Ventura College men's basketball assistant coach Jon Wyers has accepted the head boys' basketball position at Villanova Prep.

In two years in Ventura, Wyers has helped Ventura to 50 wins and a pair of Western State Conference titles.

Wyers said assistant coach Dan Placial will remain with the program. He has also spoken to former Ventura guard Andre Jamerson about a potential role with the Wildcats.

Wyers will remain at Ventura, which isn't without precedent. Oxnard College men's basketball assistant Jeff Perrault also coached at Thousand Oaks High last season.

Wyers lives in Ventura with his wife Tonya and stepson Bryan, 7.

Alex Tiffin had 24 points as the Thousand Oaks High boys' basketball team earned the CIF-SS Division II-AA title with a 59-55 win over Leuzinger Saturday afternoon at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

The teams were tied, 53-53, with two minutes to play when Antonio Lopez's steal and breakaway layup and Chris Carter's two free throws gave a four-point lead.

The Olympians (25-6) has a chance to tie the score in the final seconds when Thousand Oaks came up with a steal.

Leuzinger's top scorer, senior Jerry Evans, fouled out with little more than three minutes to play. He finished with 12 points

The Thousand Oaks High boys' basketball team trails Leuzinger 31-30 at the half in the CIF-SS Division II-AA final at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

Senior guard Antonio Lopez gave the Lancers a two-point lead with a late 3-pointer, before the Olympians responded in kind with a 30-footer.

The Lancers also trailed by one point at the end of the third quarter.

With such a big weekend approaching in both prep and local college sports, it's nice to see everybody working together.

The Thousand Oaks High and Ventura High boys' basketball team, who each contest CIF sectional finals Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, both found local college venues in which to prepare for the larger court this week.

The Lancers practiced at Cal Lutheran and the Cougars practiced at Ventura College.

"It's nice to have friends at the college," said Ventura assistant Felix Cortez.

Division I-A

Ventura 64, Paloma Valley 48

Division II-AA

Thousand Oaks 62, Edison 45: Chris Carter led the Lancers (27-2) with 13 points. Alex
Kiffin scored 12 points. Thousand Oaks will play Marina at Westlake High on
Friday night.

Division II-A

Loyola 88, Simi Valley 74

Division IV-A

Oaks Christian 66, La Salle 52:
Crespi 59, Santa Clara 58: Cierre Wood's game-tying 3-point bid in the final seconds just fell off for the Saints.

Division VI-A

Besant Hill 65, Marywood-Palm Valley 26: Francois Tchoyi and Yannick Atanga both scored 18 points. Ivan Matip scored 17 points with two 3-point goals and eight assists. Gunnar Von Burg scored 12 points and had three 3-pointers. Besant Hill (20-1) will host Padrio Pio in the CIF semifinals on Friday.

All game second round.

GIRLS

Division I-A

No. 5 Ventura 56, No. 12 Murrieta Valley 44: Maddie Fahan had 23 points and 12 rebounds. Amy Pupa and Kristen Wilson added 12. Ventura plays at Ayala, the No. 4 seed, in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Division II-AA

No. 2 Buena 42, No. 15 Katella 41: Keani Albanez had 14 points, including the game-winning 8-footer with 32 seconds left. Buena moved on despite shooting 13 of 65 (20 percent) from the field and 10 of 27 (37 percent) from the line.

No. 5 Thousand Oaks 54, No. 12 El Toro 43: Jannesa Martinez had 14 points and six assists. Karina Alofaituli had 12 points. Jenna Bandy had seven points, eight rebounds and four steals. Thousand Oaks (24-4) made 17 of 23 free throws.


Division II-A

No. 6 Newbury Park 69, No. 11 Saugus 53: Doris Park-Sherman had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Sidney Dobner scored 14 points and Jasmine Polk had 13. Newbury Park outscored Saugus 42-30 in the second half.

No. 8 Laguna Hills 59, No. 9 Rio Mesa 52: Julisa Devad scored 13 points, including three 3-pointers. Britni Vargas-Hardy and Stephanie Ramirez each had 11 points and Imani Dixon added 10.

Division III-AA

No. 2 Agoura 64, No. 15 South Hills 42: Kylie Cunningham and Sasha Borenstein each scored 15 points for Agoura (25-3). Cunningham and Borenstein each buried three 3-pointers. Borenstein also grabbed 11 rebounds. Brittany Oster scored 12 points and made six steals. Camille Mahlknecht scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Division IV-A

No. 7 Fillmore 44, No. 10 Chaminade 38: Rebecca Herrera had 20 points, six rebounds, six steals and four assists. With the game tied 38-38 with less than a minute left, Herrera made four straight free throws. Jill Wilber added two free throws with 18 seconds left. Jazmin Galvez had eight points and eight rebounds.

No. 5 Oaks Christian 58, Maranatha 40: Katie Brooks led Oaks Christian (23-1) with 23 points and 10 rebounds. She scored 21 of her points and collected all of her rebounds in the first half. Brianna Barrett scored 14 points and had five steals.

Division V-AA

No. 6 St. Bonaventure 45, No. 9 St. Monica 42: Erica Whitley had 23 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to propel the Seraphs into Wednesday's quarterfinals at Campbell Hall. Monique Roberson added 10 points and eight rebounds.

Division V-A

No. 3 Santa Clara 71, No. 11 Mojave 28: Dajyanah Vines had 21 points and eight rebounds. Sharene Dunham added 13. Cynthia Hernandez and Daija Whittington scored 10. Santa Clara (22-3) outscored Mojave 25-3 in the third quarter. Santa Clara plays at Pasadena Poly on Wednesday.

BOYS

Division IV-A

No. 6 Santa Clara 59, No. 11 Valley Christian 43: Tom Torres scored 16 points. James Wilder had 16 points and nine rebounds. Cierre Wood added 12 points. Santa Clara outscored Valley Christian 19-6 in the fourth quarter. Santa Clara will be on the road against Crespi on Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

All games second round.

Boys:

Division I-A

No. 5 Ventura 74, No. 12 Los Osos 73:  Center Mike Melonas scored with 0.5 seconds remaining to give visiting Ventura the win in Rancho Cucagmong. Los Osos sophomore forward Omar Ajanovic put the Grizzlies in front, 73-72, with a long 3-pointer that appeared to eliminate the Channel League champion. But Ventura¹s ensuing inbound pass was knocked away downcourt, giving the Cougars the ball underneath the basket with 2.5 seconds remaining. Melonas
coolly layed in Kory Kindle¹s inbounds pass to send the Cougars to the
quarterfinals.The Grizzlies were led by UCLA-bound junior Kendall Williams who had 32
points and helped push Los Osos to an early 31-17 advantage.
Kindle, who elected to play basketball Friday night instead of in the
Ventura High soccer team¹s 3-2 win over Rancho Verde in the Division II
playoffs, sparked a 15-0 second-quarter run that gave Ventura its first lead
of the night just before halftime.

Division II-AA

No. 1 Thousand Oaks 71, Buena 54: Alex Tiffin had 16 points as the Lancers won their 16th straight game
No. 6 Simi Valley 67, Rowland 53: Brad Lewis led the Pioneers with 24 points. Danny
Cox scored 16 points and also led the team in rebounds with six.

Division IV-A

No. 2 Price 76, Fillmore 59: Noah Aguirre poured in 31 points while also collecting 10 rebounds. Chris De La Paz scored 17 points.

No. 5 Oaks Christian 82, Banning 49: Dillon Van Der Wal scored 20 points and Jules Sharpe 16. The Lions blew the game open with a 28-8 fourth-quarter run.

Girls:

Division II-AA

Thousand Oaks 47, Burbank 37: Karina Alofaituli completed a double-double with
20 points and 10 rebounds. Jenna Bandy followed suit with 10 points and 13 rebounds.

Division I-AA

Redlands East Valley 53, No. 11 Pacifica 52 (OT)

Division I-A

No. 5 Ventura 66, Aliso Niguel 44: Maddie Fahan scored a game-high 22 points. Amy Pupa scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Kristen Wilson scored nine points and had seven rebounds. Kristen Wilson scored nine points and had seven rebounds. Mallory Horwitz also had seven rebounds.

Division II-AA

No. 2 Buena 63, Glendale 35: Kacie Sowell had 18 points and 15 rebounds. Holly Holcomb scored 13 points. Keani Albanez scored nine points and had three assists.
No. 13 Royal 54, Century 33: Kaity Lykins scored 14 points and Gabbi King had 12 for the balanced Highlanders.

Division II-A

No. 6 Newbury Park 65, Glendora 48
No. 9 Rio Mesa 53, Dos Pueblos 47: Imani Dixon had a game-high 27 points, while Julisa DiVad added 10 points.
No. 12 Santa Barbara 54, Camarillo 45: Camarillo's Brittany Nishimori tallied 22 points, including six 3-pointers.

Division IV-A

No. 5 Oaks Christian 60, Louisville 19: Brianna Barrett and Katie Brooks each scored 15 points. Barrett also had eight steals, while Brooks had 10 rebounds, and four blocks. 
No. 7 Fillmore 66, Santa Ynez 38: Rebecca Herrera scored a game-high 26 points to go with her seven rebounds and seven steals. Kyla Hernandez scored 14 points and made four blocks. Aimee Orozco scored 11 points.

Division V-AA

No. 6 St. Bonaventure 57, Providence 34: Erica Whitley led the way offensively with 20 points and six assists.

Division I-AA
Long Beach Wilson 65, Oxnard 49

Division I-A
No. 5 Ventura 73, Hawthorne 47
Ventura will visit No. 12 Los Osos, 66-43 winners over California, Friday
Lancaster 63, Pacifica 49

Division II-AA
No. 1 Thousand Oaks 69, Canyon Country-Canyon 41
Buena 61, Walnut 59
Thousand Oaks will host Buena Friday

Division II-A
No. 6 Simi Valley 66, Compton 62
Simi Valley will visit Rowland, 50-41 winner over No. 11 Sunny Hills, Friday night
Mayfair 64, Camarillo 39
No. 16 Santa Barbara 58, Westlake 52

Division III-AA
Arroyo Grande 69, No. 7 Agoura 58
St. John Bosco 63, Rio Mesa 55
No. 6 North Torrance 102, Moorpark 56

Division IV-A
No. 5 Oaks Christian 75, Morro Bay 62
Oaks Christian will play Banning, 51-43 winners over Fairmont Prep, Friday
No. 6 Santa Clara 80, Santa Ynez 43
Santa Clara will play No. 11 Cerritos Valley Christian, 64-52 winners over Costa Mesa, Friday
Fillmore 59, Carpinteria 53
Fillmore will host No. 2 Price,  73-45 winners over Whittier Christian, Friday
Crespi 70, Nordhoff 45

Division IV-AA
St. Francis 57, Santa Paula 41

Division V-A
No. 14 Pilibos 41, Thacher 38

Division VI-AA
No. 13 Newbury Park Adventist 66, Cuyama Valley 44
Newbury Park Adventist  will play Hesperia Christian, 57-31 winners over Desert Chapel, Friday.

Thousand Oaks and Besant Hill were seeded No. 1 in Division II-AA and VI-A, respectively, for the CIF-Southern Section boys' basketball playoffs, which begin Wednesday.

Katie Brooks had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Brianna Barrett added nine points and six steals as the Oaks Christian School girls' basketball team (14-1) improved to 6-0 in the Tri-Valley League team with a 56-27 win over La Reina Tuesday night.

St. Bonaventure edged Fillmore, 62-57, in the second-place showdown behind 23 points by Juliette Marquez and 20 points and 11 rebounds by Erica Whitley.

Hailey Lozano added 11 points and Monique Roberson added 12 rebounds for St. Bonaventure (11-7, 5-1)

Despite a game-high 25 points by Jill Wilber, Fillmore fell to 14-6, 4-2.

Maddie Fahan had a game-high 17 points and nine rebounds as the Ventura High girls' basketball team (16-5) improved to 4-0 in Channel League play with a 56-23 win over San Marcos (7-13, 1-3) Tuesday night.

With their fathers looking on, Pacifica High senior Annabel Davis and Camarillo High freshman Samantha McCarthy both scored six points Tuesday night in Pacifica's 47-26 win at Camarillo.

Moorpark College men's basketball coach Remy McCarthy and Moorpark College athletic director Howard Davis have spent much of the last decade working together, first on the Raiders' coaching staff, then in the Raiders' athletic department.

Keiana Vines had 20 points as the Pacifica High girls basketball team (15-6) stayed perfect in Pacific View League play with a 47-26 win over visiting Camarillo Tuesday night.

Dajyanah Vines completed a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Santa Clara High girls basketball team (16-3) improved to 5-0 in the Frontier League with a 77-27 win over Grace Brethren

The Buena and Ventura high girls' basketball teams opened Channel League play with victories Tuesday night.

Keani Albanez had 18 points, Samantha Strang and Isabel Halpern scored 11 points apiece and Holly Holcomb grabbed 13 rebounds as Buena (12-6) beat host San Marcos, 58-34.

Maddie Fahan had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists, Nicole Frank had 12 points and Kristen Wilson and Amy Pupa had 11 each as host Ventura (11-4) picked up its ninth win in 10 games by defeating Dos Pueblos, 61-48.

Oaks Christian and Nordhoff opened Tri-Valley League play with girls' basketball wins Tuesday night

Crystal Owusu had 13 points and  nine rebounds, Katie Brooks had 12 points, eight rebounds and four blocks and Brianna Barrett added 12 points and six steals as Oaks Christian School  opened with a 52-32 win at Villanova, which was led by 12 points from Hannah Kolbeck.

Carmen Cotsis had 11 points and four steals and Nicole Bergmann had seven points and nine rebounds as Nordhoff scored 15 of the first 17 points along the way to a 53-28 win over La Reina.

Eric Jansen had 20 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks and Jeong-Moon Lee had 11 points and eight steals as Hillcrest Christian of Newbury Park picked up its first Omega League win, 49-23, over Cornerstone Christian of Camarillo

Hillcrest (2-2, 1-2) ended the game on an incredible 22-0 run, including a fourth-quarter shutout, which broke open a 4-point game.

Hillcrest outscored Cornerstone 19-0 in the fourth quarter.

Cornerstone Christian was led by 12 points and 11 rebounds by Nick Alpers had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Jessica Fortner had a game-high 16 points, including the game-winning drive and layup with 10 seconds to play, as the Oxnard girls' basketball team climbed out of an eight-point hole after three quarters to beat St. Bonaventure, 48-46, Tuesday night.

Hailey Lezano had 11 points, Kelsey Botwinick had 10 points and Erica Whitley had eight points, six rebounds and six assists for 4-3 St. Bonaventure.

Samantha Strang and Keani Albanez each had 12 points and Holly Holcomb and Kacie Sowell had 10 rebounds apiece as the host Buena girls' basketball team handed Rio Mesa its second loss, 45-36, Tuesday night.

Leah Crier had a team-high 10 points for Rio Mesa (8-2).. Julissa DeVao had seven points.