Girls Basketball: January 2008 Archives

Here is a quick list of some of the top sophomore girls basketball players in the area.

Jenna Bandy, Thousand Oaks

Katie Brooks, Oaks Christian

Rmanii Haynes, Taft

Monica Jackson, Chatsworth

Julia Tani, Bell Jeff

Chantel Dooley, Montclair Prep

Lauren Varney, Oak Park

Angelica Sahagun, Canyon

Nicole Hung, Harvard Westlake

Nicole Nesbit, Harvard Westlake

Sydney Haydel, Harvard Westlake

Janine Zelden, Harvard Westlake

Taylor Ignoto, Westlake

Kody Burke, Notre Dame

FRONTIER
Carpinteria 56, Grace Brethren 40
Jena Conley scored 12 points and Carissa Wolf had six points and 16 rebounds for Grace Brethren of Simi Valley (7-7, 1-7).

GOLDEN
Quartz Hill 60, Eastside 28
Brittani Jefferson scored 14 points and had nine rebounds, Regan Mew had 13 and Rian Mew added 11 points for Quartz Hill (17-4, 8-3).
Jasmine Smith had 10 points to lead Eastside (7-12, 4-7).

HERITAGE
Hillcrest Christian/GH 40, Santa Clarita Christian 10
Aundrea Dava scored 14 points and Natalie Dodle added 10 for Hillcrest Christian (10-10, 4-2).
Santa Clarita Christian falls to 1-9 overall, 0-4 in league.

MISSION
Chaminade 70, Alemany 62
Kim Capicotto and Erin Dautremont combined to score 49 points and grab 24 rebounds for host Chaminade of West Hills (15-8, 5-2). Capicotto scored a game-high 28 points and had 11 rebounds while Dautremont added 21 points and 13 rebounds.
Alemany of Mission Hills (9-13, 4-3) had four players score in double figures. Maya Sotelo scored 19 points, Karissa Toledo had 14, Erin Kelly had 13 and Ashley Bautista added 10.

Harvard-Westlake 69, Flintridge Sacred Heart 27
Sydney Haydel, Nicole Nesbit and Milvea Popovich each scored 12 points and Janine Zelden added 10 for visiting Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (16-8, 7-1).
Amanda Erwin led Flintridge Sacred Heart of La Canada Flintridge (1-20, 0-8) with 11 points.

SANTA CRUZ
Bell-Jeff 63, St. Mary's 57
Shelley Gupilan had 17 points, 11 rebounds and five steals to lead Bell-Jeff of Burbank (20-5, 6-1). Amanda Gupilan and Julia Tani added 11 points each for the Guards in a battle of the top two teams in Southern Section Div. IV-AA.

TRI-VALLEY
Oaks Christian 52, Fillmore 50
Katie Brooks had 18 points and 18 rebounds and Christine Escoto added 17 points as visiting Oaks Christian of Westlake Village upset Fillmore 52-50 in a key Tri-Valley League girls’ basketball game Thursday.
Even more impressive is the Lions did it without leading scorer Chelsea Carlisle, who was home ill.
Oaks Christian (16-4, 8-2) fell behind 22-11 after the first quarter and trailed 30-21 at halftime.

Oak Park 44, Bishop Diego 30
Sophomore Lauren Varney almost single-handedly outscored Bishop Diego, tallying 26 points and had 14 rebounds for Oak Park (9-12, 5-4).

St. Mary's Academy of Inglewood at Bell-Jeff of Burbank 7 p.m.

The No. 1 and No. 2 ranke dteams in Division IV-AA.

MARMONTE
Agoura 63, Simi Valley 59
Taylor Lord scored 18 points and Brittany Ostar added 12 for visiting Agoura (9-13, 4-6).
Simi Valley (8-14, 3-8) was led by Lyndsay Bergus with 17 points.

Moorpark 54, Thousand Oaks 37
Lauren Carter had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Molly Carson added 10 points and 13 rebounds for host Moorpark (13-9, 6-4).
Jenna Bandy scored 10 points for Thousand Oaks (12-10, 6-4).

OMEGA
Trinity Lutheran 57, Cornerstone Christian 13
Mattie Vance and Storie Blake lead Trinity Lutheran (5-2) to the easy league victory. Vance had a triple-double with 16 points, 15 rebounds and 11 steals. Blake had a big game as well, scoring 23 points with 20 rebounds and six steals.

SUNSET SIX
Poly 62, Verdugo Hills 31
Sara Villanueva scored a game-high 26 points and Crystal Cristales added 14 for host Poly (12-6, 6-1).
Kianne Bailey scored 10 points for Verdugo Hills (2-8, 1-6).

Van Nuys 64, Canoga Park 48
Min Oh and Erica Mergersen combined to score 58 points for visiting Van Nuys (7-6, 4-3). Oh scored a game-high 33 points and Mergerson finished with 25.
Kristin Ingram had 15 points and Sara Collins added 14 for Canoga Park (5-15, 0-7).

WESTSIDE
Highland Hall 44, West Valley Christian 23
Kristina Beck scored a game-high 25 points and Kelli Bryant added 10 for host Highland Hall (6-3, 6-0).

WEST VALLEY
Chatsworth 77, Birmingham 19
Host Chatsworth (18-5, 7-0) had five players score in double figures led by Kimberly Brandon with 16 points and six steals. Monica Jackson had 15, Eryka Menzies scored 13 points and had seven assists, Destinee Sellers had 11 and Gennifer Brandon added 10.
Coral Laolagi led Birmingham (7-10, 1-6) with nine points.

Cleveland 80, El Camino Real 75 2 OT
Nichelae Henderson scored a game-high 37 points including a 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime as Cleveland (15-10, 1-6) snapped its six-game losing streak. Henderson, who has been hampered with a knee injury, left the game momenturily and then returned to hit the game-tying shot at the end of the first overtime. Nycole Harvey and Alexo Davidson scored 16 and 15 points respectively for the Cavaliers.
El Camino Real (12-9, 3-4) had four players score in double figures. Sam Rebibo led the Conquistadores with 28 points including the game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer at the end of regulation. Bahar Rohani had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Monica Fernandez had 12 points and seven assists and Dani Rosenthal added 10 points.

Taft 57, Granada Hills 50
Taft rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit and held Granada Hills to just 13 points in the second half for the victory. Rmanii Haynes had 19 points, seven steals and six assists for host Taft (15-6, 5-2). Amber Dixon added 11 points for the Toreadors.
Xava Grooms scored 14 points and Reyneisha Mays added 13 for Granada Hills (11-6, 4-3), who played without All-City guard Haley Tsutsui.

LIBERTY
Buckley 57, Oakwood 42
Erin Fukushima scored a game-high 20 points including four 3-pointers and had seven steals to lead host Buckley (13-7, 5-1) to its fourth striaght win. Jackie Sparangna and Lindsey Schapiro added 13 and 10 points respectively for the Griffins.
Carrie Schaprio scored 19 points and Julie Spector had 10 for Oakwood (13-7, 3-3).

Viewpoint 54, Providence 38
Natalie Levine scored 17 points, Lexi Sharma had 13 and Samantha Borenstein added 10 for visiting Viewpoint (15-7, 6-1).
Macy Tone led Providence (6-15, 1-6) with 12 points.

MISSION
Alemany 71, Flintridge Sacred Heart 28
Jackie Sanchez scored 16, Ashley Bautista had 14 and Maya Sotelo added 11 for host Alemany (9-12, 4-3).
Flintridge Sacred Heart (1-18, 0-7) was led by Stephanie Obioha with 13 points and Vanessa Romero had 11. The Tologs have lost 11 consecutive games.

Harvard-Westlake 63, Louisville 26
Nicole Nesbit scored a game-high 16 points to lead host Harvard-Westlake (15-8, 6-1).
Louisville (5-16, 1-6) was led by Amanda Arnold with 15 points.

Notre Dame 53, Chaminade 34
Kody Burke had 21 points and 12 rebounds for host Notre Dame (16-8, 6-1) who remain in a first place tie with Harvard-Westlake. Liza Avancenall added 11 points for the Knights who have won four straight.
Erin Dautremont led Chaminade (15-9, 4-3) with 13 points.

OLYMPIC
Windward 51, Montclair Prep 45
Jazzmin Lewis scored 14 points for visiting Montclair Prep (18-5, 3-3).

PACIFIC
Burbank 60, Hoover 48
Center Kendra Carter scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds. Kristin Crawford had 11 points and Anasik Zohrabi added 10 for Burbank (17-7, 8-3).
Rachel Estrella scored a game-high 21 points for host Hoover (5-13, 2-9). Chloe Baqqero chipped with 15 points for the Tornadoes.

Burroughs 44, Arcadia 33
Samantha Cross scored 14 points and Natalie Nichols added seven points and five steals for visiting Burroughs (16-8, 9-2).

SANTA CRUZ
Bell-Jeff 58, St. Matthias 13
Julia Tani scored eight points and Phobe Kunitomi and Amanda Gupilan each scored seven for host Bell-Jeff (19-5, 5-1).

TRI-VALLEY
St. Bonaventure 49, Oaks Christian 40
Chelsea Carlisle and Katie Brooks scored 15 points each for host Oaks Christian (15-4, 7-2).

Girls basketball:

Chaminade at Notre Dame 7 p.m.

St. Bonaventure at Oaks Christian 6 p.m.

Malibu at La Reina 7 p.m.

Montclair Prep at Windward 5:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball:

Brentwood at Montclair Prep 7 p.m.

Doris Park-Sherman scored 30 points to help Newbury Park stay in second place in the Marmontel league in a 72-60 home victory against Westlake.

Junior Sidney Dobnar added 17 points and made all eight of her free throws for the Panthers (8-13, 7-2).

Mhiah Vickers scored 28 points for Westlake. Sophomore Taylor Ignato had 27 for the Warriors.

Newbury Park is one game behind league leader Royal of Simi Valley and hosts the Pioneers Wed. Feb. 6

Girls Basketball Games To Watch Monday and Tuesday:

Monday: Westlake at Newbury Park 7 p.m.

Tuesday: Chaminade at Notre Dame 7 p.m., St. Bonaventure at Oaks Christian 6 p.m., Malibu at La Reina 7 p.m.

Top girls basketball games for Saturday Jan. 26

Saugus at Harvard Westlake 7 p.m.

Lauren Labat takes the Centurions into North Hollywood to face the super sophomores from H.W.

Montclair Prep at Pacific Hills at Pilibos High School 1:30 p.m.

The Mounties (18-3) look to get a share of first place against the undefeated in league play Bruins.

Canyon of Canyon Country vs. Oxnard at Buena High School 4 p.m.

Hart at Buena 7 p.m.

I just done covering the Newbury Park at Thousand Oaks girls basketball game.

Thousand Oaks won 61-53 after leading by 18 points in the second half.

The Lancers are now 6-3 in league and just two games behind league leader Royal of Simi Valley.

If Thousand Oaks doesn't realize its potential this season, it definitely will next year.

Sophomore Jenna Bandy scored 25 points including nine in the third quarter and made all of her six free throws down the stretch to help the Lancers hold off a late charge from the Panthers.

Freshman Karina Alofaituli contributed 12 points and Thousand Oaks head coach Rick Cromwell called her the best freshman in the league.

Newbury Park has a good one themselves in junior Doris Park-Sherman. Park-Sherman scored 26 points leading a comeback that saw the Panthers close to within five points.

Keep checking the blogs throughout the night for updates....

FOOTHILL
Valencia 56, Saugus 50
Chelsea Hastigan scored 19 points and Lindsey Hill and Starla Wright added 13 points each for host Valencia (15-7, 4-2).
Gabby Conn had 19 points and Lauren Labat had 13 for Saugus (17-5, 4-2) which lost its second striaght game and fell into a second place tie with Valencia.

LIBERTY
Viewpoint 49, Holy Martyrs 40
Crystal Alaf and Lexi Sharma scored 14 and 13 points respectively as visiting Viewpoint of Calabasas avenged a loss earlier this season to Hly Martyrs.

MARMONTE
Thousand Oaks 61, Newbury Park 53
Doris Park-Sherman scored a game-high 26 points and Sidney Dobner had 13 as host Thousand Oaks 12-9, 6-3) snapped Newbury Park's four-game winning streak.
Jenna Bandy scored 25 points and Karina Alofaituli added 12 for the Panthers (7-13, 6-2).

MISSION
Chaminade 60, Louisville 24
The trio of Kim Capicotto, Erin Dautremont and Danielle Borggrebe led the way for host Chaminade (14-7, 4-2). Capicotto scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Borggrebe had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Dautremont added 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Amanda Arnold scored 13 points for Louisville (5-15, 1-5).

Harvard-Westlake 60, Alemany 52
Sydnel Haydel scored 22 points and Nicole Nesbit added 13 for Harvard-Westlake (13-8, 5-1).
Maya Sotelo had 19 points and Erin Kyley chipped with 10 for Alemany (9-13, 3-3).

OLYMPIC
Montclair Prep 52, Downey Calvary Chapel 26
Jazzmin Lewis scored a game-high 17 points for the host Mounties of Panorama City. Montclair Prep (18-3, 4-1) led 21-0 after the first quarter enroute to their ninth straight victory.

PACIFIC
Burbank 61, Arcadia 40
Kendra Carter, the Pacific League leading scorer averaging 18.3 points per game, scored a game-high 28 points and 12 rebounds for visiting Burbank. Kristin Crawford added 18 points and seven assists for the Bulldogs (16-7, 7-3).

Burroughs 62, Glendale 61
Natalie Nichols scored 17 points and Samantha Cross added 14 points and eight rebounds as host Burroughs (15-8, 8-2) held on for the victory.
Lidia Rivas scored a game-high 20 points for the Nitros (9-13, 3-7). Anna Shahinian added 19 points and Alia Ibrahim had 13 for Glendale, which lost its fourth straight.

Crescenta Valley 49, Pasadena 48 OT
Cassie Pappas scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for visiting Crescenta Valley (16-7, 6-4).

PREP
Flintridge Prep 54, Westridge 45
Kelsey Merchant had 15 points and Courtney Robinson had 13 points and six assists for Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge. Deanna Watson added eight points and 10 rebounds for the Rebels who improved to 8-0 in league and 16-5 overall.

SUNSET SIX
North Hollywood 35, Canoga Park 16
Anna Helm and Sharai Smith combined to score all the points for visiting North Hollywood (6-10, 3-3). Smith scored 18 and Helm added 17.

Poly 61, Grant 53
Jennifer Hagan scored 20 points including five 3-pointers as Poly (11-6, 5-1) snapped Grant's 20-game League winning streak.
Ironically, it was Poly who was the last team to defeat Grant, 46-43 in 2006.
Sara Villanueva had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven assist and Christine Hernandez added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Parrotts who have won nine of their last 10 games.
Amanda Corona led Grant (16-5, 5-1) with 22 points and Vanessa Aguilar added 18.

WEST VALLEY
Chatsworth 89, Cleveland 37
Visiting Chatsworth (17-5, 6-0) had five players score in double figures, led by Kimberly Brandon with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Gennifer Brandon had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Kim Smith (15 points), Monica Jackson (14 pts., 5 steals), and Tess Williams (10 points) were the other double digit scorers for the Chancellors.
Nycole Harvey scored a game-high 22 points for Cleveland of Reseda (14-10, 0-6). Nichelae Henderson added 11 points for the Cavaliers who have lost six in a row.

Granada Hills 59, Birmingham 38
Mandu Yoshida scored 16 points while Skylar Tsutsui had 14 and Laney Ming added 11 for host Granada Hills (11-5, 4-2).
Senior Forward Coral Laolagi scored 13 points to lead Birmingham of Lake Balboa (5-9, 1-5).

Taft 42, El Camino Real 30
Rmanii Hayes had 15 points and eight steals and Amber Dixon added 12 points for visiting Taft (12-6, 4-2).
Sarah Rebibo led El Camino Real (12-8, 3-3) with 10 points.

Division I-AA

14. Royal of Simi Valley

Division I-A

7. Saugus
11. Valencia
14. Hart of Newhall
15. Burbank

Division II-AA

13. Oaks Christian of Westlake Village

Division II-A

8. Knight of Palmdale
9. Palmdale
12. Quartz Hill

Division III-AA

9. Montclair Prep of Panorama City

Division IV-AA

2. Bell-Jeff of Burbank

Division IV-A

4. Flintridge Prep of La Canada

Division V-AA

3. Village Christian of Sun Valley
5. Rosamond
6. Buckley of Sherman Oaks
7. Viewpoint of Calabasas
9. Holy Martyrs of Encino
9. La Reina of Thousand Oaks
11. Oakwood of North Hollywood
12. Malibu
13. Paraclete
16. Desert of Edwards Air Force Base

Division V-A

2. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth
4. L.A. Baptist of North Hills
5. Milken Community of Los Angeles
7. A.G.B.U. of Canoga Park
8. Hillcrest Christian of Granada Hills
12. Glendale Adevntist
13. Faith Baptist of Canoga Park

Two games with importance in the league races:

Marmonte league: Newbury Park at Thousand Oaks 7 p.m.

Sunset Six league: Grant at Poly of Sun Valley 4 p.m.

FRONTIER
Malibu 60, Grace Brethren 25
M: Cheyenne Weekley - 34 points (5 3-pointers), 5 steals; Dominique Magee - 12 pts., 17 rebounds.

HERITAGE
Milken Community 57, Santa Clarita Christian 9
MC: Whitney Ghodsian - 13 points; Lindsey Davidson 12 pts.

Hillcrest Christian (GH) 46, Faith Baptist 37
HCGH: Aundrea Dava 18 points; Kathryn Doerbecker 11 pts.
FB: Osose Oboh 12 points, Emily Mercado 11 pts.

SANTE FE
Bell-Jeff 57, St. Genevieve 35
BJ: Elizabeth Hawthorne 11 pts.; Shelley Gupilan 10 pts.
SG: Megan Janolino 11 points.

TRI-VALLEY
Oaks Christian 66, Bishop Diego 26
OC: Chelsea Carlisle 21 points & 9 assists; Christine Escoto 11 pts.

SUNSET SIX
Grant 75, Canoga Park 22
The trio of Blue Sanders, Vanessa Aguilar and Amanda Corona led the way for host Grant of Van Nuys (16-4, 5-0). Sanders had a triple-double, scoring 17 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out 12 assists. She also had seven steals. Aguilar scored a game-high 25 points and had seven steals and Corona added 12 points.

Poly 61, Van Nuys 44
Sara Villanueva scored 17 points and had five assists for visiting Poly of Sun Valley (10-6, 4-1). Christine Hernandez and Crystal Cristales had 11 points each for Poly.

VALLEY MISSION
Monroe 57, San Fernando 50
Porcha Davis scored 17 points, Jessica Navarro had 14 points and Mayra Moreno added 10 for host Monroe of North Hills (12-4).

Sylmar 50, Kennedy 28
Araceli Carmona scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Leticia Pelayo had 12 points and seven rebounds for host Sylmar (5-11, 2-3).

WEST VALLEY
Birmingham 75, Cleveland 42
Stefany Alviar scored 20 points and Crystal Briones had 15 for host Birmingham of Lake Balboa (7-8, 1-4). Nichelae Henderson scored a game-high 21 points and Alexi Davison had 12 points for Cleveland of Reseda (14-9, 0-5).

Chatsworth 61, Taft 43
Kim Smith had 17 points and Kimberly Brandon added 13 points and 11 rebounds for visiting Chatsworth (16-5, 5-0). Rmanii Haynes had 14 points and Amber Dixon chipped in with 12 for Taft of Woodland Hills.

El Camino Real 52, Granada Hills 30
Monika Fernandez scored 16 points and had five steals and Sarah Rebibo and Dani Rosenthal added 12 points each for host El Camino Real of Woodland Hills.

The Quartz Hill Girls' Basketball ended 15 years of frustration with a resounding 73-51 Golden League victory over Palmdale Tuesday night.

Freshman point guard Brieanna Perkins scored 21 points and had six assists. The Mew sisters, Rian and Regan, chipped with 10 and 14 points respectively. Senior Ashleigh Wilson contributed with 11 points.

It was Quartz Hill's first win against Palmdale since 1993, according to head coach Steve Brumwell.

Tijeda Matthews scored a game-high 29 points for Palmdale.