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.
