Chargers double up on La Mirada

Mike Sciacca

Despite having a five-man roster for its game Sunday against La

Mirada, the South Huntington Beach Chargers still had more than enough

firepower to hand the host team a one-sided setback, 70-35, in boys’

National Junior Basketball action.

The Chargers, now 6-0, raced out to a 47-23 halftime lead and never

were threatened.

T.J. Lipold led the attack with 22 points. Casey Becker scored 14

points, Thomas Marcin and Michael Hardwick each scored 12 points and Tim

Golden contributed nine for the Chargers, who return home Sunday to host

Fullerton in a 1:15 p.m. tip-off at Edison High.

In other games:

GIRLS’

Blue Devils earn fifth place finish

The Huntington Beach Blue Devils brought home fifth place in recent

tournament play. The girls’ eighth-grade team, playing with just six

players, won two of five tournament games.

Following an opening 53-45 loss to Norco, in which Allison Budzinski

reached double figures in points scored (12) and rebounds (10) and also

had five steals, the Blue Devils bounced back to defeat the Sparks,

51-45, with Amy Stanford and Allyson Weimer each scoring 16 points and

Sandy Takata adding 12.

The Blue Devils’ only other tournament win was a 50-34 rout of San

Clemente. Weimer scored 16 points, Budzinski had 12 points and seven

rebounds and Takata and Stacey Yin each scored six points.