The Christian Learning junior varsity boys basketball team caught fire at the close of the game, and won 22-16, against Cooperative School at the Jaguar gym Tuesday.
The two teams were deadlocked 8-8 at halftime, at which point the Jaguars were in the middle of a profound scoring drought. After the opening minute of the second quarter, Cooperative did not score until near the end of the third quarter, at which point Christian Learning had moved into the lead.
Still, the game remained close, and the Jaguars had the ball in the offensive zone trailing 18-16 with only about 40 seconds to play. But Christian Learning thwarted this Jaguar scoring effort (as it had many others during the game), and took the ball the other end of the court where Andres Larsen scored on a lay-up, and Haziel Martinez sank two free throws to stretch the final victory margin to six points.
Christian Learning's Larsen led scorers on both teams with 10 points, and Larsen was also a terror on defense, blocking three consecutive Jaguar shots att one point in the fourth quarter. Pablo Oh added eight more for the Eagles.
Kenny Kresten, a sixth grader and the diminutive sparkplug of the team, and Nicolas Smith both scored a field goal. Krestan and Smith were both tenacious on defense. Though shorter than the Jaguars they covered, they kept the pressure on and were as disruptive as possible.
Milan Marinkovic had eight points for the Jaguars. Oliver Lederman and Samuel Melgar had four points each.
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BOMBS AWAY! Cambridge's Jose Rivera shoots over Griffins German Ferraris and Juan Ignacio Quiroga. -- Photo by Jonatan Muñoz, International
Cambridge blanks International, 44-0
By Alexander Nagel
Cambridge College
The Cambridge College junior varsity boys team defeated International 44-0 in their home gym Tuesday. The Knights led 26-0 at the half.
Jose Rivera scored 34 points for Cambridge. Anthony Salvatierra and Kevin Mendez also scored for the Knights.
