Eagles victimize helpless Griffins, 58-6
By Daniel Roempler
International School
The Christian Learning boys basketball team showed its high effectiveness against a baffled International team that couldn't hold off the avalanche of scoring, and ultimately succumbed 58-6 in the International gym Thursday.
The game began with an explosive start for the Griffins as Gary Suarez took the opening tip off, and scored with a beautiful backwards throw as he was about to run out of bounds near the corner.
But that spectacular stunt proved to be a mirage in International's desert of hopes.
Christian Learning proceeded to dominate the play and score almost at its pleasure, with excellent performances by the entire team. Sophomore center Andre Larsen in particular seemed able to tear open any defensive formation attempted by the Griffins, and scored fourteen points in the first half alone.
With perfectly lubricated teamwork the Eagles tore their way to a 32-point lead, 38-6, at the half-time break.
The second half was more of the same, with the Christian Learning team exhibiting nice teamwork reflecting a clear understanding between its players. By the last quarter the Eagles' younger players had been sent onto the court to taste some of the adrenaline.
The Griffins continued to struggle, but failed to come up with a way to either hurt the Eagles offensively or to suppress the Eagles' strong attacks. The match ended with the Eagle's posting an impressive 58-6 victory over the Griffins.
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Dan Burgin was the scoring leader for the Eagles with 18 points. Larsen had 14, Jesse Hallock 10, Danny Canaviri 7 (including a three-pointer), Tim Zimmerman four, Paul Estes and Caleb Hoover two points each, and Josh Hoover one.
For International, Suarez had three, and Juan Narvaez three (on a three-pointer).
Knights romp over Jaguars, 47-21
The Cambridge College boys varsity basketball team easily defeated Cooperative 47-21 in the Cooperative gym Thursday afternoon.
Cambridge took a 16-2 lead in the first quarter and was never seriously threatened, although the Jaguar offense did come to life as the game progressed. Cambridge was ahead 30-12 at the half, and 37-16 at the end of the third quarter.
Alvaro Lopez was high point man for Cambridge with 18 points, most of the them on high-flying lay-ups. Jose Luis Rivera had 16 for Cambridge, many on perfectly arced pull-up jump shots.Tae Han Kook had six points, Fabricio Subirana five, and Gabriel Alonso two.
Another piece of good news for Knights was that Subirana, their main rebounder, who had fouled out in the first half of the game against Christian Learning last Monday, committed no fouls in this game.
Cooperative was led by Milan Marinkovic, who scored 11 points, including a three-pointer. Jose Mozza had six for the Jaguars, and Andres Shin four.
