If anyone has a a spare rabbit's foot or four-leaf clover, bring it over to Sovine Gym.The Dos Pueblos boys basketball team could use some help in the luck department.After going 8-0 in the Channel League last season, the Chargers are now 1-4 with the four losses coming by a total of 19 points — an average losing margin of 4.75 points. That includes Friday night's 57-52 home loss to first-place Ventura, a game which DP led for most of the fourth quarter. … [Read more...]

The Bishop Diego boys basketball team fell to defeat once again Friday night, losing 57-32 to Nordhoff at home.Despite a close game in the first half, the Rangers sunk a 3-pointer within the last few seconds of the second quarter. Cardinals head coach Ray Vazquez said his team was unable to come back from a five-point deficit in the beginning of the second half."They shot the ball very well, but we weren't able to take care of it," Vazquez said. "We had a hard time scoring in the second. … [Read more...]

Luther Tarver-Burks scored 23 points and Connor Murphy added 22 as the Laguna Blanca boys basketball team cut a 25-point deficit down to 11 before losing 78-60 at Thacher.Coach Sal Rodriguez said that Murphy had an exceptional all-around game, but that the Owls lacked a post-presence without the services of big man Jake Longstreth, who was serving a one-game suspension.Laguna Blanca is now 5-11 overall and 1-4 in the Condor League, with a chance to still make the postseason by winning … [Read more...]

A steal and 3-pointer by Nick Marquez had the San Marcos boys basketball team within three points with 19 seconds left on Friday, but host Buena held on to hand the Royals a 54-49 loss.The score was tied at 22 at halftime, but the first eight fouls committed in the second have were on San Marcos, and the Bulldogs capitalized by hitting 14 of 20 free throws after the break.JP Dodson scored six points off the bench to lead a San Marcos comeback that was capped with Marquez's 3-pointer, but … [Read more...]