Boys basketball: Young could miss season

The Estancia High boys basketball team dropped a 57-43 decision to

Los Amigos Tuesday in a consolation quarterfinal of the La Quinta

Tournament, but there may be even worse news for the Eagles.

Estancia Coach Chris Sorce said the knee injury sustained by senior

star Micah Young in Monday’s first-round tournament loss to Orange

Lutheran could end the 6-foot-2 forward’s prep career.

Sorce said an MRI was performed Tuesday, but he does not expect good

news from the results. Sorce said the knee popped and buckled underneath

Young as he rushed to contest a shot by an opponent Monday. “He was in a

lot of pain and he had to be carried off the court,” Sorce said. “He

could be out for the season.”

Young, who attended Tuesday’s game on crutches, was a first-team

All-Pacific Coast League and All-Newport-Mesa District selection last

season, when he averaged 17.9 points per game.

Estancia senior Jorge Prado scored a game-high 22 points Tuesday

against the Lobos as the Eagles fell to 1-2.

Joey Lindquist added nine points, while Fernando Maldonado and Matt

Cachola scored five points each for the Eagles.

Estancia faces the Santa Ana-Laguna Beach loser in a 13th-place

quarterfinal Thursday at 5 p.m. at La Quinta High.

La Quinta Tournament

Consolation quarterfinal

Los Amigos 54, Estancia 47

Score by quarters

Estancia 9 15 13 10 - 47

Los Amigos 12 16 17 9 - 54

Estancia - Prado 22, Maldonado 5, Lindquist 9, Novak 4, Cachola 5,

Snell 2, Young 0, Andersen 0, Bradshaw 0.

3-pt. goals - Prado 3, Maldonado 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Los Amigos - Degante 20, Jalem 9, Finau 2, Lounethone 9, Small 10,

White 2, Antonidelh 2.

3-pt. goals - Jalem 1, Lounethone 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.