Thanks to aggressive offensive rebounding, Rolling Hills Prep led from start to finish, handing Arcadia just its second loss of the season 50-37 in the Classic semifinal game at the Damien Gold Division on Monday.
Rolling Hills Prep (13-2) appears to have bounced back from two losses earlier this month to Los Alamitos and Loyola. The arrival of transfer point guard Carter Fulton certainly helped. He had 10 points on Monday. The Huskies opened up a 25-8 lead midway through the second quarter. Arcadia fell to 11-2.
Kavika Suter had a great game for the Huskies, scoring 22 points and 16 rebounds. Nick Welch Jr. had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Rolling Hills Prep will play Folsom on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Redondo Union 79, Crean Lutheran 55: CJ Madison scored 23 points for Redondo Union, which will face Phoenix (Ariz.) Sunnyslope in the Plantium Division championship game on Tuesday. Redondo Union has a win this season over Sunnyslope. In the other semi-final, Sunnslope defeated Crespi 65–48.
Saint Pius X-St. Mathias 68, Francis Parker 63: Dominic Gallardo scored 18 points and Daivion Gates had 17 points for a 9-4 PMA.
Inglewood 92, Austin (TX) St. Michaels 80: Jason Crow Jr. scored 54 points to surpass the 4,000-point mark.
Brentwood 70, Dublin 64: The Eagles (16-1) reached their division final at Damien. Auggie Sugarman scored 16 points and Ethan Hill added 15 points and 14 rebounds. They will face Long Beach Milliken, which won 68-62 over Hesperia in which Jeremiah Hunt scored 26 points and freshman Kwali Giran added 20 points.
San Gabriel Academy 60, Arizona Mesa 57: Mahamadou Diop had 21 points and nine rebounds for San Gabriel Academy.
Damien 57, Phoenix Sandra Day O'Connor 51: Eli Garner finished with 30 points to Damien.
La Mirada 62, Utah American Fork 46: Gene Roebuck scored 22 points and Jordyn Houston 17 for the Matadores.
Corona Centennial 64, Episcopal Church Dallas Ward 61: Jayden Yim scored 17 points for the 15-3 Huskies.
Etiwanda 67, Loyola 64: Devin Mitchell had 18 points and nine rebounds in Etiwanda's 16-1 overtime run. Deuce Newt scored 29 points for Loyola.
Layton Christian (Utah) 70, Eastvale Roosevelt 59: Jackson Higgins scored 18 points for Roosevelt.
Richmond Salesian 61, St. John Bosco 58: Christian Collins led the Braves with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Gavin Dean-Moss had nine assists.
Cleveland 71, Redwood 62: Emmitt Claiborne scored 20 points and Charlie Adams had 19 for the Cavaliers, who will play in the silver consolation championship game Tuesday in San Dimas.
Eastside 82, West Ranch 60: Wydell James scored 26 points in Eastside's 12-2 win at St. Francis.
77 St. Anthony, Washington, 49 Mercer Island: The Saints advanced to the tournament championship game in Tustin. Jamil House scored 19 points.
Mater Dei 88, Nevada Clark 74: Luke Barnett made seven threes and finished with 28 points.
Mayfair 52, Crossroads 48: Josiah Johnson scored 15 points in Mayfair's 7-3 win.
St. Bernard 82, Preparing for Democracy 75: Chris Rupert scored 23 points, Gary Ferguson 18 and Jordan Ballard 16 for St. Bernard.
Summit 67, Observation Deck 48: Solomon Clanton Jr. scored 18 points for Viewpoint.
St. Francis 74, Calabasas 59: The Golden Knights advanced to the championship match of their tournament. Sheriff Millogo scored 25 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots. Will Allien added 23 points.
Harvard-Westlake 94 Nevada Preparing for Democracy 52: Pierce Thompson scored 21 points for the 16-2 Wolverines.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 81, Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha 62: NaVorro Bowman scored 20 points, Caleb Ogbue had 17, Josiah Nance had 15 and Zach White had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
San Pedro 67, Merced Stone Ridge Christian 40: AJ Bobic led the Pirates (11-3) with 14 points.
JSerra 63, Mission Bay 50: Jayden Bales and Micah Cunningham each scored 14 points for Jay Serra.
Santa Margarita 80, Washington Puyallup 52: The Eagles improved to 16-2. Kayden Bailey scored 23 points and Brayden Kayman had 22 points.
Girls basketball
Brentwood 46, Bothell (Washington) 32: Logan Scott scored 12 points and Michaela Kawahito had 11 for the Eagles in the WNBA Gold semifinals in San Diego.
Oak Park 57, La Jolla Country Day 53: Maya Deschatel and Ava Rogerson each scored 14 points for Oak Park.
Ontario Christian 76, Houston Summer Creek 54: The Knights improved to 15-0. Dani Robinson scored 22 points and Tatiana Griffin had 18.
Bishop Montgomery 53, Alameda 39: Sofia Dignadice scored 15 points for the Knights.
Windward 64, Bakersfield Christian 52: The Wildcats won 4-0 in Las Vegas. Charice Rainey had 27 points and 13 rebounds.
Sierra Canyon 77, Washington Bellevue 57: Cherry Hatter scored 27 points for Sierra Canyon.
Troy 65, Beckman 42: Freshman Rilynn Robinson scored 20 points for Troy.
