The vastly improved Soph Allison Clarke for ⁦ ⁦ /YA9RBf5ekpĭan Albano has been a high school sports writer at The Orange County Register since 1993. 2 Rosary 58, Chaminade 54: Sophomore Allison Clarke scored 19 points and Utah Valley-bound Kaylee Byon added 16 as the Royals (8-6) rallied in the second half. Soleil Montrose added 15 points and nine rebounds for Mater Dei. 13 Esperanza 53: Sophomore center Jenessa Cotton had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Monarchs (14-3) past the Aztecs (13-5), who received 26 points from junior guard Kaiya Mack. Junior Amber Furch scored 27 points for Brentwood. 9 Pacifica Christian 72, Brentwood 68: Freshman guard Addison Deal scored 28 points, including four 3-pointers, and sophomore Annika Jiwani added 16 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Tritons (13-5). 16 San Juan Hills 42: Sophomore guard Sydney Peterson scored 22 points to pace the Stallions (14-6). Yucaipa 46, Santiago 33: Sophomore forward Neryah Lokeni scored 13 points to lead the Cavaliers. “I certainly hope that we can hang onto those 2 1/2 quarters and just say, ‘Hey, if we compete that way, we can play with anybody,’ ” Aragon said. Orangewood Academy also received a combined 10 points from its freshman backcourt of Vicky Om and Alissa Belen (two 3-pointers). “I’ve never played anyone like that.”įreshman Aliyahna Morris had 17 points and Sa’lah Hemingway added 15 for Etiwanda, which played without two starters.īrown finished with nine points and 10 rebounds. “She’s good because she’s long and she can defend,” Stines added about Smith. They forced a lot of turnovers on me but it was fun.” The whole team is good defensively so it was really hard. “It was fun,” Stines said the clash with Smith. Stines finished with 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and 10 rebounds. Smith mostly guarded Stines in a marquee matchup of the night. Fellow sophomore Kennedy Smith had 21 points, four blocks and four steals. Sophomore Destiny Agubata led Etiwanda with 26 points and 16 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive glass. We have to play all through the grind, play through the adversity.” “We practice so hard, we are well-conditioned to the point that I knew, after a while, they’re going to drop while we’re going to keep going,” Delus said. They used a full-court, man-to-man defense and fast-break to outscore the Spartans 41-12 from that point.Įtiwanda scored 19 consecutive points at one stretch of the fourth quarter to pull away from Orangewood Academy, which had defeated the Eagles the past two seasons. The Washington-bound point guard switched hands on a slick layup with just over four minutes left in the third quarter to cut the Etiwanda lead to 42-35 but the Eagles were just warming up. Half: Hannah Stines drains the 3 for ⁦ but a very physical Etiwanda leads 40-33, can’t imagine there is a more physical team in SoCal than Etiwanda ⁦ /xCNv1P5oz4 Junior forward Jayionne “Juice” Brown provided belief late in the first quarter with a block shot, and an offensive rebound and putback on the other end to tie the score 19-19.Īnd there was a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the first half by Stines that trimmed Etiwanda’s lead to 40-33 and bolstered the Spartans’ confidence. “No, but we started believing little by little.” “Did I think we were going to beat Etiwanda tonight?” he added. But Etiwanda’s physical defense and offensive rebounding never slowed as it sprinted to an 83-47 victory. “I really appreciate Coach (Leslie) Aragon (of Orangewood) because he knew that we had lost games and were not able to replace them, so he was, ‘You know what, man, I’m going to give my girls a shot and play you.’ “Īnd for the first 2 1/1 quarters, Orangewood Academy stuck with the powerhouse Eagles. “We’ve already been turned down almost 35 times in the last two weeks,” Etiwanda coach Stan Delus said. 3-ranked team in the nation that apparently few schools are willing to play amid the scheduling scramble caused by the virus. The school of about 85 students capped its Presion Showcase on Martin Luther King Day by taking on Etiwanda, the No. On Monday night, the Spartans again put their mantra into practice. GARDEN GROVE - Orangewood Academy’s girls basketball program prides itself on being a fearless, small-school unit, ready and eager to take on larger or better-known teams. Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.

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