Mesa View wins seventh-grade basketball title

The Mesa View Middle School seventh-grade boys’ basketball team

captured the 2005 Ocean View School District postseason championship

by edging Spring View, 44-43.

The teams tied for the regular season championship and earned a

rubber match in the postseason tournament by winning their semifinal

games.

In the semis, Spring View handled Vista View and Mesa View escaped

Marine View.

In a divisional final that featured several lead changes, Spring

View took a 43-42 lead with 9.5 seconds to play. Then Mesa View’s

Wade Houston drove through the lane and put up a layup that hit the

front of the rim and rotated into the basket to give the Eagles the

lead.

A desperation shot by Spring View fell short, and Mesa View came

away with the championship.

In a frantic fourth quarter, Sean Guite hit consecutive

three-point baskets and Mesa View teammate Madha “Hoosier” Dada

connected on a key put-back shot in the final minute that gave the

Eagles a 42-41 lead.

Ryan Okwudibonye and Johnson Anwell scored go-ahead baskets in the

closing minutes, and Chad Lewis had a game-high 17 rebounds for

Spring View.

In youth softball:

Surf City Sluggers rolls to pair of wins

The Surf City Sluggers recorded two victories in their most recent

outings, defeating Uh-Oh, 6-0, and the Bratz with Batz, 8-1.

Avery Ahumada delivered her first RBI of the season, Jackie Glaser

recorded her first triple and Jennifer Snyder and Jaz Graham combined

to one-hit Uh-Oh.

In the 8-1 win over Bratz with Batz, Graham singled and scored on

a Bailey Murchison triple and Snyder had an RBI single.

The pitching win went to Snyder.