BEATING THE CROWD -- Griffin Maria Maggi gets to the basket a step ahead of Jaguar Giuliana Varalta (11) and other defenders. Jonatan Muñoz, International
Eaglettes start slowly, win big over Knights
After trailing early on, the Christian Learning Center girls junior varsity basketball team posted a decisive 20-9 win over Cambridge in the Cambridge gym Tuesday afternoon.
The Little Lady Knights had led at the end of the first quarter 6-4, but the Eagles were ahead at the half 8-6 after holding Cambridge scoreless in the second period.
The Eagles widened their lead to 14-9 by the end of the third quarter, and scored six unanswered points in the final quarter.
While anomalies on the score sheet made individual totals hard to figure, it appeared that Rebekah Kienzle led the scoring for Christian Learning with eight points, though she was out of action for much of the second half after fouling out. Ester Chun and Isabela Diaz each had had four points, while Emily Mercado and Elily Ordoñez had two points each.
For Cambridge, Nicole Fermin had four points, Mako Ueno and Vera de la Fuente had two points, and Amaya Yañez had one.
Griffinettes hang on win against Jaguars
The International junior varsity girls basketball team barely edged Cooperative 13-11 in the Cooperative gym Tuesday, as the Jaguars came on strong in the fourth quarter.
The Griffin led 4-2 at the end of the first quarter, and 5-4 at the half.
International then seemed to take control of the game in the third quarter as they moved out to a 13-6 lead.
However, Cooperative was the team in charge in the fourth quarter as they held International scoreless while scoring five points of their own to curt International¡s winning margin to only two points.
Fabiana Zelada scored seven pòints for International, while M. Maggi scored the remaining six.
Jessica Maureira had five points for Cooperative, accounting for all of the scoring in the fourth quarter. Celita Guanella scored four, and Maria Añez had two.
