TC: First Place in Southern League

The Lady Eagles opened Southern League play with a hard fought win against the LeGrand Bulldogs. The Bulldogs kept the game close throughout, giving the Eagles their first real challenge of the season. The Eagles out scored Le Grand in the first 3 quarters assuring the victory. When two starters went out with 3 fouls in the first half it looked like the Bulldogs could work their way back into the game but tough play by reserves Kara Gabrielson, Molly Zuhlke, Candice Balswick, and Natalie Snyder kept LeGrand in check as the 1st half came to an end. With Molly Farrar and Halie Bergman on the bench the "speed" game of the Eagles, just out run their opponents, was put aside for a more deliberate style. When the second half started Molly F and Halie were back and LeGrand was done. The combination of size, Kaisa Spycher and Marly Burton, and speed, Halie, Molly, Candice and others, was to much for the Bulldogs.

The officiating made the game exciting as it was a mystery most of the game. Jump balls were called many times when two players just happened to touch the ball at the same time. There were numerous delayed calls being made 1 to 2 seconds after the play. As a former high school coach I never cared if the officials were great or poor, all I wanted was consistent. You can work with consistent, but the officials last night weren't.

Kaisa Getting Ready to Block a Shot

There were many outstanding performances last night that helped the team win. The supporting case off the bench ate up the clock in the 1st half making the fouls less of a problem. Halie getting her fourth foul as she drove to the basket and then having the wisdom to avoid any other offensive fouls by taking short jumpers.

Outstanding Individual Preformances include:

Rebounds: Kaisa (15), Marly (13), Amy Wright and Molly F (7 each).
Block Shots: Marly and Kaisa (6 each) and Amy (3).
Assists: Molly F. (5).

Ever wonder how owr team stacks up to the rest of the Sac-Joaquin Section?

Per Game averages out of 173 teams:

Points: 4th
Blocks: 1st
Rebounds: 1st
Assists: 7th

West Coast Jamboree Posted

2009 Summer Travel Team

The TC Lady Eagles will again be playing in the "West Coast Jamboree", the post-Christmas tournament in Antioch. The tournament is played in divisions that are contested in various high schools in and around the city of Antioch. Over the years the Eagles have been fairly successful, beating Sonoma Academy for 1st place in the Garnet Division in 2007. The tournament or "jamboree", if you like, is set up with 10 or more tournaments that have precious metal and gem names that "roughly" correspond to the strength of the teams in that particular tournament. This year TC is playing in the Diamond Division with some or the best schools in the state. This tournament may be worth stopping at on your way to a romantic, no grapes but plenty of "slankeit" (half sweater / half blanket) time, in a Napa Valley bed and breakfast;-)

The girls open with Bradshaw Christian from Sacramento, last year's Sac-Joaquin Section champions. The next day they may face Clovis, in the top ten in the Central Section, or Eastside Prep from East Palo Alto where 5'6 junior point guard, Ahjalee Harvey, considered one of the fastest and best ball handlers in the county, guides the Panthers.

Click for the tournament bracket.

TC Lady Eagles Invade the Elliot Eagles Nest

Elliot Eagles are no match for TC Lady Eagles

The visiting Lady Eagles of Turlock Christian landed in the Elliot Christian "Eagles Nest". By the end of the game the home Eagles were out gunned and out runned (is that a word?) by TC. The team had an excellent offensive night, scoring 83 points, making over 50% of their 2pt field goals, dishing out 21 assists, and gathering up 31 offensive rebounds. Defensively the team continued to dominate inside the paint (in and around the key area / near the basket), with 29 defensive rebounds and 7 block shots, and stole the ball 19 times. Elliot had a difficult time scoring with the exception of hitting the 3 pointers.

With TC leading by 47 to 16 at half time the 100 point barrier was a possibility, but the combination of Coach Edwin's classiness and a running clock (in high school basketball when a team leads by 30 points in the fourth quarter the clock does not stop for anything) the girls "only" scored 83 points.

Outstanding Individual Performances:

Scoring: Halie Bergman (30), Amy Wright (14) and Kaisa Spycher (12).

Assists: Molly Farrar (6), Kara Gabrielson (5), Candice Balswick & Molly Zuhlke (3 each).

Blocks: Marly Burton (3), Halie & Molly Z (2 each).

Rebounds: Kaisa & Halie (11), Amy & Marly (8 each), and Molly Z (5).

Steals: Molly F (4), Natalie Snyder & Candice (3 each).

More games coming up this week with the

Turlock Christian / 7-UP Tournament starting on Thursday

The Eagles open the tournament with Ripon Christian on Thursday @

7:30 in the Calvary gym.

Come out and support the team.