JV Boys Volleyball - August 30th

Jr. Knights Edge Past Jaguars
By Ximena Fagan, SCCS

        The Cambridge Knights got off to a good start by beating the Cooperative Jaguars 2-0 in the first game of the JV volleyball season. This game was played at the Jaguar home court and was a hard-fought game with the set scores being 29-27 and 25-23.

        The first set was a total battle; both teams were pumped up and put their best effort into the game. Nearing the end the two teams were tying at every point. The score came up to 23-23, continued to 25-25 and finally 27-27. This is when the key player of the Knights, Sergio Soto, fired two of his tremendous serves and helped his team win the first set 29-27.

        As the second set began, the Cambridge Knights took a lead while the SCCS Jaguars began to lose their focus and tire. But the Jaguars had a late surge and this game became almost as close as the first, with the terrific defense form the SCCS Jaguars and the marvelous serves and spikes of the Knights. The quality of play was almost at varsity level, and both teams looked to be in mid-season form.

        After playing a tough game the Cambridge boys celebrated their 25-23 victory.

The line up of the winning team from Cambridge College was, Marco Ovando, Percy Vidal, Daniel Kirigin, Alvaro Veno, Mirko Sempertegui, Sergio Soto, Daniel Cotez, Luis Sojoncic, Percy Justiniano and Luciano Asturizaga.

        The SCCS team consisted of the following players: Ian Pena, Raul Valle, Claudio Bedoya, Tomas Yeatts, Rodrigo Chavez, Fernando Viacava, James Ko, Matias Belmonte, Luis Peredo, Kevin Schock, William Yeatts and Richard Salvatierra.

Griffins Defeat Eagles 2-0

By Sung Eun Song, SCIS

The Santa Cruz International School JV boys volleyball team opened the 2011 season with a match victory over Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center. The Eagles were dealt their first loss of the 2011 season as the Griffins claimed a 2-0 win Tuesday afternoon at International gym. The Griffin boys won by scores of 25-5 and 25-15 to take the 2-0 match victory.

At the beginning of the first set, both teams fought each other point-by-point. However, when the score reached 6-4 with International ahead, the Griffins jumped to a lead with strong serves from Jose Luis Sciaroni and continued their long rally, scoring fifteen more points consecutively making the score 24-4. Jose Luis Sciaroni led the Griffin boys as he had 10 kills in a row, allowing non advantage to the Eagle boys. J.Narvaz also played outstanding volleyball, dealing with balls flexibly. The Griffins maintained their lead, and after a quick kill from SCCLC’s Luke Philips, took the 25-5 set victory.

The second set was a continuation of the first set. Although the Eagles appeared much refreshed, the game started with the Griffins taking a dominant lead again. Finally the game ended with the score of 25-15 in favor of the Griffins.