Boys' basketball: Etiwanda holds on, beats Taft

Jordan Finn scored six of his 11 points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left, to help Etiwanda, ranked No. 10 in the Southland by The Times, hold off No. 3 Taft, 50-44, in the featured game of the Greenway Fairfax State Preview Classic.

DeRonn Scott scored 16 points for Etiwanda (18-4), which snapped Taft's 13-game winning streak. Michael Williams had 19 points for the Toreadors (18-3), who trimmed a nine-point deficit to two on Pierson Williams' three-pointer with 15 seconds left before Finn's free throws put the game away.

I'll post a full Web-only story at latimes.com/sports shortly.

--Ben Bolch

Boys' basketball: Etiwanda clings to halftime lead over Taft

Neither team has led by more than five points in the first half of a low-scoring thriller between Taft, ranked No. 3 in the Southland by The Times, and No. 10 Etiwanda in the featured game of the Greenway Fairfax State Preview Classic.

Etiwanda leads, 25-24, at intermission behind 10 points from DeRonn Scott. Michael Williams has 10 points for Taft, which has a 13-game winning streak.

Fairfax defeated Etiwanda by two points late last month in the Modesto Christian Holiday Hoops Classic.

--Ben Bolch

Boys' basketball: Long Beach Poly wins in a romp

Ryan Anderson scored 17 points and Michael Mayes had 15 to lead Long Beach Poly, ranked No. 13 in the Southland by The Times, to an 87-54 victory over No. 16 Campbell Hall in the Greenway Fairfax State Preview Classic at Fairfax High.

Campbell Hall was shorthanded, missing injured starters Austin McBroom and Keegan Hornbuckle.

--Ben Bolch

Boys' basketball: Long Beach Poly leading big at halftime

Sophomore forward Ryan Anderson has nine points for Long Beach Poly, which has jumped to a 34-15 halftime lead over Campbell Hall in the Fairfax State Preview Classic at Fairfax High.

Campbell Hall is struggling without injured starters Austin McBroom and Keegan Hornbuckle.

--Ben Bolch

Boys' basketball: Windward downs San Diego Hoover

Michigan-bound guard Darius Morris scored 27 points and sophomore forward Wesley Saunders had 21 to lead Windward to an 82-68 victory over San Diego Hoover tonight in the Fairfax State Preview Classic at Fairfax High.

UCLA-bound center Anthony Stover scored 14 points, eight rebounds and eight blocks for Windward (16-6). Hoover is one of the top teams in San Diego County.

--Eric Sondheimer

Girls' basketball: Friday scores

CITY
NORTHERN LEAGUE
Los Angeles Marshall 57, Franklin 39

WEST VALLEY LEAGUE
Taft 67, Granada Hills 45

SOUTHERN SECTION
CHRISTIAN LEAGUE
Ontario Christian 42, Western Christian 33

FOOTHILL LEAGUE
Valencia 81, Saugus 70

MIRAMONTE LEAGUE
Diamond Ranch 62, Charter Oak 15

MOORE LEAGUE
Millikan 55, Lakewood 42

MT. BALDY LEAGUE
Colony 61, Don Lugo 35

PREP LEAGUE
Flintridge Prep 45, Westridge 30

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LEAGUE
Lynwood 53, Warren 39

TRINITY LEAGUE
Mater Dei 65, JSerra 24

Boys' basketball: Friday scores

CITY
EAST VALLEY LEAGUE
Grant 67, Sun Valley Poly 50

EASTERN LEAGUE
Jordan 63, Huntington Park 58 (OT)

MARINE LEAGUE
Washington 67, Wilmington Banning 55

WESTERN LEAGUE
Westchester 84, Los Angeles University 46

SOUTHERN SECTION
BASELINE LEAGUE
Etiwanda 87, Rancho Cucamonga 68

MARMONTE LEAGUE
Newbury Park 73, Westlake 67 (OT)

MT. BALDY LEAGUE
Montclair 68, Ontario 52

OCEAN LEAGUE
Inglewood 71, Beverly Hills 58

OLYMPIC LEAGUE
Windward 73, Cerritos Valley Christian 51

SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE
Fairmont Prep 59, Avalon 36

VALLE VISTA LEAGUE
Northview 82, Ganesha 60

Boys' basketball: Here come the Hearlihys

Harvard-Westlake girls' basketball Coach Melissa Hearlihy is going to be spending lots of time as a spectator in the coming years, because she's got a pair of sons who definitely are going to make an impact on the court.

Josh Hearlihy, a 6-foot-4 freshman at Harvard-Westlake, is averaging 15 points for the freshman team and figures to be a varsity contributor next season. He can shoot and he's got lots of basketball knowledge, having grown up watching his mother coach.

Then there's 8-year-old Kyle, a third-grader who's already 4-9 and could be 6-8, 260 pounds. "He said the other day, 'I don't know if I want to be a professional football player or professional basketball player,' " said Bill Hearlihy, the father.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Boys' basketball: Fairfax, Westchester continue to roll

Fairfax and Westchester each scored easy Western League victories, continuing on a collision course to play for the league title next Friday at Westchester.

Fairfax defeated Hamilton, 82-44, with Renardo Sidney scoring 30 points. Westchester defeated University, 84-43, with Jordin Mayes scoring 22 points and Dwayne Polee adding 13 points.

In the West Valley League, Taft defeated Granada Hills, 66-54, with Michael Williams and Justin Hawkins each scoring 15 points. Terran Carter had 16 rebounds.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Boys' basketball: Loyola holds off Harvard-Westlake

To see Loyola students charging the home court of Harvard-Westlake told the story of how emotional and important Loyola's 91-88 victory over the Wolverines was Friday night in a game for first place in the Mission League.

Jordan Gathers, a junior guard who missed seven weeks of the season with a separated shoulder, scored 27 points for the Cubs, who survived some missed free throws in the fourth quarter to improve to 16-5 overall and 9-1 in league. Harvard-Westlake, which had won 11 consecutive games, dropped to 16-6 and 8-1.

Damiene Cain scored 25 points for Harvard-Westlake, with Austin Kelly and Erik Swoope adding 20 points apiece.

Loyola had much more balance on offense than in the game it lost to Harvard-Westlake three weeks ago.

-- Eric Sondheimer