Girls Basketball Report - Jan. 29

Hamilton holds off Williams, Liberty

Hamilton had its hands full this week a couple of times, but in both contests did what needed to be done to emerge victorious over Liberty 52-48 Monday, and 71-67 over Williams Tuesday.

Aubrey Bekendam mirrored her 14 points with the same number of rebounds Monday to double-double against the Lady Patriots, with Devoney Platt pitching in with 12 points and Tessa Bekendam, 11.

In a seesaw affair at home Tuesday, Hamilton led 23-19 after the first period; Williams took a 37-35 halftime lead; added to it to go up 55-50 after three; but Hamilton found its fourth gear in the fourth period to post the comeback win.

The Lady Jackets Allie Koualczuk led all scorers with 28 points, and was followed on the Williams side by Abby Cranford's 19 and Tori Hibsch's 14. Cranford also had nine big assists.

Aubrey and Platt each double-doubled in the Williams game, with Aubrey collecting 24 points and 14 boards, and Platt scored 15 while pulling down 15 rebounds. Tessa added 18 points.

Hamilton (16-3, 3-0) hosted East Nicolaus (13-6, 3-0) Thursday and visits Esparto Tuesday.

The Lady Yellowjackets (7-9, 1-2) tangled at Biggs (5-14, 1-2) Thursday, and turn the lights on for Los Molinos Tuesday.

Corning shuts down Central Valley

The Corning varsity girls basketball team clung to a one-point lead going into the fourth quarter after being outscored by 10 in the third, but the Lady Cardinals pulled it together down the stretch to plunder Central Valley by a score of 63-53 Tuesday night.

Four different Lady Cardinals scored in double figures, making it impossible for CV to double-team a hot shooter without leaving open someone else who was also at the top of her game.

Chante Dale and Baillie Eller tied for the club lead with 13 points apiece, Erin Lowe scored 12 and Ashley Heitland had 10.

Heitland was a perfect 8-for-8 in free throws and set team standards in assists (3) and steals (4). Samantha Monroe led the club in rebounding with six boards.

Janette Landa also scored eight points and the Lady Cards managed to cut their turnovers to 11, down from 18 committed last Friday against a weaker team.

Corning handed CV its first league loss, and in doing so the Lady Cards won their sixth straight game. The only team left in league that Corning hasn't met is West Valley, also 3-1 in NAL play, who lost to CV by 10 a few days ago.

The Lady Cards (4-0 NAL, 13-4) host West Valley on Friday to open a three-game homestand, and end the first half of NAL action.

Los Molinos bugged by Biggs

The Los Molinos varsity girls basketball team was outscored little-by-little every quarter Tuesday night in Biggs, losing by a score of 41-28.

The Lady Bulldogs battled on the road and never had the lead, but were never out of sight of it either, as Biggs only led by six at the break and eight after three quarters.

Carolyna Salazar drilled 5-of-6 from the foul line and led LM with 11 points. Kiersten Seaman and Kirstin Wagenfuhr also made the best of their free-throw opportunities, each going 4-for-6 to finish with eight and four points, respectively.

Los Molinos was 14-for-23 at the line as a team, but remained winless in Mid-Valley League contests.

The Lady Bulldogs (0-3 MVL, 3-12) hosted Esparto on Thursday and play at Williams Tuesday.

Colusa outlasts Rio Vista in OT

The Lady Redskins survived a three-point fourth quarter that forced an overtime period and emerged with a 60-55 triumph over Rio Vista Tuesday at home.

Meghan Foster led the way for the Colusa offense and equaled her season-high with 19 points, Erika Avina added 17, and Caroline Meyers put up 13.

The Lady Redskins (8-9, 1-2) play at Live Oak (5-10, 0-2) Friday, and host Pierce Tuesday. 

Pierce loses to Live Oak

Ashley Robinson scored a game-high 20 points for the Lady Bears and Sarah Nunez added nine, according to the Appeal-Democrat, but it was not enough to prevent Pierce from losing 50-41 in Arbuckle.

Pierce (1-10, 0-2) hosted Willows (9-8, 2-1) Thursday, and plays at Colusa Tuesday.

Orland falls by one at Winters

The Lady Trojans led 38-35 after three periods of play Tuesday at Winters, but the Warriors responded with a 15-11 scoring advantage in the final quarter to prevail 50-49.

Statistical information was not available before press time.

Orland dropped to 8-10 on the season and 2-2 in league play before playing at Las Plumas Friday night. The girls will be back on the road Friday when they play at Wheatland.

Lady Honkers out-hustled by Durham

Willows coach Terri Moore said Willows did not come out ready to play at home Tuesday against Durham and it proved costly, as the Trojans handed them a 60-38 defeat.

"They (Durham) had the intensity and hustle. They kept beating us to every ball,' said coach Moore, ‘I was expecting us to do that to them!"

Also problematic for the Lady Honkers was early foul trouble and not hitting a single field goal in the second quarter.

Hailie Daniels finished with 16 points, 13 rebonds and a pair of assists to lead Willows.

"Hailie played a great second half," said the coach. "She really tried to make up for a lackluster first half. She listened and tried to do what we talked about at halftime."

The Honkers (9-8, 2-1) looked to get back on track Thursday at Pierce (1-10, 0-2), and roll out the welcome mat for Rio Vista Tuesday.

Maxwell muted by Paradise Adventist

Kendall Vierra's 11 points represented the only double-digit scoring for Maxwell as they fell to Paradise Adventist 40-30 at home Tuesday.

Laramie Vargas grabbed a team-high 11 boards for the Panthers, who fell to 7-9, 0-3.

Next up for the Lady Panthers is a Friday home game with Westwood (8-4, 2-2). Tuesday they travel to Hayfork.

Herlong dries up Elk Creek

There were lids on both baskets Tuesday in Elk Creek, and the Lady Elks and Herlong played to a 2-2 stalemate after the first quarter, but the Vikings eventually found their touch to drop Elk Creek 34-23.

Kristin Wycoff led the Lady Elks with eight points, while Krista Swearinger, Lena Polk and Sissy Hill each scored four.

The Lady Elks were 11-6, 2-2 before a Friday home contest with Providence. They then travel to Downieville Tuesday.