Preps: Clovis West, Hoover basketball players set records; honoring Bob Bennett; rankings
Clovis West High’s Cole Anderson and Hoover’s AJ George set boys basketball scoring records to highlight action last week.
Anderson notched a school-record 51 points, according to Central Section historian Bob Barnett, in the Golden Eagles’ 86-53 win over Garces.
The UC Santa Barbara commit made a school-record 13 3-pointers.
In the third quarter, he made nine consecutive 3-pointers for a section-record 27 points. Anderson also set a state-record with 10 3-pointers.
He didn’t play in the fourth quarter.
Anderson is the school career scoring leader with 2,304 points and has made a section-record 397 career 3-pointers, Barnett said.
George set two Hoover records by scoring 49 points with 33 coming in the second half against Central. The previous school single-game record was 42 points set by Tom Laub in 1974, Barnett said.
George tied a school record by making eight 3-pointers.
Bob Bennett honored by two teams
Bob Bennett coached baseball at Bullard for 11 seasons before a 34-year career at Fresno State.
Clovis North coach Jeff Prieto has worn No. 26 to honor his grandfather who died on May 31, 2020.
So when the Knights and Broncos met for a nonleague doubleheaders, both teams switched jerseys to wear No. 26 with the name Bennett on the back for the second game.
Bennett had a 1,302-759-4 record at Fresno State with 17 conference titles and trips to the College World Series in 1988 and 1991. He retired after the 2002 season; Fresno State renamed its baseball stadium Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium in 2016.
Player of the Week voting results
The votes are in and the winners of the boys and girls player of the week awards are Chase Weiner of Bullard soccer and Carys Hall of Clovis North soccer.
Weiner totaled 79.2% of the votes. Clovis West’s Cole Anderson had 6.9% and Ak Okereke of Clovis North had 6%.
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On the girls side, Hall finished with 52.7% and Ava Medrano of Edison soccer came in second with 45.4%. Mia Estrada of Kingsburg softball was third with 1.3%.
Central Section Football Top 10
1. Buchanan (5-0) season finished
2. Central (4-1) season finished
3. Liberty-Bakersfield (5-0) last week d. Bakersfield 35-0 (pvs. 3)
4. Clovis (3-2) season finished
5. Sanger (3-1) last week d. San Joaquin Memorial 28-21 (pvs. 8)
6. San Joaquin Memorial (4-1) last week loss to Sanger 28-21 (pvs. 5)
7. Bullard (2-2) last week d. Madera 28-0 (pvs. 6)
8. Kingsburg (5-0) season finished
9. Garces (2-3) season finished
10. Tulare Union (4-1) season finished
Baseball rankings
Records through Monday
1. Buchanan (11-1)
2. San Joaquin Memorial (11-2)
3. Bullard (9-2-1)
4. Clovis North (9-3)
5. Clovis West (9-2-1)
6. Clovis (8-3)
7. Arroyo Grande (12-0)
8. Liberty-Bakersfield (5-0)
9. Centennial (6-0)
10. Madera South (10-1)
Softball rankings
Records through Monday
1. Buchanan (11-1)
2. Clovis (11-1)
3. Clovis North (7-0)
4. Clovis East (7-3)
5. Arroyo Grande (7-0)
6. Clovis West (9-5)
7. Liberty-Bakersfield (5-0)
8. Stockdale (2-0)
9. Central (9-5)
10. Paso Robles (9-1)
Former Buchanan volleyball players recognized
The Big West Conference announced its all-conference men’s volleyball team last week and it includes two former Buchanan High players.
Patrick Gasman (Hawaii) and Kyle Merchen (Cal State-Northridge) were named to the all-conference team.
Gasman is a middle blocker for the Rainbow Warriors. He guided Hawaii to a 10-0 record in the Big West Conference and is the first four-time Big West first-team selection.
Hawaii is the top seed in the seven-team NCAA Tournament.
Merchen was also named to the first team. He was the setter for the Matadors. He transferred to Northridge after a redshirt 2019 season at Concordia.
