Prep basketball roundup: Sherman Oaks Notre Dame reaches Tarkanian Classic championship game
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame is loving late-night basketball in Las Vegas.
The unbeaten Knights (12-0) advanced to the Platinum Division championship game of the Tarkanian Classic, opening a 20-point lead before prevailing over Layton Christian (Utah) 73-60 on Friday night. Notre Dame will face Eastvale Roosevelt (10-1) for the championship Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Bishop Gorman. They are ranked No. 2 and No. 4 in The Times' top 25 rankings.
Tyran Stokes continued his impressive play with a 29-point, 10-rebound performance after a 30-point effort on Thursday. NaVorro Bowman had 20 points.
The official FINAL stats for NOTRE DAME SHERMAN OAKS (CA) vs LAYTON CHRISTIAN (UT) at the 2024 Tarkanian Classic!
Platinum Semifinals Winner: Notre Dame Sherman Oaks
Stokes and Bowman Jr. combine for 49 points!@trigonis30 @TarkClassic @latsondheimer @Pdouble_33 pic.twitter.com/LKyO325eC4— Gamebook Stats Inc. (@gamebookstats) December 21, 2024
Eastvale Roosevelt 78, Redondo Union 74: Brayden Burries and Myles Walker each scored 18 points in the win. Roosevelt had a 45-32 halftime lead before handing Redondo Union (9-1) its first defeat. Hudson Mayes had 22 points and Chris Sanders scored 20 points for Redondo Union.
Crespi 76, St. Anthony 56: The Celts (8-4) picked up a quality nonleague win, with Peyton White scoring 26 points, Isaiah Barnes 16, Carter Barnes 14 and Malakai Perrantes 13.
La Habra 70, Sonora 45: The Highlanders are 13-1 after a strong performance from Jaedon Anderson, who made a school-record nine threes en route to a 32-point effort.
Anaheim Canyon 91, Costa Mesa 41: Brandon Benjamin had 31 points for Canyon.
Grant 67, Viewpoint 66: In only its second game of the season, the Lancers (2-0) served notice they figure to reach the City Section Open Division playoffs. Aeneas Grullon scored 26 points for Viewpoint (9-3). Wizdom Burnes, who scored 18 points and had 13 rebounds for Grant, made a shot at the buzzer for the win. Champ Merrill led Grant with 24 points.
Harvard-Westlake 74, Fairfax 33: Joe Sterling had 21 points and Cole Holden 14 points for the Wolverines.
Chatsworth 66, West Albany (Ore.) 56: The Chancellors improved to 7-1 in Oregon. Alijah Arenas had 24 points.
Golden Valley 60, Gardena 45: Alex Villego had 25 points for Golden Valley.
Legacy Christian 78, Crescenta Valley 71: Vaughn Zargarian had 41 points for Crescenta Valley.
Heritage Christian 81, Valencia 40: Tae Simmons had 22 points and Dillan Shaw 19 for 11-0 Heritage Christian.
Palisades 55, El Camino Real 54: Jack Levey made a shot at the buzzer to give Palisades the victory.
Girls basketball
Ontario Christian 73, Maryland Bullis 65: Kaleena Smith had 26 points and nine assists for unbeaten Ontario Christian (14-0), which will play in the Nike TOC final against Archbishop Mitty from San José in a game that will decide No. 1 in California and maybe No. 1 in the nation in girls basketball. Archbishop Mitty defeated Mater Dei 59-42 in the other semifinal.
Sierra Canyon 69, Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) 56: Jerzy Robinson led the unbeaten Trailblazers with 30 points.
Birmingham 65, Mt. Diablo 50: Lili Martinez had 20 points and Zoee Mitchell 16 for the Patriots.
St. Joseph 85, Valencia 84: Freshman Kamilia Basyrova scored a school-record 40 points for Valencia.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.