Laguna downs San Clemente, 44-34
The Laguna Beach boys’ seventh-grade All-Net National Junior
Basketball team capped its first full month of Winter League play
with a 4-0 record after Sundays’ 44-34 victory over San Clemente.
Marcus Hairston and Clay Knapp each scored 11 points, Dalton Sype
had 10, and Kevin Buck finished with 9 points to pace Laguna.
Hairston scored eight of his points in the first quarter to lead
Laguna to a 17-7 lead. The second-half scoring of Knapp, Buck and
Sype, along with the defensive play of Warren Murrel, kept Laguna in
command.
That fivesome, along with teammates Nick Witte, Dylan Doumeng,
Alex Vasquez and Matt Innins, guided Laguna to league wins over
Huntington Beach North (46-30), Huntington Beach South (52-27) and
Cypress (41-24).
In winning on the road at Huntington Beach North, Hairston scored
13 of his game-high 15 point in the first half, Knapp canned 12 of
his 14-point effort in the second half, and Witte finished with seven
points and six rebounds.
Sype, Buck and Hairston came up with stellar defensive efforts in
the 52-27 win over Huntington Beach South. Hairston netted 20 points,
Sype scored 14 -- including hitting 6 of 6 from the foul line, Buck
had eight points, and Witte contributed six points, six rebounds and
five assists.
In downing Cypress, 41-24, Laguna rolled to a 28-8 halftime lead.
Hairston again had a big first half where he scored 15 of his 17
points -- nine coming on three, three-point shots. Vasquez hit two
key second-quarter baskets to cement Laguna’s lead.
Laguna won its first four winter games despite not having the
services of one player in each of those games.
In eighth-grade All-Net boys’ basketball:
Laguna Beach notched its fourth win and remained undefeated on the
season by routing the Westminster Wildcats, 46-25, at Laguna Beach
High.
Bobby Monroe scored 13 points for Laguna, which opens play tonight
at the St. Anne’s Christmas Tournament in Laguna Niguel.
Laguna will take on Niguel Aliso in a 5 p.m. tipoff.
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