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SCHS BASKETBALL TEAM STANDINGS BY YEAR

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The league started as the CCAL or Coast Counties Athletic League. The larger schools formed the A league and the smaller schools were normally in the B league. This changed back and forth during the years, which are not dealt with here. One can find that information at the top of each all sports coverage by years section.

By 1965 the league felt that MBL Monterey Bay League would be a better or more appropriate name for the league and it was changed.

In 1972 the MBL grew too large for one league, so the league was divided into the North Division, Santa Cruz County schools in one league and Monterey and San Benito county schools in the South Division.

In 1976, the schools in Santa Cruz county thought their league would be more appropriately called, the Santa Cruz County Athletic League and at this time the leagues were split off. Monterey and San Benito county schools retained the MBL or Monterey Bay League name.

YEAR	LEAGUE RECORD	PLACE	SEASON	OTHER
1916	3-1	C0-CH W	3-2	Lost playoff to go to NCS to Watsonville
1917	5-0	CH	6-1	NCS 1-1
1918	4-1	CO-CH M	8-2	Beat Monterey in playoffs, NCS FINALS
1919	3-2	THIRD	3-2
1920	7-0	CH	8-0
1921	5-1	SECOND	6-2
1922	4-1	CH	4-2
1923	4-2	SECOND	4-2
1924	4-2	SECOND	6-3
1925	2-4	FOURTH	4-6
1926	2-2	(=SPLIT)	5-6	Only 2 other league teams
1927	5-1	CH	5-5
1928	5-1	SECOND	8-2	Pacific Grove Champions
1929	5-1	TRI-CH	5-5	TRI-CH with PG and M. Lost to PG playoffs
1930	1-4	LAST	1-4
1931	4-2	SECOND	8-5
1932	9-3	SECOND	12-9
1933	8-2	CO-CH S	8-10	Lost in playoff to co-champion Salinas
1934	2-4	THIRD	8-6
1935	5-1	CH	9-5
1936	8-2	CO-CH W	14-3	Lost playoff to co-champion Watsonville
1937	8-2	SECOND	16-3
1938	7-3	THIRD	8-8
1939	12-0	CH	14-3	BEST OF ERA
1940	12-0	CH	15-2
1941	7-3	THIRD	8-4
1942	5-0	CH	10-1
1943		NO INTERSCHOLASIC GAMES. WW II
1944	4-4	FOURTH	4-4
1945	6-2	SECOND	9-5
1946	2-6	THIRD	5-7
1947	3-4-1	THIRD	8-8-1
1948	5-3	THIRD	12-7
1949	4-4	THIRD	12-8
1950	1-5	LAST	7-10
1951	0-6	LAST	6-10
1952	1-5	FOURTH	11-8
1953	5-1	CH	19-3	TOC consolation winner
1954	2-4	THIRD	12-11
1955	0-6	LAST	4-14
1956	1-5	FOURTH	5-12
1957	3-3	THIRD	16-8
1958	7-2	SECOND	17-9
1959	8-2	CH	15-6	TOC SEVENTH
1960	9-3	THIRD	13-7
1961	3-5	FOURTH	11-9	WON DADS TOURNEY
1962	6-2	SECOND	12-8
1963	7-3	THIRD	12-9
1964	9-3	SECOND	16-8
1965	9-3	CO-CH NS	17-9	BEAT N orth Salinas in playoff, CAMELLIA TOC 8th
1966	8-6	THIRD	11-10
1967	11-3	CO -CH NS	19-6	BEAT NS, WON DADS, CAMELLIA TOC 8
1968	13-1	CH	22-2	WON DADS, SECOND CCS
1969	12-0	CH	28-2	WON DADS, SECOND, CCS, BEST OF ERA
1970	3-15	LAST	6-20
1971	5-13	FIFTH	9-14
1972	11-7	THIRD	15-10
1973	11-4	THIRD	19-6	WON DADS
1974	3-12	LAST	4-19
1975	1-14	LAST	1-23
1976	4-11	THIRD	6-18	(3-7 in North Division)
1977	5-5	THIRD	10-14
1978	7-8	THIRD	8-15
1979	4-6	FOURTH	11-13	WON DADS CLUB
1980	5-5	?	10-14	League playoffs 2-1. CCS 0-1
1981	2-8	Tied for Last	9-14
1982	9-3	Tied second	16-11
1983	8-4	Third	16-11
1984	6-8	?	10-16
1985	11-3	CO-CH/A	15-03	CCS 0-1
1986	10-4	Second	22-7	CCS Div II South 1-1
1987	11-4	Third	16-12
1988	13-1	Champs	27-8	CCS 3-1, second in CCS Div III, Nor Cal 0-1
1989	10-2	Champs	17-15	CCS Division 2-1, semifinals
1990	12-0	Champs	21-9	League playoffs 2-0. CCS Division III 1-1
1991	7-5	Third	13-17	CCS Division III 0-1
1992	10-2	Second	24-7	League playoffs 2-0. CCS Division III 0-1
1993	10-4	tied Second	19-13	CCS Division III 1-1
1994	10-2	Champs	21-10	League playoffs 2-0. CCS Division III 1-1
1995	8-4	Second	19-12	Beat round robin Harbor twice in the league playoffs to be co-champions. CCS Div. III 1-1.
1996	11-1	Champs	24-7	CCS Div. III 2-1 to semifinals. Won Dad Tournament
1997	11-1	CO-CH/SLV	23-10	SLV beat SC in the league playoffs for a Co-Championship. CCS Div. 2-1, finals
1998	5-7	tie Fourth	13-17	CCS Div. III 0-1
1999	12-0	Champs	32-1	CCS Division III 2-1 in semifinals. Were 30-0 going into the final game.
2000	9-3	C0-CH/A	26-6	Second in round robin, but won playoffs to be Co-champs with Aptos. CCS III 1-1 semifinals
2001	12-0	Champs	30-4	CCS Division III 2-1 semifinals, seeded fourth
2002	10-2	Tri-Ch MVC, SOQ	23-9	CCS Division IV 2-1 semifinals
2003	7-5	C0/CH/SOQ	21-14	CCS Division III 2-1 semifinals
2004	12-0	Champs	30-3	CCS Div. III 2-1 semi’s. Tourneys won: Dads Club, Palma
2005	12-0	Champs	36-1	CCS Div. III 3-0 Champs. NorCal 3-0 champs. State Championship. Three preseason tourneys won: Dads, Palma and St. Francis for first time
2006	12-2	Champs	20-11	CCS 2-1 semifinals. Eight league titles in row
2007	6-6		13-18	CCS Division III 1-1 Quarterfinals
2008	9-3	Second	14-17	CCS Division III 1-1 Quarterfinals
2009	4-8		14-17	CCS Division III 1-1 Quarterfinals
2010	10-2	Co-Champs	19-10	CCS Division IV 1-1 Quarterfinals

SCHS TOP SCORERS BEFORE 1980

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From Santa Cruz Sentinel covering mainly the sixties.

Teams in the years before the eighties with the highest number of points scored, listed by year, opponent and score:

1969	Soquel 94-50
1964	North Salinas 91-73
1963	North Salinas 90-51
1963	Wilcox 88-48

Players with the highest number of points scored in their careers, by name years played varsity, games played, points scored and average per game.

Larry Griffin,	1962-65, 70, 1160, 16.6
James Smith,	1956-59, 65, 1070, 16.5
Glen Griffin,	1963-66, 69, 1007, 14.6
Steve Smith	1960-62, 58, 923, 15.9

High scorer for one season, by name, year accomplished, games played, total point and average.

Larry Griffin,	1964-65, 520, 26, 20.0
James Smith,	1957-58, 488, 25, 19.5
Steve Smith,	1960-61, 394, 21, 18.8
Glen Griffin,	1965-66, 375, 19, 19.7

Players with the highest scores in a game by name, year and points per game.

James Smith, 38, 37 and 36, during 1958 and 1959 seasons.

Dave Martini, 36, 1972 in upset of Alisal CCS champions in the last game of the league season

In 1961 Steve Smith was second in league scoring with 152 points an average of 19 per game. Jensen of Monterey, who played at Utah was first with 186 for a 23 average.

In the decade from 1959 to 1969 the Cardinals have won five championships, finished out of the first division only once and been in the top three all the rest of the time. Quite often as the bridesmaids. The reason has been four great players that these eyes have had the good fortune of watching since joining the Sentinel. The era began in 1956-57 when James Smith made his debut. Later in his career he score 38 points to set a Cardinal single game record. Now a UC Berkeley Medical school student was a starter at Cal. His brother Steve was next and probably was the best all around player is starting for Cal along with Rusty Critchfield of Salinas another top scorer from this area. Larry Griffin had the softest touch of all and set the school record for both the single season and for the career. Glenn need four points in his last game to become the third highest scorer and he got eleven.

WHO WILL BE SC’s NEXT SUPER SCORER?

Will it be Gary Ghidinelli, Tom Foster, Kris Sorensen or Kirk Waller?

In the last decade, the Cardinals, who have won two championships, finished out of the first division only once and have been in the top three all of the rest of the time. Quite often they have been the bridesmaid. The reason has been four great players that these eyes have had the good fortune of watching since joining the Sentinel. Glenn Griffin, the last of the big four, which is actually two brother combinations, played his last game last Friday.. He needed four points in that game to become the Cardinal’s third all time scorer topping 1000 markers in a career. He got 11.

The era began in 1956-57, when James Smith made his debut. Later in his career, James scored 38 points for the highest individual gain in a Cardinal career. Now at the University of California as a medical school student, he went on to be a starter for the Bears for all four years.

Then came Steve Smith, who while not quite as tall as James proved to be probably the best all around player of the quartet. He is currently starting for Cal for the second year along with another ex MBL star, Rusty Critchfield of Salinas.

Larry Griffin, who is burning up the nets for Cabrillo College this season, had about the softest touch of all and set school records both in one season and for an all time career.

The records for each of the four players is listed with the years, games played, field goals made, free throws made, total points and averages of points per game.

Larry Griffin
Year	G	FG	FT	TP	AVG
1964-65	26	207	106	520	20
1963-64	24	183	116	482	20.1
1962-63	20	64	30	158	7.5
Totals	70	454	252	1160	16.6
James Smith
Year	G	FG	FT	TP	AVG
1958-59	20	161	134	456	22.8
1957-58	25	172	115	488	19.5
1956-57	20	39	49	127	6.3
Total	65	372	298	1071	16.4
Glenn Griffin
Year	G	FG	FT	TP	AVG
1965-66	19	147	81	375	19.7
1964-65	26	118	74	311	12
1963-64	24	122	77	321	13.4
Total	69	387	232	1007	14.6
Steve Smith
Year	G	FG	FT	TP	AVG
1961-62	19	102	87	291	15.3
1960-61	21	138	118	394	18.8
1959-60	18	95	48	238	13.2
Total	58	335	253	923	15.9

SCHS LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL STANDINGS BY YEAR

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YEAR	LEAGUR RECORD	PLACE; SEASON RECORD
1923*	4-1	Co-Ch/W 4-1 Beat Watsonville in playoff
1924	3-2-1	Second 5-2-1
1925	4-2	Second 4-3
1926**		Champs Beat KC playoffs, NCS finals
1927
1928	4-2	Third 7-3
1929*		Co-Ch/PG Beat PG playoffs, NCS finals
1930**	6-1	Champs 6-1 NCS finals
1931	3-3	Third 9-4
1932*	5-1	Tri-Ch 8-3-1 Tri-Champs with King City &
1933	4-6	Fourth 7-9
1934**	5-1	Champs 7-2
1935*	4-2	Co-Ch/S 7-6 Salinas beat SC in playoff
1936	7-3	Second 13-5
1937**	10-0	Champs 19-0
1938**	6-1	Champs 6-1 Lost to San Jose in NCS
1939	8-4	Third 11-6
1940**	10.5-1.5	Champs 15.5-1.5 Tie game get half a
1941**	10-0	Champs 12-1
1942**	5-0	Champs 10-1
1943	War no games
1944	5-3	Third 5-3
1945	3-5	Sixth 6-8
1946*	6-2	Co-Ch/S 8-4 No Play off
1947	4-4	Third 11-8
1948**	6-2	Champs 13-6
1949	3-5	Fourth 9-15
1950	2-4	Third 6-11
1951	1-5	Third incomplete
1952	0-6	Last 7-12
1953	2-4	Third 11-9
1954	1-5	Third 5-18
1955	2-4	Third 4-14
1956	0-6	Last 4-11
1957	4-2	Second 10-10
1958**	7-2	Champs 16-4
1959**	10-0	Champs 20-0
1959	8-4	Fourth 14-3
1959	5-3	Third 11-5?
1959	6-9	as of February 2
1959	6-4	15-7
1959	8-4	Third
1959	1-11	Last 5-15
1959	13-1	Champs 18-3
1959	14-0	Champs 20-1 Best team since the early 40’s
1959	11-5	Champs 16-5 With two games to go
1959	18-4
1959	8-4	17-6
1959	14-4	Second 19-4
1959		Lightweights replaced by a freshman team.