Basketball

Ballesta, Lizardo & Santoyo Rally Charter Oak to a 65-59 Valle Vista League Victory in Overtime at Covina

Jan 28 2023 01:26:20

Boys Basketball:

Charter Oak showed its grit on Friday night.

The Chargers rallied to force overtime and picked up a 65-59 victory at Covina.

Sophomore Don Ballesta hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds to pull COHS to within two of Covina.

And JP Santoyo would score to send the game into OT.

From there, COHS would outscore CHS, 11-5.

Lizardo hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points.

Ballesta had 18 and Santoyo chipped in with 10 points.

Corson Scherer also had 10 points for the Chargers.

Aiden Baltazar also hit four 3’s, and had a game-high 21 points for the Colts.

Heworth Abraham finished with 18 for Covina and Devin Cevallos had 12 points.

Box Score:
CO: 9-17-13-15-11-(65)
C: 10-14-14-16-5-(59)

Charter Oak scoring: Samuel Lizardo 20, Don Ballesta 18, Corson Scherer 10, JP Santoyo 10, Jeremiah Delgado 4, Samuel Acosta 3

Covina scoring: Aiden Baltazar 21, Heworth Abraham 18, Devin Cevallos 12, Bobby Valdez 6, Matthew Hsieh 2

Records: Charter Oak (10-16, 3-5); Covina (14-12, 4-4)

Valle Vista League Standings:
San Dimas (20-6, 7-1)
Diamond Ranch (13-11, 6-2)
Northview (16-10, 4-4)
Covina (14-12, 4-4)
Charter Oak (10-16, 3-5)
West Covina (11-15, 0-8)

Remaining VVL Schedule:
Tuesday:
Covina at San Dimas
Northview at Diamond Ranch
Charter Oak at West Covina

Thursday:
San Dimas at Charter Oak
West Covina at Northview
Diamond Ranch at Covina

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