Collins carries Braves to victory

Before Friday’s Trinity League game at Santa Margarita, Christian Collins of St. John Bosco was dancing to music and looking so comfortable and loose that it was easy to predict he might do something special.

- By Eric SONDHEIMER

ST. JOHN BOSCO'S Christian Collins got the tying and winning baskets in a win over Santa Margarita.

(NICK KOZA For The Times)

The 6-foot-9 senior delivered the tying basket at the buzzer to send the game into overtime and scored the clinching basket with six seconds left in the second overtime to lift St. John Bosco to a 74-73 victory in a game that lived up to the hype while producing terrific performances from both teams.

“That really was a high-level game,” St. John Bosco coach Matt Dunn said. “They put us in positions that were really challenging and we did the same. I had so many kids play great.”