SoCalHoops CIF State Tournament News
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NorCal CIF State Regional 1st Round
Girls' Game Details--(Mar. 8, 2000)
NorCal? Oh, it's the other half of the bracket. . . Here's what happened in the first round for the girls in the NorCal Regionals for all the divisions, except D-I.
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Amador Valley 67, Paradise 52 --Point guard Mia Fisher poured in 24 points and Brittany Kernan added 14 as defending NorCal champion and No. 1-seed Amador Valley of Pleasanton (25-5) rushed by visiting Paradise of Redding (18-8), 67-52. After two tough wins on the road to take the North Coast Section Division girls basketball crown, Amador Valley was due for a bit of a letdown. Fortunately, the Dons faced Paradise in the first round of the Division II playoffs and cruised to the 67-52 win in the friendly Amador Valley gymnasium. -- Amador Valley's Mia Fisher showed why she is the best player the Bobcats have faced this year. Fisher scored her second triple-double of the postseason, recording 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. The No. 1-seeded Dons (25-5) will host unseeded St. Francis-Mountain View (26-5) in a semifinal game at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. St. Francis upset No. 4 Golden Valley-Merced 52-31 on Tuesday. Like everyone else, the focus for St. Francis will be on trying to contain Fisher, a 5-10 junior point guard. But, as Paradise (18-8) quickly discovered, planning to defend Fisher is much easier than actually doing it. Just three minutes into the game, Fisher had five points and one assist. Paradise got as close as 11-8 midway through the first quarter, but Fisher got loose in the open court and led Amador Valley on a 9-4 run to end the period. She had nine points, three assists, two rebounds and a steal in the first eight minutes, and she sank a 17-foot, double-pump jump shot at the buzzer to make the score 20-12. In the second quarter, Fisher had six points, three rebounds, three assists and a steal as the Dons outscored Paradise 19-9. The Dons led by as many as 22 points (47-25) in the third quarter, and Paradise never got closer than the final margin in the second half. Paradise 12 9 12 19 - 52 Amador Valley 20 10 16 12 - 67 Paradise-Martinez 2,Hudson 8, Kagan 2, Krippen 10, Bohlke 2, Smith 4 , Baker 6, Ruiz 20. Amador Valley-Zimmerman 0, Rogers 9, Gordet 0, Wyatt 0, Winter 6, Franzen 0, Gray 0 B. Kernan 14, S. Kernan 5, Lagosh 0, Stedt 0, King-Bischof 9, McGrath 0, Kautz 0, Fisher 24.
St. Francis 52, Golden Valley 31--St. Francis High of Mountain View proved there is strength is numbers Tuesday night against Golden Valley. St. Francis, subbing as many as five players as a time, wore out the undermanned Cougars in a 52-31 rout in the first round of the Northern California basketball playoffs at Golden Valley High School. Christine Capuyan (11 points) was the only St. Francis player to score in double figures, but she was one of 10 players to score for the visitors. Jacque Robinson scored a game-high 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Golden Valley, which concluded its campaign with a 25-6 record. The game was tied at 10 at the end of the first quarter, but St. Francis ended the opening half with a 23-18 lead. By the end of third period, the Cougars, seeded fourth, were trailing 43-24. Fifth-seeded St. Francis, which ran its record to 26-5, moves on to play No. 1 seed Amador Valley in Round 2 on Thursday night. The Lancers (26-5) used 12 different players in the game, 10 of whom scored. Point guard Christine Capuyan led the way with 11, while Betsy Butterick, Sarah Collins, Dokesha Meacham and Alyssa Sobolik added six apiece. Meanwhile, the Cougars (25-6) had only three players score. Senior Jacque Robinson led Golden Valley with 18 points, Beth Murdock had nine and Stephanie Hellner added four. Trailing 23-18 at halftime, the Cougars began to falter in the third quarter The Lancers, who pressed sporadically in the first half, turned up the pressure to open the second half and forced Golden Valley into numerous turnovers. The teams traded baskets in the first two minutes of the third quarter, as Saint Francis maintained its five-point lead. Then the Cougars went cold, making only one basket the rest of the quarter. The Lancers outscored Golden Valley 13-2 in the final six minutes of the third quarter, as seven different players scored for Saint Francis. The Cougars didn’t do much better in the fourth. Golden Valley, which trailed 40-24 at the end of the third quarter, closed the Lancers lead to 44-30 with four minutes remaining, but got no closer. The Cougars began to apply full-court pressure, but Saint Francis had no problems breaking it and quickly stretched its lead to 50-30. Robinson added a free throw for Golden Valley and the Lancers answered back with a layup by Sobolik to end the game and the season for the Cougars.
Concord Carondelet 63, Chico 45--Post players Nicole Lynch (16 points) and Leigh Gregory (13) led Carondelet of Concord (28-2) to a 63-45 win at No. 3 Chico (22-17). The Cougars (28-2) did it all, dominating on defense and getting balanced scoring inside and outside. Center Nicole Lynch led the way with 16 points, 10 in the first half. Lynch has become the object of opponents' game plans. In Saturday's North Coast Section championship game, Amador Valley made shutting her down a priority. Lynch was held to nine points and Carondelet lost 65-57. The Panthers (22-7) tried to do the same thing on Tuesday but the Cougars would have none of it. Forward Leigh Gregory scored 13 points and point guard Meghann Keathley added 12. Alicia Gibson led Chico with 11 points and Tina Dura added 10. The Panthers will be having nightmares about Keathley at both ends of the court. In one sequence, she blocked a shot, stole the rebound away, went the length of the court and made a running bank shot in traffic. That was a recurring theme with the Carondelet players. If both teams win their second round games on Thursday, they'll meet in Saturday's Northern regional final. As for the Panthers, the Northern Section champions got a lot out of a team without a player taller than 5-foot-11. They made a run midway through the third quarter to cut the lead to 38-35. But Carondelet's defense tightened and allowed only seven points the rest of the game. Carondelet 18 15 15 15 - 63 Chico 12 13 17 3 - 45 Carondelet-Lutz 0, Germono 3, Furtado 0, Gordon 2, Phalen 4, Gregory 13, Keathly 12, Powers 5, Strupeck 8, Lynch 16. Chico-Klick 0, Saake 2, Aldrige 0, Benson 0, Mendes 0, Adams 4, Stephenson 6, White 9, N. Johnson 0, A. Johnson 0, McGowan 0, Dura 10, Gibson 11, Anderson 3.
Homestead 39, Sacramento El Camino 38 -- The Homestead girls basketball team escaped with its second consecutive improbable postseason win Tuesday, defeating visiting El Camino of Sacramento 39-38 on a five-foot follow shot at the buzzer by junior forward Tanya Green. The Mustangs (23-7) were down 38-37 with 15 seconds remaining in the opening-round Northern California Division II tournament game when they inbounded the ball against the Sac-Joaquin Section runner-up Eagles (24-7). Homestead worked the ball around the perimeter to Chris Strombel in the right corner. Strombel was off the mark with her shot, but Green grabbed the rebound with two seconds remaining and, leaning toward the basket, immediately released her shot. The ball was bouncing around the rim when time expired before dropping through the net, sending an already rowdy Homestead rooting section into a frenzy as students poured onto the floor and mobbed the team. Homestead, which upset St. Francis 49-44 in Saturday's Central Coast Section title game after Mustangs forward Julie Randall sent the game into overtime with a short jumper at the buzzer, will be home at 7:30 p.m. Thursday against Carondelet of Concord. The winner will advance to the title game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Arco Arena in Sacramento. The Mustangs, who committed 29 turnovers (three fewer than they made against St. Francis), won Tuesday's game with hard-nosed defense. Randall blocked several shots under the basket, and Green played tough in the key. The Mustangs were up 36-32 with 2 minutes, 34 seconds left when Eagles senior guard Barbie Pierce hit her team's first three-point shot of the game. After the Mustangs followed with a free throw to take a 37-35 lead with 1:42 remaining, Pierce put the Eagles up 38-37 with another three-point shot. After regaining possession on a turnover, the Eagles lost the ball when the 35-second clock expired with 15 seconds remaining. Randall led the Mustangs with 12 points, followed by Green with 10. Homestead guard Vickie Chiang, who played a courageous game on a heavily taped, severely sprained left ankle, scored seven points. She ended the first half by sinking a desperation buzzer-beating three-point shot from 24 feet, giving the Mustangs a 22-21 lead. Pierce, who has accepted a softball scholarship from Penn State, led the Eagles with 12 points.
Petaluma 52, Sacramento St. Francis 38--Renee Maxie scored a game-high 14 points to lead the top-seeded Trojans over the No. 8 Troubadours in Division III. After his team fell behind 21-8, St. Francis coach Vic Pitton brought in his reserves to try to get something started. The strategy worked for a moment and helped St. Francis get back into the game, but Petaluma regained control with a buzzer beater at the half to take a six-point lead. The Trojans pulled away in the fourth quarter behind guards Maggie Tarr and Lindsey Vollmer, who each scored 10 points. Maren Martinelli, one of only three seniors on the Troubadours' roster, led her team with seven points. St. Francis finished 25-8.
Santa Cruz 71, Enterprise 49--Quick, athletic and big in the middle, the Cardinals ran over No. 4-seeded Enterprise for a 71-49 upset Tuesday in the first round of the Northern California Division III playoffs. It was the first NorCal playoff appearance for Santa Cruz, but it won’t be the last. The Cardinals, the No. 5 seed, next play at top-seeded Petaluma (28-6) in the semifinals Thursday. Petaluma, the North Coast Section champion, beat No. 8 St. Francis of Sacramento, 52-38, in another first round game. Santa Cruz, however, likely won’t have as easy as it had on Tuesday. The Cardinals (26-6) took off in the first quarter and never looked back. They took advantage of eight first-quarter turnovers by the Hornets (22-7) and the play of 6-foot-3 senior Marisa Boyce in the middle intimidated Enterprise. Boyce, who scored 12 points and had eight rebounds, blocked three shots in the first quarter and the Hornets began to look outside for their points. When the first eight minutes had ended, Santa Cruz led 27-16. Enterprise senior Adrienne Ruggles had seven points. Sophomore guard Tameka Blue, who led all scorers with 16 points and six assists, ran the Cardinals’ offense to near perfection. Kim Abts, who averaged 15.2 points a game in the regular season, was held to three points. A pair of sophomores led the Hornets in scoring with Kaysen Brennan putting in 14 points and Kiira Mancasola 13. Santa Cruz never let Enterprise in the game. Tenaya Fihe hit consecutive 3s to end the second quarter and the Cardinals led 45-23. The Hornets also didn’t help themselves in the second quarter with 2-of-15 shooting. Santa Cruz shot 62 percent for the game and outrebounded the Hornets, 26-19.
Sacred Heart Cathedral 55, Anderson 39--Tessa Moon scored 19 points, including 17 in the second half, to lead the Irish to a 55-39 victory over Anderson in a Northern California Division III quarterfinal playoff game. The second-seeded Irish (26-5) will host No. 3 Manteca in a Thursday semifinal With Irish floor leader Toni Russell on the bench with three fouls, Moon hit five of six shots, including two 3-pointers, for 12 third-quarter points. She gave the Irish a little breathing room, turning a seven-point lead into a more comfortable 42-29 advantage after three periods. Moon also contributed two steals, two blocked shots and three rebounds. The Irish were a little sluggish to begin the game. In their usual full-court pressing fashion, they forced 13 first-half turnovers by Anderson. But untrue to their form, they also turned the ball over 11 times to allow the Cubs to stay competitive at the half with just a 23-20 deficit. Fouls were part of the problem. The Irish were whistled nine times in each half, and the constant calls would not allow them to get into a groove until the third quarter. Nevertheless, Russell still finished with seven steals and tied Moon for game-high honors with 19 points. SHC is also doing a good job of playing against bigger teams, which is just about everyone the Irish face at this stage of the playoffs. The Cubs (17-10) exploited their height advantage in the second and third quarters by throwing the ball over the top to 6-foot-1 center Shannon Hopson for easy 2-foot banks. Hopson scored a team-best 13 points but was kept quiet in the fourth quarter, with 5-8 Omoh Odiye and 5-10 Jennifer Romanini, the Irish's tallest player, denying the ball.
Manteca 63, Novato 61--Cecilia Boje went for 18 points, Karey Smith 11 and Sarah Daly 10, but visiting Novato (23-10) was edged out by third-seed Manteca (30-4), 63-61. After the first quarter of the Manteca High girls basketball team's Division III Northern California regional quarterfinal game with Novato, the Buffaloes were feeling lucky only to be down 11-10. But the Buffaloes began the second quarter a different team, one that held its own on the glass en route to a 63-61 win over the Hornets Tuesday at Manteca's Dr. Robert C. Winter Gym. Manteca plays at Sacred Heart of San Francisco in a NorCal semifinal Thursday at 7 p.m. Guzman was the difference and more, scoring 27 points to keep Novato from leaving the gym triumphant. She scored on a variety of driving, jumping, leaning shots throughout the game; no one -- or even two -- Novato defender could control her. Despite the final score, Manteca had comfortable leads throughout the game. It only had to hold off a frenetic Hornet run late in the game. The Buffaloes (29-4) had a 58-49 lead with 1:05 remaining in the game when the Hornets buried two 3-pointers, a mid-range jumper and four free throws. But Manteca made its free throws late as well, going 10 for 11 from the line in the final three minutes. Manteca began the game running as often as it could. It opened up the court for Guzman to get a single defender while the Hornets concentrated on DeRoos, who consistently drew double teams. And Guzman made them pay. The game began at 8 p.m. because the Novato bus was caught in traffic while going to Manteca. The Hornets arrived at 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Prep 55, Colusa 25--Defending state champion and No. 1-seed Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton moved a step closer to a sixth state title with a 55-25 drubbing of visiting Colusa. Sharpshooter Ashley Hallsted led the Gators (28-5) with 18 points.
Ursuline 44, International Studies 36--The ball just wouldn't go in early Tuesday night at Kezar Pavilion, but in the end Ursuline High of Santa Rosa had the better luck as it defeated host International Studies Academy, 44-36, in a Northern California Division IV quarterfinal girls game. The two schools combined for a state record-low three points in the first quarter as Ursuline took a 2-1 lead. Ursuline's Monica Mertle made the only field goal at 2:08 in the quarter as the North Coast Section runner-up Bears (26-6) missed eight shots. ISA (26-7) fared no better, missing three attempts while turning the ball over six times. Tatiana Taylor made one free throw at 6:25. Mertle and Gravelle shared scoring honors with 12 points each. Mertle made hit for eight and Gravelle four in the second quarter to give Ursuline a 15-9 halftime lead. Katie Noonan added six points and Melanie Durian only two, but they were the impact guards who kept the ball from going to the low post and were instrumental in forcing the Cobras into 22 turnovers. The Cobras managed to make a game. Jennifer Li's bucket left ISA trailing, 25-24, early in the fourth quarter before the Bears went on an 8-0 run to effectively end the game.
Marin Catholic 56, Bret Harte 48--The Bullfrogs (30-4) saw their season come to an end with a loss to Marin Catholic (29-3). Third-seed Marin Catholic of Kentfield dropped visiting Bret Harte of Altaville as Sammi Osborne pouring in 18 points and Nickie Warren 13. Bret Harte High enjoyed one of its best girls' basketball seasons. The Bullfrogs won a school-record 30 games, won their ninth straight Mother Lode League championship, went to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV finals and reached the Northern California playoffs But if Bret Harte had its way, it would probably like to replay the second and third quarters of Tuesday night's first-round NorCal game with Marin County Athletic League and North Coast Section champion Marin Catholic. In those two quarters, the sixth-seeded Bullfrogs shot poorly and were outscored 41-20 on the way to having their season ended, 56-48, by the tall and athletic No.3 Wildcats at Dino Ghilotti Court. Bret Harte, which had to play without coach Mike Lewis because he was at home riddled with an extreme case of the flu, finished the season 30-4. Marin Catholic (29-3) has the pleasure of meeting No.2 seed St. Mary's of Stockton -- the team that beat Bret Harte in the section finals -- on Thursday for a trip to the NorCal finals Friday at San Joaquin Delta College, about a 3-point shot from the St. Mary's campus.Bret Harte was able to neutralize Marin Catholic's twin towers of Brooke Smith and Nickie Warren in the first 11 minutes of the game and after Bri Bales sank a short jumper, the Bullfrogs were within 25-21 with about 2:30 left in the first half. Bales' points were the last the Bullfrogs scored for the next five minutes. They would score only seven in the next 10 1/2 minutes. Marin Catholic, which possesses three players at least 5-foot-10, took full advantage. Using good defense, the inside duo of Warren and Smith and the outside shooting of Sammi Osborne, the Wildcats outscored Bret Harte 10-0 to take a 35-21 lead with 6:20 left in the third quarter. Lindsay Sweetland, who along with Becca Bales and Brittany Skaff had their fine careers at Bret Harte come to an end, broke the scoreless drought with 4:52 left. Bret Harte was hoping for a another shot at St. Mary's, but that wasn't enough to carry the Bullfrogs. They had given everything to accomplish the goal of reaching the section finals and really had nothing left to stage a comeback. As much as they wanted to move on, they played like a tired team and an energized Marin Catholic squad just kept coming.
Stockton St. Mary's 79, Corning 57--The second-seeded Rams (31-3) scored the first six points and were rarely challenged as they advanced to a 7 p.m. home semifinal game Thursday against Marin Catholic, a 56-48 winner over Bret Harte. St. Mary's was led by Andrea Nederostek's 18 points. That the Rams still held a 37-18 lead at the break over the Cardinals (18-10) signifies how good they can be when they play to their coach's expectations. It was also a sign of how tentative Corning was for one half. It took until the third period for the Cardinals to flash the form that helped them win their school's first North Section championship. Corning's Julie White, a 5-foot-10 forward, made three of her team's four second-half 3-pointers and finished with 21 points. The visitors pulled within 49-41 on two White free-throws with 1:28 left in the third period. But Nederostek, the 6-2 center, took control in the fourth quarter, scoring six points in a row at one stretch as St. Mary's pushed its lead to as much as 27 points, 78-51, with 2:25 remaining. Junior Michelle Cozad and freshman guard Dominique Banks both scored 17 points for St. Mary's, which outrebounded Corning 51-28, including 31-12 in the first half. Nederostek had 11 boards and Banks had nine before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
Palo Alto Pinewood 66, Eureka St. Bernard 40--Pinewood School turned around a surprising halftime tie with St. Bernard of Eureka with a third-quarter blitzkrieg to win 66-40 in the first round of the Division V NorCal girls basketball playoffs Tuesday in Palo Alto. The top-seeded Panthers advance to play Ripon Christian at Pinewood at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Panthers, who won a CCS semifinal game last week by 52 points over Eastside Prep, trailed in the second half 29-28 with a little under seven minutes to go in the third quarter. It was then that Pinewood took control. Pinewood (27-1) outscored the Crusaders 19-5 to close out the quarter, including 10 straight at one point. Kimyacioglu led the Panthers in their hot stretch, scoring 13 points in the that quarter on her way to a game-high 27. Pinewood put the clamps on the Crusaders (20-12) defensively, limiting St. Bernard to only four buckets in the second half. Along with Kimyacioglu's big game, the Panthers got nine points from Sarah Feely. All of Feely' points came on three-point field goals. Kimyacioglu also sank three three-pointers. For the game, Pinewood nailed 10 three-pointers. In the first half, the Crusaders surprised the Panthers by hitting some long-distance shots of their own. St. Bernard was led in scoring by Meridee Paye, who scored 13 points. For the game, the Crusaders sank seven three-pointers, but only one came after halftime. The Crusaders' biggest lead of the first half came at the five-minute mark of the second quarter when they led 16-11.
Ripon Christian 45, Portola 41--The host Knights pulled out a 45-41 NorCal Division V playoff victory Tuesday night. The Tigers had no one inside who could handle Knights' senior center Sheila Kamps. Kamps had 18 points, including a 10-of-12 performance at the foul line, as Ripon Christian (23-8) advanced to Thursday's regional semifinal against Pinewood of Los Altos Hills. Portola (26-2) saw its first trip ever to the regional round end after a five-hour drive and a physical 32-minute battle with one of the state's most decorated small-school basketball powers. The Knights did not trail after opening the game on a 14-3 run, but Portola's insistence on kicking up the tempo made the game interesting. Immediately after falling behind 14-3, Martinez called a timeout and put his players in a full-court press. It was a calculated risk. He wasn't looking for turnovers, but he was hoping the press would elevate the pace of the game more to his team's liking. The down side was that Portola, which dressed only eight players, risked early fatigue by playing the press. Several forced passes were picked off by Tigers' junior guard Ashley Diaz, whose hustle and spirit kept her team in the game. Her two steals sparked an 11-3 Portola run to start the fourth quarter that allowed the Tigers to pull even at 33-33 -- the first tie since the game's second minute. Ripon Christian suddenly regained its composure. Kamps got the ball inside, was fouled, and made two free throws. Diaz answered with two free throws on the other end. Melissa Intveld hit a short jumper in the lane for a 37-35 RC lead, and Diaz answered on a drive. But the biggest play came with the Knights holding a 40-39 lead. The ball was fed inside to Kamps. She missed, but Lindsay Holfman grabbed the rebound, got the basket and was fouled. The free throw (RC made 17-of-24 attempts at the line) gave RC a 43-39 lead with 29 seconds left.
Redwood Christian 48, Head Royce 40--In its first visit to the Northern California Division V playoffs since 1991, Head-Royce put on a brilliant show -- until the final act. The Jayhawks played the No.2 Division V team in the state, Redwood Christian, to a draw through four quarters, but fell 48-40 in front of packed house in the first-round matchup. Head-Royce erased a 22-13 halftime deficit and took the fourth quarter lead behind 6-foot-3, senior Lauren Buford. The Jayhawks senior center scored a team-high 16 points and blocked three shots. Redwood Christian will host Central Catholic on Thursday. Central Catholic beat Modoc, 47-45. Sarah Thornton hit the front end of a one-and-one to open the overtime for the final lead change and a 40-39 Redwood lead. Head-Royce grabbed a defensive rebound on Redwood's next possession and sent an outlet to Dania Cabello, who drove to the hoop for a potential go-ahead layup. Redwood's Alli Greenaway raced back and tried to get position on defense. There was a collision at the low block, and Cabello was called for a charge. It would be a crucial turn in momentum. Redwood's Amanda Rumrill was injured on the play, and on the ensuing possession, her replacement, Allison Stephens, scored the biggest bucket up to that point off an assist from Leah Thornton. Greenaway then tipped the ball away in the press, Thornton tracked it down and hit Greenaway for an uncontested layup and a 44-39 lead. Carrie McCloskey hit one-of-two free throws with 2:21 remaining in the extra period, but it would be the Jayhawks' only points of overtime. Redwood's Thornton made three-of-four free throws in the final minute put the game away. Redwood never trailed in the first three quarters, and neither team scored for nearly three minutes to start the third quarter. But Leah Becherer nailed a 3-pointer with 5:12 remaining to tie the game at 29-29. After the Eagles got back in the lead, Buford came up with a huge offensive rebound and was fouled as she sank the putback to tie the game with four minutes and 29 seconds remaining. Buford sank the free throw, making her 5-of-5 from the line and giving the Jayhawks their first lead of the game, 32-31. Head-Royce stretched the lead to four with three minutes remaining and would not trail the rest of regulation. Sarah Thornton made two free throws to tie the game at 37-37 with 2:02 left, but Head-Royce's Becherer made a turnaround, fade-away jumper to put the Jayhawks up by two. Leah Thornton's free-throw line jumper off a pick tied the game at 39-39 with just over a minute remaining. Both teams had their opportunities to win, but neither was able to convert. Head-Royce (23-6)8 5 13 13 1--45 REDWOOD CHRISTIAN (fg-ft-tp)--L. Thornton 7 3-4 19, Thompson 1 0-0 2, S. Thornton 1 6-8 8, Greenaway 5 1-4 13, Stephens 1 0-0 2, Rumrill 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 10-16 48. HEAD-ROYCE--Fahey 2 2-2 6, McCloskey 2 1-2 5, Becherer 3 1-4 9, Cabello 1 2-3 4, Buford 6 4-4 16. Totals 14 10-15 40. 3-point goals--L. Thornton 2, Greenaway 2, Becherer 2. Fouled out--Becherer, Cabello.
Central Catholic 47, Modoc 45--It was a long, strange trip to Alturas for the Central Catholic High girls basketball team. Thanks in large part to Teresa Martini, the nine-hour trek to Modoc County was well worth the time. Martini had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven steals to lead the Raiders to a 47-45 win over Northern Section champion Modoc Tuesday night in a Northern California Division V girls basketball playoff opener. The Raiders (27-4), seeded seventh in the tournament, play No. 3 seed Head Royce of Oakland (23-5) Thursday night in the Division V quarterfinals. Chantal de Alcuaz made two clutch free throws at the end to spark Central to the victory. Peggy Stewart had six points, nine rebounds and four blocks for Central. Andrea Knox scored a game-high 25 points for the second-seeded Braves (23-2), who lost for just second all season
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