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Gladiators Fall Apart In Fourth Quarter, See Division III-A Championship Slip Away Late By Loren Kopff ANAHEIM-Throughout the first four games of the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division IIIA playoffs, the Gahr boys basketball team showed they can play with the best. Last Saturday morning at the Honda Center, the Gladiators almost showed they could finish as the best in the division. Gahr held a two-point lead heading into the fourth quarter against HarvardWestlake and led by three points with 6:42 remaining. But the Wolverines outscored Gahr 31-17 in the final stanza and pulled out an 87-75 victory that snapped Gahr's miracle run through the divisional playoffs. The dagger in the heart for Gahr came during a four minute span when the Wolverines went on a 14-1 run. A 63-60 lead quickly turned into a 74-64 deficit with 2:27 remaining. The at-large representatives from the San Gabriel Valley League shot 29 percent from the field in the fourth quarter. Even an 18-minute delay to begin the game due to a scoreboard malfunction couldn't discourage the starting group of seniors Devin Golston and Gipson Lyles, junior Cameron bell and sophomores Davon Potts and Javonte Sales for this early morning affair. The Gladiators never trailed by more than a basket in the first quarter and led by as many as six points with 1:30 remaining in the first quarter on a lay-up from sophomore Jarion Henry. "I thought like this particular team was
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nervous in our game with Monrovia when we opened the playoffs on the road," said Gahr head coach Bob Becker. "For a quarter, I didn't like how we were playing. But in every game since then, I really thought we came out playing well. Again, for these sophomores especially, it's just amazing that they handled themselves so well. They really matured beyond their years." Both teams shot 50 percent from the field in the first quarter but it was Gahr which owned the edge in rebounding (97) and steals (6-2). The Gladiators, who last made a trip to the divisional finals in 1999, refused to give in and led until there were over three minutes left in the half. By this time, the lead had changed hands eight times. But Harvard-Westlake couldn't find an answer to Gahr's youth at this point and the Gladiators ended the half on a 7-4 run to head into intermission tied with the Mission League co-champs, ranked third in the division. Again, both teams were even in the shooting department at 46 percent and Gahr still owned the boards by a margin of four. Gahr would control most of the third quarter and when freshman Anthony Martinez came off the bench to drain a threepointer, his only points of the game, with 3:42 left in the stanza, the eighth ranked team in the division had a 54-48 lead. But the Wolverines rallied back and forced a turnover which led to a go-ahead basket with 1:51 left in the third. Gahr would then turn the ball over six times in the fourth quarter which led to 11 points. "I'm really proud of my guys," Becker said. "They worked as hard as any team I've ever had and they deserved to be here. [Harvard-Westlake] did to us what we have been doing to everyone else throughout the playoffs. They hit big shots at critical times and we came down [the court] and couldn't convert." "This team is incredible and I learned a lot this year," Potts said. "The next few years, hopefully we can just play as hard. Basically this game prepared us for the future, for me and Javonte and the rest of my underclassmen. There's no reason to keep our heads down because now we know how it feels, to come back and be in this type of environment the way we were in." Golston and Lyles each scored 17 points while Potts added 15 points and Henry another 13 along with 13 rebounds. "Basically we just have to keep our heads up high and focus on our next game," Golston said. "We can't let this loss determine how we play the next game. We have to stay positive." That's exactly what the team did this past Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of
the Southern California Division III Regionals. The Gladiators took out their frustration and beat Hanford West 74-54 to earn a rematch with the Wolverines, who they played on Mar. 12. Potts scored a careerhigh 27 points while Bell also had a careernight with 17 points. Golston and Lyles added 13 and 11 points respectively as the Gladiators improved to 19-15 and won for the seventh time in the past 10 games. 2009 BASEBALL PREVIEW
Artesia, Cerritos Hope To Escape Bottom Of Suburban League, Gahr's Youth Getting Stronger By Loren Kopff While the Suburban League has been consistently dominated by La Mirada and even with Mayfair always getting to the playoffs, last season was a chance for Cerritos, John Glenn and Norwalk to return to the postseason for the first time in two to 10 years, and even longer depending on who you were. Artesia was just hoping to win some games with its youngest and most inexperienced teams in years while Glenn finally turned the page with its senior leadership. Gahr dropped to a rare third place finish in the San Gabriel Valley League while Valley Christian barely missed the playoffs. ARTESIA (3-22-1 last season, 2-10 in the Suburban League, seventh place) Head coach: Michael Gaoghagen (seventh season, 73-89-1) Team's record previous five seasons: 55-78-1 Key losses: Carlos Candelas, Erik Rocha, Frank Rocha, Ryan Ragas, Rosalio Vidal Projected starting lineup: P-Osbaldo De La Rosa (SO)/Tyler Guerra (JR)/Jose Esparza (SO)/Giovanni Vidal (JR) C-Wilfredo Ortiz (SR)/Vidal/Abel Chavez 1B-Bryan Ji (SR) 2B-Guerra/Cesar Soto (FR)/Esparza 3B-Esparza/Alex Duran (SR) SS-De La Rosa OF-Ian Horne (JR)/Vidal OF-Anthony Johnson (JR) OF-Jhovanny Ortiz (SO) The season that the Pioneers had surprised no one, including head coach Michael Gaoghagen, who predicted as early as the fall of 2007 that his team was going
to be young despite the Suburban League having a "down" year all the way across. But now that 2008 is behind the Pioneers, they can focus on what Gaoghagen hopes to be a much better 2009, one that has a better mix and one in which most of the positions are already taken, unlike this time last season. "To be truthful, as far as five tools, we really didn't have any of the tools," Gaoghagen said. "We decided we're going to have to build young and even with the guys that we had who were young, we knew they didn't have the ability yet. This year, which is nice, they're ahead of where they should have been as freshman. We should be a lot better." Gaoghagen says almost anyone is a candidate to be on the mound and that there really isn't a true number one pitcher, at least not until the league season begins on Mar. 25 at Cerritos. The Pioneers didn't win their first game until game number 17 and by that time, had collected a total of 65 hits and had crossed the plate 45 times. Bryan Ji, who was primarily a designated hitter last season, and Wilfredo Ortiz figure to have some power while De La Rosa is the most experienced pitcher returning, although he didn't make one start in league action. "I don't know if we'll have the power to move on in a great deal but we'll be much, much better," Gaoghagen said. "We have some guys who will actually be able to hit it out who we didn't have last year. We had one home run the entire year; that's pretty pathetic." CERRITOS (7-19 last season, 3-9 in the Suburban League, tied for fifth place) Head coach: Will Stecher (third season, 14-37-1) Team's record previous five seasons: 37-87-3 Key losses: Ray Huizar, Lance Kamiyama, Adam Madueno, Mark Miranda, Adam Rodriguez Projected starting lineup: P-Jonathan Ooten (SR)/Rajean Daily (JR)/Kevin Vaca (SO)/Christian Price (SO) C-Alec Fredriksz (JR)/Vaca 1B-Jason Fuji (SR)/Matt Villalba (SO) 2B-Travis Crammer (JR)/Kevin Lee (JR) 3B-Andy Min (SR) SS-Matt Kamiyama (JR) OF-Marquis Kidd (JR) OF-Dustin Pleta (SR) OF-Daily/Richard Jaramillo (JR) It was more of the same for the Dons as the team won seven games for the sixth time in the past seven seasons. But,the they Home of have been moving up in the standings on a two-year program, from seventh place in
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