Dos Pueblos girls basketball kept it rolling with a 72-62 win over St. Bonaventure on the road on Thursday.
The Chargers are now 8-2 to begin the season.
“I was happy with our leadership from our captains and their positive energy,” Dos Pueblos coach Manny Murillo said. “That kept us in the right mindset to compete.”
As it has been all season, the offense was firing early for Dos Pueblos, giving them a small lead heading into the halftime locker room.
While the defense struggled a bit to contain the Seraphs, the Charger offense made up for it.
After a quiet third quarter for Dos Pueblos allowed St. Bonaventure to get back into the game, the Chargers turned it up and dropped 20 points in the fourth to pull out the win.
Justine Katz once again lit up the scoreboard with 23 points while Taylor Grant followed with 15 points.
Eden Wynne was a force in the paint, putting up nine points and nine rebounds in the game.
“Eden affects the game in many ways,” Murillo said. “She plays defense, rebounds on offense and defense, can score inside and out and plays really unselfishly.”
Santa Barbara 34, Foothill Tech 31
The Dons came away with a tight victory over non-league opponent Foothill Tech.
Foothill led early in the contest but a strong defensive effort by Santa Barbara in the third quarter swung the momentum. Foothill Tech managed just two points in the quarter.
Spark Borges Aispero was clutch in the win, hitting a pair of fourth-quarter shots and securing the game-sealing steal as the clock ran out.
Statistically, Jaz Gordon led the team with 13 points and five rebounds.
The Dons and the Chargers will face off on Tuesday at Dos Pueblos at 7 p.m.
Cate 53, La Reina 6
The Rams rolled through La Reina to wrap up play before winter break.
“Each member of the team contributed important minutes, and we had wonderful ball movement and balanced scoring,” Cate coach Laura Moore said.
Cate held La Reina to just two points per quarter before shutting them out in the fourth to put the cherry on top of a dominant win.
“Once again, our defense was key to our success,” Moore said. “We kept La Reina uncomfortable by switching up our defenses throughout the first 16 minutes, which led to a number of steals/deflections and strong offensive finishes by the Rams.”
The junior trio of Lilli Whelan, Sam Jimenez and Sanai Edwards led a strong rebounding effort to create plenty of second-chance opportunities to score.
On the offensive end, there was plenty of ball movement to go around, getting every player on the roster involved in the scoring.
“I can’t say enough about our effort in transition, both offensively and defensively,” Moore said. “We kept La Reina largely off the foul line, which has hindered the Rams’ success this season.
“More importantly, we pushed on offense and got wonderful fast break opportunities for every single member of our team.”
Jimenez led the team with 11 points while Ada Hansen joined her in double figures with 10. On the boards, Whelan grabbed eight rebounds.
The Rams return to Tri-Valley League action in January.
Boys
Newbury Park 78, Bishop Diego 42
The Cardinals struggled to keep up with Newbury Park en route to a non-league loss.
“We got smacked in the mouth and we never really stood up to the physicality,” Bishop Diego coach James Coronado said. “Credit goes out to [Newbury Park], they were super aggressive from the jump and we had trouble adjusting.”
Newbury Park scored 20 points in each of the first three quarters to separate themselves from the Cardinals and never looked back.
“I refuse to say we are young because I don’t believe in that as an excuse,” Coronado said. “We are older than we were when we battled another tough team two days ago and lost on a buzzer-beater.
“We are now 10 games deep into the season, so we are older and more experienced than we were at the beginning of the season. We just didn’t show it tonight, but I believe in these guys and we will get it right, I promise you that.”
It was a balanced scoring attack for Bishop Diego, as Eddie Perez, John Michael Flint and Luke Eliassen each scored nine points.
