Dos Pueblos boys basketball stayed alive in the Jim Bashore Holiday Cage Classic with a 62-51 victory over Arroyo Grande on Tuesday.
The Chargers started hot with a 19-point first quarter to take a seven-point advantage into the second.
At the end of the first half, the Dos Pueblos lead stood at 30-24.
However, Arroyo Grande came roaring back in the third quarter, taking a one-point lead. The Chargers swung right back with the knockout punch, dropping 22 points in the final quarter to pull away for the win.
“We had another good test today,” Dos Pueblos coach Joe Zamora said. “Our guys really fought back and showed good leadership and decision-making.”
Matthew Zamora led the team with 19 points behind five three-pointers. Following Zamora were Justin Stock and Shane Grant’s double-digit scoring nights, dropping 15 and 13 points, respectively.
The Chargers (4-4, 0-2) will continue their tournament run on Wednesday.
Carpinteria 71, Grace 36
The Warriors dominated their matchup with Grace by a score of 71-36 to move on to the next round.
It was an all-around effort for Carpinteria, with six players scoring eight or more points en route to the wire-to-wire victory.
Sebastian Reed was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 19 points while dominating the boards. Sawyer Kelly and Carlo Suarez joined Reed in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Rounding out the scoring attack for Carpinteria were Edwin Hernandez (9), Aiden Alcaraz (9), Jayson Dishion (8) and Isaya Gonzalez (3).
“We played the game on our terms today and led from buzzer to buzzer,” Warriors coach Jackson Hall said. “I am proud of our guys for playing with poise and maturity in taking care of business and securing the win.”
Carpinteria (6-4) will now take on Cabrillo on Wednesday at 1 p.m. for a spot in the tournament’s championship game.
Bishop Diego 72, Santa Maria 53
The Cardinals rounded out a perfect day for the local teams competing in the Carpinteria tournament with a win over Santa Maria.
While the Saints were looking to get out in transition, Bishop Diego continued to answer and held a 20-13 lead after the first.
“I knew Santa Maria wanted to play a fast, uptempo game, who doesn’t? But I knew we needed to make sure we continued to get good shots no matter the speed we were playing at,” Cardinals coach James Coronado said.
Bishop Diego began to slow the game down in the second and third quarters and a dominant 23-10 performance in the third allowed them to pull away for the win.
“Once we calmed down and made them play defense, we got all the looks we wanted,” Coronado said. “I think our group can play well fast but I wanted to make sure we played fast because we wanted to, not just because that’s the style they wanted to play.”
Dame Krautmann had a big day for the Cardinals, pouring in 27 points. Tua Rojas also chipped in eight of his own.
“Very proud of our guys for playing so hard, we haven’t had much to celebrate thus far this season but we’ll take this one and hopefully build on it,” Coronado said.
Bishop Diego will be back in action in Carpinteria on Wednesday.
Santa Paula 70, Santa Ynez 48
The Pirates struggled to contain the Santa Paula offense en route to the tournament loss.
Ikenna Ofiaeli put up 18 points and eight rebounds while Jude Pritchard followed with 13 points.
