Laguna Blanca boys basketball grabbed a pair of wins on Saturday to cap off the Laguna Blanca Crossover Tournament.
The Owls opened the day with a 52-31 victory over San Luis Obispo Classical.
The Laguna Blanca defense did a solid job neutralizing San Luis Obispo’s Haaken Theule, a forward who can fill up the stat sheet.
“Carson Stewart did a great job of blanketing Theule,” Laguna Blanca coach Phil Sherman said. “Carson’s effort was contagious, as the rest of the team took his lead.”
While Steward led the defense, Ganden Walker poured in 17 points on the offensive end. Charlie Sheldon chipped in 14 points and five assists of his own.
In the afternoon matchup, the Owls came away with a 54-34 win over Coastal Christian.
Eka Nayak had a big game for Laguna Blanca to the tune of 18 points and seven rebounds. Following Nayak were Sheldon and John Mayfield with eight points apiece.
Josh Hanson also turned in a solid performance, prompting Sherman to call him “a force of nature.”
“The schools were very pleased with an opportunity to play in a small school tournament,” Sherman said. “So often schools with very small populations are forced to play pre-season tournaments against schools with much greater populations because that is all that is available.
“I was very pleased with the many parents that accompanied their teams for this event.”
The Owls are now 3-2 on the season.
