Fontana Summit Sky Hawks guard, Montigo Alford, drives to the basket during Summit’s, 51-44, victory over San Bernardino Cajon, Saturday, in a non-league game pitting two of Southern California’s highest rated teams against each other.
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FONTANA, CA – If Summit boy’s basketball coach, Steve Hickey, were to quiz his Sky Hawks, he’d probably start by asking, “what part of our game is the most important factor that has led us our 22 wins?”

He’d probably hear a resounding, “defense!”

And it was the Sky Hawks defense that held the CIF Div 1A’s number four rated team to just 18 second half points in rout to a come-from-behind, 51-44, victory over the visiting San Bernardino Cajon Cowboys, Saturday night at Summit High School.

“We have talked to them all year that our defense will carry our offense,” Hickey said. “We realized we had to play defense and let the game come to us and get a feel for the game that way.”

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