In 44 years of teaching highschool basketball, Harvey Kitani is barely getting extra lively. Seemingly each time his Rolling Hills Prep staff is on offense, he calls out a play.
Mateo Trujillo, a senior guard, mentioned he began finding out Kitani’s playbook in eighth grade.
“I used to be studying it religiously,” he mentioned.
Trujillo has the performs down pat. He scored 25 factors Wednesday evening as Rolling Hills Prep (21-6) opened the Southern Part Division 1 playoffs with a 76-62 win over Marmonte League champion Oaks Christian at North Torrance.
Trujillo was so pumped he seemed up into the bleachers to wave to his father. Rolling Hills Prep advances to play Corona del Mar on Friday within the second spherical. Isayah Garcia led Oaks Christian with 25 factors.
Campbell Corridor 82, Chaminade 69: The Vikings gained the Division 1 house recreation.
St. Pius X-St. Matthias 61, Bishop Alemany 56: Douglas Langford Jr. scored 15 factors for PMA.
Los Alamitos 83, Vista Murrieta 74: Samori Guyness had 18 factors, Trent Minter 16, Liam Grey 12, Jordan Taylor 11 and West Trevino 10 for Los Alamitos, which hosts Lengthy Seaside Poly within the second spherical.
Brentwood 81, Culver Metropolis 66: Freshman Shalen Sheppard had 23 factors and 12 rebounds in his playoff debut for Brentwood. Shane Frazier added 18 factors.
Mira Costa 70, Leuzinger 58: Jacob De Armas led Mira Costa with 17 factors.
Crespi 90, Edison 54: The Celts, seeded No. 1 in Division 1, acquired 24 factors from Jayden Xu.
Mater Dei 66, Fountain Valley 57: Blake Davidson had 19 factors for Mater Dei.
Inglewood 80, Westlake 69: Jason Crowe Jr. scored 40 factors for Inglewood.
Santa Barbara 62, St. Anthony 57: The Saints had been crushed within the Division 1 opener.
Viewpoint 43, Capistrano Valley 42: Wesley Waddles made a game-winning layup on the buzzer for Viewpoint. Aeneas Grullon had 18 factors.
Harvard-Westlake 73, La Mirada 52: The highest-seeded Wolverines opened the Open Division with a decisive house victory. Nikolas Khamenia completed with 25 factors, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.
Eastvale Roosevelt 74, Heritage Christian 57: No. 2-seeded Roosevelt acquired 24 factors and 13 rebounds from Brayden Burries.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 71, JSerra 68: Zach White scored 19 factors and Lino Mark returned from an damage to contribute 11 factors for the Knights.
Sierra Canyon 69, Redondo Union 66: The Trailblazers held on in time beyond regulation to win their Open Division opener. Bryce Cofield had 19 factors and 10 rebounds. Hudson Mayes scored 25 factors for Redondo Union.
Glendora 83, Mayfair 79: Colton Grey scored 31 factors for Glendora, which wanted three overtimes to win.
Boys soccer
Mater Dei 1, Loyola 1: Each groups scored early however the recreation led to a tie, making Saturday’s recreation at Mater Dei to determine which staff strikes on within the Open Division playoffs.
Harvard-Westlake 1, Nice Oak 0: Micah Rosen scored the one aim in a Division 2 opener.
Ladies soccer
Oaks Christian 0, Apple Valley 0: The 2 groups will play once more within the Open Division playoffs at Oaks Christian on Friday.
Hart 3, Arlington 1: Mia Rodriguez scored early to propel the Hawks to the Division 1 victory.
Harvard-Westlake 1, Redondo Union 0: The Wolverines surprised the top-seeded Sea Hawks. Kaia Santomarco-King scored the profitable aim.
San Pedro 4, Banning 0: The Pirates gained their twentieth consecutive Marine League title and improved to 22-0-2.