{"id":5777,"date":"2010-02-23T23:34:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T06:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5777"},"modified":"2010-02-23T23:34:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T06:34:20","slug":"apaches-derail-spartans-57-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5777","title":{"rendered":"Apaches Derail Spartans 57-44"},"content":{"rendered":"

(La Canada) \u2013 For a better part of a half, La Canada stayed with the 15th<\/sup> ranked-team in the state before falling to an athletic Centennial Compton squad 57-44.<\/p>\n

If the Spartans were intimidated it didn\u2019t show for the first 16 minutes as they stayed toe-to-toe with the Apaches on both ends of the court.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until Centennial\u2019s Kevin Smith and Deonte Burton took control of the third quarter that La Canada\u2019s playoff dreams came to an abrupt halt.<\/p>\n

Smith poured in eight points in the third quarter and Burton scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to lead the Apaches to a much deserved semi-final appearance.<\/p>\n

The Spartans gave the fast-breaking Centennial team all they could handle the first half as they played an offensive style reminiscent of Princeton\u2019s back-door offense that caused defensive breakdowns for the Apaches.<\/p>\n

Early on Centennial it appeared as though they would be ripe for an upset as they shot 25% from the floor in the first quarter and were down by three after eight minutes.<\/p>\n

La Canada\u2019s Mike McGlashan sparked the offense early with four quick points early to set the tone for the Spartans.\u00a0 He would finish with a team-high 15 points.<\/p>\n

The momentum changed with 3:54 to go in the second quarter as the Apaches went on a 13-4 run to end the quarter that was highlighted by a Harrison Hawkins lay-up at the buzzer that sent Centennial into the locker with a six-point lead.<\/p>\n

The Spartans couldn\u2019t keep up in the second half as they scored only two-points on second chance points and Jeff Grigg finally buried a three-pointer with 1:52 remaining in the game.\u00a0 The three-pointer by Grigg was the first by a Spartan in the game.<\/p>\n

With La Canada in the bonus for the last 7:13 of their season, they still failed to mount any comeback as missed opportunities and tough Apaches defense stymied any hope for a rally.<\/p>\n

CENTENNIAL COMPTON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57<\/p>\n

LA CANADA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44<\/p>\n

SCORING:<\/p>\n

CENTENNIAL:\u00a0 Deonte Burton 22, Kevin Smith 16, Harrison Hawkins 13, Kurt Davis 7, Keith Smith 2<\/p>\n

LA CANADA:\u00a0 Mike McGlashan 15, Jeff Grigg 10, Rocky Moore 6, Mason Holle 4, Dario Civon 4, Arlen Gharbian 3, Omar Rady 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(La Canada) \u2013 For a better part of a half, La Canada stayed with the 15th ranked-team in the state before falling to an athletic Centennial Compton squad 57-44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2182,2181,1597,147,1915,1596],"class_list":["post-5777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school-sports","tag-deonte-burton","tag-harrison-hawkins","tag-jeff-grigg","tag-kevin-smith","tag-mason-holle","tag-mike-mcglashan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5778,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5777\/revisions\/5778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}