Despite missing several players and its head coach, the San Marcos boys’ basketball team routed Bishop Diego 71-41 on day three of the Santa Barbara Holiday Classic.
The two schools are just a couple of miles apart, and with many of the players on both sides growing up together in the game, energy and effort were apparent throughout.
“I’m sure that [Bishop Diego] really wanted to beat San Marcos, and San Marcos wanted to make sure that didn’t happen,” said Tiffany Simms, the San Marcos High girls’ coach who is filling in on the boys’ side in the absence of Jelani Hicks and several players due to COVID-19 protocols.