Noah Barker leads El Dorado past La Habra for championship of Gary Raya Classic –

El Dorado players and coaches after winning the Gary Raya Classic. (Photo courtesy El Dorado basketball).

El Dorado’s boys basketball team moved ahead in the final seconds and held on to defeat La Habra 53-52 in the championship game of the 29th annual Gary Raya Classic Saturday afternoon at El Dorado.

It was the seventh win in a row for El Dorado.

“Battling illness, five games in eight days,” said El Dorado Coach Ryan Mounce. “Resilience and grit.”

Noah Barker and Evan Nam scored 13 points each to lead El Dorado (9-1). Barker was named the tournament MVP.

Acen Jimenez led La Habra (8-2) with 29 points.

WOODBRIDGE 68, SAN JUAN HILLS 57: Woodbridge (8-3) won the third place game Saturday. Jaiden Sabino had a big week for Woodbridge. Nick Francik scored 23 points, Kam Aziz and Cooper Lee 10 points each and Nick Pandis nine points to lead San Juan Hills (5-4) which was without four injured starters.

ALL-TOURNAMENT

MVP: Noah Barker, El Dorado

Evan Nam, El Dorado; Ryan Northcott, El Dorado; Eli Rodarte, El Dorado; Noah Querubin, El Dorado; Acen Jimenez, La Habra; Aaron Wilson, La Habra; Josh Desatoff, La Habra; Connor Fisher, Capo Valley; Jaiden Sabino, Woodbridge; Rocco Jensen, San Juan Hills.

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