Southern Section scores/Open Division roundup: Centennial, Notre Dame, Harvard-Westlake, West Ranch prevail

The Big 3 from Notre Dame combined for 55 in impressive win at Bishop Montgomery
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They're known as the Big Three for a reason. 

Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks' trio of Gonzaga-bound Dusty Stromer (20 points), Duke-bound Caleb Foster (18) and Houston commit Mercy Miller (17) combined for all but 16 of their team's points in an impressive 71-63 win at Bishop Montgomery-Torrance in Southern Section Open Division Pool A play. 

Notre Dame, considered the fifth seed overall, improved to 21-9 while fourth-seed Bishop Montgomery dropped to 25-3. 

Caleb Foster, Notre Dame. Photo: Brian Kimoto

Corona Centennial 68, Sierra Canyon-Chatsworth 63: Duke-bound Jared McCain had a game-high 22 points, made four free throws in the final 20 seconds and was 11 of 13 from the line for the game in a terrific home win for the Huskies (25-3) over the Trailblazers (20-8), which got 21 points by Ashton Hardaway and 13 by Bronny James. SEE STORY 

Pool A play continues Tuesday when Centennial hosts Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon visits Bishop Montgomery. 

Centennial Corona (California) cruised past Liberty (Nevada) 90-64 in Nike Extravaganza showdown at Mater Dei High School On January 28, 2023.
Eric Freeny (13), Centennial had 13 points in Friday's win.  / Nick Koza, SBLive Sports

POOL B

West Ranch-Valencia 55, St. John Bosco 53: Boise State-bound Andrew Meadow had 17 points including a 3-point play with nine seconds to play, according to the Los Angeles Daily News, to lead the host Wildcats (27-1). Bosco's Xinyi Li had a game-high 23 points that didn't include a 3-pointer that swished just after the buzzer. 

Jazz Gardner and Jaqari Miles combined for 17 points for West Ranch, which trailed 23-14 in the second quarter but found its way. 

Harvard-Westlake 69, St. Bernard 57: The second-seed overall and top seed in Pool B got off to a good start with a 16-5 lead after one. But from there, St. Bernard (21-6) hung tough. Four-star prospect Brady Dunlap had 24 points and sophomore Nikolas Khamenia added 12 for the Wolverines (29-1). 

Pool B will continue Tuesday with Harvard Westlake hosting St. John Bosco and St. Bernard traveling to West Ranch. 

The winner of Pool A plays the winner of Pool B for the Open Division championship March 25 at the Honda Center. All eight teams advance to the CIF Southern California regional. 

Brady Dunlap (21), Harvard-Westlake. Photo: Nick Koza

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Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.