Boys basketball: Melum, Conte South All-Stars

Newport Harbor High senior Tony Melum and Costa Mesa High senior

David Conte will represent the South boys in the Orange County All-Star

Basketball Game, scheduled April 20 at Orange Coast College.

Conte, a 5-foot-10 senior point guard bound for Cal State Los Angeles,

was the Co-Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coast League. He averaged

21.5 points, including a career-high 43 in a December tournament win over

Marina. He was a two-time All-PCL performer and was All-Newport-Mesa

District as a junior. He helped Coach Bob Serven’s Mustangs go 18-10,

tying the school single-season victory record established by the 1966

squad. As a junior, he helped Mesa earn a share of the PCL crown, the

program’s first league title.

Melum, a 6-6 senior forward, averaged 21.5 points to help the Sailors

win the Sea View League title, the school’s first outright league

championship since 1985. Melum, an All-CIF Southern Section Division I-A

choice as a junior, helped Coach Larry Hirst’s Tars advance to the CIF

Division II-AA second round, before being eliminated by Villa Park.

Newport was 20-7.

The South will be guided by Mission Viejo High Coach Jeff Cunningham.

The North boys will be coached by Cypress High’s Jeff Russell.

The boys game is scheduled for 8 p.m., following the girls game at 5.

No local girls players were selected.

-- by Barry Faulkner