LHS Girls Meet the St Joe Truck 74-36

Chyane Fabing

For those of you who were unable to identify the truck that ran over the LHS girls basketball team - it was a Riezebos Duo with personalized McPike license plates. The Riezebos sisters, Annalise (10 points) and Devan (12 points), provided a constant inside force, while Ane' McPike furnished whatever was needed at the moment for Knights. She finished with 15 points, most from the charity stripe. St. Joseph raced out to a quick 6-0 lead just 2 minutes into the game and never looked back en route to a 74-36 win. Denee Lane (11 points - three 3's) and Jozza Ray (10 points - 2 treys) led the Braves, who also recieved scoring from Cassulo (6), Cromp (5), Lopes & Lizzaraga (2 each). The girls hope to rebound versus Morro Bay on Friday, in a battle for second place in the LPL.

Denee Lane and Jozza Ray

The JV girls entered their game hoping to play better against the "Joe-ggernaught" than they had in their earlier 59-18 defeat. They did. They were very much in the game through the first quarter and a half. Then a combination of bad shooting luck by Lompoc and a shower of threes by the Knights blew open a tied ballgame to win 43-20. Lompoc gave up a quick 5-0 lead but fought back to tie and then lead the game before a nervous St. Joseph squad eased out to a one point margin (10-9) at the end of the quarter. Lompoc tied it up early in the second, but was unable to take advantage of several opportunities to regain the lead before the Knights hit three 3-pointers and two foul shots to take a 21-12 halftime advantage. The Braves shooters did not recieve a great deal of help from the rim, as one commentator put it - "You wouldn't see more lip-outs in a room full of pouting debutantes." Roshonne Ray had seven to lead the Braves scoring, Maureen Silva had five, Claudia Aguirre & Shandee Berryman had three each, and Gabby Rodriguez contributed a bucket.

The girls freshman team endured their third loss of the season to St. Joseph 53-34. They generally played well but also suffered from the same shooting problems as their elders. There were no great bursts of points from the Knights, just a continual erosion of the Braves' chances. Miranda Ledesma had six points, Kaylin Barnes & Sami Martin had four each, and Taima Broadhead hit a free throw, but the leading scorer for the Lompoc girls was Chyane Fabing with 19 points and an all-around great game.

The boys squads played at St. Joe's Hofsculte Gym. The varsity (with only six eligible players) lost a close one 58-52. The Knights used a a 17 point second quarter to stake themselves to an advatage the Braves were never quite able to erase. Late, unconfirmed reports have the Lompoc JV winning 71-64, and the freshmen loosing 61-52. ---- il stata