To The Varsity Boys Basketball Page of Hesperia Christian High School.
Congrqatulations to Aja Ajanwachuku for making the All-CIF Div VAA first team and the All- Agape first team. Congratulations to Jesse McDonald and Josh Hamilton for also making the All-Agape first team.
Congratulations on getting to the quarterfinals of the CIF Div VA playoffs last season and quarterfinals of Div VAA in 2002-2003. It has been great to watch an exciting team these last two years. And to the seniors Jesse McDonald, Aja Ajanwachuku, Bryan Glass, Aaron Garcia, Danny Marriott, Josh Martinson and Nate Patterson, thank you for providing great efforts over the years at HCS. You almost always gave me my money's worth of good quality and class basketball!
The Patriots are led by Coach Lester Simpson and Assistant Coach Scott Dobyns. They played a challenging 2002 summer league schedule and were 9-8. They finished the season 19-8 (8-2) (2-1). The 2002-2003 boy's varsity consisted of:
This team of outstanding young men was ranked #7 on the February 10 CIF poll for Division VAA high schools in Southern California in 2003. They beat AAE and La Sierra Academy before losing to #1 Seed Rolling Hills Prep. In 2001 they lost in the first round of CIF playoffs to Desert Christian in Bermuda Dunes 50-45. In 2002, the Patriots beat Westview and Baptist Christian, Hemet before losing to eventual and three time Division V state champion Price in the CIF quarterfinals.
Remember Patriots:
Excellence can be attained if you ... Care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others think is practical, Expect more than others think is possible.