SMALL BUT SKILLED -- Griffin Fabiana Zelada prepares to drive past Jaguars Naomi Andrade (9), Naguma Kamiya (8) and Ximena Fagan (4) Jonatan Muñoz, International Griffins take a squeaker from Jaguars, 12-11
The International junior varsity girls eked out a 12-11 victory over Cooperative Tuesday in their home gym in a back-and-forth game during which the lead changed hands six times.
The Griffin girls, who had been humbled by Cooperative 76-4 a year ago, showed immediately that this was a very different team as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter. They remained ahead, 6-4 at the half, but the Jaguars caught up in the third quarter, taking the lead 7-6. After that the two teams took turns taking the lead.
The Griffins went ahead 12-11 on a basket by Fabiana Zelada, the little sister of last year's varsity scoring champion, Daniela Zelada. They held onto that one-point advantage through the last several minutes of the game, during which both teams had many near misses.
In addition to Zelada's goal, International got six points from Irene Vergara and four points from Carolina Baldivieso. In addition, Coach Eduardo "Presi" de la Riva praised Angela Galliardi for her outstanding defensive play.
For Cooperative, Giovanna Varalta scored five points; Karla Aguilera had four, and Geraldine Milos-Lopez had two. Coach Misty Skidmore also cited the outstanding play of Estefania Sauto.
The International junior varsity girls eked out a 12-11 victory over Cooperative Tuesday in their home gym in a back-and-forth game during which the lead changed hands six times.
The Griffin girls, who had been humbled by Cooperative 76-4 a year ago, showed immediately that this was a very different team as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter. They remained ahead, 6-4 at the half, but the Jaguars caught up in the third quarter, taking the lead 7-6. After that the two teams took turns taking the lead.
The Griffins went ahead 12-11 on a basket by Fabiana Zelada, the little sister of last year's varsity scoring champion, Daniela Zelada. They held onto that one-point advantage through the last several minutes of the game, during which both teams had many near misses.
In addition to Zelada's goal, International got six points from Irene Vergara and four points from Carolina Baldivieso. In addition, Coach Eduardo "Presi" de la Riva praised Angela Galliardi for her outstanding defensive play.
For Cooperative, Giovanna Varalta scored five points; Karla Aguilera had four, and Geraldine Milos-Lopez had two. Coach Misty Skidmore also cited the outstanding play of Estefania Sauto.
