Prep roundup: Clayton Valley ends Campolindo’s long league win streak in boys basketball

Boys basketball

Clayton Valley Charter ended Campolindo’s 36-game league win streak on Wednesday night, prevailing at home 74-66.

Jake King (19 points), James Moore (16 points) and Elijah Perryman (14 points) led the way for the Ugly Eagles in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division play.

Clayton Valley, the Bay Area News Group’s sixth-ranked team, extended its winning streak to six games and improved to 14-2 overall and 3-0 in the league.

That’s an impressive resume for a team that lost 10 seniors from last season’s North Coast Section Division I championship squad.

“We are very young, but we don’t rebuild here,” Clayton Valley coach Frank Allocco Jr. said. “We’re going to develop players and the players on this team work incredibly hard.”

No. 10 Campolindo, which played without starter Shane O’Reilly, dropped to 10-6, 2-1.

Clayton Valley led 20-5 after one quarter and 42-24 at halftime. Campolindo cut the margin to four, but Clayton Valley held on.

Logan Robeson scored a career-high of 30 points and Clay Naffziger had 14 points for the Cougars.

The teams will play again on Jan. 31 at Campolindo.

No. 13 Oakland 81, Skyline 43

Oakland (13-5, 1-0) opened up Oakland Athletic League play with a win on the road over Skyline (2-15, 0-1). Ja’shaun Jackson scored 18 points and Josh Clark had 12 points for Oakland. Michael O’Donal scored 19 points for Skyline.

No. 17 Benicia 90, Mt. Diablo 58

Darrell Hurd had 27 points, Jackdan Eyike scored 14 points and James Wong had 11 points in Benicia’s win over host Mt. Diablo in a DAL Valley Division game. Benicia is 13-1, 2-0. Mt. Diablo fell to 4-14, 1-1.

Leigh 64, Independence 50

Leigh opened up Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division play with a win over Independence. Caleb Asante (19 points), Tyler Suzuki (19 points) and Miles Karandikar (13 points) scored in double figures for Leigh, which improved to 6-6, 1-0. Independence fell to 9-6, 0-1.

Girls basketball

No. 6 Oakland Tech 72, Castlemont 16

Oakland Tech (11-4, 1-0) avenged Tuesday’s loss to St. Mary’s-Stockton with a dominating Oakland Athletic League win over host Castlemont (5-10, 0-1). Erin Sellers scored 14 points and Nia Hunter had 10 points. Aaliyah Lillard scored eight points for Castlemont.

No. 10 Pinewood 58, Moreau Catholic 56

Pinewood, playing on the road in Hayward, extended its winning streak to four games after beating Moreau Catholic in a non-league game. Jade Ramirez (14 points), Alex Facelo (13 points), Jolyn Ding (13 points) and Ava Uhrich (13 points) led the way for Pinewood (5-4). Moreau Catholic is 8-6.

Los Gatos 55, No. 11 Palo Alto 44

Nicole Steiner and Casey Brennan each scored 14 points in Los Gatos’ win over host Palo Alto (9-4, 3-1) in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division game. Kaella Peter scored 16 points for Palo Alto. Los Gatos improved to 10-3, 3-0.

No. 12 Heritage 68, Freedom 49

UCLA-bound Amanda Muse had 25 points and 17 rebounds in Heritage’s win on the road over Freedom in a Bay Valley Athletic League game. Heritage improved to 12-3, 1-0. Freedom slipped to 4-11, 0-1.

No. 16 Miramonte 55, Las Lomas 18

Miramonte extended its winning streak to nine games with a rout of host Las Lomas in DAL Foothill Division play. Karena Eberts scored 19 points, Courtney Scheingart had 11 points and Katherine Scheingart added 10 points for Miramonte, which improved to 14-2, 3-0. Las Lomas fell to 5-11, 0-2.

No. 17 Northgate  39, Alhambra 34

For the third straight game, Northgate’s Sophia Knoth (13 points) finished in double-digit scoring as Northgate turned back Alhambra in DAL Foothill Division play. The Broncos improved to 14-2, 3-0. Alhambra fell to 7-7, 0-2.