Fountain Valley takes third

Fountain Valley’s eighth-grade boys’ Basketball team clinched third

place at the National Junior Basketball Sectional All-star Tournament by

defeating Lake Elsinore, 70-55.

Guard Robert Hansen scored a game-high 19 points and center Scott

Grant added 17 points and dominated the boards with 11 rebounds as

Fountain Valley broke away from a third quarter tie.

Forward Matt Derocili scored eight points and had a big game

defensively with three blocks and two steals. Jeremy Johnson scored eight

points and had five rebounds, Viet Nguyen scored eight points and made

several key free throws in the final minutes and Chris Debowski, Ahmad

Abdelmuti, Derek Kramer and Alexis Chorn all played outstanding defense

in helping Fountain Valley advance to the upcoming national tournament.

In the semifinal round, Fountain Valley was upended by East Anaheim,

which rallied from a 24-17 halftime deficit to post a 52-44 victory.

Hansen scored 15 points and Grant had 12 points and eight rebounds in the

loss.