ALL­TIME BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS ALL DIVISIONS 1911­1988 Year Class Champion Head Coach Score Runner­up Site 1911 Heavyweight Whittier 1912 Heavyweight Whittier 1913 Heavyweight Whittier 1914 Heavyweight Whittier 1915 Heavyweight Whittier John Wilson 38­32 Covina Manual Arts HS 1916 Heavyweight Whittier John Wilson 40­19 Citrus Los Angeles YMCA 1917 Heavyweight Whittier John Wilson 34­16 Hollywood Pasadena YMCA 1918 Heavyweight Hollywood Manly Evans 29­15 Glendale Los Angeles YMCA 1919 (No Playoffs, Influenza) 1920 Heavyweight Orange Al Dowdwen 20­16 Colton Colton HS 1921 Heavyweight Long Beach Ed Keinholz 36­17 Monrovia Harvard Military HS Lightweight 130 lbs Montebello Lightweight 110 lbs Whittier 1922 Heavyweight Alhambra Claude Downing 19­16 Fullerton Montebello HS Lightweight 130 lbs Huntington Park 28­12 Glendale Lightweight 110 lbs Long Beach 26­3 National City 1923 Heavyweight Huntington Park Roy Squire 26­22 Chino USC Lightweight 130 lbs Alhambra 36­33 Whittier Lightweight 110 lbs Orange 29­7 Grossmont Lightweight 90 lbs No Winner (Huntington Park won league competition but could get no other competition) 1924 Class A Inglewood Arthur Badenock 24­18 Chino USC Class B Venice 24­14 Anaheim Class C Santa Ana 26­11 Alhambra 1925 Class A Chino Paul Mickey 26­16 Alhambra USC Class B Santa Monica 19­12 Whittier Class C Grossmont 12­8 Norwalk Class D Anaheim 11­8 Inglewood 1926 Class A Fillmore Eugene Kennedy 10­6 Van Nuys USC Class B Huntington Park 20­19 San Bernardino Class C Anaheim 12­8 Burbank Class D Sweetwater 12­8 Inglewood 1927 Class A Huntington Park Roy Squire 18­14 Long Beach Poly USC Class B Grossmont 24­20 Fullerton Class C Woodrow Wilson 14­9 Fullerton Class D Anaheim 6­4 Inglewood 1928 Class B Santa Monica Floyd Mishier 21­17 Long Beach Poly Huntington Park HS 1929 Long Beach Poly Orian Landreth 32­16 Fullerton Huntington Park HS 1929 Class B Santa Ana Fullerton 1930 Chaffey Karl Kaiser 35­21 Glendale Huntington Park HS 1931 Whittier Don Douglas 25­22 Long Beach Wilson Huntington Park HS 1931 Class B San Diego 1932 Chaffey Karl Kaiser 27­16 Orange El Monte HS 1933 Hoover/Glendale Howard Butterfield 28­24 Santa Barbara El Monte HS 1934 Santa Barbara Clarence Schutte 19­14 Alhambra Whittier College 1934 Class B Hoover (San Diego) 1935 Santa Barbara Clarence Schutte 20­17 Long Beach Poly Whittier College 1936 San Diego Dewey Morrow 47­35 Bonita La Verne HS 1937 Tustin Bill Cole 34­24 Whittier Whittier College 1938 Whittier Don Douglas 43­26 Chino Whittier HS 1939 Long Beach Poly Charlie Church 29­17 Whittier Compton College 1940 Long Beach Poly Charlie Church 32­19 Compton Long Beach Poly HS 1941 Glendale Hoove rPorter Thompson 23­20 Long Beach Poly Beverly Hills HS 1942 Long Beach Poly Charlie Church 31­21 Compton Whittier HS 1943 Redondo Mel Seifert 38­27 Pasadena Redondo HS 1944­45 (No Playoffs, World War II) 1946 South Pasadena Merrill Green 30­25 Santa Monica Whittier College 1947 Mount Carmel Martin Martinelli 68­57 Whittier Compton College 1948 Whittier Glen Kelly 48­41 Ventura Redondo HS 1949 Ventura Bob Tuttle 58­41 Alhambra Redondo HS 1950 El Monte George Phelps 43­40 Santa Monica Whittier College 1951 Compton Ken Fagans 47­33 South Pasadena Whittier HS 1952 Compton Ken Fagans 64­51 Loyola Long Beach City College 1953 Loyola Bill Barnett 40­31 Compton Long Beach City College 1954 Mount Carmel Martin Martinelli 46­36 Long Beach Poly Long Beach City College 1955 Alhambra Claude Miller 46­35 Burroughs/Burbank Long Beach City College 1956 Long Beach Poly Del Walker 74­63 Montebello Long Beach City College 1957 El Monte Eugene Victor 55­54 Mount Carmel Long Beach City College 1958 Compton Bill Armstrong 57­55 Centennial Long Beach City College 1959 Glendale Gene Haas 59­49 Fullerton Long Beach City College 1960 Long Beach Poly Bill Mulligan 46­39 Anaheim Cal State Los Angeles 1961 Compton Bill Armstrong 57­49 Long Beach Poly Cal State Los Angeles 1962 Chaffey Jim Blake 55­51 Arcadia Cal State Los Angeles 1963 Compton Bill Armstrong 52­38 Ramona Long Beach Arena 1964 Long Beach Poly Bill Mulligan 60­58 OT Pius X Long Beach Arena 1 BOYS ALL­TIME BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS MAJOR DIVISION – 1911­88 (Cont.) Year Div. Champion Head Coach Score Runner­up Site 1965 Long Beach Poly Willard Foerster 90­48 North Torrance Long Beach Arena 1966 Sierra/Whittier Len Craven 61­60 Long Beach Poly Long Beach Arena 1967 Monrovia Tony Stillson 62­56 OT El Segundo Long Beach Arena 1968 Compton Bill Armstrong 64­52 Huntington Beach Long Beach Arena 1969 Compton Bill Armstrong 59­55 Sunny Hills Los Angeles Sports Arena 1970 Millikan Howard Lyon 68­37 Monrovia Los Angeles Sports Arena 1971 Verbum Dei George McQuarn 51­42 Crescenta Valley Los Angeles Sports Arena 1972 Verbum Dei Ken Booker 58­48 Pasadena Los Angeles Sports Arena 1973 Verbum Dei George McQuarn 60­45 Pasadena Los Angeles Sports Arena 1974 Verbum Dei John Sneed 70­60 Millikan Los Angeles Sports Arena 1975 Palos Verdes John Mihaljevich 64­52 Marina Los Angeles Sports Arena 1976 Long Beach Poly Ron Palmer 68­50 Buena Long Beach Arena 1977 Pasadena George Terzian 56­49 Long Beach Poly Long Beach Arena 1978 Pasadena George Terzian 70­68 Verbum Dei Long Beach Arena 1979 Verbum Dei Eli Hawthorne 67­54 Long Beach Poly Long Beach Arena 1980 Inglewood Vince Coombs 52­46 Long Beach Poly Long Beach Arena 1981 Long Beach Poly Ron Palmer 65­63 San Marcos Los Angeles Sports Arena 1982 Lakewood Tim Sweeney 82­70 Inglewood Long Beach Arena 1983 Mater Dei Gary McKnight 62­44 Long Beach Poly Long Beach Arena 1984 Long Beach Poly Ron Palmer 45­44 OT Mater Dei Los Angeles Sports Arena 1985 5­A Mater Dei Gary McKnight 68­59 Ocean View Long Beach Arena 4­A Glendale Steve Keith 52­49 Dominguez Long Beach Arena 1986 5­A Mater Dei Gary McKnight 86­59 Serra Los Angeles Sports Arena 4­A Muir Mike O’Connor 58­55 Simi Valley Los Angeles Sports Arena 1987 5­A Mater Dei Gary McKnight 53­52 Millikan Los Angeles Sports Arena 4­A Santa Monica Cliff Hunter 62­60 Westlake Los Angeles Sports Arena 1988 5­A Mater Dei Gary McKnight 74­65 Bishop Amat Los Angeles Sports Arena 4­A Simi Valley Bob Hawking 70­64 OT Capistrano Valley Los Angeles Sports Arena LOWER DIVISIONS 1940­58 NORTHERN GROUP YEAR CHAMPION HEAD COACH SCORE RUNNER­UP 1950 Needles John Fatooh 35 ­34 Lone Pine 1951 Ventura Robert Tuttle 42­30 Santa Maria 1952 San Luis Obispo Robert Punches 49­46 Barstow 1953 Barstow Eugene Beyer 57­46 Santa Barbara Catholic 1954 Culver City Del Goodyear 49­45 Santa Maria 1955 Morningside Al Greenleaf 64­62 OT Beverly Hills 1956 St. Monica William Bonali 71­51 Temple City 1957 Santa Maria Bob McCutcheon 65 ­61 Santa Clara 1958 Burroughs/Ridgecrest Jim Nau 41­40 Bell Gardens SOUTHERN GROUP 1950 Chula Vista Chester DeVore 39 ­26 Claremont 1951 Bonita Joe Deal 55 ­532OT Calexico 1952 Chino Frank Elder 34­32 Chula Vista 1953 Laguna Beach John Randolph 53­46 Hemet 1954 Chula Vista Clarence Burton 61­46 St. Bernardino 1955 Citrus Edmund Smyth 63­58 Coronado 1956 Coronado John Kovac 60 ­54 Citrus 1957 Banning Frank Burke 54­42 San Jacinto 1958 Orange William Frantz 49­40 Escondido EASTERN GROUP 1940 Hemet Kendall Arnett 37­28 Needles 1941 Hemet Kendall Arnett 41­38 Needles SMALL SCHOOLS 1958 Newman Rev. Marion Gienko 45 ­44 Ramona LOWER DIVISIONS 1959­1988 3­A DIVISION 1969 Beverly Hills Charles Reilly 74­62 Santa Maria 1970 Verbum Dei Caldwell Black 77­69 Lasuen 1971 Dos Pueblos Don Volpi 49­40 Bellflower 1972 Camarillo John McMullen 73­71 OT El Modena 1973 Murphy LeRoy Porter 51­45 Katella 1974 Morningside Ron Jacobs 55 ­49 Katella 1975 Garey Mike Wells 55 ­52 San Gabriel 1976 Lynwood Bill Notley 71­70 Palm Springs 1977 Corona del Mar Jack Errion 56 ­50 OT Ramona 2 LOWER DIVISIONS 1959­1988 3­A DIVISION (Cont.) 1978 Ganesha Gary Fulkerson 71­68 J.W. North 1979 Downey Dean Ackland 67­65 J.W. North 1980 La Quinta Dick Katz 63­52 Corona del Mar 1981 Corona del Mar Jack Errion 69 ­54 Tustin 1982 St. Bernard James McClune 57­49 Hoover 1983 Championship vacated 76­53 Palm Springs 1984 J.W. North Mike Bartee 63­53 Estancia 1985 Morningside Carl Franklin 68 ­52 Bonita 1986 Wilson/Hacienda Heights Mike Lowe 54­53 Ganesha 1987 Saugus John Clark 66­53 Rolling Hills 1988 Kennedy John Mayberry 58­54 OT Tustin . 2­A DIVISION Year Champion Head Coach Score Runner­up 1959 San Marino Garland Lewis 64­59 Hart 1960 Point Loma Hilbert Crosthwaite 52­36 San Marino 1961 Bell Gardens Emmet Birk 64­53 San Marcos 1962 Bell Gardens Emmet Birk 70­62 La Salle 1963 El Segundo Cliff Warren 63­61 Laguna Beach 1964 Lasuen Al Brightman 44­42 Chino BOYS ALL­TIME BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LOWER DIVISIONS 1959­88 (Cont.) 2­A DIVISION Year Champion Head Coach Score Runner­up 1965 Servite Remi Tremblay 62­60 Torrance 1966 Santa Maria Bob McCutcheon 68­65 Antelope Valley 1967 South Pasadena John O’Neil 78­75 Azusa 1968 Bishop Montgomery Dave Benaderet 70­54 San Marino 1969 Verbum Dei George McQuarn 90­87 Katella 1970 Wilson/Hacienda Heights Karl Weiglin 45 ­41 Arroyo Grande 1971 Sonora Paul Bush 71­62 Central 1972 Murphy LeRoy Porter 69 ­59 El Dorado 1973 Palm Springs Bill Armstrong 58­57 La Canada 1974 El Dorado Nash Rivera 80 ­76 OT Agoura 1975 El Dorado Nash Rivera 67­55 Culver City 1976 Rowland Chris Ritchey 41­38 Mission Viejo 1977 Channel Islands Don Salado 71­68 Victor Valley 1978 Channel Islands Don Salado 69 ­58 Victor Valley 1979 Cabrillo Glen Abrahamsen 69 ­64 Moreno Valley 1980 Moreno Valley John Dahl 49 ­48 Mission Valley 1981 Glendale Steve Keith 60 ­59 Blair 1982 Burroughs/Ridgecrest Larry Bird 66 ­55 Capistrano Valley 1983 Sonora Paul Bottiaux