Wildcats keep Pirates at bay, 43-12

Kelly Heenan scored 20 points while Kathleen Etuale added 10 to pace

the Wildcats to a 43-14 victory over the Pirates in recent

Newport-Mesa National Junior Basketball girls fifth-and sixth-grade

action.

In other games:

* Lakers 43, Mavericks 24:

Lindsey Anderson scored 21 points for the Lakers while LiAnne

Sarisuk added 12. Samantha Archie tallied in six points.

Emily Rosales led the Mavericks with 10 points.

* Shock 37, Globetrotters 16:

Kadee Malone led the Shock with 12 points while Saylor Schroff

added eight. Silvie Reynolds scored seven points.

Kassie Stratton paced the Globetrotters with eight points.

In girls third- and fourth-grade action:

* Raptors 21, Celtics 10:

Diana Murphy led the Raptors with nine points followed by eight

from Elissa Schilling. Shannon Griffin led the Celtics with seven

points.

* Gold Rush 18, Liquidators 14:

The Gold Rush sent the Liquidators to their first loss of the

season.

Marissa Hergott and Nikki Borchard led the Gold Rush scoring with

seven points each while Mary McKennon tallied four points with strong

rebounding and defense.

Brooke Migliori led the Liquidators with six points followed by

four from Asia Andry.

* Sisters of Hoop 31, Sparks 16:

Ava Soleimany scored a season-high 21 points to pace the Sisters

of Hoop.

Niki Zak scored six points and added strong defense while Sara

Silverman tallied three points.

Rikki Archie led the Sparks with seven points while Kasey Thompson

(five points) and Nicole Hickey (three points) contributed.

* Razz Ma Tazz 20, Trojans 13:

The Razz Ma Tazz got their first victory of the season.

Natalie Barbaresi and Mae-Ling Choquette each scored five points

to lead the Razz Ma Tazz. Seneca Jakosky and McKenzie Dalton each

added three points.

Gabby Carpenter and Claire McKinnon each scored four points to

lead the Trojans with Alexa Boyer adding three points.

In the first- and second-grade Boys & Girls Club of Costa Mesa

action:

* Pistons 8, Lakers 6:

The Pistons improved to 2-0 with the come-from-behind victory.

The Lakers led, 6-0, at the end of the third quarter, but the

Pistons got baskets from John Mooers, David Schaffer and Landon

Knight, who hit two 10-footers to finally give the Pistons a lead

they wouldn’t relinquish.

Knight led the Pistons with four points followed by two each from

Schaffer and Mooers. Knight added six rebounds while Luke Shea and

William Davenport each tallied three.

Andy Gutieres, Davenport and Tommy Balding led a defensive effort

that held the Lakers.