Knights triumphant over Jaguars, 29-16
After a slow start, the Cambridge junior varsity boys basketball team won a decisive victory over Cooperative in the Jaguars gym, 29-16, Friday.
Neither team was shooting well at first, and the game liumped along at 2-1 in favor of the Jaguars for most of the first quarter. but the Jaguars were able to jump out to a 6-1 lead in the closing minutes of the period. Cambridge's Santaigo Hurtado retaliated with a basket in the closing seconds of the first quarter, making in 6-3.
Cambridge's attack started clicking in the second quarter, scoring on both drives and set shots, while holding the Jaguars to a single basket, and by halftime they held a 16-8 advantage.
The Knights then dominated the third quarter, outscoring the Jaguars 13-2, to lead 29-10. The Jaguars outscored the Knights 6-0 in the final quarter, as Cambridge let all of its players --and it had 12 players in uniform plus several in reserve compared to seven for the Jaguars -- see some action.
It was the first time Jaguar coach Seth Gibson had experienced defea in Boliviat. Last year he had guided the Cooperative boys junior varsity to an undefeated championship season.
For the winning Knights, Hurtado had 15 points, Percy Vidal 8, Massa Uena four, and Daniel Cortes 2.
The Jaguars leading scorer was Eduardo Ustarez with six points. Luis Peredo, Rodrigo Chavez, Alejandro Lema, Matias Belmontes, and Matias Sequeiro each had two points.
Eagle JV scores decisive win over Griffins, 22-8
The Christian Learning boys junior varsity basketball team took command early and never relinquished it in defeating International in the International gym Tuesday 22-8.
The Eagles were ahead 5-0 at the end of the first quarter and 15 to 4 at halftime. The second half was played much more evenly, but the Eagles were able to widen their lead further to make the final margin 14 points, 22-8.
The Griffins did manage to close out their scoring with an impressive three-point shot by Alex Fuentelzas. Pablo Nuñez and Jaime Barrenechea had two points each for the Griffins, and Leonardo Melgar tallied one.
For the Eagles, Claudio Sandoval had nine, Luke Phillips seven, Micah Janzen four, and Regan Janzen two.
