Sad news to report

From the Las Positas Men's Basketball site:

Farris takes over as interim head coach
10/11/12

Assistant coach Ward Farris has been named interim head coach for the Hawks during the 2012-13 season.

Head coach Tony Costello, the Hawks' only head coach since the program was established in 2006, is taking a medical leave of absence. In early July, Costello was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer before undergoing surgery in early August. He will need to continue chemotherapy treatments for the next 6 months.

Farris, a former head coach of the Tri-Valley Titans of the International Basketball League, has been an assistant coach for LPC the past two seasons. Farris was a standout player at San Jose State, where he played guard in the mid-1980s. He will be assisted by Toby Merchant, who is in his second season at LPC.

"I feel real comfortable handing the reigns to Ward," Costello said. "He has definitely shown a capability of coaching at this level. I think the players really enjoy playing for him. I'm real comfortable with Ward and Toby in charge."

Let's all offer our wishes for Coach Costello to be back in the coaching box soon.

Foothill over LPC

Foothill 73, Las Positas 63

Foothill College

Brett (Mountain View High) McConnell 6 5-7 17
Darryl (Mills High) Wong 4 3-3 1
Spencer (St. Francis High) Britschki 5 0-0 13 (three treys)
Jimmy (Willow Glen High) Renneke 3 1-2 10 (three treys)
David Fullenwiley 4 2-2 10

Las Positas College

Jarred (James Logan High) Jourdan 7 5-8 19
Cedric (Livermore High) Young 5 1-2 12

DVC and Las Positas both post wins

Diablo Valley 77, Santa Monica 63

Diablo Valley College

Tyerelle (Monte Vista High) Phillips 6 4-8 16
Damon (St. Elizabeth High) Jones 5 3-3 17
Brian (Mt. Diablo High) Goins 6 0-1 13
Devon (Rodriguez High) Pouncey 5 3-5 13

and

Los Positas 75, De Anza 59

Los Positas College

Dylan (San Ramon High) Heath 7 0-1 18 (four treys)
Devonae (Skyline High) Leach 2 9-13 13
Jarred (James Logan High) Jourdan 5 2-2 12
Julian (Bishop O'Dowd) Redmon 4 1-2 10

De Anza College

Denzel (Santa Teresa High) Copeland 4 3-6 14 (three treys)

Las Positas 81, West Valley 62

Las Positas College took down West Valley College 81-62 in a tourney at Skyline College.

Las Positas
Dylan (San Ramon Valley) Heath 6 0-0 15 (four treys)
Julian (Bishop O'Dowd) Redmon 14  (four treys)

devonae (Skyline High) Leach 3 4-4 11
West Valley

D'vaughn Mann (Kennedy High, Fremont) Mann 6 2-3 14

Las Positas tops Delta

Las Positas 61, San Joaquin Delta 51

Las Positas

Jarred (James Logan High) Jourdan 7 4-4 18
Devonae (Skyline High) Leach 5 1-3 13

San Joaquin Delta

Marcus (Bear Creek High, Stockton) Beaird 6 0-0 12
Mitch (Harbor High, Santa Cruz) Postle 5 0-0 10

Friday night high school and junior college basketball scores

Here's an update on the Las Positas College team.

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Mark Tollefsen led San Ramon Valley to a very solid win over Amador Valley and Dom Taplin's double-double powered Oakland High over Oakland Tech as Jimmy Durkin reports.

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Diablo Valley College 82, Modesto Junior College 65

DV -- Brian (Mt. Diablo High) Goins 25, Rafael (Ohio HS) Carter 14, Jordan (De La Salle High) Estrada 12

Modesto -- Jordan (Sonora High) Sergent 19, Julian (Natomas High) Green 13

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Archbishop Mitty 63, St. Ignatius 52

AM -- Aaron Gordon 7-2-16, Colin Wan 4-6-14, Brent Younger 4-4-12

St. Ignatius (14-7, 6-5) -- Johnny Mrlik 7-3-21 (four treys) , Stephen Domingo 5-0-13 (three treys)

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Sacred Heart Cathedral 76, St. Francis 72

SHC -- Joshua Fox 10-6-26, Herman Pratt 5-4-15,

SF -- Ivan Margaretic 7-2-20 (four treys), Kenneth Harris 6-2-16, Vince Miles 5-0-11

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Serra 64, Valley Christian 40

Serra -- Henry Caruso 6-4-16, Connor McGrath 6-2-14, Sam Leahy 4-2-10

VC -- Jonny Parker 5-0-13 (three treys)

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Bellarmine College Prep 55, Archbishop Riordan 48

BCP -- Grant Vermeer 4-4-16 (four treys), Kristoffer Olugbode 3-7-13, Steven Karr 3-5-11,

AR -- Anthony Castillo 5-3-15, Aaron Anderson 5-3-13

Friday links

Cañada College romped over Columbia as Ron Agostini reports -- Peter Pappageorge scored 22 points.

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Head here to catch up on the latest in Las Positas College hoops.

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Howard Senzell of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat is again on the latest involving Analy and Montgomery down in a San Diego tourney.

Cardinal Newman topped Acalanes to win the Sonoma County Classic. Howard Senzell has the details.

Bonta Hill covered the SI victory over Burlingame.

Here are the Bay Area News Group -- East Bay Male Athletes of the Week.

The latest on MPC , Cabrillo and Las Positas hoops

Monterey Peninsula College took third place in its tournament with a win over Hartnell.

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Hosting the tournament, Cabrillo College first took down Porterville and but then fell to undefeated (8-0) Cañada as Peter Pappageorge took most valuable player honors.

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Las Positas beat Delta Saturday night.

The latest on Las Positas basketball

Here are early season game reports for Las Positas College and Coach Tony Costello. One player, center Tim Thomas, has already signed a letter-of-intent to play for Pacific next season.

Plus, here are the stats so far this season for LP (and we thank them for having such at the athletics site).