Mesa masters tourney

The Costa Mesa High boys basketball team wrapped up its summer league

schedule with five straight victories to win the Cerritos Valley

Christian tournament July 22-25. Mesa defeated St. Bernard, 52-37, in

the semifinals before downing La Salle, 43-33, in the tournament

final.

With the five straight wins, Mesa finished the summer 17-4 under

new coach Ryan Schachter, hired to replace Bob Serven, who resigned

after five seasons in April.

In the Servite tournament two weeks earlier, the Mustangs defeated

Servite, La Canada and Santa Margarita before losing to Diamond Ranch

in the final.

Schachter noted the play of Jeff Waldron, Scott Knox, Brian

Molina, William Lefebvre and Larry Puente during the Cerritos

tournament. Waldron averaged 13.6 points and 12.1 rebounds for Mesa

last season while Knox drained 91 three-pointers -- believed to be a

school single-season record. Knox, who will be a junior this fall,

tallied a Newport-Mesa record 10 treys in a Golden West League game

against Santa Ana.

In the UC Irvine tournament earlier this summer, Mesa defeated El

Dorado and Woodbridge.