The Cooperative girls varsity basketball team had trouble getting going against Christian Learning Tuesday afternoon, but poured the points in once it found the range, and won 32-15 in an game played in the Christian Learning gym.
The two teams were deadlocked at 4-4 after a first period marked by a liot of shots that almost went in -- but didn't.__________
CLASH UNDER THE BASKET -- Jaguar Carla Limpias (11) tries to block shot by Eagle Kaylynn Lampen.
Julia Boldt, Cooperative
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Cooperative broke the game open in the second period, in which they scored 12 unanswered points to lead 16-4 at the half. And the interesting thing was that Cooperative was still missing a lot of seemingly easy lay-ups and rebound shots.
The teams traded baskets in the third quarter, which ended with Cooperative ahead 24-11. The Jaguars widened that margin by four points in the fourt quarter, so that the final score read 32-15.
Christian Learning tried to get back in the game by means of three-pointers, with Kaylynn Lampen and Ruth Nyquist launching at least a dozen "rainbows," but none hit the mark. Last year the Eagles had made several three-pointers during their first meeting with Cooperative, and won the game.
Cooperative center Carla Limpias was the leading gun for the Jaguars, scoring 18 points. Cecelia Apoonte added six; Sofia Sotelo and Ana Paula Peredo had four points each.
Mariela Salinas had six points for Christian Learning. Nyquist, Lampen, Abby Phillips, and Erika Kienzle had two points, and Annie Phillips one.
Griffins win war of attrition over Knights
By Ana Saavedra Banzer
Cambridge College
The Cambridge and International girls basketball teams got off to a lame start in their game Thursday afternoon, with neither team able to score in the first period of a low-scoring battle eventually won by International 15-11.
The inability to get the ball in the hoop baffled some players. Senior Cambridge player Stephany Quiroga said she couldn't believe it. "We were shooting balls but none were going in. It had to be bad luck."
Both teams were able to score in the second period and the half ended with the Knights narrowly ahead 5-4.
The pace picked up a little in the third period and Cambridge widened its lead to two points 11-9.
But by this team several players on both teams had accumulated several fouls and Cambridge senior Mariana Escaño had fouled out. Early in the fourth quarter Maira Lino, Cambridge's leading scorer on the year, also fouled out, and she was quickly followed by junior Rocio Barriga.
International's Laura Maragaño would also foul out, but International was now playing against a Cambridge team without three of its starters. They took advantage of their good luck, scoring six points while holding Cambridge scoreless, to win the game 15-11.
For International Maragaño had five points. Adriana Ocampo and Matilde Gamarra had four, and Fabiana Zelada had two.
For Cambridge Escaño had four points, Lino three, and both Barriga and SeHee Cho had two points.
