Dennis Evans finishes his career at Hillcrest as the all-time leading shot blocker with 563 (16 in a one game), most triple doubles with 7, and second all-time leading scorer and rebounder with 1,083 and 794 respectively 😳 This year he shot 33% from 3 and 74% from the FT line!
FIRST GAME ✔️
Hillcrest 76
Vista Murrieta 48
Keith Hall 22
Ruben Sevilla 10 assists
Dennis Evans 19 pts, 12 reb, 4 blk
Jayson Wiltz 16 pts, 10 reb, 2 a
➕ Coach Rob!
Christian 43 Hillcrest 42
Didn’t make the shots we needed to tonight but I could not be more proud of a group of young men than I am of HILLCREST BASKETBALL 👏🏻 We are family 👨👩👧👦 Fans included, you were awesome 👍🏻
Let it sting tonight, let it motivate you tomorrow.
Salesian 56 Hillcrest 55
Hats off to Coach Mai and Salesian, they were great 👏🏻 Ran out of time but we never gave up! Proud of this group, their effort, and their sacrifice. Good news is that it’s not over,
@CIFState
starts on Tuesday 👊🏻
So proud of Sebastian Mendoza (Hillcrest HS c/o 2020) for picking up his first offer last night from
@GreenWaveMBB
👍🏻 This young man has made huge sacrifices and outworked everybody, excited to see who else gets on board 🤔
Sebastian Mendoza (Hillcrest c/o 2020) had an unbelievable junior campaign and has been working harder than everybody since. Check him out this weekend in Atlanta with Team Inland 🤩
Extremely proud of Victor Ohia Obioha, words wouldn’t do it justice! I look forward to watching his growth and improvement under
@CoachRomar
and
@PeppBasketball
🏀🌊 You’re going to have to work harder than you’ve ever worked before!
Dennis Evans is a fan favorite wherever he goes - in the classroom with his teachers, with his peers, in the grocery store, in opponents’ gyms after knocking them out of the playoffs, & in other countries too! Proud of his humility and how he handles all of the attention
#MVP
🇺🇸
Hillcrest 55 Francis Parker 41 (final)
@CIFState
This group and my coaching staff continue to amaze me, I’m speechless 🤩 Marcus Eggum is 3-0 as a head coach this year with wins over Servite, Redlands East Valley, and Francis Parker 🤫
Fun day at Hillcrest 😎 Thanks to Coach Derek, Coach Downer, Coach Smith, and Big Vic for coming to our workout today and congratulations to Sebastian Mendoza on receiving a scholarship offer from
@calpolymbb
👍🏻
Sebastian Mendoza (Hillcrest High School, class of 2020). Through 5 games he’s averaging 32.4 ppg on 52.4% shooting (41.9% from 3, 85.4% FT), 11.6 rpg, 2.8 apg 😳 Back to work next week in the Riverside Kiwanis Tournament 👍🏻
November is over.
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-Player of The Month of November
-Coach of The Month of November
-Game of The Month of November
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Hillcrest 69 Carlsbad 47
Sebastian Mendoza (2020) led the way with 21 points. Brian Mendoza (2018 ... the bigger brother) had 9 assists and 4 steals.
Hillcrest will host Francis Parker on Saturday at 6pm 👍🏻
@CIFState
San Gabriel Academy 65
Hillcrest 52
Couldn’t be more proud of this group! Everybody played their heart out but we came up short against a very talented team. Sebastian Mendoza led with 41 points 🥶
Congratulations to Sebastian Mendoza (class of 2020) for earning 1st Team All-CIF in 3AA, leading Hillcrest to a 22-8 record and back to back league titles 🥇⛹🏽♂️👍🏻
Congratulations to Sebastian Mendoza (Hillcrest HS c/o 2020) for receiving a scholarship offer from
@UCRMBB
🐻🏀 Here are some of my favorite Highlanders of all time 🤩
River Valley League 🏞⛹🏽♂️
MVP:
🎖 Sebastian Mendoza (2020)
1st Team:
🥇 Chris Anderson (2020)
🥇 Rafael Gomez (2020)
🥇 Muchiri Macharia (2019)
2nd Team:
🥈 Devan Billedo (2021)
🥈 Mason Greene (2021)
Hillcrest 64 Providence 53
Like Pun said, “You ain’t got no wins in mi casa” ☝🏻❌🏡
Chris Anderson 21 (6/7 👌🏾💣)
Sebastian Mendoza 13, 9 reb
Keith Hall Jr. 11
Jayson Wiltz 10, 10 reb 🍔🍔
#TheChrisAndersonGame
Hillcrest 51
Servite 41
This is one of my proudest moments as a coach, our team faced a lot of adversity and prevailed as the
#KingOfTheHill2019
CHAMPS 👑 Looks like Keith Hall Jr. made the All-Tourney Team and I’m guessing Sebastian Mendoza was MVP 🤩 Great win for Coach Eggum!
🏀 Hillcrest 71 Yucaipa 48 🏀
Sebastian Mendoza (c/o 2020) scores 29, becoming the first Hillcrest player to top the 1,000 point career scoring mark 🤩👏🏻🙌🏻👊🏻👍🏻
👨👩👧👦: Come be a part of our FAMILY
🏆:
@CIFState
Regional Semifinals
🆚: Christian (El Cajon)
📅: TOMORROW (Tue. 3/13)
🕖: 7pm
📍: Hillcrest
🗣:
#PACKTHEHOUSE
5am film session with Sebastian (6ft apart & outside). Everyone says they want to be great, he actually puts in the work 👍🏻 Watched some
@SanJoseStateMBB
games with a focus on ball-screen defense, offensive philosophies, & his potential role on the team. I had a blast 😎
Like Tom Petty said, “It’s good to be KING, if just for a while ...”
Hillcrest 64 Aliso Niguel 48
MVP 🤟🏾 Victor Ohia Obioha
All-Tourney 🤙🏼 Sebastian Mendoza
I always wanted to try and solve problems. Then I met my wife and she told me sometimes I just need to listen. I don’t know what the answers are but I’m here to listen. Please let me know if I can ever do anything to help YOU!
#CoachesStandforJustice
✊🏾
#BlackLivesMatter
#BeHeard
Hillcrest 65 Hart 58
S. Mendoza 28p, 9r, 6a, 2s, 1b
C. Anderson 13
J. Wiltz 10
M. Owens 9
D. Evans 5
Home
@CIFSS
3AA Semifinal on Friday at 7pm, you already know what to do
#PackTheHouse
🗣🗣🗣
Hillcrest 50 Newbury Park 38
Sebastian Mendoza 21p, 10r
Jayson Wiltz 12 big ones‼️
Dennis Evans 11 boards
Really proud of this team! Battled through a good team and great home crowd, silencing them by only allowing 5 fourth quarter points 😳
@pollonpreps
At Hart on Tuesday!
Congratulations to Cedric Wells (
@nextlevelwells
) for accepting the La Sierra boys basketball head coaching position! Much of our success these past 3 years is due in large part to Coach Wells 💍 Great hire by La Sierra. I’ll be rooting for you 363 days out of the year 😈
🏞🏀 River Valley League 🏀🏞
MVP
🏆 Sebastian Mendoza (back to back)
1st Team All-League
🥇 Chris Anderson (‘20)
🥇 Jayson Wiltz (‘21)
🥇 Dennis Evans (‘23)
2nd Team All-League
🥈 Mason Owens (‘20)
🥈 Keith Hall Jr. (‘21)
🙌🏼👏🏽👍🏾🤜🏿🤩🤩🤩🤛🏿👍🏾👏🏽🙌🏼
Thanks to my former teammate and fellow Wu-Head, Coach
@Nick_Book24
for coming out to practice today! Eastern Washington is officially the first school to stop by Hillcrest and check on Sebastian Mendoza (16 years old, class of 2020) 😀👍🏻
Hillcrest 81 Patriot 41 🏀
It was pretty cool to score 81 points tonight, I am still at a loss for words 🙏🏻 Thanks to Coach Hart and
@PatriotHSHoops
for allowing us to honor Kobe Bean Bryant tonight
#BlackMamba
D. Billedo 19
S. Mendoza 18
K. Hall Jr. 13
M. Owens 11
Couldn’t be more proud of our effort tonight. We continue to grow as a family 👍🏻
Hillcrest 66 Francis Parker 63
Sebastian Mendoza - 22 points
Victor Ohia Obioha - 15p, 13r, 7b
Brian Mendoza 11
Osman Mansaray 10
We host Christian on Tue at 7pm!
Congratulations to Victor Ohia Obioha for earning Player of the Year honors for
@CIFSS
4AA 🙌🏻 “To the VICTOR go the spoils” ... nothing but BIG things ahead 👍🏻📈🆙🏆
Dennis Evans (7’0, 14 years old) is going to be a PROBLEM! This might be my favorite clip of the season so far - unselfishness, celebration, leadership, player-led coaching and communication 🤑 On the road in the state playoffs‼️
Hillcrest 76 Ramona 33
All 3 teams got the W 👍🏻 Sebastian Mendoza scored 17 points, which tallies up to 2,015 for his career 😳 Come out to Senior Night on Thursday!
Dennis Evans
7'1, 230, 15 yo, c/o 2023
11.6 ppg, 12.1 rpg, 1.1 apg, 5.6 bpg
55 FG%, 68 FT%
Excited for Dennis to get a chance to play in front of college coaches this weekend at
@Section7Az
🤩📈
Hillcrest 62 Ramona 45
All 3 teams got the W. Varsity secures at least a share of their first ever league championship 🏆
Vic Ohia Obioha (
@VictorTriggz
) led the way w/ 25 pts, 16 reb, & 9 blocks! Sebastian (
@bas2nice
) and Marco (
@_marco_aa
) each added 12 👍🏻 23-3 (8-0) 👀
Finally cleaned out my car today ... here is “The Play” but it was all about the PLAYERS! Lots of action in that far corner 😂 I still can’t believe it, so proud of this team 🤩
Thanks to my good friend and former teammate, Marvin Lea (
@EleateSports
), for coming out and speaking to our team tonight about what it’s like to lose in the CIF Finals and then turn right back around and win
@CIFState
... first to do it from Riverside County 🤩
Mason Owens is an awesome young man and was vital to our team's success this past season!
@mason_owens0814
is headed to DePaul on an academic scholarship to study film & television 🤩 His favorite movie is The Dark Knight 🦇 Thank you for everything!
Hillcrest 74
Grand Terrace 61
Sebastian Mendoza (c/o 2020) had 19 rebounds and set the single game scoring record for Hillcrest with 49 points 😶 Intense game! Elsinore v Hillcrest tomorrow at 6pm for a spot in the championship on Saturday!
#KingOfTheHill2018
👍🏻
Hillcrest 91 Norte Vista 43
Marco Alvaradejo (
@_marco_aa
) 23
Vic Ohia Obioha (
@VictorTriggz
) 20
Sebastian Mendoza (
@bas2nice
) 13
Brian Mendoza (
@bbriann34
) 13/7a
We improve to 22-3 on the year, 7-0 in league. Oh yea, Sebastian had some nice dunks tonight 😮
Hillcrest 64 Vista Murrieta 52
Finally! 🙏🏻 Sebastian Mendoza (c/o 2020
@bas2nice
) led with 34 points and 11 rebounds 😳 Rafael Gomez (c/o 2020
@RafaelBeast24
) chipped in with 11 points 👍🏻 Looking to start a winning streak on Saturday at Murrieta Mesa 😈
Come out to our home game on Friday vs
@RamonaHoops
& help support Coach Norman & his family 🙏🏻 All 💰 from the gate & everything from the snack bar will go directly to the Norman Family ... come together for each other during trying times!
#community
👍🏻
#bballfamily
🏀👨👩👧👦
Bloomington finishes with 2 wins, today over Sultana. The Bruins were led by senior McKinley Tarpley (
@Kinley155
) who was selected to the
#KingOfTheHill2017
All-Tournament Team 👍🏻
Congratulations to Team Inland and Sebastian Mendoza for showing out in Augusta, GA this weekend 👏🏻 Pleased to announce that Sebastian earned a scholarship offer from
@SanJoseStateMBB
🤩