🏆All-Baseline League🏆
Congratulations to our 5 Spartans who have been selected to the All-Baseline League Team🔰
MVP - ‘25 Nate Garcia
1st Team - ‘24 Xavier Clinton
1st Team - ‘26 Eli Garner
2nd Team - ‘26 Elijah Smith
2nd Team - ‘25 Jacob Allen
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Congrats to
@austincook_12
on his commitment to Idaho State University! We are extremely proud of you and know that you will continue to be great on and off the court!! The future is very bright!
#SpartanHoops
#TheSpartanWay
With heavy hearts, we announce the loss of our beloved freshman coach, Manny Estrada. A mentor and friend on and off the court, Coach Manny's legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of all those he knew, coached, and inspired. Join us 1/8 to honor and remember Coach Manny.
26-9 Overall Record, CIF Southern Section Semi Finalist, & California Regional Semi Finalist. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT SHOWED US SUPPORT THIS SEASON! We battled & left everything on the court. The Seniors have left a legacy that will never be forgotten!
#SpartanHoops
SPARTANS WIN IN A 6 OVERTIME THRILLER!!! After trailing by 18 points at half time, we showed resilience and battled back to get a road win!
@M_Chosen1
had 41 points,
@austincook_12
with 35 points,
@rj_smith5
with 27 points, and
@bballchris03
with 16 points! Instant Classic!!!!
Congrats to our guy
@M_Chosen1
for breaking the Single Season Record for Most Points Scored in a Season with his 29 point performance tonight. He currently has 820 Points on the year and counting! We are very proud of you Malik! 🔥
#SpartanHoops
25-6 and couldn’t be more proud of our crew....thank you seniors for everything....You’ll always be a Spartan and we love all you. You could not have represented Damien any better. THANK YOU
🚨 1000 POINT CLUB 🚨
Congratulations to Malik Thomas (
@M_Chosen1
), who scored his 1000th career point in tonight’s win! We are very proud of you!!
#SpartanHoops
SPARTANS WIN! WHAT A GAME! We showed a tremendous amount of resilience & determination tonight. We fed off of the energy of our home crowed & came away with a victory!
@M_Chosen1
had 32 points,
@austincook_12
with a huge 22 points in the second half &
@bballchris03
with 12!
Congratulations to
@M_Chosen1
for cracking the ESPN Top 100 in the country for the class of 2021! We are very proud of you. Senior Year coming up!!
#SpartanHoops
Congratulations to Class of 2015 Damien Basketball Alumni, Malik Fitts (
@MalikFitts
), who has advanced to the NBA Finals as a member of the Boston Celtics! Congratulations Malik and goodluck in The Finals🏀
#DamienAlumni
Congrats to
@austincook_12
for becoming the All-Time Leader in 3-Point Field Goals Made at Damien High School with 302! In addition to breaking the school record, Austin finishes his career at Damien with 1,471 total points scored! 🔥🔥🔥
#Sniper
#SpartanHoops
Safe travels to our Senior Guard
@austincook_12
as he heads up to Pocatello, Idaho for his official visit to Idaho State University today!
#SpartanHoops
We will play Riverside Poly High School in the semifinals of the
@CIFSS
Division 1 playoffs! The game will be played at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside at 7:00 PM on Friday! Looking to build on our momentum & compete at a high level! Come out & support!
#SpartanHoops
Congratulations to Damien Basketball Alumni, Liam Ryan 16’, for signing with the Seattle Seahawks🏈 From starting Center🏀 of the 2015 Damien Basketball State Championship Team to the NFL🔥🔥 Congratulations Liam and GOODLUCK💚💛
#DamienAlumni
We will travel to Pasadena on Saturday to take on the Renaissance Academy at John Muir High School in the third round of the Division 1 State Playoffs! Come out and Support!!!
#SpartanHoops
#RoadWarriors
SPARTANS WIN!!! A big time performance on the road propelled us to a victory!
@M_Chosen1
lead the way with 29 points and 19 rebounds,
@austincook_12
with 12 Points, Jazz Orosco with 12 points and
@rj_smith5
with 11 points! We are back in action on Thursday!
#SpartanHoops
🚨ALL BASELINE LEAGUE🚨
-Malik Thomas (
@M_Chosen1
)
-Austin Cook (
@austincook_12
)
-RJ Smith (
@rj_smith5
)
Congrats on being selected to 1st Team All Baseline League. Each of these guys have performed at a high level all year & contributed in many ways to our teams success!
JERSEY RETIREMENT🔰
Damien is proud to announce the Jersey Retirement of
#42
Jeremy Hemsley! A true Spartan legend, Jeremy lead Damien to their first CIF-SS (2013) & CIF State (2015) Titles putting Damien Basketball on the Map!
Join us Tuesday 6:30 @ Home to celebrate
#42
!
SPARTANS WIN!!! A big time effort by our guys propelled us to a huge road victory!
@M_Chosen1
had 28 points & 7 rebounds,
@rj_smith5
with 18 points & 10 rebounds,
@bballchris03
with 12 points & 3 assists,
@austincook_12
with 11 points & 7 rebounds! We are back on Tuesday!!!
🏀SCHOOL RECORD🏀
Congratulations to Nate Garcia who broke the Damien High School Single Game Scoring Record last night! The 6’11 Sophomore surpassed Don Bartell’s 51 year old record (47 pts) that was set in 1972!🏆
Nate broke/tied 3 other records in his historic performance⬇️⬇️
🚨SCHOOL RECORD🚨
The 6’11 sophomore, Nate Garcia, broke the single game rebound record pulling in 23 rebounds vs La Mirada!🏀 The big man is off to a blazing start to the season averaging 20.8 points & 17 rebounds thru the first 5 games🔥🏆 Congratulations Nate!📸:
@NIL_TEAM_
Dropped a tough one in the Semifinals. Had a shot to win it at the buzzer & it rimmed out. So proud of the resilience & determination of this team!
@M_Chosen1
had 27 Pts,
@rj_smith5
with 15,
@austincook_12
with 12! We are back on March 3rd for the State Playoffs!
#SpartanHoops
Congrats to our Super Sophomore
@rj_smith5
on being named to the All-CIF D1 Second Team! He ended the year with a pair of 27 & 30 point performances! We are very proud of you!
#SpartanHoops
🏆LEAGUE CHAMPIONS🏆
Damien 61
Etiwanda 49
Leading Scorers:
'25 Nate Garcia 28pts
'26 Eli Garner 11pts
'24 Xavier Clinton 10pts
THE DAMIEN SPARTANS ARE BASELINE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS🔰 The Spartans finish the regular season 24-4 headed into Playoff Selections Sunday! GO SPARTANS!🔰
Congratulations to our 5 Seniors on graduating today!! We are so proud of you and know that you all will continue to do great things! We are going to start a thread highlighting each individual senior throughout the day!
#SpartanHoops
#BrotherhoodForever
#TheSpartanWay
Congrats to our 2019-2020 Spartans on finishing the year STRONG in the class room with a overall team GPA of 3.77!! These guys showed a great amount of resilience on & off of the court this year! This is the SPARTAN WAY!
#SpartanHoops
Pairings are out!! We will travel to Long Beach on Tuesday to take on St. Anthony High School in the first round of the Division 1 State Playoffs! Lets go!!!
#SpartanHoops
#RoadWarriors
GAME DAY!!! Quarterfinals action going down tonight at 7:00 PM here in La Verne! Come out and support as we take on a very good Valencia HS team! Going to be a battle!
#SpartanHoops
🏅SCHOOL RECORD🏅
Nate Garcia has broken the Damien HS Single-Season Rebound Record pulling in 467 rebounds this season!🔥 The 6’11 Sophomore surpassed the previous record (394-Jimmy Oladokun) that was set last season🏀 Nate finishes his great year averaging 21.3 PPG & 15.1 RPG🔥
Tonight we honor our 5 Seniors: Austin Cook, Jazz Orosco, Ethan Borboa, Brandon Tranjuaquio, and Russel Nyoo. When asked what Damien Basketball means to them, this is what they said ⬇️ An amazing group of young men that will do great in any avenue of life!
#TheSpartanWay
SPARTANS WIN!! Battle tested on the road tonight and made some big time plays to seal the victory!
@M_Chosen1
lead the way with 37 points,
@austincook_12
had 16, and
@rj_smith5
with 15! We are back at home on Friday night against Chino Hills HS at 6:30 PM!
#SpartanHoops
We will play Valencia HIgh School at HOME on Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the Quarterfinals of the
@CIFSS
playoffs! Looking to build on our momentum and compete at a high level! Come out and support!!! 🙌🙏
#SpartanHoops
🚨 1000 POINT CLUB 🚨
Congratulations to Austin Cook (
@austincook_12
), who scored his 1000th career point in tonight’s win! We are very proud of you!!!
#SpartanHoops
The Spartans long travel day (7:00am ✈️Utah) was successful winning their first 2 games of the trip taking down 2 of the top HS teams in Utah🔥🏀
• 58 Damien - 57 American Fork (
@_12xavier
game winning 3)
• 42 Damien - 39 Corner Canyon
🏆RINGS REVEAL🏆
On the last day of school for our Seniors, the 2022 Division 1 State Champion Damien Spartans will receive their CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS TONIGHT🏆💍Thank you for everyone’s support of this SPECIAL group of Spartans🏀🔥💚💚
GAME DAY!!! Final 4 of the
@CIFSS
Division 1 Playoffs are tonight! We take on a very good Riverside Poly team at 7:00 PM on the road at Martin Luther King HS in Riverside! Come out and support! HUGE GAME!!!
#SpartanHoops
FINAL
St. John Bosco 63
Damien 59
The Spartans run comes to an end finishing 28-6 and Baseline League Champions! Proud of this great group of young men, thank you Seniors!!!! 🔰 WE'LL RETURN AGAIN!
GAME DAY!!! Second Round of the
@CIFState
Division 1 Playoffs are tonight! A rematch of a game that took place 13 days ago against a very good Riverside Poly team. Game time is 7:00 PM at Rancho Verde HS in Moreno Valley! Come out and support! HUGE GAME!!!
#SpartanHoops
Final
Damien 41
Mira Costa 49
The Spartans come up short in the Quarterfinals finishing their great year with a record of 26-5 (8-2)🏀 Thank you for everyone’s support & thank you Seniors! See you next year WE’LL RETURN AGAIN🔰
🏆SPARTANS WIN🏆
Damien 68
Crossroads 50
Leading Scorers:
'24 Xavier Clinton 24pts (6 3s)
'25 Nate Garcia 18pts
The Spartans advance to the quarterfinals next Tuesday behind Xavier Clinton's big night becoming the 20th member of the 1,000 Point Club! Go Spartans! 🔰
🚨ALL BASELINE LEAGUE🚨
-Chris Nickelberry (
@bballchris03
)
-Harry Han (
@HarryHan_1
)
Congrats on being selected to 2nd Team All Baseline League! Both of these guys have worked hard and contributed to our teams success in many ways!!
#SpartanHoops