Martians comeback beats Sparks

The Fountain Valley Martians rallied in the final quarter to score

a 45-37 victory over the Newport Mesa Sparks in a girls Division I

National Junior Basketball contest.

Ashley Courtney scored a game-high 21 points and also had four assists,

with nine of her points coming on a 9 for 9 shooting performance from the

foul line in the final quarter. Other key contributors for the Martians

included Kimberly Rhoten with eight rebounds and five steals, Jacqueline

Smith with eight points and seven rebounds, and Tiffany Prugichaillers

with six assists and four rebounds.

In other games:

6TH-GRADE ALL-NET DIVISION

Brea 41, NHB Rebels 36 The North Huntington Beach Rebels opened up a four-point halftime lead on

the strength of the scoring of both Ciara Sheppard and Lindsey Schulze,

and the defensive pressure of Jessica Kwan, Dana Van Voorhis, and Erin

Esky. Brea, however, reeled off 12 unanswered points in the third quarter

to take the lead for good. Sheppard scored 14 points, Esky finished with

10, and Kwan came up with seven steals for the Rebels, who fell to 1-1.

SOUTH HUNTINGTON BEACH NJB

DIVISION II

Sparks 16 TLA 9

The Sparks overcame a three-point halftime deficit as Erica Fruhwirth

scored her game-high six points in the second half to lead the comeback

victory.