Laguna eighth-grade boys clinch title

Bobby Monroe and Brian Delino dominated inside play and Ty Fleming

was scoring from outside Sunday to lead the Laguna Beach boys’

seventh-grade National Junior Basketball team to a 48-43 victory over

Villa Park.

The win was the 12th in 13 games this season and allowed Laguna to

clinch the division championship.

Villa Park entered the game with a 10-2 record and a victory would

have put them in a tie for the league lead with Laguna.

Monroe led Laguna with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Delino

contributed 12 points and three rebounds.

Fleming was hot from outside and finished with 11 points, six of which came on two, three-point baskets.

Chris Hyden, Ian Butters and Nathan Pickett each scored four

points and Butters had six assists.

Laguna will host El Modena Hills Sunday in a 5:15 p.m. tipoff at

Laguna Beach High.

In other games:

Division 3

Laguna Beach 36, El Modena Hills 30

Laguna’s patented double-team trap forced turnovers and set up

transition baskets in this Premier bracket tournament victory.

Laguna raced to a 14-6 first quarter lead behind the scoring of

Michael Hyden, Alek Burk, Sam Stinnett and Remy Zona with Shane

Korber, Burk and Hyden controlling the boards.

Sammy Witte’ scoring and the defense of Austin Hillemann in the

second quarter allowed Laguna to maintain an eight-point cushion at

the half.

Laguna opened up a 30-20 lead after three quarters then stretched

it to 36-23 on Hyden’s three-point basket.