Boys basketball: Conte tabbed CIF first-teamer

COSTA MESA - Costa Mesa High senior David Conte, a 5-foot-10 point

guard bound for Cal State Los Angeles, earned first team All-CIF Southern

Section Division III-A recognition, as determined by the division’s

coaches, Mustangs Coach Bob Serven said Friday.

Conte, who will represent the South boys in the Orange County All-Star

Basketball Game, April 20 at Orange Coast College, averaged 21.5 points

per game and became the Co-Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coast

League this season. He helped Serven’s Mustangs produce an 18-10 record,

tying the school single-season victory record established by the 1966

squad. As a junior, Conte earned All-PCL and All-Newport-Mesa District

laurels and helped Mesa earn a share of the PCL crown, the program’s

first league title.