Garden Grove League : Patton Leads Rancho Alamitos to Win, 63-59

Rancho Alamitos High School, paced by Rueben Patton’s 17 points, came from behind for a, 63-59, overtime victory over Garden Grove Friday at Garden Grove.

Patton’s most important points came with 12 seconds remaining in regulation. That’s when he hit a short jump shot to put the game into overtime. The Vaqueros’ John Hong scored the overtime’s first basket with 1:20 remaining, but Garden Grove’s Brent Crone tied the score again with 59 seconds left.

The Vaqueros got free throws from Roger Carter and Lance Perry to again take a two-point lead and when the Argonauts turned the ball over with 28 seconds left, Don Nguyen hit two free throws to secure the victory.

Garden GroveLeague League Overall School W L W L Garden Grove 3 1 10 7 Rancho Alamitos 3 1 8 9 Bolsa Grande 2 2 9 8 La Quinta 2 2 6 9 Santiago 2 2 9 7 Los Amigos 0 4 2 13

Rancho Alamitos is tied for first place with Garden Grove. Both teams are 3-1.

Jim O’Connor led Garden Grove (3-1, 10-7) with 16 points.

RANCHO ALAMITOS (63)--Patton 17, Carter 5, Velasquez 6, Perry 11, Nguyen 6, Hong 14, Tryon 4.

GARDEN GROVE (59)--Crone 4, Kiefer 1, O’Connor 16, Guibord 8, Duran 14, Kaser 14, Fournier 2.

Rancho Alamitos 17 14 10 16 6 -- 63

Garden Grove 11 21 10 15 2 -- 59

In other Garden Grove action:

La Quinta 71, Bolsa Grande 64--Scott St. John led the Aztecs with 19 points on 9 of 12 shooting. His performance sparked a fine shooting night for La Quinta. The Aztecs made 29 of 47 shots (61%).

John Lee added 18 points and 4 assists for La Quinta (6-9, 2-2). Nathan Barker had 12 points and Mike Zugates led the team with 6 rebounds.

Nam Cao led all scorers with 23 points. Bolsa Grande also is 2-2 in league play.

BOLSA GRANDE (64)--Cao 23, Afdahl 7, Valdez 8, Swoboda 18, Graves 8.

LA QUINTA (71)--Lee 18, St. John 19, Barker 12, Zugates 10, Molin 4, Buford 4, Schneggenburger 4.

Bolsa Grande 14 20 16 14 -- 64

La Quinta 16 19 18 18 -- 71

Santiago 54, Los Amigos 43--Darryl Curry and Rick Burns combined for 33 points as the Cavaliers improved their record to 2-2 in league play and 9-7 overall. Los Amigos (0-4) is still searching for its first league win and is 2-13 overall.

SANTIAGO (54)--Tran 8, Curry 19, Burns 14, Avila 4, Corra 9.

LOS AMIGOS (43)--Howard 8, McMullen 5, Davis 15, Cortez 2, Grandison 5, Anderson 3, Hyatt 5.

Santiago 12 9 12 21 -- 54

Los Amigos 9 12 11 11 -- 43