MVL Wrap Up; League Finale

Gabrielino 52 Arroyo 50

Ryan Lam’s three point bomb at the buzzer gave Gabrielino a dramatic 52-50 win over Arroyo Friday night in the season finale. Lam’s game winner was his second three in the last minute as the Eagles erased an eight point deficit.

Lam finished with seven points but Gabrielino had four players in double figures as Tyler  Shimamoto, Aran Castrellon, and James Epstein all scored 10 and Anthony Ching tossed in 11. Mark Roche led Arroyo with 17.  

With the win the Eagles finished at 8-2 and tied for first in the Mission Valley League with Mt. View. But by virtue of Mt. View’s two league victories over Gabrielino the Vikings will get the top seed in the MVL.    

Mt. View 52 South El Monte 41

Mt. View led by five at halftime, opened it up to 12 by the end of the third quarter, and went on to beat South El Monte 52-41 Friday night to clinch the MVL title.

Christian Servin scored 13 and Anthony Villacis added 12 for South El Monte but it wasn’t enough to catch the Vikings.

South ended the season at 5-5 in league.  

MVL Standings Final: Mt. View 8-2, Gabrielino 8-2, Arroyo 6-4, South El Monte 5-5, *El Monte 1-8, *Rosemead 1-8.

*El Monte-Rosemead game results not available.       

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