Zach Carter, a 34-year-old walk-on head coach, has guided Bellflower High to its first league basketball championship since 1978 in his second season as a head coach. That’s impressive.
Carter was a protege of Patrick Roy, having been an assistant at Inglewood and St. Paul. The team is 20-8 and won the Mid-Cities League title with a 50-47 win over Downey on Tuesday night.
“It was crazy,” Carter said of the reaction in the gym. “The fans, the principal.”
Senior point guards Deacon Botts and EJ Andrews and 6-5 senior Derrick Martinez have led the Buccaneers.
“The kids just worked hard,” Carter said. “I’ve always preached culture.”
Huntington Beach has named former Loyola offensive coordinator Matthew Hatchette its new football coach.
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