Clear Lake Falconhoops

Valencia 54 - Clear Lake 52

This was a very close ball game despite Clear Lake coming out very dull in the first quarter and being down 16-2 before they got it in gear. Being out-rebounded 13-4 in the first quarter did not help either but Lake came on in the second to pull to within 7 at halftime.

In the third quarter Lake outplayed Valencia on both ends of the court and was up by 6 (39-33) to close the quarter. There were five ties in the second half with the last at 45 points with 2:54 remaining in the game. Valencia held a narrow  lead until the final moments of the game when Jacob Horton hit a trey with under 8 seconds remaining to put the Falcons ahead 52-51. Valencia in-bounded the ball but was forced to immediately call timeout with 4.8 seconds remaining due to Lake defensive pressure. The refs added time to reset the clock at 5.4 seconds for the inbounds play. Valencia's #20 dribbled down and lofted a Hail Mary from the right wing. The shot appeared to have little chance of going in as the buzzer sounded with the ball in mid-air but in it went to force a Falcon loss in a heart-breaker.

The Falcons next game will be Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Action photos for this game not yet available. 

Individual Scoring:

Jackson 11 (4 rebs.), Jacob 10,

Blake 8, Mark 6 (6 rebs.), Matt 5 (5 assists, 5 steals), Jake 4, Nick 3 (3 assists), Brick 3 (2 blocks), Jared 2

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Individual Scoring:

Mark McCollum

Kyle Ashton

Matt McCollum

Jacob Horton

Blake Gregorcyk

Nick Arrington

Brick Pomeroy

Jake McKnight

Jackson Hardage

Jared Miller

Although this should not have been, this was a very close game tied 4 times in the first quarter and three times in the second half.

At the half it was a two point game, 28-30, with Matt in foul trouble. 

Less than 1 minute into the fourth quarter Matt had to leave the game due to his 4th foul

Jake McKnight was injured and had to leave the game.

With only 57 seconds left in the game Lake was up 50-52.

With 8 seconds left on the clock Kennedy hit a trey to make it 58-57 . Lake called time out with 6.8 seconds remaining.

With 3.9 seconds left on the clock we inbounded the ball to Nick on the right side, passed to Mark who dribbled straight to the top of the key. As the buzzer sounded, Mark drained a three to win the game 60-58. A fitting finish considering we had lost two previous games in the final fractions of a second.

Jacob poured in his usual 20 points going 7 of 18 from the field. Mark had another outstanding game and Brick Pomeroy provided a dominating presence as he really stepped up with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 blocks.

Tournament News

Jacob Horton was selected as the three point shooting Champion of the Tournament. There was no contest. The winner was selected from the shooters in the games. 

In the Championship game which was a closely fought contest between Valencia and Granada Hills Charter, Granada Hills took home the Championship trophy with an overtime victory over Valencia 50-45. Valencia's #20, Lonny Jackson, who had sunk a Hail Mary trey to defeat Clear Lake in game 2 on Saturday, was named to the all-tournament team.

In other action Chaminade defeated Eastside 53-36 to claim the Consolation Championship. Santa Monica defeated Saugus 67-41 for third place.

Action photos for this game can be found by clicking here Current season albums  by Wednesday, Jan 7.

Individual Scoring:

Jacob 20, Mark 16 (5 rebs., 6 steals),

Nick 7 (5 assists), Brick 6 (7 rebs., 5 assists, 2 blocks), Jackson 3, Matt 2 (3 assists), Jared 2, Blake 2, Jake 2

Coming out in the second quarter 2 points down, Clear Lake's Blake Gregorcyk was on fire as he hit 5 straight long range shots for 14 points to put the Falcons ahead 38-21 by halftime. The Falcons advanced on the winner's side of the bracket to face Valencia at 2 p.m.

 No action photos for this game available yet.

Individual Scoring:

Jacob 20 (5 rebs.), Blake 14 (5 of 6, 3 assists), Jake 11 (5 rebs.),

Matt 7 (4 assists, 3 steals), Mark 5 (6 rebs., 6 assists), Nick 5 (3 assists), Jackson 4, Jared 2, Brick 2

Due to an injury to his left foot in the previous game Kyle Ashton was unavailable for both games on the final day of the tournament.  Stay tuned for a status update.

Action photos for this game can be found at Current season albums  . 

Individual Scoring:

Mark 15 (4 assists, 2 charges taken),

Jackson 8, Jacob 7, Matt 5, Nick 4 (4 assists), Blake 3, Brick 3 (4 steals, 2 blocked shots)