BASKETBALL action started Monday for many area high school teams.

Monday was the opening day of the local high school basketball season for a lot of teams in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area. Most of these are tournament games; league competition starts after the new year. Here are some scores.

Boys basketball

• Santiago 67, Godinez 48
• El Toro 74, Huntington Beach 57
• Pacifica 55, Century 36
• Estancia 64, Orange 40
• Fairmont Prep 59, Los Amigos 46
• El Modena 81, Garden Grove 69
• Ocean View 88, Rialto 41
• Cypress 87, Orangewood Academy 77

Girls basketball

• La Quinta 55, Orange 33
• Pacifica 70, Estancia 23
• Bolsa Grande 40, Santa Ana 29
• Godinez 42, Garden Grove 30
• Cypress 54, Fountain Valley 28
• Westminster 49, Northwood 34
• Aliso Niguel 47, Huntington Beach 46

The top scorers from Monday for boys included Uriel Batista of Orangewood Academy with 28 points, Mehkel Harvey of Ocean View with 22 points, and Justin Cho of Orangewood with 21 points.

Among girls, the top scorers were Taryn Nadeau of La Quinta and Isabella Robles of Pacifica with 23 points each. Frankie Wade Sanchez of Huntington Beach had 18 points.