Eagles Dominate Panthers

Marly Rules the Key

The seeding held true for the Lady Eagles as they crushed the out matched and out played Lutheran High Panthers. The outcome of the game was decided early as the Eagles soared to a 25-7 1st quarter lead and continued to outscore Lutheran every quarter of the game. The girls came out playing like a champion as they ran right past their dumbfounded opponents. As nine TC players made the scoring column only one of the Panthers was able to score consistently. Natalie Snyder and Molly Zuhlke teamed up for a couple of exciting baskets as Natalie's laser-like passes resulted in all four points for the "Z". The Eagles continue to dominate opponents on the boards with the team grabbing 51 rebounds, which was actually below their Sac-Joaquin Section leading 54.5 rbpg. Balanced scoring, aggressive play, and only 14 turn-overs, almost 5 below the team average, resulted in a easy 72-30 win.

Molly Z flies like an Eagle for a rebound

Outstanding Performances Included:

Shooting %: Kara Gabrielson (3/5, 60%), Molly Farrar (4/7, 57%), Kaisa Spycher (8/15, 53%) and Natalie Snyder (2/4, 50%).

Points: Kaisa (18), Candice Balswick (13), and Molly Farrar (12).

Rebounds: Kaisa (19), Molly Zuhlke (8) and Marly Burton (7).

Just click this sentence to read a really great article about the game vs Lutheran from the Turlock Jounal.

Eagles Soar to Second Round

The Eagles will be playing Sacramento Adventist on Thursday night at Calvary in the second round of the Sac-Joaquin D-V Tournament. The Capitals and TC have faced two common opponents in Bradshaw Christian (2 losses at an average of 35 points) and Lutheran (2 wins with only 1 win reported by 27 points). The school is located in Carmichael and has an attendance around 70 in the high school.

Come out and support your Lady Eagles as they play the Sacramento Adventist Capitals on Thursday @ 7:00 PM.

Eagles Advance in Play-offs

Division V Tournament Bracket

Eagles vs Panthers: Some Facts About Lutheran

Welcome to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V play-offs. As the Lady Eagles enter the section tournament they wll face teams that are unknown. The Eagles will be facing Lutheran High School of Elk Grove in tonight's first round of the tournament. The Panthers are a small, 60 students, conservative Christian school much like TC. They are in the play-offs for the first time after many years of being at the bottom of the Sacramento Metro League, a league that includes Bradshaw Christian. The Panthers ended the season in 5th place in league and with a 7-10 over-all record. The only common opponent was Bradshaw Christian and both those games were 50+ losses for Lutheran.

The Eagles should win their opening round game, but they need to play with heart. The last two games of league play the girls seemed to be "going through the motions". In those games the players took at least a quarter to play like league champs. In the Waterford game Coach Santiago replaced the entire starting unit for a few minutes just to motivate them. The "platooning" did get the starters going but continuing it throughout the game did not give the second unit an opportunity to raise to the level of the starters. Throughout the season when substitutions have been made there have been starters still in the game with the fresh players which resulted in outstanding play by those substitutes. We look forward to that continuing.

Play-off Fever Hits Calvary Gym

Come out and support the Lady Eagles as they take on the Lutheran Panthers from Elk Grove. The game starts at 7:00 PM tonight (Tuesday). See Ya There.

LADY EAGLES: Southern League Champs

The Lady Eagles brought home the outright Southern League championship for first time in Turlock Christian's history with a thumping of the Waterford Wildcats on Thursday night. The Wildcats played one of their best games of the year as they stayed close to the Eagles throughout the first half of the game. The Eagles wore them down and took over in the second half, winning the contest 57-38.


Outstanding Performances Included:

Steals: Candice Balswick (6)

Blocks: Marly Burton and Kaisa Spycher (7 each), Molly Zuhlke (2)

Assists: Amy Wright (7) and Natalie Snyder (3)

Rebounds: Kaisa & Marly (13 each), Amy (11), Molly Z (8), and Molly Farrar (6).

Points: Molly F (15 pts / 56% shooting), Candice (14), Kaisa (10) and Marly (9).

Homecoming: Alumni Get a Show

The Waterford Wildcats came into the CSUS gym for the 2010 Homecoming game and felt none of the excitement of the alumnis present at the game. The Wildcats made a game of it in the first half scoring 19 and stating fairly close, trailing by only 14 at half time. But the second half was another story as they only scored 4 points. The final score of 62-23 prevented the "mercy rule" from kicking in (running clock the 4th quarter) which was a relief.


Molly Zuhlke out jumps everyone for a rebound vs Denair.


Outstanding performance were had by many of the TC players.

Scoring: Amy Wright (14), Kaisa Spycher (10) and Marly Burton (8).
Shooting %: Natalie Snyder (67%), Amy Wright (58%) and Candice Balswick (57%).
Rebounds: Kaisa and Marly (10 each).
Steals: Kaisa (6) and Molly Farrar (4).
Assists: Molly Farrar (9) and Amy (4).
Blocks: Kara Gabrielson (3)

Did You Know? Eagle Facts

Marly Burton has more blocks per game then any Lady Eagle in the last 10 years @ 3.7 per game.

Eagles Grounded by Bulldogs

Kaisa takes a shot against Denair

LeGrand put an end to Turlock Christian's undefeated Southern League with a 40-35. The TC girls struggled against the pressure put on by the Bulldogs quick guards ending the game with 32 turn-overs. The officiating was questionable at the least with Molly Farrar fouling out when the the men in strips mistakenly gave her credit for a foul committed at least 15 feet from where she was. The two closest Eagles were Natalie Synder, number 35, and Amy Wright, number 23. You have heard of celebrity couples with combined names, such Trenis (that's Trent and Glenis :) so in this case the officials combined 35 & 23 and got 32.

Kaisa Spycher led the team with 12 points shooting 75% and grabbed 14 rebounds while Amy Wright tossed in 10 points. The girls made a valiant run at the Bulldogs in the fourth quarter by fell short.

The lost dropped the Lady Eagles power rating for the play-offs to only 1/1000 of a point higher then Bradshaw Christian for the number one seed in the tournament. The section will continue to update the ratings for the next 2 Mondays. The only thing that can move TC out of the top seed is a loss in one of the final 3 games.

Come out and support the girls as they travel to Mariposa on Thursday.

Long Time No Blog

Busy, busy, busy describes my absence from the blog.

The team has been doing great since I last sent out a blog. They continue to dominate Southern League foes and pretty much have the league title unless there is a total meltdown. The last Southern League title was a tie with LeGrand in the 2006/2007 season. If the Lady Eagles can continue to win this will be the first time they are at the top of the league without sharing the title.

The first preliminary seeding came out for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 5 tournament and Turlock Christian is the top seed. Despite a lose to number two seed Bradshaw Christian early in the season the Eagles have draw the higher seed due to the strength of the Southern League. Bradshaw plays in a league with only very small Christian schools. If the tournament started today TC would be playing Lodi Academy.

Thursday's game against LeGrand is very important. If TC wins and then wins out they will remain the number 1 seed in the section tournament. If the Eagles were to loss then Bradshaw Christian would probably become the number 1 seed. Take the drive to LeGrand, go south on 99 about 40 miles, turn left at LeGrand Road and go until you see the high school on the right. See ya there:-)

Here are some "cool" stats:

• Molly Farrar is averaging the more assists per game (4.7) than any player in the last 6 years.