Paraclete Girls Feel Right at Home, 41-22

Paraclete High solved Highland’s full-court press. Then the Spirits figured out the half-court trap.

Shortly thereafter, Paraclete won its own girls’ basketball tournament with a 41-22 victory over Highland in the championship game Saturday night at Paraclete.

The Spirits led by three at halftime, and thanks to increased patience with Highland’s pressure defense, outscored the Bulldogs (2-1) in the third quarter, 14-0.

Jackie Kolesar had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Paraclete (3-1), while Kate Robinson added 13 points and was named tournament most valuable player.

In other girls’ games:

Valencia 55, Tehachapi 53--Shay Sayani scored 13 points, including five of the Vikings’ six points in overtime, and Valencia (3-1) claimed third place in the Paraclete tournament.

With Valencia trailing, 53-52, Sayani hit what turned out to be the winning three-point shot with 30 seconds left in overtime.

Louisville 49, Fillmore 35--Kari Crawley had 11 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and seven steals for the Royals (4-0) in the championship game of the Fillmore tournament.

Santa Paula 55, Oak Park 46--Sarah Kolbeck scored 10 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter and the Cardinals (2-2) claimed seventh place in the Fillmore tournament.

Kolbeck’s fourth-quarter outburst and five points in the period by Amanda Nichols rallied Santa Paula from a 36-34 deficit after three quarters.

Cori Grover led Oak Park with 13 points.

Palmdale 55, Rancho Cucamonga 52--Summer Hoban made 13 of 16 free-throw attempts and finished with 27 points and the Falcons (2-2) won the seventh-place game in the Etiwanda tournament.

Vonetta Lanier scored 10 points for Palmdale, all in the last five minutes after center Jennifer Keating fouled out in the fourth quarter.

Thousand Oaks 46, Newport Harbor 43--Nicole Vasquez and Elena Salvador each scored 12 points and Amy Haslam added 11 for the Lancers (1-0) in the first round of the University tournament.

Thousand Oaks will play Vista in the second round Tuesday.

Royal 81, Blair 34--Kristen Galbreath scored 21 points and Jessica Sanders had 10 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals and the Highlanders (3-1) took third place in the Monrovia tournament.

BOYS

Channel Islands 61, Nordhoff 59--O.J. Thomas’ layup as time expired for the Raiders (3-0) proved to be more important than the 30-point, 10-rebound effort Andy Flores had for the host Rangers (3-1) in the Nordhoff tournament championship.

Thomas was one of three players to finish with 14 points for Channel Islands.

Littlerock 79, Fillmore 70--Reserves Travis Williams (25 points and eight rebounds) and Tony Mayes (13 points, nine rebounds and six block shots) made significant contributions, and the Lobos’ bench accounted for 45 points as Littlerock built a 43-32 halftime lead and took third place at the Nordhoff tournament.

South Pasadena 71, Hueneme 49--Arnold Koh scored 19 points for the Tigers (2-1) in the fifth-place game of the Nordhoff tournament. Dwight Norman scored 14 points for Hueneme (1-2).

Thacher 70, Paraclete 56--Daniel Eppink scored 24 points for Paraclete, but the Spirits (0-3) fell to the Toads (1-2) in the seventh-place game of the Nordhoff tournament.

Viewpoint 57, Windward 49--Daniel Roy had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Patriots and Tyler Stone scored seven of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and Viewpoint (4-1) finished third in the Providence tournament.

Stone hit 11 of 12 free throws, including four of four in the last period, and also had nine assists.