Views to victory

The basketball teams at Mesa View and Marine View middle schools each

won two postseason championships in boys’ and girls’ basketball

action at the Ocean View School District tournament last week.

Below is a breakdown of each division final:

Eighth-grade girls

Mesa View 27, Marine View 24

Mesa View, which had not won a district crown in six years, upset

a Marine View squad that entered the tournament undefeated.

The Eagles overcame an early 6-1 deficit to earn a 17-17 tie at

the half.

They went into the lead in the third quarter behind the play of

Mariah Nogueira and Samantha Meisenholder, who keyed a defensive

effort that shut out the Mariners in the quarter.

Nogueira scored 16 points and Jalyssa Brown had 10 rebounds for

Mesa View.

“Mariah Nogueira is the finest all-around female athlete I’ve seen

in my 31 years in the district,” Mesa View Coach Kelly Painter said.

“I’m looking forward to reading about her in a couple of years.”

Eighth-grade boys

Marine View 34, Spring View 26

Marine View faced the tall task of taking on an undefeated Spring

View team that featured twin towers Travis and David Wear, but came

up with a big win.

“We knew we were at a disadvantage, so we tried to slow the game

down to our pace,” Marine View coach Andy Becker said.

The Mariners did indeed slow the pace, as the two teams were

locked at 8-8 at halftime. They were led in the second half by Neil

Negrete, who scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds.

Teammates Tab Pagter and Nick Nesser each scored four points.

Travis Wear scored 16 points, David Wear scored six and Tyler

Rinker contributed four more for Spring View.

Seventh-grade girls

Marine View 35, Mesa View 19

Marine View, which went through the regular season unscathed,

continued to master its opponents in postseason play, culminating

with this win in the division final.

Janet Kim scored 10 points and had five assists, Analese Treyo

scored 10 points and had 11 rebounds and Megan White had eight

assists and seven rebounds as the Mariners broke open a tight game.