JV Girls Basketball

Griffins win 18-15; Eagles miss championship

The International girls junior varsity basketball team edged Christian Learning 18-15 in their home gym Tuesday afternoon to preserve the Griffins undisputed possession of first place in the now-completed regular season.

The Griffins (5-1) will now face Cooperative (4-2) in the junior varsity championship tentatively scheduled for April 14 at a location to be determined.

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NO EXIT -- Eagle Rebekah Kienzle (24) is triple-teamed by Griffins

Jonatan Muñoz, International

If the Eagles had won Tuesday's game, then International, Christian Learning, and Cooperative would have been tied with 4-2 records, and the participants in the champiuonship would have been determined on the basis of which two teams had the fewest points scored against then, a reckoning that seemed to favor International and Christian Learning.
In Tuesday's clash, the Griffins and Eagles battled evenly through the first quarter, which ended with the Griffins leading by one point, 6-5. The Griffins widened their lead by scoring four unanswered points in the second quarter, and led 10-5 at the half.
The Eagle girls stormed back in the third quarter, outscoring the Griffins 10-4, and taking the lead at 13-12 and 15-14.
Both teams seemed to be suffering from fatigue as the game went into the fourth quarter, and there was no score during the first four or five minutes. The Eagles seemed to have the advantage in shots taken, and there were a lot of shots taken, but neither team could get the ball to fall through the net.
Finally Griffin Carolina Baldivieso got loose with the ball all alone at midcourt and dribbled in to score a lay-up that put the Griffins back in the lead 16-15.
The last few minutes became a confusing maelstrom of time-outs and foul shots, as Christian Learning went over the foul limit and every foul became a shooting foul.
The Griffins made two of their eight opportunities at the foul line, widening their advantage to the final margin of three, 18-15.
For the Griffins, Baldivieso finished with six points. Angela Gagliardi and Irene Vergara and Fabiana Zelada each had four points.
For Christian Lerning, Jenny Zimmerman tallied five points, Rebekah Kienzle had four, while Jessica Smith, Elisa Oh, and Haven Lee each had two.

Supercharged Jaguars beat Knights, 63-4

The Cooperative girls junior varsity basketball team coasted to an easy 63-4 victory over Cambridge at the Knights' gym Tuesday.
The Jaguars, who had started the season with a pair of lopsided losses and looked nothing like a championship contender, now find themselves in the championship game against International. Indeed, the Jaguars probably deserve to be the favored team after having beaten International decisively in their second meeting of the season.
Cambridge finishes at 0-6 in a season during which the Little Knights clearly opted to build for the future, giving ample playing time to previously inexperienced fifth and sixth graders.
The Jaguars main problem had been geeting its best players on the court at the same time, which proved difficult early in the season due to injury and other reasons.
Everyone was present for duty Tuesday, however, and the Jaguars put on an awesome offensive display. Giovanna Varalta had 22 points (including Cooperative's last 12 points). Tania Landivar was right behind her with 20. Maria Fernand Villegas had six. Jessica Maureira and Estefania Sauto had four each. Ximena Fagan and Megumi Kamiya both had two points, and Karla Aguilera had one.
For Cambridge, Nicole Fermin and Amaya Yañez had two points each.

JV Boys Basketball

Ribera-less Knights beat Jaguars 16-11

The Cambridge boys junior varsity basketball team completed its undefeated season with a hard-fought 16-11 win over Cooperative in the Knights home gym Tuesday.
For the first time this year the little Knights were playing without eighth grader Jose Ribera, who had been averaging close to 25 points a game for the JV, and is also among the top varsity scorers.
Ribera cut his hand badly, and the wound required ten stitches to close. The stitches will be removed Friday, meaning he will be out for Thursday's Cambridge-Cooperative varsity game as well, but will be back for the JV championship game and varsity playoffs.
Many fans had been wondering how the Cambridge team would fare without its main man, and the answer that emerged from Tuesday's game was that they are still a formidable team, but far more mortal.
Even with Ribera absent, Cambridge had a full comkplement of 12 players dressed for the game, and nearly all of them saw action.
Cooperative, which finished the season at 1-5, had nine players in uniform for the game.
Neither team scored in the first quarter, and Cambridge led only 6-4 at the half. The Knights improved that slightly to 10-7 at the end of the third quarter.
Six different players scored for Cambridge. Andres Hurtado and Anthony Salvatierra both had four points. Alonso Tercero, Nicolas Dagnoni, San Jun Cho, and Diego Bejar had two points each.
Jose Mozza more or less was the Jaguar attack with nine points. Luis Simon added the other two points for Cooperative.

Junior Eagles outpace Griffins, 19-6

The Christian Learning boys junior varsity basketball team completed a 4-2 season with an easy 19-6 victory over International in the International gym Tuesday.
The Little Eagles now face undefeated Cambridge in the junior varsity championship game tentatively scheduled for April 14. Despite the difference in records, the Christian Learning team has shown it can play Cambridge on an even level. The two teams went into overtime in their second meeting of the year, which Cambridge won by just two points.
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GOING FOR THE BALL -- A pair of Eagles battle a deuce of Griffins for a rebound.

Jonatan Muñoz, International

Both Christian Learning and International got off to a slow start Tuesday, and at the end of the first quarter the score was knotted at 2-2. The Eagles accelerated a little in the second quarter to take an 8-3 lead at the half. The Eagles then improved that to 13-4 at the end of the third quarter.
For Christian Learning,Cesar Flores was the leading scorer with nine points, including some nifty driving lay-ups in which he chnged direction several times en route to the basket. Jose Eduardo Coloma had five points, Luis Doi had four points, and Caleb Hwangbo had one.

2009 Eagles the "best ever?"

More counties heard from

The SCISL did not get a lot of responses to the proposed debate on whether the 2009 Christian Learning boys varsity basketball team ever to don uniforms in the League, but the ones we got underlined the now global reach of the website.
Tim Swope, captain of the 2008 Christian Learning team, wrote in from Bethel College in Indiana with this possibly somewhat equivocal comment on the 2009 team’s place in history: “As far as being the best team, I believe that they are definitely one of the best ever.”
Juan Manuel Salas, who played for Cambridge from 2005 to 2008, wrote in from Lima, where he now lives (and plays), with a counter-proposal: the 2006 Cambridge team:
“Yeah I still read the SCISL News. But I don’t agree with the article you posted about the 2009 Christian Learning team being the best team ever,” he wrote.
“Let me take you back to 2006. The Cambridge starting lineup was Manfred Grote, Jorge Yuan, Anibal (The Animal) Ibanez, Diego Lopez, and me. With the obvious exception of myself, all giants who once walked the Earth. I was just a little kid (ninth grade) but I did get to play with them, and I can tell you that they were incredible.
“We finished the entire championship tournament undefeated. We allowed less than 23 points per game, and scored over 45 in all of them. The only game SCCLC actually kiiiiinda had a chance was in the final, where they only lost by six points.
“Not only that, but for most of the games we had Oscar Vargas Vivianni, probably the greatest player ever to set foot on an SCISL court, mainly sitting on the bench. Riding the pine. Why was that?
“Yes, that’s right, this was the year of the supposed “recruiting scandals.” Lopez and Vivianni both came to the school as seniors, both knew our PE teacher, both wanted to play basketball, both enrolled late, and were, through a clerical error, left off the team lists submitted to the League. But none of this, to my mind, constituted a “scandal.”
“They both had good reasons to enroll at the school. Vivianni wanted to learn English and go to the US to play basketball (which, incidentally, he did). Lopez´ family had just moved back to Bolivia from the US. His younger siblings, Raquel and Alvaro, also enrolled and are much admired as players and as persons in the League today.
“Nonetheless, much fuss was raised about all this, and the two boys played under a cloud all season. Finally, in a bizarre ruling, only one was allowed to play at a time. One can only wonder what kind of scores we could have run up with both on the court. However, the rest of us – the supporting cast, so to speak – were no slouches, as we proved by winning the championship the following year – 2007 -- with all home-grown talent.
“We were very good in 2007. But we were much better in 2006. In fact, I would say we were the best ever.”

Girls Varsity Basketball

Lady Knights surge, beat Eagles 22-12

The Cambridge girls varsity basketball team jumped out to a 13-1 halftime advantage and then staved off an attempted Christian Learning counterattack to post a 22-12 victory Thursday in the Christian Learning gym.
The Lady Knights, notorious for having hot first halves and sloppy second halves, started off like pistols with sophomore Maira Lino firing in two three-pointers and a two-pointer in the first half. Her scores were augmented by baskets from Mariana Escaño and Raquel Lopez.
Cambridge cooled off in the second half, losing their intensity on defense and their discipline on offense as Christian Learning clawed it way back into the game, closing to within seven points at 19-12.
At that point Lino threw in yet another three-pointer to make the final score 22-12.
Cambridge and Christian Learning are now tied for second place behind Cooperative, which moved its record to 4-1 with a victory over International Tuesday.
Christian Learning plays winless International next week, while Cambridge and Cooperative play one another.
For Cambridge, Lino had 11 points, Lopez seven, and Escaño four.
For Christian Learning, Kaylyn Lampen had five, Whitney Belovicz four, Tabitha Malloy two and Ruth Nyquist one.

Jaguar girls beat Griffins easily, 36-2

The Cooperative girls varsity basketball team handled International with consumate ease, winning 36-2 in their home gym Thursday.
The Jaguars led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter, and 19-0 at halftime. The Griffins broke up the shutout with a basket by Maria Isabel Barrenechea in the third quarter, but the Jaguars rolled up an additional 18 points in the second half to win 36-2.
Cecelia Aponte had another big day for the Jaguars, scoring 12 points, including two three-pointers. Carla Limpias tallied eight points, Nicole Broersma and Ana Paola Peredo each had six, Tania Landivar had four and Carolina Crespo two.

Varsity Boys Basketball

Eagles dominate Knights 58-27

The Christian Learning boys varsity basketball team demolished any doubts sthat may have been lingering as to whether or not they are the dominant team in the League this year with a decisive 58-27 thrashing of second-place Cambridge.
The result, which will do nothing to quell speculation that the 2009 Eagles may also be the team of the century in the SCISL (and, who knows, maybe Bolivia), was never in doubt as the Eagles zipped out to an 8-0 lead.
Cambridge got back to within four at 8-4, but then the Eagles were off to the races, piling up a 16-5 advantage at the end of the quarter, and 31-12 at halftime.
The only suspense in the second half was whether the Eagles would hit 60 points, a target they only narrowly missed.
The Eagles passing game was nothing short of brilliant as they consistently penetrated a Cambridge defense that had been famous for shutting down that kind of attack.
The Eagle defense was just as intense, and was aided by the fact that none of Cambridge's vaunted outside shooters was having an "on" day.
The Knights salvaged some honor by outscoring the Eagles in the fourth quarter, 9-8. The Eagles by then were substituting freely (i.e., even more freely than usual). Still, one had to admire the artistry of Knight Daniel Kim as he launched a courageous one-man counter-attack with a sequence or athletic fast breaks in which he tallied six of those nine points.
But it was definitely too little, too late. Christian Learning had three players who scored in double-digits, and nine who scored. Tim Zimmerman led all scorers with 14 points. Paul Estes followed with 12, Danny Canaviri had ten, Andre Larsen eight, Kyle Swope seven; Andrew Burgin, Josh Mojica, and Richard Ling scored two each, and Nicolas Smith had one.
Kim was high man for Cambridge with nine points. Jose Ribera had seven, Fabricio Suberana six, and Tae Han Kook four.
In the mitigatung circumstances department, Lopez was playing with a high fever for Cambridge. Christian Learning was without the services of starting forward Jeff Stabler, who was out of the country.

Griffins easy victors over Jaguars, 41-14

The International boys varsity basketball game won its second victory of the year by beating Cooperative in the Jaguar gym Thursday.
Students of numerology will no doubt want to study the inversion pattern in the scores of International's pair of victories over the Jaguars. The Griffins won the first meeting between the two teams 31-13, and took this one 41-14. (Will the next score be 51-15?)
The Griffins moved out to a 9-2 lead in the first quarter, which became 15-2 at the end of the half. Both teams picked up the scoring pace in the second half, but International never let the Jaguars close the gap.
Internationl outscored Cooperative 15-6 in the third period, and 11-6 in the fourth period.
Griffin David Huang led all scorers with 19 points. Ernando Tesch and Mario Rohrman each had eight for the Griffins. Joaquin Castañedo, Nicolas Bedoya, and Jan Ivo Sochtig each had two points.
Nicolas Suarez led the Cooperative attack with eight points. Diego Morales, Andres Shin, and Jose Alfredo Abuawad had two points each for the Jaguars.

JV Girls Basketball

Jaguars end Griffins unbeaten string, 16-6

The Cooperative girls junior varsity basketball team defeated previously undefeated International Tuesday in their home gym 16-6, considerably tightening the race for the regular season championship and the two places in the junior varsity championship game.
Despite Tuesday's loss, International, with a 4-1 record, is assured a place in the championship pairing. Cooperative, which had stumbled off to a 1-2 start in its first three games, is now 3-2 and tied with Christian Learning for second place.
The Jaguars would also seem to have the easier path ar this point, having only a game with winless Cambridge remaining on their schedule. International and Christian Learning clash against one another in their final game of the season next Tuesday.
The Jaguars pounced early Tuesday, taking a 5-0 lead in the first period, which became 11-2 at the half.
International, since it is already assured of a spot in the championship game, may have been playing somewhat "under wraps" Tuesday, but Cooperative had no trouble icing the victory though the Jaguars scored only five points in the second half. The Griffins tallied four.
For the Jaguars, Tania Landifar had five points; Karla Aguilera four; Giovanna Varalta, Ximena Fagan, and Naomi Andrade two each; and Jessica Maurier one.
For International, Angela Gagliardi had four points. Two points could not be attributed.

Eagle JV routs Cambridge girls, 44-6

The Christan Learning girls junior varsity basketball team had no difficulty picking up its third win of the season against two losses against Cambridge Tuesday afternoon, winning 44-6.
The outcome was never in doubt, as the girl Knights fell behind 10-2 at the end of the first quarter, and 19-4 at the half. Still this was an improvement on the Knights last outing, when they were shut out by International.
For the Eaglettes, Jessica Smith ran amok, scoring 23 points. Rebekah Kienzle had eight, Jenny Zimmerman six, HaEun Lee four, Michelle Ling two, and Elisa Oh one.
Three players scored for Cambridge: Veronica Rios, Nicole Fermin, and Paola Lin Lee.

JV Boys Basketball

Overtime thriller!
Knight JV escapes alive from Eagles, 27-25

The Cambridge boys junior varsity basketball team got the scare of the season from a scrappy and determined Christian Learning team that forced the undeated Knights into overtime before finally succumbing 27-25 at the Eagles gym Tuesday .
The little Eagles sprang an innovative defense on the visitors, and came through with some clutch shooting that tied the game in the final second of regulation, and then had put the Eagles into the lead with only a little time showing on the clock in overtime.
But a shot in the final seconds by Cambridge eighth grader Andres Hurtado, a three-year veteran of the junior varsity wars, gave the Knights the win.
It was an impressive reversal of form for the Eagles, who had been beaten 42-17 in the first meeting between the two schools this season. The Knghts, in fact, had been beating everyone badly ths year. This was the first game in which they scored less than 35 points, or won by less than 26.
The key appeared to be a "diamond plus one" defense imposed on Cambridge by Christian Learning coach John Mann. In this set-up four of the players formed a 3-1 zone, while Cesar Flores tracked Cambridge star Jose Ribera around the floor like a Secret Service man shadowing the President of the United States.
The defense appeared to become increasingly effective as the game wore on. Although Christian Learning had jumped off to a 4-0 lead, Cambridge had steadied and taken a characteristic 10-4 lead by the end of the opening period, which the Knights stretched to 17-7 at the half.
The Eagles had held Ribera to only seven points in the opening half -- a low total for him -- but other Knights, including Alonso Terceros, Kevin Mendez, and Hurtado had stepped in to fill in the gap.
The Eagle defense tightened in the second half. The three players strung across the court at about the foul line stopped passes from going inside, and Cambridge's sharp-shooters, including Ribera, seemed to lose the coordinates of the basket.
When Ribera tried to compensate with some of his parented slashing runs to the basket, two (or more) Eagles collapsed on him like a pincers, blocking his path. Four or five times the Cambridge star had to pick hmself up off the floor.
Once erect, he went directly to the foul line, but was not hitting with his normal accuracy, and picked up only three points shooting fouls during regulation time. He had at least eight chances to score.
Christian Learning paid another price for its determined defense when Flores fouled out before the end of the game, but by then Ribera himself was showing acute signs of wear and tear.
Meanwhile, the Eagle shoorers were making their share of key buckets. The Eagles outscored Cambridge 8-1 in the fourth quarter, with Flores and Josiah Canaviri getting a basket each, and Haziel Martinez a pair, including the crucial score to tie the game at 20-20 after the Eagles inbounded the ball with only four seconds showing.
The thrills and chills continued into overtime. First Cambridge took the lead on a pair of foul shots by Ribera. Eagle Luis Doi tied the score with a set shot. Ribera returned the favor at the other end to give the Knights back the lead. Whereupon Richard Enns sank a three-pointer to put the Eagles ahead 25-24.
Various scoring efforts by both sides ensued before Hurtado took charge of the ball at the top of the key and pumped it into the basket to put Cambridge in front by a single point, which is how it ended at the buzzer.
Ribera got to shoot two foul shots after time had run out, and made one to make the final score 26-24.
For Cambridge, Ribera collected 15 points, Hurtado six, Terceros four and Mendez two.
For Christian Learning, Enns and Martinez each had seven and Flores six. Doi and Canaviri both had two points, and Damon Janzen had one.

Junior Jaguars outpoint Griffins, 18-12

The Cooperative boys junior varsity basketball team coasted to a relatively easy 18-12 win over International Tuesday in their home gym.
The Jaguars took a 6-1 lead in the first quarter, and held the same margin at the half, 7-1, after a relatively uneventful second quarter. They pushed that out to 14-5 at the end of the third quarter.
Matthew Delozier was the big gun for the Jaguars, with 10 points. Jose Mozza had four, and Josue Abuawad two. Two of Cooperative's the points could not be attributed.
For International, Claudo Santos had six, Joaquin Wray 3, Daniel Hanley two, and Jose Eduardo Coloma one.

Varsity Girls Basketball

Resurgent Jaguars triumph over Eagles, 26-14

The Cooperative girls varsity basketball team, playing with more assurance than it has all year, decisively defeated Christan Learning 26-14 Thursday afternoon in the Christian Learning gym.

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COLLISION COURSE -- Jaguar Ana Paola Peredo (5) and Eagle Whitney Belovicz (4) go for the ball -- hard.

Sung Jae Jang, Christian Learning

The victory avenged a two-point defeat the girl Jaguars had suffered earlier this season at the halds of the Eagle girls, and clouded the race for the regular season championship. No girls varsity is now unbeaten.
The Jaguars unleashed their attack early on, and led 10-4 at the end of a first quarter in which four different players scored for the Jaguars. They stretched that to 15-7 at the half, and 22-10 at the end of the third quarter.
The previous game had been much closer, and was broken open by three-pointers fired in by Eagle sharpshooters Ruth Nyquist and Kaylyn Lampen durng the third quarter.
Lampen was out with dengue fever for this game. Nyquist did shoot a three-pointer in the third quarter, but it only served to cut the Jaguar lead down to ten points.
Jaguar Sofia Sotelo, a ninth grader, was the top scorer in the game with 14 points, including a three-pointer. Cecelia Aponte had four points. Ana Paola Justiniano, Nicole Broersma, Ana Paola Peredo, and Carla Limpias each had two points.
For Christian Learning, Tabitha Malloy had four points, Ruth Nyquist had three (on her three-pointer), and Whitney Belovicz, Jessica Smith, and Erica Kienzle had two points each.

Lady Knights easily overcome Griffins, 29-5

Ana Saavedra Banzer
Cambridge College
Controlling the game from the very beginning, the Cambridge girls varsity basketball team combined its best offnsive and defensive performances of the year to fashion a 29-5 victory over International in the International gym Thursday.

The Griffins were able to bring the ball down the court successfully, but couldn't seem to get the ball in the basket. They could not match the Knights shooting accuracy.

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SLIPPING THROUGH -- Knight Maria Escaño finds a back door to the basket.

Jonatan Muñoz, International

Both Griffins and Knights were fighting hard, but the first period ended with the Knights ahead 5-0, and it was 16-2 at the end of the half.
The second half followed the same patterm. The Griffins were able to get the ball to the basket, but not in it.
Meanwhile, things were exciting for Cambridge. They were really into the game and having fun!
Mariana Escaño had her best game of the year, scoring 11 points for the Knights. Raquel Lopez had eight, Maira Lino seven (including a three-pointer) and Stephanie Quiroga two.
For International, Adriana Ocampo had three points, and Regina Landivar two.

Boys Varsity Basketball

Griffins scare Knights, but succumb 40-37

By Ana Saavedra Banzer
Cambridge College
For two years in a row, the International boys varsity baskball team has scared the living daylights out of a high-flying Cambridge team in the teams' second meeting of the year, only to lose in the end by three points.
One more such occasion will officially make it a League tradition.

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ON FIRE -- Knight Jose Ribero unleashes a shot. The eighth grader had three three-pointers among his 22 points.

Jonatan Muñoz, International

This year the Griffins stormed back in the third quarter to erase much of the 10-point lead Cambridge had eventually built up at halftime, and then the Griffins continued their challenge into the fourth quarter, finally tying the score before Cambridge added its final three points to gain the victory. The game was played in the International gym.
The Griffins were strong and serious at the beginning of the game, and got off to a great start for them as they had no trouble breaking through the Cambridge defense. The Griffins jumped out to a 6-0 lead with two quick baskets by David Huang, who was really fighting for his team, and one by Mauricio Nostas.
But Cambridge also wanted to win this game, and the Knights were not about to fall apart. With 2;24 left to go in the first period the score was 7-7 in a game that had been pure excitement. (We need more of these games!)
Knight eighth grader Jose Ribera, who was ON FIRE in the first half, threw in a three-pointer to make the score 10-7 at the end of the quarter. Ribera had scored seven of Cambridge's ten first quarter points, with the remainder coming on a three-pointer by Daniel Kim.
Cambridge pushed its lead to 27-16 at the end of the half, as Ribera hit two more three-pointers, plus a standard two-point bucket. Cambridge athletic director Steven Hill, who was sitting in the stands, commented to those around him, "I wonder what Jose had to eat today."
Ribera's teammate Alvaro Lopez scored four in the second quarter and Tae Han Kook had two.
Huang and Nostas continued to account for the Griffins scoring.
In the second half the Griffins WOKE UP, however, and soon were catching up, pulling within four at 29-25. Cambridge's shot selection was poor, and the Big Red team was not working the ball as well as it had in the first half.
In the fourth quarter Mario Rohrman was doing an outstanding job for the Griffins, scoring four straight baskets. Rohrman was also dong a terrific job on defense, pulling down rebounds.
The Griffins evened the score at 37 all with a three-pointer by David Huang.
Both of the teams were really into the game at this point, and playing with confidence. You could see the tension in everyone's eyes as the game entered the final minutes.
Cambridge edged ahead by one point on a foul shot by Kook. An International player had a chance to tie the game or go ahead with a pair of foul shots but missed.
Finally Daniel Kim hit a two-pointer that gave the Knights their final three-point margin of victory.
All told, Ribera was the top scorer for the Knights and in the game with 22 points, the highest one-game total for any player this year. He had three three-pointers. Lopez tallied eight, Kim five (including a three pointer), Kook four, and Fabricio Suberana two.

Eagles give Jaguars a routine workover, 46-16

The Christian Learning boys varsity basketball team continued its roll toward an unbeaten season as they posted their fourth straight win with a 46-16 whipping of Cooperative in their home gym Thursday.
The outcome was never in doubt as the Eagles sprinted out to 15-2 first quarter lead, which they fattened to 21-4 at halftime.

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LOOKING FOR A WAY -- Jaguar Oliver Lederman (6) tries to find a way around Eagle Pul Estes (18).

Jung Jae Jang, Christian Learning

The victory margin was typical of the totals Christian Learning has been posting this year, but seemed to require less intensity. The Eagles seem to increasing their efficiency on offense and defense as the season rolls on.
The Jaguars played decently, but were outclassed by the Eagles in every department -- shooting, passing, defense, and rebounding.
The largest deficiency was probably shooting accuracy. The Jaguars could bring the ball down court, work the ball around until they got a good shot -- but, with rare exceptions, they missed.
The Jaguars made only four baskets from the floor in the entire game, and had a shooting percentage that must have been in single digits.
The Eagles, by contrast, were very accurate from the floor and the foul line, and got baskets from nine different players.
Paul Estes and Danny Canaviri both had nine points for the Eagles. Andre Larsen and Tim Zimmerman had eight apiece. Jeff Stabler had four. Kyle Swop, Jordan Newman, Andrew Burgin, and Josh Mojica had a two-pomt basket each.
For the Jaguars, Diego Morales had eight points, Jose Alfredo Abuawad had four, Nicolas Suarez had two and Andres Shin had two.

JV Girls Basketball

Jaguar JV turns tables on Eagles, wins 24-17

The Cooperative girls junior varsity basketball team avenged an earlier loss to Christian Learning by beating the Eagles 24-17 in the Christian Learning gym Tuesday afternoon.
It was a far different contest from the one earlier this year in which the Eagles had given the Jaguars a thorough thrashing, 35-8.
The difference was largely attributable to the fact that fr the first time this season the Jaguars had both of their best players, Giovanna Varalta and Tania Landivar, available for duty, though Varalta still had her injured left wrist taped and didn't start.
The presence of the two seemed to cause the Jaguars to gel, and eventually even ferment.
It was Christian Learning that got off to the fast start, however, jumping out to a 4-0 lead on quick baskets by their star, Jessica Smith. However, by the end of the first quarter the Jaguars had taken the lead, 6-4, on two baskets by Varalta and one by Karla Aguilera.
Cooperative took control of the game in the second quarter, opening a 14-8 lead, which they built to 22-10 in the third quarter.
At that point, however, the Eagles began a spirited comeback attempt, and pulled back to within five points at 22-17. At that point the Jaguar defense stiffened, however, and Landivar picked up a final basket to make the score 24-17.
Varalta finished with nine points and Varalta seven for Cooperative. Estefania Sauto had three, Karla Aguilera and Naomi Andrade had two, and Jessica Maureira one.
Smith led all scorers with 13 points. HaEun Lee and Jenny Zimmerman had two points each for Christian Learning.

DIVING AND SCRAMBLING -- A loose ball reveals varied strategies for aprehending it.

Jonatan Muñoz, International

Griffin JV shuts out Cambridge, 40-0

The International girls junior varsity basketball team had little difficulty dispensing with Cambridge 40-0 in their home gym Tuesday.
The Cambridge team, which is clearly having a rebuilding year, made only two shots, both in the fourth quarter. The Griffins lead 10-0 at the end of the first quarter, and 15-0 at the half.
Carolina Baldivieso tallied 16 points for the GRiffins. Ana Laura Gutierrez had ten, Irene Vegara five, Natalia Johnson three, and Michelle Pedrazas two.

JV Boys Basketball

Little Eagles outplay Jaguars, 31-24

An aggressive and opportunistic Christian Learning boys junior varsity basketball teams jumped out to a big early lead against Cooperative and rode it home to victory, 31-24, in their home gym Tuesday.

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THREADING HIS WAY -- Knight Jose Ribero slips between three Griffins to score

Jonatan Muñoz, International

The Eagles scored the first nine points in the game, and led 11-4 at the end of the first quarter. They extended that lead to 17-6 at the half thanks to a balanced attack that featured baskets by four different players.
The Jaguars were able to close the gap in the second half, during which they seemed to take control of the rebounds and started to find the range from outside while the Eagle offense became more tentative.
The closest the Jaguars were able to get, however, was four points at 26-22 in the fourth quarter. At that point the Eagles put on a closing spurt and put the game out of reach.
For the winning Eagles Gabriel Martinez and Cesar Flores both had eight points. Josiah Canaviri and Damon Janzen had four each. Luis Doi had three, and Jose Mercado and Richard Enns both had two.
For Cooperative, Jose Mozza led all scorers with 13 points, all but one of his points coming in the second half. Luis Peredo had five, including a three-pointer. Luis Simon, Alejandro Rosas, and Giorgio Rodrigano had two points each.

Junior Knights conquer Griffins, 47-11

The Cambridge boys junior varsity basketball team notched its fourth victory of the season without a loss with a 47-11 win over International in the International gym Tuesday.

The Knights led 13-2 at the end of the first quarter, and 24-2 at the half.

Once again the big gun for Cambridge was Jose Ribera, who tallied 27 points, more or less his season average, and made all of the points in the first quarter.
What was more remarkable in this game, however, was the amount of help he got from his teammates, who together tallied 20 points, enough to win the game.
Nicolas Dagnoni tallied eight for the Knights, Alonso Tercero had six, Andres Hurtado three (on a three-pointer), Gustavo Roca 2, and Roberto Palenque one.
For International, Hans Hartman, Jose Eduardo Coloma, Diego Aramayo, Claudio Santos, and Julio Ribeiro each had two points. Daniel Hanley had one free throw.

A Brief Statistical Digression

Greatest of all time? Could be

The question of whether the 2009 Christian Learning boys varsity team is the best in League history may never be decided definitively because of the lack of reliable statistics prior to 2008.
Still, it may be interesting to compare this year's Eagle team with last year's, and by that reckong this year's team looks impressive indeed.
Last year's Eagles averaged 40.5 points per game during the regular season, which ended in a tie with Cambridge. The Eagles then won the playoff tournament. Not a shabby record.
This year's Eagle team, however, has averaged 49.3 points per game over its first three games, in which it is undefeated.
The comparison is just as decisive when looked at in terms of defense. Last year's team allowed 26 points per game; this year's only 17.3.
But some may say the oppositon is weaker this year, particularly Cambridge where Juan Manuel Salas has moved to Lima and Benjamin Ezpeleta has graduated, removing the League's two top scorers. The Knights are a mere shadow of their former selves, right?
Well, not so fast. The 2008 Cambridge team averaged 37.2 points per game, but this year's has averaged 38.3 points per game so far.
True, on defense this year's Cambridge team has yielded about 1.3 more points per game than last year's, but that's mainly a result of the 42 points the Eagles ran up against them.
If one leaves out the Christian Learning game, then this year's Cambridge team has held its opponents to five fewer points per game than last year's.
That's not conclusive proof of legendary status for this year's Eagles, but it's something to ponder.

Girls Varsity Basketball

IT'S MINE, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT -- Knight Karen Aliaga tries to keep ball away from Eagle Cristina Chun (3) and an accomplice. Carlos Vaca, Cambridge

Eagle girls out-joust Lady Knights, 21-18

The Christian Learning girls varsity basketball team won a bitterly fought war of attrition with their ancient rival Cambridge, finally prevailing 21-18 in a contest that teetered back and forth Fridy afternoon in the Eagles gym.
The win gives Christian Learning a commanding 3-0 record at midseason, and plunged the defending champion Knights to 1-2 and third place after a pair of close losses.
Both teams looked as if they were playing their second game in as many days, which they were. Friday's game had originally been scheduled for earlier in the season, but Cambridge had requested the change because it had insufficient time to prepare. It would probably have been better off playing on the original date.
As it was the Knights took a 4-0 lead in a sloppily played first quarter.

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DANCE OF THE MAIDENS -- Fierce fight for rebound pits Knights Karen Aliaga (4) and Raquel Lopez (7) against Eagles Tabitha Malloy (20) and Erica Kienzle (9)

Carlos Vaca, Cambridge

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Christian Learnng caught up and tied the score in the second quarter, but Cambridge surged to a 10-6 lead shortly before the half.
However, before the buzzer could sound Ruth Nyquist connectyed on a three-ponter that seemed to have been air-mailed in from downtown Tucuman that cut the Knight advantage to 10-9.
The teams battled back-and-forth in the third quarter, at the end of which Christian Learning had gained a one-point lead, 17-16.
Both teams seemed to be staggering on their feet as the fourth quarter unfolded, but two shining moments sealed the victory for the female Eagles.
First, Kaylynn Lampen stripped the ball from a Cambridege player trying to bring the ball up court, and went in for a successful lay-up. Then Erica Kienzle swished home a set shot.
Cambridge, meanwhile, managed only two foul shots in the final period.
Lampen was the high scorer for the Eagles with six points, followed by Nyquist with five. Jihea Ahn, Hiromi Kiuchi, Tabitha Malloy, Cristina Chun, and Kienzle had two points each.
For Cambridge, Raquel Lopez was almost a one-girl band with 16 points. Maira Lino and Mariana Escaño each had a point.

Boys Varsity Basketball

HEADING INTO TROUBLE -- Knight Alvara Lopez (16) drives against lurking Eagle defenders. Carlos Vaca, Cambridge

High-flying Eagles beat Knights, 42-26

The Christian Learning boys varsity basketball team won its third game against no losses with a 42-26 victory over visiting Cambridge Friday afternoon.
It is now mideseason. Every team has played every other team, and it is time to open the discussion of whether this year's Eagles are the best team in the history of the League.
While there may have been individual players who eclipsed the Eagles' achievements, it seems possible to argue that no team has had a higher combined rating in shooting, rebounding, and all-around ball-handling ability.
The Knights put up a fight for a quarter and a half, and actually were tied with the Eagles, 12-12, halfway through the second quarter. That is the first time that the Eagles have been tied ths season, something that in retrospect may rank as an historic achievement.

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AIR WAR -- Eagle Tim Zimmerman (5) and Knight Tae Han Kook (15) duel for a rebound.
Jonatan Muñoz, International

However, the Eagles then ran off eight unanswered points to take a 20-12 halftime lead. The game was never again close, as an unrelenting Eagle defense made Cambridge pay a price for every point.
At one point in the second half Cambridge eighth grader Jose Ribera completed an artistic three-point play, making the driving lay-up and connecting on the ensuing foul shot.
However, on the lay-up he looked like a halfback trying to pick up a first down against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He seemed to have to shed would-be tacklers, and ended up sprawled across the baseline.
Cambridge simply could not find an opening wedge, though it was not for lack of trying. An intermittent Eagle full court press kept them disoriented, and even their best ball handlers could not dribble past the ever-intrusive fingers of Eagle guards Kyle Swope and Paul Estes.
An effort to catch up by shooting three-pointers -- which Cambridge is capable of doing -- foundered because even on the rare occasions when they got an open shot, the Knight gunners could not consistently find the range.
Meanwhile, Eagle sharpshooters Danny Canaviri, Tim Zimmerman, and Estes were swishing home shot and after shot, despite heavy interference by a well organized Cambridge defense.
Jeff Stabler and Andre Larsen pulled down most of the rebounds, and Stabler popped a few of them into the basket.
Canaviri was the high scorer in the game with 16 points. Stabler had 7, Estes 6, and Zimmerman 4. Swope and Larsen had two points each.
For Cambridge, Ribera ended up with 11, Alvaro Lopez had 9, and Daniel Kim had six. Ribera and Lopez had one three-pointer each.

LOOSE BALL -- Eagles Paul Estes(18) and Jeff Stabler (7) scramble against Knights Tae Han Kook (10) and Jose Ribera (7). Carlos Vaca, Cambridge

Girls Varsity Basketball

Jaguars win thriller over Knights, 26-24

The Cooperative girls varsity basketball stormed back from a five-point halftime deficit and defeated Cambridge 26-24 in an exceptionally well played game in the Jaguar gym Thursday.
The first quarter was as skillfully executed a segment of varsity girls basketball as this reporter has seen, with both teams clicking on both offense and defense, while committing few fouls or turnovers. It ended with Cooprative ahead by a narrow 12-10 score.
Cambridge surged in the second quarter, with the Knights outscoring a seemingly deflated Cooperative team 8-1 to take a 18-13 lead at halftime, and seemingly had the game under control.
But the girl Jaguars came out with vegeance in their eyes in the second half, disrupting the Cambridge attack with an energetic full court press, and moving the ball on offense with recovered assurance. By the end of the third quarter they had taken a 24-20 lead.
The Knights fought hard to come back in the fourth quarter, in which offensive discipline seemed to break down for both teams. Cambridge was able to close the gap to two points with two minutes to go, at which point the Jaguars attempted to freeze the ball.
However, the Knights got it back once, and Mariana Escaño was awarded two free throws with only a few seconds left. She could have tied the game, but missed both.
Jaguar junior Cecelia Aponte had the best game of her career with a total of 13 points, including a three-pointer. Carla Limpias tallied eight, Nicole Broersma and Sofia Sotelo both had two points, and Ana Paula Peredo had one.
For Cambridge, Raquel Lopez had 11 points, Maira Lino had six, Mariana Escaño five, and Vania Rueda two.
Winning by two points was a break in tradition for the Jaguars, who lost five games by two points or less last year, and had lost by that margin earlier this year to Christian Learning.

NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! -- Eagle center Tabitha Malloy (20) keeps the ball away from Griffin Irene Fernandez (4) and three teammates. Jonatan Muñoz, International

Lady Eagles vanquish Griffins, 20-8

The Christian Learning girls varsity basketball team survived an early scare and ultimately posted a convincing 20-8 win over International in the Eagles gym Thursday.
The Griffin girls seemed to have come in with an upset in mind as they jumped off to a 7-5 lead in the first quarter, but the Eagles held them to a single point over the rest of the game while running off fifteen points for themselves.
For the Eagles, Tabitha Malloy was the top scorer with nine points. Jessica Smith added three (on a three-pointer). Rachel Moss, Kaylyn Lampen, and Ruth Nyquist had two points each. Alejandra Valencia and Erica Kienzle each had one.
For International, Maria Isabel Barrenechea had three points, Estefania Gioto and Adriana Ocampo had two each, and Camila Johnson had one.

Boys Varsity Basketball

Eagles put a hit on International, 51-8

Christian Learning took its finally fully assembled 2009 boys varsity basketball team out for a trial spin Thursday afternoon and, well, it worked.
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TOWER OF POWER -- Eagle Danny Canaviri (4) shows perfect form as he shoots over Griffin defense. Andrew Burgin (2) prepares for the (unlikely) possibility of a rebound.
Jonatan Muñoz, International


The Eagles, playing for the first time with seniors Kyle Swope and Jeff Stabler who had missed an earlier game because of a class trip, rode roughshod over International in their home gym 51-8.
The stage is now set for a battle of the unbeatens Friday, when Christian Learning plays Cambridge in the Eagles gym. It will be Friday the 13th, and the question will be: Unlucky for whom? Game time for the girls game is 3 p.m.
The Eagles led 31-2 at halftime in Thursday's game, thanks to outstanding shooting, and an aggressive, gambling defense that kept picking off Griffin passes to ignite fast breaks.
The remarkable thing about the game, though, was that the Griffins were not playing that badly. They were simply outgunned by the Eagle squad, which seemed to have been honed to a fine edge.
The Eagles mixed up their attack, driving to the hoop or unleashing soft, accurate jumpshots seemingly at will, and controlling the boards at both ends of the court.
Freshman Flash Andre Larsen was the top scorer for the Eagles with 14 points, and junior Paul Estes was right behind him with the 13. Jeff Stabler had seven, Tim Zimmerman five, Danny Canaviri four, Andrew Burgin three, and Josh Mojica two. (Scoring statistics courtesy of Andrew Hawthorne.)
For International, David Huang had four, while Mario Rohrman and Ernando Tesch had two points each.

Cambridge romps over Jaguars, 43-19

The Cambridge boys varsity basketball team had little difficulty getting past Cooperative Thursday at the Jaguars gym, winning 43-19, with three players scoring in double figures.
Cambridge led 16-3 at the end of the first quarter, 26-3 at the half, and 33-5 after the third quarter. Cooperative scored 14 of its 19 points in the fourth quarter.
Alvaro Lopez led Cambridge's scoring for the second time in as many games with 13 points, including a three-pointer. Daniel Kim was right behind him with 12 points, and Jose Ribera had 11. Fabricio Suberana scored four, Tae Han Kook two, and Tamu Hashimoto one.
For the Jaguars, Diego Morales had nine points; Oliver Lederman and Jose Alfredo Abuawad had four points each, and Nicolas Suarez had one.

JV Girls Basketball

Eaglettes squeak by Griffins, 12-11

The International girls junior varsity edged Christian Learning by a single point, 12-11, in a bitterly fought defensive duel at the Christian Learning gym Tuesday.
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STOPPING JESSICA -- A key to Griffin victory was holding Eagle Jessica Smith (26) to four points.
Jonatan Muñoz, International


The Eagles zoomed off to an early lead, and led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. But then the Griffins seemed to take control of the rebounds, and sstopped the Eagles' fas break as they fought their way back into the game point-by-point.
By halftime the Eagle advantage had been cut to two points, 8-6.
The Griffins erased that in the third quarter, outscoring the Eagle girls 4-1, and taking a 10-9 lead.
The two teams fought ferociously and played each other exactly even with one basket for each team in the fourth quarter, and plenty of near misses on both sides as the Griffins held on precariously to their one-point lead.
Carolina Baldivieso was the big gun for the Griffins with six points. Fabiana Zelada, Angela Gagliardo, and Irene Vegara had two points each.
For Christian Learning, Elise Oh had six points, Jessica Smith had four, and Jenny Zimmerman had one.

Junior Jaguars feast on Knights, 33-3

The Cooperative girls junior varsity coasted to an easy 33-3 victory over Cambridge in their home gym Tuesday.
The Jaguars led 12-0 at the end of the first quarter, and 14-1 at the half as they posted their first victory of the year.
Cooperative's Tania Landivar dominated the game, scoring 23 points, often on fast breaks after stealing the ball from Cambridge players. Landivar actually had the opportunity to take several more easy lay-ups toward the end of the game, but slowed down the pace to work the ball to teammates.
Naoli Andrade, Estefania Sauto, Ximena Fagan, Mercella Netheff, and Karla Aguilera had a basket each for Cooperative. "We learned to play together as a team, said Jaguar coach Misty Springfield after the game," and Taniua just has a talent I can't teach."
For Cambridge, Veronica Rios Reyes had two ponts, and Vera Liane de la Puente had one.

JV Boys Basketball

Eagle JV masters scrappy Griffins, 38-16

A well drilled Christan Learning boys junior varsity won an artful 38-16 victory over an International team that never gave up Tueday in the Christian Learning gym.

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REACHING HIGHER -- Eagle Damon Janzen (22) shoots over Claudio Santos (10). Josiah Canaviri (12) looks on.

Jonatan Muñoz, International

The Eagles were in charge from the start, leading 6-2 at the end of the first quarter, and 24-4 at the half. They basically held that roughly 20-point advantage throughout the second half.
The Griffins, however, never quit, and though outplayed, maintained a high level of intensity to the end. A highlight for the losing team came in the fourth quarter when an Eagle player appeared headed for the basket for an easy fastbreak lay-up when suddenly little pint-sized sixth grader Daniel Hanley came flying out of nowhere and snuffed the shot without commtting a foul.
Cesar Flores led the Eagl attack with 17 points. Damon Janzen had eight, and Haziel Martinez five (including a three-pointer). Luis Doin and Josiah Canaviri has four points each.
For International Claudio Santos and Alejandro Santos both had eight points.

Little Knights conquer Jaguars. 37-11

The Cambridge boys junior varsity sailed to an easy win over Cooperative, 37-11, Tuesday in the Jaguar gym.
The Junior Knights led 16-2 at the half. They were led once again by Jose Rivera, who scored 27 points even though he seemed to be having an off day, missing several short shots near the beginning of the game. He had averaged 32 points in his two earlier games.
Alonso Tercero added six points for the Knights, Esteve Roca had two, while Dagnoni Meneses and Diego Bejar had one point each.
Eduardo Ribera had seven points for the Jaguars. Luis Simon and Fernando Antelo had two points each.

Girls Varsity Basketball

Jaguar rally falls short, Eagles win 24-22

The Christian Learning varsity girls basketball team started its season Thursday with a narrow 24-22 victory over Cooperative in a game played in the Jaguar gym
Though an exciting contest, the game was not quite as close as the score would indicate. The Lady Eagles had a four-point lead with one second remaining on the clock. At that point Jaguar junior Cecelia Aponte sank two of her three free throws to shave Christian Learning's advantage to two points, but did not endanger the Eagles victory.
The turning point in the game had come in the third quarter when, in rapid succession, Kaylyn Lampen and Ruth Nyquist swished home three-pointers, and Nyquist swished in a rainbow lay-up to convert what had been a one-point Coopertaive advantage into a commanding seven-point Christian Learning lead, 17-11.
Cooperative had led 9-8 at halftime.
After the two three-pointers the Jaguar girls appeared to become discombobulated on offense, and the Eagles stretched their lead to nine points, 23-14, before Cooperative began a furious counterattack in the last two minutes of the game.
Jaguar freshmen Sofia Sotelo and Ana Paula Peredo took turns scoring two basket each, while the Eagles added only a free throw, bringing the score to 24-20.
With time almost out, Aponte was fouled attempting a three-pointer and made two of her three foul shots to add the final Jaguar points.
The Jaguars had had plenty of chances to score, particularly in the first half when they frequently succeeded in working the ball inside to their big players, Peredo and Carla Limpias, and dominated the rebounding at both ends, but they couldn't seem to get the ball in the basket.
The Eagles alternative stratregy of unloading long shots from outside had seemed misguided -- until Lampen and Nyquist made it suddenly seem brilliant.
For Christian Learning, Ruth Nyquist tallied nine points, and Erica Kienzle six. Lampen had the three points from her three-pointer. Jessica Smith scored three points on a basket and free throw. Tabith a Malloy had two points and Cristina Chun one.
For Cooperative, Sotelo was the leading scorer with 11 points, and Peredo finished with six. Cecilia Aponte scored three, and Nicole Broersma 2.

Knights surge to 22-8 victory over Griffins

The Lady Knights began their title defense with a convincing 22-7 win over International in the International gym Thursday.
The Big Red team started strong, building a 5-0 lead in the first quarter, and a 10-1 advantage at halftime. They broke loose for ten more points in the third quarter to build a 20-3 margin.

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LAUNCHING -- Knight Stephanie Quiroga gets off a shot over a leaping Adriana Ocampo.

Jonatan Muñoz, International

International outscored Cambridge in the final stanza, five points to two, but the Knights had the game on ice by this point.
For Cambridge, sophomore Maira Lino was the top scorer with ten points, and senior Raquel Lopez had eight. Mariana Escaño and Karen Aliaga had two points each.
For International, Estefania Gioto had four points, while Matilde Gamarra and Adriana Ocampo added two points each.

Boys Varsity Basketball

Eagles zoom by Jaguars, 55-18

The defending champion Christian Learning boys varsity basketball team put on a convincing show of offensive power as they downed Cooperative team 55-18 Thursday in the Cooperative gym.
The Eagles jumped out to a quick 10-2 led in the first quarter and were never seriously challenged by a young and inexperienced Jaguar team that was clearly overmatched.
The victory was all thge more impressive in that Christian Learning was playing without seniors Jeff Stabler and Kyle Swope, who were away on a senior trip to Brazil.
While the season is just starting it appears that it could see a resumption of he ancient rivalry -- now spanning half a decade -- between Christian Learning and Cambridge.
Those two teams, both of whom won their opening games by big scores, will clash at Cambridge next week in a Friday the Thirteenth showdown that could prove to be an crucial early season test. (Get your tickets early.)
Six players scored for Christian Learning, led by freshman Andre Larsen with 15 points. Next came Andrew Burgin, a tenth grader who sat out last year, with 14. He was followed by Tim Zimmerman with nine, Danny Canaviri with seven, Paul Estes with six, and Mark Salinas with four.
For Cooperative, Jose Alfredo Abuawad had 11 points, Andres Shin six, and Diego Morales 2.

Knights victors over Griffins, 46-26

A reassembled and retooled Cambridge boys varsity overcame an early challenge by International, and then went on to roll up an impressive 46-25 win in the International gym Thursday.
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GOING TO THE HOOP -- Cambridge's Alvaro Lopez goes up for a lay-up against a heavy Griffin defensive effort.
Jonatan Muñoz, International

International, which won its opening game against Cooperative last week, looked to be going for two in a row as it jumped out to an 8-4 lead at the end of the first quarter, aided by great rebounding from its big men, Ernando Tesch and Mario Rohrman.
The Griffins were still very much in the game at halftime, although the smaller, but quicker, Cambridge team had taken a 17-13 lead.
The Knights seem to get really it together in the second half, and played with increasing speed and confidence as they outscored International 14 to 6 in the third period, and 15-7 in the final stanza.
The Knight team, which has only two players who were starters at the beginning of last year, seemed to be learning, as the game progressed, how to play nicely with each other.
They also seemed to increase the intensity of their defensive effort, containing (though not stopping) International star David Huang by consistently forcing the left-handed guard to go to his right.
The Big Red team substituted freely toward the end, and actually seemed to have better bench strength than in past years when it has won champlonships. (Last year Cambridge tied with Christian Learning for first place during the regular season, then finished third in the post-season tournament.)
Cambridge had a nicely balanced scoring attack, getting 12 points from Tae Han Kook and 11 from Alvaro Lopez, and 10 from Daniel Kim. Kim had two three-pointers and Kook had one. Jose Ribera had nine points and Fabricio Suberana had four.
Despite all the attention paid to him, Huang still managed to lead the Griffin attack with 12 points. Tesch added five, Maycol Villavicencio had three (on a three-pointer), while Jan Ivo Sochtig and Alejandro Rios had two ponts each.

JV Girls Basketball

Eaglettes dominate Cambridge, 39-2

The Christian Learning girls junior varsity started its season in winning fashion, handily defeating Cambridge 39-2 in a game played in the Cambridge gym Monday.


Griffin JV surges to beat Knights 14-8

The International girls junior varsity basketball team scored the final thre baskets to defeat Cambridge 14-8 in the International gym Tuesday.
The Griffins led 6-2 at halftime, but the Knights came back to tie the game 8-8 in the third period. International then scored six unanswered ponts to ice the victory.


Eagle JV overwhelms Jaguars, 35-8

The Christian Learning girls junior varsity basketball won its second decisive victory of the season as it defeated Cooperative 35-8 in the Jaguars gym Tuesday.
The Eagles led 17-2 at the half, and owned a 25-2 lead in the third quarter. Neither of the Eagle oppoenents this year have reached double figures.

JV Boys Basketball

Little Knights beat Eagles, 42-17

The Cambridge junior varsity boys team chalked up a 42-17 victory over Christian Learning in the opening game for both teams, played Monday afternoon at Cambridge.
Cambridge led 19-1 at the half.
Jose Ribera of the Knights led all scorers with 32 points, giving the eighth grader 63 points in his first two games. Discrepancies on the score sheet prevented further tabulation of the scoring.

Eagle JV edges Jaguars, 19-17

The Christian Learning junior varsity gained its first win of the season by outlasting Cooperative 19-17 in a game at the Cooperative gym Tuesday afternoon that was close all the way.
More to come


Knight JV runs away from Griffins, 35-8

The Cambridge junior varsity boys basketball team picked up its second win of the season by defeating International in the International gym Tuesday afternoon 35-8.
The teams were tied 5-5 at halftime, but Cambridge broke the game open with 14 unanswered points in the third quarter.
Jose Ribera, who also starts for the Cambridge varsity, led all scorers with 31 points, including a three-pointer. Kevin Mendez and Alejandro Saldaño had a basket each for Cambridge.
For International, Marco Bain had four points, Joaquin Wray two; and Jan Ivo Song and Danny Hanley a point each.