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Highlights and box scores from boys and girls Central Section basketball games as reported to The Fresno Bee:
BOYS BASKETBALL
John Hedrington scored 15 points to lead Clovis East, ranked No. 1 by The Bee, to a 68-42 victory against No. 6 Clovis.
No. 2 Clovis West, trailing by five at halftime, used solid defense from Nikos Natsues and Nico Gentile to shut down No. 5 Central's top two scoring threats - who had scored 22 points before halftime but just eight afterward - in a 63-51 victory.
BOYS BOX SCORES
TRI-RIVER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Clovis West 63, Central 51
Central (4-2) 13 20 12 6 -- 51
Clovis West (15-6, 4-2) 18 10 17 18 -- 63
C: Rakim Brown 16, Rance Hightower 2, Amit Dhillon 5, Anthony Trammel 14, Jared White 6, Alton Williams 8.
CW: Nico Gentile 5, Denzel Johnson 11, Jason Ritchey 8, Nikos Natsues 7, DeAndre Medlock 21, Dominique Hill 4, C.J. Mathias 3, Jesse Clayton 2, Nick Parkinson 2.
Clovis East 68, Clovis 42
Clovis (16-11, 2-4) 7 6 18 11 -- 42
Clovis East (21-4, 6-0) 12 21 16 11 -- 68
C: Jeff Arndt 8, C.J. Scott 3, Danny Wood 8, Deegun Dull 10, Manvir Dhaliwal 3, Aaron Johnson 3, Drew Dockweiler 3, John Reid 4.
CE: Kevin Bailey 4, Antwoun Whitfield 6, Robert Sandoval 7, Jared Yurong 3, John Hedrington 15, Robbie Nobles 5, Saig Horn 12, Cody Bell 2, Travis Cooper 6.
COUNTY/METRO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Bullard 64, Reedley 32
Reedley (0-6) 5 8 10 9 -- 32
Bullard (12-12, 5-1) 13 22 17 12 -- 64
R: Angel Cabrera 1, Richie Casteel 2, Pat Denton 4, Youri Dekker 3, Seth Tyler 6, Jordan Rogers-Greene 6, Jared Hixson 5, Craig Paridenan 3, Brad Kosinski 2.
B: Daniel Ward 10, Lyn Scott 10, Mike Hill 8, Aaron Castillo 7, Darnell Johnson 7, Jermaine McFadden 4, Brad Thakham 3, Menas Arisian 3, Chase Beckstead 3, Jacob Naffa 3, Austin Lemay 2, Jajaun Hammond 2, Carl Goodman 2.
Edison 71, Clovis North 43
Edison (6-0) 18 15 21 17 -- 71
Clovis North (9-12, 1-5) 5 11 11 16 -- 43
E: Jameal York 9, Jereol Walker 10, Chris Fields 4, Isaiah Gossett 8, Steven McClellan 11, Nathaniel Harrison 14, Shawn Thomas 7, Robert Upshaw 8.
CN: Ben Huffman 2, Rich Tesmer 14, Quinton Duckett 12, Parker Bennett 2, Grant Jensen 4, Tyler Sturgill 2, James Franklin 1, Zach Boman 1, Ethan Lennox 5.
Hoover 77, Sanger 63
Sanger (2-4) 19 11 14 19 -- 63
Hoover (11-12, 4-2) 15 22 21 19 -- 77
S: Diamond Ramirez 12, Jon Baird 13, Steven Montgomery 9, Cody Greer 7, Jamie Carlos 2, Patrick Pinkard 12, Hanore 4, Vargas 2, Pinado 2.
H: Dupree Hull 14, Eric Kendricks 16, Zach Ross 15, Grant Williams 24, Ross Payne 2.
NORTH YOSEMITE LEAGUE
Madera South 67, McLane 64
McLane 9 20 11 14 -- 64
M. South (14-7, 3-3) 8 16 26 17 -- 67
McL: Garcia 2, Williams 11, McCarty 6, Nahavong 9, Crawford 5, Sears 12, Segura 9.
MS: Sharp 27, Gallegos 2, Vega 7, Torrance 20, Hanson 4, Ayala 2, Brown 4, Bazzar 1.
NORTH SEQUOIA LEAGUE
Kerman 45, Washington 31
Kerman (5-1) 8 12 5 20 -- 45
Washington (2-4) 1 13 10 7 -- 31
K: Jose Magana 25, Jose Acosta 3, Marcus Montero 7, Mathew Buchnoff 1, Antjuan Colvin 7, Jesus Rico 2.
W: Jose Rivas 11, Donald Phelps 6, Andrew Rich 12, Marc Mendoza 2.
Chowchilla 50, Liberty-Madera Ranchos 40
LMR (8-14, 0-6) 13 10 7 10 -- 40
Chowchilla (10-9, 4-1) 8 12 12 18 -- 50
LMR: Will Lee 13, Nate Achelpohl 10, Brandon Sidhu 2, Chase Cullins 9, Derek Lacy 3, Jordan Chase 1, Ben Cowger 2.
C: Fred Gaines 7, Fadi Qader 1, Jordan Rogers 6, Harjit Singh 10, Fouad Mosleh 8, Edgar Armenta 6, David DeJager 6, Robbie Diepersloot 6.
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