeHerrera

scored 16 points and had nine rebounds and five assists and Ketan Chopra

had 12 points to lead the Bruins.

FV Knicks 51, Cypress 41

Ben Bofill, Chase Barnes, Tyler Petry and Matt James all scored in

double figures, and Garrett Zurcher, Michael Bird, Jacob Bonham and

Joshua Huang also contributed to the Knicks’ victory.

DIVISION III

FV Lakers 38, Capo/Dana 34

Ryan Sharpe scored eight points and added 12 rebounds, Ray Strazzulla

scored 10 points and added five rebounds, four steals and three assists.

The Laker defense was also stellar, wiping out a 19-10 second quarter

deficit.

SEVENTH-GRADE ALL-NET

FV No. 2 Drops Two

Fountain Valley No. 2 (4-8) dropped two road games last weekend,

falling to Irvine No. 2, 55-43, and South Huntington Beach No. 2, 34-31.

Bryan Bissonette scored 10 points and Sean Carroll added seven in the

Irvine loss.

GIRLS

SEVENTH-GRADE ALL-NET

East HB 37, Fullerton 34

Kelly Parson scored 12 points and Sandy Takata scored eight points to

go along with three steals as the Cheetahs (8-3) combined strong

defensive play with a complete team effort.