Posted on Fri, Feb. 25, 2005

CONCORD CAN: Most followers of DFAL boys basketball this season felt that the last team standing in the way of Alhambra and a league championship was Mt. Diablo.

Few considered Concord a threat. Except, of course, the Minutemen.

"Our kids believed," Concord coach Jim Bradshaw said after his team upset the Bulldogs 46-42 at Alhambra on Friday. "We've gone through ups and downs this year, and it was really a matter of these kids believing in themselves for four quarters."

Matt Andreoli scored a game-high 15 points for a Concord team which led at halftime, but needed to fight back from a six-point, third-quarter deficit.

The upset left both Alhambra and Campolindo tied for first.

If the team finish the season tied for first, they will both be considered co-champions. However, Alhambra will earn the automatic playoff berth as a result of beating the Cougars on Feb. 8.