A 3-for-18 taking pictures efficiency from three-point vary at Golden 1 Heart on Saturday evening proved to be a hurdle too excessive to beat for Santa Ana Foothill in falling to Elk Grove 62-56 within the CIF Division II boys’ basketball state championship sport.
The Knights (31-4) by no means stopped battling till the ultimate buzzer sounded, hustling for each free ball, competing for each level, however Elk Grove, the college that produced the good Invoice Cartwright within the Seventies, had an excessive amount of firepower.
Standout guard Ameere Britton scored 20 factors earlier than fouling out. Karlos Zepeda added 17 factors and Jordan Hess had 14. Elk Grove made eight threes and responded within the fourth quarter when Foothill made a comeback bid.
Cruz Billings completed with 23 factors for Foothill, which was making its first state remaining look.
“I assumed we had a tremendous season,” coach Yousof Etemadi mentioned. “Lots of people doubted us the entire 12 months. That is the largest stage and I’m very happy with them. We play arduous each evening.”
Stated Billings: “We competed each sport. We stored our foot on the fuel and stored going.”
Division IV
As the ultimate buzzer sounded, ending the Division IV championship sport, 6-foot-8 Jax Leatherwood, a free-spirited persona and quarterback, took the basketball and dunked it. That’s the best way he has concluded each San Diego Scripps Ranch victory for the final three video games.
This was finest ending but, a 46-37 victory over Napa Justin-Siena that helped Scripps Ranch (26-11) grow to be the fourth staff in state historical past to win soccer and basketball titles in the identical college 12 months, becoming a member of Bellflower St. John Bosco, Gardena Serra and West Hills Chaminade.
“We simply received two state titles in a single 12 months,” receiver and ahead Dean Paley informed cornerback and guard Lamont Wilkerson as they walked collectively to the postgame information convention.
Wilkerson was the perfect participant on the court docket, ending with 19 factors. He scored 10 of his staff’s first 14 factors, displaying off his velocity and athleticism. Leatherwood, who handed for 52 touchdowns within the fall, acted like his left sort out defending his blind facet. He was the protector in the important thing, ending with seven factors, six rebounds and eight blocked pictures.
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