Basketball

Garzon & Fares Combine for 43 Points in San Dimas’ 67-55 Victory at South Hills; Saints Finished Second in Hacienda League

Feb 06 2025 02:31:55

Photos by Robert Ketterling

Boys Basketball:

San Dimas secured itself a three-way tie for second place in the Hacienda League.

SDHS needed and got a pair of final week wins over Colony and South Hills.

The Saints are 4-4 alongside Alta Loma and Colony.

On Wednesday, San Dimas claimed a 67-55 victory at South Hills.

They started both halves strong.

In the first and third quarters, SDHS outscored SHHS, 38-15.

Jeremiah Garzon led the Saints with 22 points.

Angelo Fares hit a game-best six 3-pointers, and he finished with 21 points.

Andrew Diep chipped in with 11 points and Luke Chavez had eight.

Cruz Valdez had a monster night for South Hills.

Valdez scored a game-high 25 points.

And that included five 3-pointers.

Sean Jones chipped in with nine points.

Issac Medina scored seven points in the loss.

Up next: The Saints will get their playoff pairing on Saturday at noon.

To view the brackets then, go to www.cifss.org.

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Quotable:

SDHS coach, Jeremy Ketterling: “Our league has been very competitive. Every game was within 12 points. I do feel we have been getting better every game. Our kids have stayed positive, and they’re always believing that the best is yet to come with the idea of playing our best basketball in February.”

Box Score:
SD: 17-15-21-14-(67)
SH: 8-19-7-21-(55)

SD scoring: Jeremiah Garzon 22, Angelo Fares 21, Andrew Diep 11, Luke Chavez 8, Payton Hartney 3, Nathan Yearout 2

South Hills scoring: Cruz Valdez 25, Sean Jones 9, Issac Medina 7, Diego Rivera 6, Andy Barajas 6

Wednesday’s Hacienda League Scores:
Colony 66, Alta Loma 58
SDHS 67, South Hills 55
Los Altos was idle

Hacienda League Standings:
Los Altos (21-6, 7-1)
Alta Loma (16-9, 4-4)
San Dimas (16-11, 4-4)
Colony (10-15, 4-4)
South Hills (7-20, 1-7)

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