Breakers stop Huntington Beach
The Newport-Mesa Breakers eighth-grade All-Net team opened the season
by defeating Huntington Beach, 61-24, in National Junior Basketball
league play.
Jamie McGee led all scorers with 17 points followed by 13 points
and 12 rebounds from Kyle Caldwell. Robbie Boyer tallied nine points
to go with five assists for Newport, the defending Southern
California section champion.
Joe Eberhard (eight), Ali Meshkin (six), Jonathan Howse (six) and
Preston Oklejas (two) capped the scoring for Newport.
In fifth- and sixth-grade girls action:
* Lakers 35, Wildcats 22:
Lindsay Anderson led the Lakers with 10 points followed by eight
from LiAnne Sarisuk and six from Adina Zepfel.
Kelly Heenan finished with eight points while Cynthia Waterman
added eight for the Wildcats.
* Globetrotters 16, Mavericks 13:
Duran Sharp scored 11 points to lead the Globetrotters while
Kassie Stratton provided strong defense.
The Mavericks had a balanced scoring attack with four points each
from Laura Martinez, Megan Wilson and Catherine Sullivan.
* Shock 33, Pirates 13:
Kadee Malone led the Shock with 12 points while Ellie Nadal
tallied eight.
Hannah Rome and Saylor Schroff anchored the defense.
Donna Etemadi and Allie Moskovits led the Pirates with four points
each while Camille Krahe led the defense.
In Boys and Girls club action:
* Pistons 41, Lakers 16:
Six of seven Pistons scored in double figures to give the team its
first win of the season.
Matt Buchanan led with 14 points followed by eight from Spencer
Rautus, who led a defense that forced 20 steals. Rautus also grabbed
eight rebounds.
Cameron Knight finished the first half with a steal and layup to
give the Pistons a 10-point lead.
The Pistons’ press took its toll on the Lakers in the second half.
The Pistons (1-1) stretched the lead to 18 at the end of the third
quarter.
Hayden Cornwell and Cody Peters each scored four points with
Peters adding three assists. Cornwell also tallied 17 rebounds and
three blocks.
Jeffery Diaz scored. three points.
Erin Purcell scored her first points of the season and added solid
rebounding while Davis Purcell held his opponent scoreless.
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