Boys basketball
No. 1 Salesian 69, St. Patrick-St. Vincent 36
Salesian extended its winning streak 12 games, building a 17-6 lead after the first quarter and a 29-13 advantage at halftime on its way to a victory at home over St. Patrick-St. Vincent on Tuesday night in Tri-County Athletic League Rock Division play.
Alvin Loving (12 points), Elias Obenyah (10 points) and Amani Johnson (nine points) were the leading scorers for Salesian, which outscored its guests 25-10 in the third quarter to put the game away.
Tyriq McNeal led SPSV with nine points.
Salesian improved to 24-1 overall and 9-0 in the league. SPSV dropped to 15-9, 6-3.
No. 3 Archbishop Riordan 74, No. 8 Serra 48
Riordan, playing at home in San Francisco, overpowered Serra to remain undefeated in West Catholic Athletic League play. The Crusaders led 18-7 after the first quarter and 38-23 at halftime.
By the time the fourth quarter started, Riordan had extended the margin to 63-38.
Zion Sensley scored 16 points and Andrew Young added 15 points to lead the Crusaders, who improved to 16-4, 10-0.
Serra, which fell to 14-6, 6-4, got 17 points from Mikey Ballout.
No. 6 Archbishop Mitty 66, St. Francis 27
Mitty stayed a game behind Riordan in the WCAL standings with a dominant victory on the road over struggling St. Francis.
Caeden Hutcherson scored 15 points to lead the way for Mitty, which also got nine points from Dante Ventura and eight points apiece from Nathan d’Abreu Noronha and Tyler Jones.
The Monarchs improved to 15-5, 9-1. St. Francis is 3-17, 1-9.
Girls basketball
No. 13 Evergreen Valley 67, Sobrato 53
Ryka Aprameyan scored a season-high 40 points as the senior guard paced Evergreen Valley in a victory over Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton opponent Sobrato.
Sophomore Aastha Bhagat scored 12, and Xuan-Mai Nguyen had 10 as Evergreen Valley improved to 16-5, 7-0. Sobrato dropped to 8-10, 2-5.
No. 14 Branham 53, No. 18 Pioneer 40
Branham improved to 17-2, 6-1 after stifling BVAL Mt. Hamilton opponent Pioneer in a matchup of two ranked teams. Branham center Quinn Godfrey scored 16 points to lead the Bruins, and Rebecca Sung chipped in 11 points while Gina Shimm had 10.
Madison Fujii led Pioneer (12-6, 3-4) with 18 points, while no other Mustang had more than six points.
No. 19 Miramonte 48, Berean Christian 36
Karena Eberts led Miramonte with 17 points as the Matadors improved to 15-9, 9-1 in a victory over Diablo Athletic League opponent Berean Christian.
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Robin Parmelee spaced the floor for Miramonte and hit four 3-pointers while scoring 14 points. Jadee Salvador and Gabrielle Abigor each scored 14 points for Berean Christian (17-7, 6-4).
Priory 60, Crystal Springs Uplands 34
Ugreat Daniels had another excellent night in a Priory victory, scoring 12 ponts and pulling down a dozen rebounds in a rout.
Sasha Johnson led the team with 13 points, and Natalue Neumann (11) and Jordyn Moss (10) joined her in double-figures. Priory improved to 10-9, 4-1 in the West Bay Athletic League.
