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SANTA ANA – The Century boys basketball team avenged its only league loss of the season by defeating Savanna 61-44 Thursday night at Century High to become the outright Orange League champions.
The win gave the Centurions (20-8, 9-1) consecutive league titles for the first time since 2006 when they won four straight league championships from 2003-2006.
“It’s been a really tough year,” Centurions coach Jeff Young said. “We’ve had a lot of ups and downs, injuries, off-the-court stuff, so it’s really nice to get it (league title) by yourself.”
Century wasn’t in the mood to share the title with the Rebels (10-14,7-3).
Century wins back to back Orange League championships by defeating Savanna 61-44. Eduardo Sorto led the Centurions with 14 pts. @ocvarsity pic.twitter.com/nYjQ9uV9Fi
— David Delgado (@DavidDelgado_OC) February 1, 2019
“Savanna won league at least seven or eight times in a row, and to kind of take the throne from them with everyone coming back next year, it’s a really good time in our program,” Young said.
Sophomore Eduardo Sorto (14 points) was one of three starters in finish in double figures in scoring. Sophomore Damian Martinez and junior Tyler Thomas each finished with 11 points.
Young gave credit to the energy of the home crowd for Century jumping out to a 15-5 lead after the first quarter.
“It was huge, good crowd tonight, good atmosphere, good vibe,” Young said. “We don’t get a lot of attendance at our games, so I think the kids were really excited about it.”
The Rebels were led by Waleed Khaliq who scored a game-high 21 points, including five 3-pointers.
The Centurions made sure to hold everyone else in check thanks in part to their zone defense.
Sorto was plagued by foul trouble in the first half but bounced back to score 10 of his team-high 14 points in the second half.
Century also received big contributions off the bench from Ronnie Ramirez and Michael Lay.
Lay (9 points) is one of three seniors on the roster, so his leadership will be called upon during the postseason.
Century fell short of reaching their first CIF final last season losing to Nogales 47-46 in the 5AA semifinals.
“He’s a guy that totally deserves to start on our team,” Young said of Lay. “He’s the first guy in the gym, does everything you want, takes charges, he does all the things you need from role players.
“He’s the reason we win league championships because you have players like that.”
Young hopes his young team is ready for a deep playoff run to cap off an already special season.
“We’re in a tougher division this year,” he said. “We moved up a little bit, but our guys are motivated, they’re going to be fired up and hopefully we get a home game in the first round. Every game is a one-game playoff, so we’ll take the same approach we did last year.”
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