Jaguar boys and girls victors in JV tourneys
The Cooperative boys and girls junior varsities both posted impresive victories over Christian Learning in the championship contests staged Tuesday afternoon in the Jaguar gym.
The Jaguar girls, playing superb defense, won 25-6. The Jaguar boys demonstrated an overpowering offense as they emerged victorious 35-13.
The Eagle teams played hard in both games but were not able to duplicate the methods by which they had each won one of their two regular season contests against the Jaguars. The two teams had only lost to each other during the regular season, during which they had both dominated the other teams in the league.
Jaguars girl stars used sparingly
The Cooperative girls had startled the SCISL world by scoring 74 points in their opening game against International. Later in the season many of the team's best players were promoted to the varsity, but were back for this game, and made their presence felt even though they made only cameo appearances. Carla Limpias, Sofia Sotelo, and Nicole Broersma all scored baskets during the first half during which the Jaguars built a 9-2 lead.
However, once the Jaguars had the game under control they seemed to do just as well with whatever line-up they put on the floor. They key factor was not the team´s offense, but its defense. "We played our best defense of the year," said coach Misty Skidmore. She had special praise for the defensive play of Audrey Saucedo and Tania Landivar, and noted that seventh grader Karla Aguilera scored her first basket of the year.
The win represented Skidmore's second championship of the Jaguar school year. Last season her JV girls volleyball team had also won a championship trophy.
Carla Limpias was the topscorer for Cooperative with nine points. Hailey White and Nicole Brorsma each had four points. Sofia Sotelo, Karla Aguilera, Luciana Adriazola, and Brooke Hill had two points each.
For the Eagles, Natalia Eguez had four points and Jessi Kennedy had two.
Jaguar boys score early and often
The Jaguar boys never trailed, and the score was only tied once, at 4-4. They led at the end of the first quarter 10-4 and the lead would have been higher if it weren't for several two great blocks by Eagle center Andre Larsen.
However, neither Larsen nor any of the other Eagle players was able to find the range offensively, and the Jaguar attack was unrelenting. Cooperative led 23-8 at halftime.
The big scorers for Cooperative were Milan Marinkovic and Nicolas Suarez, who both had 14 points. Suarez' total included two three-pointers. Marinkovic scored mainly on fast breaks. Andres Shin had six points and Jose Mozza one.
For Christian Learning Haziel Martinez had four points, Pablo Oh had three (on a three-pointer. Nicolas Smith, Damon Janzen, and Andre Larsen had two points apiece.
