The Sun Sunnyvale's Newspaper Fremont pulls out hoop win Marasigan, McNeil lead Firebirds to win over Monta Vista By Dick Sparrer It was anybody's basketball game. Fremont had taken an early lead against Monta Vista in last Friday night's game, but the Firebirds led by just a point heading into the fourth period against the Monta Vista boys. So it sure looked like anybody's ballgame. But the Firebirds didn't think so... and they went out and proved it in the final quarter. Fremont topped Monta Vista 19-9 in that fourth quarter to claim a 49-38 victory over the Matadors in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League. Sophomore guard Glenn Marasigan and junior Cameron McNeil each scored in double digits to spark the Firebirds to the 11-point win. Marasigan poured in 14 points, including a pair of three-pointers, and McNeil tossed in 13, including three threes, to lead Fremont past Monta Vista. Jacab Esau, Fremont's 6-foot-3 freshman center, supported with nine points in the win. Tam Kim had a three among his seven points, Reynold Carlos hit five points and Darrel Sansano had one point in the Fremont victory. Fremont jumped out to a quick 10-4 lead in the first period, but Monta Vista battled back to cut it to one, outscoring the Firebirds 13-10 in the second and 12-10 in the third. Fremont came up with the big fourth quarter, though, to pull out the win. The Firebirds are now 2-1 in the El Camino Division and 7-9 for the year. The boys at the King's Academy continued their winning ways last week with victories over St. Lawrence Academy and Liberty Baptist. Senior guard James Terada poured in 17 points to lead the Knights to a lopsided 77-43 win over Liberty Baptist last Friday night. Jarod Monroe tossed in 14 points for King's, and Nate Morrow supported with 13 points. Tony Castillo had 10 points, Steve Vanderet nine, Dan Leong six and Dan Friske and Ryan Hazley four apiece. Earlier in the week, Friske hit 13 points and Leong 12 to lead the Knights to a 75-38 win over the Celtics. Terada added 11 points, Hazley and Morrow 10 apiece, Ben Jones seven, Vanderet six, Tony Castillo four and Monroe two. King's is now 4-0 in the Christian Private Schools League and 10-6 for the year. In girls basketball action, Marie Levey pumped in 12 points to lead Homestead to a 50-39 win over Palo Alto last week. The Mustangs led all the way on the road to the comfortable victory, and they improved their record to 3-0 in the De Anza Division of the SCVAL. Julie Speckels supported with nine points, and Julia Randall tossed in eight. Michelle Wald had seven points, Vickie Chiang six, Chris Strombel four and Tanya Green and Nadja Fabian two apiece. Homestead, now 16-2 for the year, will host Los Gatos on Jan. 20, 7 p.m., and will visit Fremont on Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. Monta Vista pushed its De Anza Division record to 3-1 with wins over Santa Clara (51-41) and Fremont (57-46) last week. The Matadors jumped on top of Fremont 14-3 in the first period and held on throughout the game to clinch the 11-point victory. Junior forward Monique Gammon led the Firebirds with 14 points and junior guard Shade Akanbi pitched in 13 points, including a three-pointer. Akanbi popped eight free throws for the Lady Birds. Daynelle Parker, a sophomore center for Fremont, supported with 10 points in the game. Josie Wells added four points, Sarah Harvey three and Sammy Hess two. Fremont, now 0-3 in league play and 7-10 for the year, will try to get on the winning track this week. The Firebirds will visit Santa Clara on Jan. 20, 7 p.m., before hosting Homestead on Friday. The King's Academy girls won twice last week, beating St. Lawrence Academy 52-25 and Liberty Baptist 54-40. The Knights are now 4-0 in the Christian League and 10-8 for the year. Jessica Fleming and Michelle Smith were the big scorers for King's last week. Fleming tossed in 15 points and Smith added 10 in the win over Liberty Baptist, and Fleming buried 14 points and Smith had 13 in the win over St. Lawrence. Hawley Menser joined the two in double digits with 10 points against St. Lawrence. [ Back to Contents Page | Sunnyvale Sun Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, January 20, 1999. ©1999 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.