Page 4 February 7, 2013 Joe’s Sports Hoopsters Give Lawndale First League Title By Joe Snyder with cross-town rival North, lost its home After reopening its doors 14 years ago league game to Compton Centennial, 44-37, and more than 10 years of fielding varsity giving the Cardinals the outright league title. athletics, Lawndale High finally came “We played the best we could,” Lawndale through with a Pioneer League title as head coach Chris Brownlee said. “We’re its boys’ basketball team clinched it with Pioneer champions. We decided on working a thrilling 85-83 victory over host North on it all year.” Torrance last Friday. After mostly a seesaw Virtually the entire contest was very battle, Will Newman scored on a runner intense as the Cardinals had to contend with 13 seconds left in the game and then against North, which has one of the top the Cardinal defense was able to hold down three-point shooting teams in the South Bay. the red-hot Saxons. North entered the game The Saxons converted on 12 from beyond with a four-game winning streak and came the perimeter and were led by Alex Thomson off an impressive 73-42 blowout win over with 19 points. Lawndale made four threes. host and last season’s CIF-Southern Section “We proved we could score high without Division IIIAA runner-up South Torrance on getting threes,” Brownlee said. The Cardinals appeared to nearly have the game wrapped up with a 10-point fourth Lawndale’s Nathan McAnally shoots above North Torrance defenders during last Friday’s Pioneer League boys’ basketball showdown; quarter lead, but North came back using its The Cardinals won 85-83 to capture their first league athletic crown since the school reopened in 1998. fast break offense and took a pair of brief leads. Lawndale went up 83-78, but the next week. Last Tuesday, the Cardinals boys’ basketball showdown on January 25, Saxons’ Koh Flippen made a three, cutting hosted South Torrance and close league at Inglewood High’s boys’ basketball team the Cardinals’ lead to 83-81 before guard home against Centennial tonight at 7:30 remained in a strong second place with Alex Thomson tied the game with a basket p.m. In the most recent poll, Lawndale is easy home wins over Hawthorne and Culver with 36 seconds remaining. Newman then ranked ninth in IIAA. City last week. On January 30, the Sentinels put Lawndale ahead. The Saxons attempted LEUZINGER KEEPS PACE crushed the Cougars 86-53, before downing to tie the game and send it into overtime, Leuzinger High’s boys’ basketball team Culver City 63-42 last Friday. but Devante Jenkins missed a jumper that remained one game behind Bay League Inglewood (15-9, 6-2) closes league at gave the Cards the win and the title. leader Redondo by topping host Peninsula home against cross-town rival Morningside “North is very well-coached by first-year 44-41 in overtime on January 29 and pulling tonight at 7:30 p.m. Hawthorne, which lost mentor Luke Duperron, who replaced his away from Mira Costa 73-48 last Friday at at Morningside 71-54 last Friday, finishes at father, Gary, who guided the Saxons to home. Against the Mustangs, who are in third Santa Monica at the same time. The Cougars Pioneer titles the past two seasons. “Luke place at 4-4 in league, the Olympians were fell to 10-12 overall and 0-8 in Ocean play. was a great player at North. They will have ahead by one point (27-26) at halftime before LADY COUGARS a strong program.” Luke Duperron was a outscoring them 46-22 in the second half. CRUSH MORNINGSIDE two-time all-CIF guard with the Saxons in Leuzinger, which improved to 19-5 Hawthorne High’s girls’ basketball team the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. overall and 7-1 in Bay play, was led by is in second place in Ocean League at 6-2 Newman finished the game, leading all Eric Childress with 18 points and Deonte after humiliating host Morningside 49-8 last scorers with a career-high 40 points, eight Welch with 14. Mira Costa (15-9 overall) Friday. Hawthorne (14-12 overall) was led Lawndale’s Will Newman is pressured by North Torrance’s rebounds and three steals. Sophomore center was led by Justin Strings with 10 points. by Alexis Delich with nine points and eight Mo Nwodlie in last Friday’s Pioneer League showdown. The The Olympians hosted West Torrance on rebounds. Deonshanae Sadler contributedChimesie Metu added 17 points, with 11 of Cardinals edged the Saxons 85-83. Lawndale hosts Centennial in their league finale Friday at 7:30 p.m. Photos by Joe Snyder. those in the second half. Metu had a few Tuesday and close league with their second nine points and five steals. Unoi had eight sparkling dunks. Nathan McAnally chipped showdown at Redondo tonight at 7:30 p.m. points. Finone Prescott tallied eight rebounds January 30. With the victory, the Cardinals in 13 points. Two days earlier at Torrance, The Sea Hawks (16-8, 8-0) won both of their and four steals and Nutorie Johnson totaled achieved something that no other Lawndale the Cardinals downed the Tartars 61-42. last week league games at home against seven assists. team did since its Part I (1959-81) era when Although Lawndale won the league and will Mira Costa 62-56 on January 29 and at Hawthorne hosted first place Culver its football squad captured the Pioneer finally get a banner put into its 10-year-old West Torrance 62-40 last Friday. City (20-5, 8-0) in a key league game last crown in 1975. gymnasium, it will have no pushover this INGLEWOOD WINS TWO Tuesday and closes league at Santa Monica On the other side, South Torrance, which week as it tunes up for the CIF-Southern After a heartbreaking 72-68 overtime loss tonight at 6 p.m. • is currently tied for second place in league Section Division IIAA playoffs that begin to host Santa Monica in an Ocean League Cardinal Boys Fall to Saxons Photos by Shelley Kemp The Lawndale Varsity Boys Soccer Team was defeated by host team North Torrance in league play last Friday, 4-1. The North Team charged down the field to score within the first three minutes, setting the tone for the match. Halfway through the first period, although Lawndale (4-4) was down 3-0, they rallied with a late goal with 3:42 to go. The Cardinals will close out their season this week with games against South Torrance, Tuesday, Feb. 5 and Centennial, Thursday, Feb. 7. For more Photos please go to www.ShelleyKempPhotography.com. Cardinal players defend their goal. Junior Cristian Morales tries to head the ball away from the net. Cardinal player shields the ball away from North defender.
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