Redondo wins second straight tournament
Redondo’s Brandon Boyd was named Most Valuable Player of the Sea Hawk Beach Classic after leading the host team to a 58-42 victory over Narbonne in the tournament’s championship game. Photo Bring on Leuzinger! That was the battle cry among legions of excited Sea Hawk fans after their Redondo boys’ basketball team stretched its winning streak to nine games and its tournament winning streak to two by rolling over Narbonne 58-42 in the final of the 16th annual Sea Hawk Beach Classic. The Sea Hawks open Bay League play next week and will get their first shot at Leuzinger, the highly-ranked preseason favorite to win the Bay League, when they host the Olympians Friday, Jan. 22. Leuzinger lost to Thousand Oaks 59-55 in last season’s CIF Division II-AA championship game. The Sea Hawk Beach Classic was tight for the first half, with Narbonne pulling ahead 27-23 before Redondo’s Tournament MVP Brandon Boyd hit a running foul-line jumper at the halftime buzzer to level the score at 27-27. The Sea Hawks dominated the second half as Jamar Cannon finally found his mojo and showed off his entire repertoire of spinning bank shots, quick change-of-direction drives and the occasional knuckle-ball…
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