Windsor beats Montgomery on Parker Canady’s buzzer-beater

Parker Canady hit a shot at the buzzer Monday night as Windsor’s boys basketball team defeated host Montgomery, 40-38, for the Jaguars’ 13th consecutive victory.

Canady rebounded Gabe Knight’s miss 6 feet from the basket and put in the winning shot.

“I was on the baseline and when Gabe put up his shot I moved toward the basket,” Canady said. “The ball bounced off the rim and hit the Montgomery player in front of me.

“The ball came right into my hands and I just went up with a quick release. It was a prayer shot.”

Canady got tangled up with the Montgomery player in front of him and fell to the ground as the ball hit nothing but net.

“It’s a great feeling,” Canady said. “Before I moved to Windsor, I lived in Tennessee and hit a game winner there.”

Canady, who averages in double figures, wound up with only four points Monday.

“I got into foul trouble and that limited my playing time,” he said. “I was kind of angry because I wasn’t doing more to help the team. In the end, everything turned out fine.”

Windsor had already clinched the NBL title and coach Travis Taylor was concerned the Jaguars might have a letdown.

“I knew this would be a tough game for us,” he said. “We’d already clinched, we didn’t have school on Monday and we were out of our routine.

“Give Montgomery a lot of credit. They battled hard and are a good young team.”

When they met Jan. 19 at Windsor, the Jaguars won 49-30.

The Vikings trailed by six points early in the fourth quarter. They still were behind 38-35 with 30 seconds remaining. Then, Lane Young made a free throw but missed the second one.

Abraham Rodriguez stole the rebound and found Joel Seitz moving to the basket for a tying lay-up with 15 seconds remaining.

Taylor called time out and set up a final play that would have Knight take the final shot.

Montgomery coach Zac Tiedeman saw a bright light even in defeat.

“My guys played great,” he said. “To hold a team like Windsor to 40 points is an accomplishment. They competed hard and I’m proud of them.”

For the Vikings (13-10, 7-5), Lane Young led the way with 19.

Knight took scoring honors for Windsor (13-0, 21-3). He had 21.

CARDINAL NEWMAN 56, ?MARIA CARRILLO 37

At Maria Carrillo, the Cardinals fell behind early before rallying for a comfortable win.

The Pumas were hot at the start and raced to a 10-2 advantage. However, by halftime, Newman had recovered and led 28-18.

The Cardinals put the game away by outscoring the home team 13-2 in the third quarter.

“We did a better job defensively after the first quarter,” Newman coach Tom Bonfigli said. “Also we rebounded better than in recent games.”

Conor McCarthy was Newman’s top scorer with nine.

For Carrillo, Ryan Harden had 12 and Kurgan Brown had nine.

Newman is tied for second place in league with an 8-4 record. Overall, the Cardinals are 16-8.

Carrillo fell to 2-10 and 6-18.

SANTA ROSA 56, ?RANCHO COTATE 26

At Rohnert Park, Anthony Gallegos scored a game-high 22 to lead the Panthers.

Santa Rosa is tied for second in league with an 8-4 record and two games remaining.

The Panthers’ defense held the Cougars to six field goals through three quarters.

Lending Gallegos support was Shamus Lyons. He scored 12 with all those coming from behind the 3-point line. Demetri Morton led Rancho with 12.

Santa Rosa is 13-11 overall while Rancho is 1-23 and 0-12.

UKIAH 50, CASA GRANDE 44

At Ukiah, Sammy Mora scored 15 and Ben Carter contributed 12 as the Wildcats held on.

Casa got to within five points but Ukiah made five free throws in the closing minute to preserve the victory.

“What’s nice is that we’re winning different type games,” Ukiah coach Jeff Silva-Brown said. “We scored 88 last week when we beat Santa Rosa and then came back and won this defensive-type game.”

Tommy Buickerood was Casa’s top scorer with 10.

Ukiah is 11-13 and 7-5 while the Gauchos drop to 8-16 and 4-8.