LOCAL: PREP EXTRA : ATHLETES OF THE WEEK.

ANDREW MOORE

Crespi

Sophomore guard

Moore put on one of the most impressive shooting displays in recent memory, hitting four consecutive 3-pointers during a decisive fourth-quarter run to lead Crespi to a 42-38 upset win over Mission League rival Chaminade on Friday.

Moore, a quiet 6-foot-0 shooting guard, entered the quarter with just four points but finished with 18 thanks to his brilliant shooting display. His final 3-pointer with just over two minutes left put Crespi ahead for good, 39-36. The Celts trailed 33-27 when he started his shooting streak early in the final period.

``I got in a groove and I felt like I couldn't miss,'' said Moore. ``After that first one, I just felt like I could hit anything.''

Crespi coach Dick Dornan had an inkling that somebody would step up in the fourth quarter.

``I knew somebody would get hot, I just didn't know who it would be,'' Dornan said. ``But Andrew stepped up and got the job done. He's a special player.''

RACHEL BURKONS

Harvard-Westlake

Junior driver

Last year, the Harvard-Westlake girls' water polo team lacked a consistent offensive threat to match Jeanine Jackson and was upset in the quarterfinals of the Southern Section playoffs. The Wolverines have that threat now.

Junior Rachel Burkons has rebounded from a so-so sophomore season to become one of the Wolverines' top players. Two of her best matches have come against rival Louisville, and last Tuesday Burkons scored two goals in a 4-1 victory.

Harvard-Westlake is 12-1. Wolverines coach Rich Corso said Burkons is ``light years'' ahead of where she was last year.

``She's improved so much,'' Corso said. ``She's got a lot of confidence now . . . She's not only confident with the ball, but she's become a strong defensive player.''

BY THE NUMBERS

123 - Career pins by Highland High 160-pound wrestler John Garfinkel, tying a state record

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

``Anytime we let down we can get taken. We are the team to beat (in league). We have to play up to that standard.''

- Damaris Hinojosa

Moorpark High girls' basketball star

HEAD 2 HEAD

SCOTT BORCHART

Sophomore forward

Chaminade

Borchart, a 6-foot-8 forward, is one of the top sophomore prospects in the country, a gifted, heady player who can shoot, rebound and defend. He's only a 10th-grader, but Borchart plays beyond his years, combining tremendous court sense with a high level of skill. Borchart projects as more of a perimeter player in college, but he plays in the post for the Eagles. Still, he presents problems because he can knock down the medium-range outside shot as well as dominate around the basket.

ALEX HOLMES

Junior forward

Harvard-Westlake

This 6-foot-4, 300-pounder presents trouble with his deceiving quickness, athletic ability and shooting touch. He looks like a banger - which he can be - but he has the ability to step out to the perimeter and knock down 3-pointers. Holmes can use his size and strength to knock Borchart out of the block, then body him up with heavy leans to deny him easy looks in the paint. Offensively, Holmes needs to be aggressive, run the court, look for his shot down low but also bring Borchart outside.

Harvard-Westlake at Chaminade, today, 5 p.m.

STATLICIOUS

Robin Yount, a 1973 graduate of Taft, became the second baseball player from the San Fernando Valley to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don Drysdale, a graduate of Van Nuys, was the first. The Valley's professional Hall of Famers (listed in alphabetical order):

Player Sport High school

Don Drysdale Baseball Van Nuys

Gail Goodrich Basketball Poly

Bob Waterfield Football Van Nuys

Robin Yount Baseball Taft

UP & COMING

GEORGE OGARRO

Sylmar

George, a 6-foot-7 sophomore center, could be the best all-around player on the Spartans' junior varsity basketball team. The JV has only lost one game - to Crenshaw by three points. Ogarro is one of five players who average double-figures scoring.

ON DECK: Highlights in the week of local sports

This week's must-see: Alemany vs. Harvard-Westlake

Analysis: The most intense girls' basketball rivalry in the area continues. The Indians and Wolverines were the co-Mission League champions last year, then both went on to win Southern Section titles (Alemany in Div. III-A, Harvard-Westlake in Div. III-AA). Then the Indians beat the Wolverines in the Southern Regional Division III final.

The vitals: Today, at 7 p.m. at Harvard-Westlake.

TODAY (12)

Boys' basketball: Quartz Hill at Palmdale, 7:30 p.m.

Girls' basketball: Alemany at Harvard-Westlake, Canyon at Hart, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball: Cuesta at Canyons, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY (13)

Boys' basketball: Chatsworth at Granada Hills, 4 p.m.; Newbury Park at Thousand Oaks, 7:30 p.m.

Girls' basketball: Cleveland at El Camino Real, 5 p.m.

Boys' soccer: Monroe at Reseda, 2:30 p.m.

THURSDAY (14)

Girls' basketball: Camarillo at Channel Islands, 7 p.m.

Boys' basketball: L.A. Baptist at Village Christian, 7:30 p.m.

High school wrestling: Thousand Oaks at Simi Valley, 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY (15)

Boys' basketball: Alemany at Crespi, 7 p.m.; Pacific Hills at Montclair Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Girls' basketball: Taft at Cleveland, 4 p.m.; Nordhoff at Calabasas, 6:30 p.m.

Boys' soccer: Simi Valley at Newbury Park, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY (16)

Girls' basketball: Buena at Crescenta Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Men's basketball: Moorpark at Glendale, Oxnard at Valley, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball: Montana at Cal State Northridge, 7:05 p.m.

CAPTION(S):

5 Photos, 4 Boxes

PHOTO (1) Andrew Moore

(2) Rachel Burkons

(3) Scott Borchart

(4) Alex Holmes

(5) George Ogarro

BOX: (1) HEAD 2 HEAD (see text)

(2) STATLICIOUS (see text)

(3) UP & COMING (see text)

(4) ON DECK: Highlights in the week of local sports (see text)