BOYS’ BASKETBALL ‘94-’95: SOUTH COAST LEAGUE

DANA HILLS

1993-94 RECORDS OVERALL LEAGUE 14-12 7-3

COACH RECORD AT SCHOOL Bryan McSweeney 0-0

RETURNING STARTERS YR. HGT. P Donald Meyers Sr. 6-3 G/F

TOP RETURNERS YR. HGT. P Carl Mandrioli Sr. 6-2 F Blake Marston Sr. 5-11 G

TOP NEWCOMERS YR. HGT. P Josh Bowser Jr. 6-3 F Mike Hutchins Jr. 6-2 F

OUTLOOK

McSweeney takes over for Jim Wilson, who resigned for personal reasons. McSweeney was the JV coach last season and a varsity assistant and freshman coach at Woodbridge the two previous seasons. He has a lot of rebuilding to do. Meyers, a two-year letterman, averaged 13 points and was a second-team all-league pick last season. He helped the Dolphins finish second. But there’s little else experience-wise. The Marston-Hutchins-Mandrioli trio will have to step forward and produce. They are unknowns who must become leaders. The Dolphins don’t have much size. In fact, McSweeney, a 1985 graduate of Dana Hills who played at Stanford, is the best big man in the program. He was a 6-7 forward and a two-time all-county selection. But he finds no big man to teach. The Dolphins have no one taller than 6-3. They will have to work on the boards or lose games there. McSweeney plans to make up for the lack of height by playing toward the team’s strength--quickness. Dana Hills will pressure full court and try to turn games into track meets. Inexperience might slow them at first, but McSweeney hopes the team can challenge for a playoff berth. They reached postseason play the past two years.

SCHEDULE

December 2 at Laguna Hills; 6 at Irvine; 8-10 at Laguna Hills tournament; 19-21 at Bullhead City (Ariz.) Matador tournament; 26-30 at Coast Classic tournament.

January 3 vs. Glendale; 6 vs. Mater Dei; 11 at Trabuco Hills; 13 at Mission Viejo; 18 vs. Capistrano Valley; 20 at San Clemente; 25 vs. Trabuco Hills; 27 at Mater Dei.

February 3 vs. Mission Viejo; 8 at Capistrano Valley; 10 vs. San Clemente.

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