Surf City Blues roll onward

It was a complete game performance from tip-off to final horn

Sunday for the West Huntington Beach 6th-grade girls All-Net basketball

team, which rolled to a 38-16 victory over Garden Grove in National

Junior Basketball play at Garden Grove High.

The Surf City Blues took command early, staking their way to a 12-3 lead

behind the ball handling and defensive play of Rachael Maulit, as well as

the scoring of Catherine Marcoly.

The Blues led 20-5 at the half and took a 24-11 lead into the final

quarter, where Erin Barney provided the spark with four assists and three

steals.

Marcoly led all scorers with 14 points, and Maulit had nine steals. Susie

Bartolme and Audra Talulaitis combined for 20 rebounds for the winners.

West Huntington Beach, now 5-1 overall and in second place in the

Southern California 6th-grade girls All-Net standings, travels Sunday to

Redlands.

In other games:

SOUTH HB NJB

DIVISION 2

Shaqettes 31, Newport Mesa 13

Lauren Kaprielian led all scorers with 13 points, Jacque Anderson scored

a season-high 10 points, and the defense held the Sparks scoreless in the

second period as the Shaqettes improved to 6-1.

DIVISION 3

Girls Got Game 28, Newport Mesa 10

Hilary Pool (12) and Stephanie Hunter (11) accounted for 23 of the 28

points scored by Girls Got Game, who improved to 6-1 overall. Pool also

grabbed seven rebounds to go along with a steal, Hunter had four rebounds

and three steals, Nicole Kaprielian added four rebounds and a pair of

steals, Mary Madden had four rebounds, and Kali Fournier added three

steals and a rebounds against the Liberty.

Fountain Valley NJB

DIVISION 1

North HB 29, FV Martians 25

Trailing 24-5, the Martians staged a valiant rally, but fell short.

Ashley Courtney scored 12 points on four, three-point shots, and Crystal

Perez pulled down 16 rebounds and scored seven points for the Martians.

DIVISION 2

Tsunamis 35, North HB 19

Melanie Lisnock scored 11 points, Leah Ankers had 11 rebounds, and Desriee Pedersen played solidly in the Tsunamis victory.