The Eagles, behind 6-foot-11 sophomore center Mahamadou Diop, defeat King's Academy in the CIF Division III boys' basketball championship game.

The Eagles survive a rough fourth quarter to beat King’s Academy of Sunnyvale in the state Division III championship game.

It gets better — he has a 7-foot-3 wingspan, is just 17 years old, and is from Mali in West Africa. “I’m here for school and basketball,” Diop said in the postgame press c

San Gabriel Academy first-year coach Danny Piepoli wants you to know the best is yet to come, which is why he didn’t care if people thought he was crazy scheduling early-season games against

San Gabriel Academy played a challenging schedule to be ready for the postseason, and now the team is where it wants to be — playing on the big stage in the CIF State Championships.