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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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.
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.
