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Wild Rollercoaster Ride For Mitty Fans

POSTED: 9:14 am PDT March 15, 2008
UPDATED: 10:27 am PDT March 15, 2008

Archbiship Mitty fans headed to Sacramento Friday with dreams of prep glory racing through their heads. After nearly two hours of play at the state championships, they had discovered the highest of highs and lowest of lows.

Lindsay Leo had 17 points as the Archbishop Mitty girls team outlasted Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach 59-49 in overtime at Arco Arena to win their second straight championships. But in the nightcap, Andy Brown scored 13 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as Mater Dei of Santa Ana outlasted the top-ranked Mitty boys team, 65-53.

Joining Leo in her heroics for the girls team was Classye James who scored four of her 10 points for the Monarchs (22-11), including a clutch 3-pointer as the shot clock was running down, in overtime.

Hannah Stephens added 12.

Mikah Maly-Karros topped Mira Costa (28-7) with 20 points before fouling out. Megan Richardson had 15, plus 11 rebounds, for the Mustangs, who controlled the game for much of the first half.

Mitty trailed by 10 with 15 seconds to go in the second quarter, but went on an 22-4 run to take a 38-30 lead with 7:27 left in the game.

Mira Costa battled back, even though both Maly-Karros and point guard Kylie Nakamine fouled out in the last four minutes. Richardson became the go-to player, and scored four points in the final minute to send Mira Costa into overtime for the fourth straight game.

But Mitty's Ariel Castillo banked-in 30-footer as the shot clock expired in the final minute of overtime.

The state championship was the fourth for Mitty in eight tries, and gives Northern California a 14-13 edge in girls title games.

In the boys game, Mater Dei captured its second straight title as David Wear added 14 for his team which finished the year 35-1 and is currently ranked 13th in the nation. Gary Franklin added 10.

Colin Chiverton scored 17 for Mitty (32-2), which was sixth in the country and first in the state. Drew Gordon had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Mitty, and Eric Andoh scored 12.

Chiverton was one of three players who fouled out in a game that had no real rhythm due to 52 total fouls, 49 total free throws, three technicals and one intentional foul.

Mater Dei jumped out to an 8-0 lead, and though Mitty managed to get within three a couple of times, a 6-0 run in the last 1:24 of the second quarter gave Mater Dei a 34-24 edge at halftime. Mitty shot just 25-percent from the field in the first two quarters but stayed in the game by making 12 of 13 from the foul line.

Mater Dei maintained that 10-point lead going into the fourth quarter, but Andoh caught fire, scoring seven points in the first 1:39 -- and when Chiverton converted a steal into a spectacular reverse, no-backboard layup, Mitty pulled within two, 45-43, for the first time since the first minute.

Gordon then followed his own miss to tie it, and the game seesawed back and forth until the final minute, when Mater Dei took control.

This was Mater Dei seventh title. Mitty is 0-2. Southern California has a 19-7 advantage in boys



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