Prep boys boys basketball playoffs: Vanden starts late but end strong

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Prep boys boys basketball playoffs: Vanden starts late but end strong

For the first six minutes of its game Tuesday night, Vanden High School trailed 7-0 to Mountain House and looked lost. That’s when the smallest player on the Vanden roster made the biggest impact of a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I boys basketball playoff opener. Caleb Rafan — the 5-foot-4 point guard — calmly hit a 3-pointer to put Vanden on the scoreboard. A minute later he hit another jumper. Vanden still trailed 9-5, but the engine was just …