The Saratoga Falcons won the championship in the second annual Panther Invitational, beating the host Panthers in the finals 62-53 on Dec. 17.

Danny Wallace dominated inside the paint for Saratoga with 21 points and 24 rebounds. Ryan Matsuura was the second leading scorer for Saratoga with 12.

Kevin Haynes stood out for Prospect with 36 points on the night. Haynes scored double digits in both the third and fourth quarters for the Panthers. Haynes was hands down the most dominant player in the tournament, averaging 31 points a game in the three games Prospect participated in.

The previous games for Saratoga matched them up against the Willow Glen Rams in the first round and the Harker Eagles in the second.

Saratoga defeated Harker 81-42 with Chris Etterman scoring 19, Justin Kemp 11 and Nima Rad 11.

Jonny Jeng was the only Harker player to score in double digits with 17 points.

The Falcons' first game proved more difficult with Rad being the only player to score in the double digits in a 63-43 win over Willow Glen. Rad scored 14 points in the game, which was enough to help Saratoga toward its first win. Wallace and Matsuura supported with nine points apiece in the game.

Will Robinson popped 16 points to lead the Willow Glen attack and Hienock Habte added 12. Lawrence Montepio had six points for the Rams.

The Rams rebounded from the opening loss to nail back-to-back wins over Monta Vista and Los Altos to take the consolation championship in the tourney. It marked the second straight week that Willow Glen had played for a consolation tourney title, losing the crown a week earlier to Live Oak in the Los Gatos Lions Wildcat Shootout.

Willow Glen, 4-5 for the year, whipped Los Altos 46-36 to win the consolation title game. Habte led the Rams with 15 points, including a pair of three-pointers, and Robinson drilled 14 points, including four threes. Kyle Schroeder chipped in with five points in the win and Steven Skavdahl had four.

Getting to that consol title was no easy task for the Rams, who pulled out a 49-48 second-round win over Monta Vista. Habte had the hot hand for Willow Glen with 19 points, including a pair of threes. Robinson had a three among his 13 points and Schroeder added six points. Skavdahl also hit a three in the win.

Prospect faced Del Mar in the first round and Mills in the second.

The Panthers, now 8-4 for the year, defeated the Mills Vikings 57-46 with Haynes scoring 27 points for the Panthers.

Prospect opened its tourney with a thrilling 51-50 win over rival Del Mar. Haynes scored 30 points for the Panthers, including a pair of threes.

Randy Barnes and Tim Steeves both broke into double digits for the Dons. Barnes drilled 19 points, including a three, to lead Del Mar and Steeves had 10 in the game.

Billy Buxton tossed in eight points for the Dons and Johnny Daniels had six.

The Dons lost another tough one--37-33 to Los Altos--to face an early exit from the tournament.

Steeves was the scoring leader for the Dons with 14 points, six of them coming at the charity stripe, and Barnes added nine points. Chris Skinner had four points.

Harker had opened the tournament with a 52-50 win over Monta Vista before losing to Saratoga in the second round. The Eagles then defeated Mills 56-55 in the third-place game.

Adhir Ravipati was the big scorer for Harker in the clash with Mills, pumping in 32 points. Ben Shapiro had three threes among his 13 points.

Harker had opened the tourney with the two-point win over Monta Vista. Ravipati was the big scorer with 19 points and Naushad Godrej finished with 13.