Friday, March 5, 2010

Friday's recaps from Arco Arena

Below you'll find the recaps from the four Sac-Joaquin Section championship games from Arco Arena.

DIVISION III BOYS
Sacramento 65, Vista del Lago 55
SACRAMENTO - Josiah Turner set a new Sac-Joaquin Section record for points in a postseason when his game-high 23 points in the Dragons' victory over Vista del Lago gave him 127 for this year. The Dragons won their second consecutive D3 title in the Friday nightcap at Arco Arena.
Will Davis had 22 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Teammate Travon Abraham, the sportsmanship award winner for Sacramento, added 13 points.
Hayden Lescault led Vista del Lago with 17 points, all of those points coming in the second half. He also grabbed nine rebounds. Teammate Marques White added 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
The game was won at the free-throw line, as the Dragons made 31-of-40 attempts while the Eagles were 10-for-20.

DIVISION III GIRLS
St. Mary's 75, Sacramento 45
SACRAMENTO - The No. 1 team in the nation win yet again. And it was a familiar foe in the finals.
St. Mary's beat Sacramento for the fourth time in five Section championship meetings in six years. The Rams were led by senior Alle Moreno's 18 points; she hit four 3-pointers. Four other Rams reached double figures in scoring: Afure Jemerigbe (15), Chelsea Gray (11), Annissa Garcia (10) and Ali Gibson (10).
St. Mary's jumped out to an 18-7 lead after the first quarter and extended it to 34-18 at the half.
Sacramento, the No. 3 seed, was led by Brittany Shine's 16 points and seven reounds, while teammate Kyra Dunn chipped in with nine points and 14 rebounds.

DIVISION V BOYS
Victory Christian 68, Ripon Christian 64 (OT)
SACRAMENTO - Nathan Coppernoll scored 21 points and sophomore Clayton Coppernoll hit three big 3-pointers - all in the fourth quarter and overtime - as the top-seeded Vikings held off the Knights in overtime. It was the first overtime Section championship game in four years and the first boys finale to go into overtime since 1995. The Coppernolls are brothers.
Nathan Coppernoll also had eight rebounds to lead Victory Christian, which also got 12 points apiece from Johnny Coburn and Brad Hoffelt.
Logan Vos led Ripon Christian with 20 points; he was 6-for-10 from behind the 3-point line, a new Section Division V record. RC only saw four players score: Steve Vander Molen (17), Tyler Goslinga (15) and Daniel Van De Pol (12).

DIVISION V GIRLS
Bradshaw Christian 67, Turlock Christian 25
SACRAMENTO - Freshman guard Ashlee Jones scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in leading the Pride to its third consecutive Division V championship. Bradshaw Christian jumped out to a 36-11 halftime lead and rolled to the title.
Senior forward Cheyenne Williams added nine points and a game-high nine rebounds. Bradshaw Christian also received strong support from Fernandi Espinosa (11 points) and Jordie Smith (10 points).
Turlock Christian, playing ar Arco Arena for the first time in school history, was led by Molly Farrar's nine points and eight rebounds from Marly Burton.