Torrey Pines boys looking for three-peat as Avocado West basketball race tips off (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Jan 9, 2019 3:19:42 AM

With the prep basketball pre-season and holiday tournament stages now over, it’s time to focus on league schedules and the march to post-season play. In the Avocado West League, some things have already started to sort themselves out.

On the boys’ side, defending champion Torrey Pines won its first nine games and emerged from a brutally grueling December tournament campaign as the clear-cut favorite. Now deservedly-ranked third in the section (U-T), the Falcons lost by just one point to both No. 1-ranked Mission Bay and No. 2-ranked Foothills Christian and won their final contest of 2018 over No. 4 St. Augustine, avenging an earlier loss to the Saints. Coach John Olive has four players—Bryce and Michael Pope, Brandon Angel and Noah Viera—averaging in double figures. (more)