No Layoff Letdown by Harvard-Westlake

The Harvard-Westlake High boys’ basketball team is talented. But with some inspiration, the Wolverines can be awesome.

Saturday night was an example as Harvard-Westlake routed Crespi, 95-55, in a Mission League game at Crespi High.

After being idle for five days because of finals, Harvard-Westlake (22-1) came out of the blocks on fire.

Harvard-Westlake scored 38 points in the first quarter and led, 67-22, at halftime.

Jarron Collins had 27 points, (19 in the first quarter) in just over two quarters.

The Wolverines forced 30 Crespi turnovers and had 36 assists.

John Bird scored 19 points for Crespi (6-12, 2-4).

Montclair Prep 84, South Bay Lutheran 56--Rocky Steryo scored 27 points, including six three-point baskets, for the Mounties (12-6) at Hawthorne High.

Darin Brock added 18 points for Montclair Prep, which needs to win four of its last five games to earn a berth in the Southern Section Division V-AA playoffs.

Village Christian 71, Paraclete 66--Matt Thorpe scored 11 of his 17 points and Paul Tait scored 10 of his 17 points in the second half and the Crusaders (9-9) rallied at Village Christian.

Josh Foster and Tony Gaeta each scored 16 points for Paraclete (9-7).

Village Christian trailed, 38-30, at the half.

Kilpatrick 53, Maranatha 51--Charles Blakey scored 26 points and Ray Brown had 10 rebounds for the Mustangs (5-7, 3-3) in an Alpha League game at Pasadena High.

GIRLS

Thousand Oaks 51, Lakeside El Capitan 48--Jenn Detmer scored 13 of her 20 points in the second half to spark the Lancers (12-5) to a come-from-behind victory at Santana High in Santee.

Thousand Oaks trailed, 31-19, at halftime.

Elena Salvador scored eight of her nine points in the second half for the Lancers.

Bell-Jeff 89, St. Genevieve 9--Cheryl Flores scored 17 points and Jaclyn Johnson had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Guards (19-1, 4-0) in a Camino Real League game at Bell-Jeff.

The Guards led, 27-0, after the first quarter and had a 40-1 lead at halftime.

Alemany 66, Burroughs 48--Kelli Kobayashi scored 18 points and Dana Rios had 17 for the Indians, who rallied from a 10-0 first-quarter deficit in a nonleague game at L.A. Baptist.

Kobayashi had eight assists for Alemany, which won its 16th consecutive game after starting the season with two defeats.