Seahawks open own tourney with win

Mike Sciacca

Ocean View High’s boys’ basketball opened its own Tournament of

Champions on Monday with a 74-59 victory over Laguna Hills in the

first game of a six-day tournament.

The Seahawks, who returned Sunday from a season-opening tournament

in Texas, got 21 points from forward/center Clint Amberry and 15 more

from guard John Greiner in defeating Laguna Hills.

Ocean View was 2-2 coming into the Tournament of Champions and its

most recent victory was a thrilling -- and draining -- triple

overtime victory over Carroll of San Antonio in its final Lone Star

Invitational game Saturday.

“I thought the team played great,” Ocean View Co-Coach Jimmy

Harris said of Monday’s win. “Our feeling was that with all this

traveling and playing a triple overtime game, we might be a bit flat

against Laguna Hills. But, everyone was still on cloud nine from that

overtime win.”

Joining Ocean View in the winner’s circle during Monday’s pool

play action was Calabasas, Etiwanda and J. Serra.

Pool A consists of Calabasas, Clovis West and Fontana; Pool B is

composed of J. Serra, Laguna Hills, Muir and Ocean View; playing in

Pool C is Bishop Alemany, Etiwanda, Laurinburg and Long Beach Poly.

The tournament continues today and Friday and concludes with

consolation and championship round action Saturday.

The schedule

Today

5 p.m.: Pool A third-place vs. Pool B fourth-place

6:30 p.m.: Pool C fourth-place vs. Pool B third-place

8 p.m.: Pool A first-place vs. Pool B first-place

Friday

5 p.m.: Pool A second-place vs. Pool C third-place

6:30 p.m.: Pool C second-place vs. Pool B second-place

8 p.m.: Pool A first-place vs. Pool C first-place

Saturday

2 p.m.: 10th-place game

3:30 p.m.: Eighth-place game

5 p.m.: Sixth-place game

6:30 p.m.: Fourth-place game

8 p.m.: Third- and first-place games