Girls Varsity Basketball - The End of an Era?

Four years ago the current senior class entered high school and brought with them a winning "home-grown" tradition in basketball.  Of the four players entering TC as freshman who went on to participate in sports all four years they were all lifers (K-12) at Turlock Christian.

2008

TC Junior Varsity Southern League Champions 2007-08

Kaisa Spycher was moved up to varsity while Molly Farrar, Molly Zuhlke, and Kara Gabrielson were the core of the JV team. Both teams saw success, as the varsity took second in the Southern League and went to the second round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Tournament.  While Kaisa and the varsity had a very good season the Little Eaglettes had the best season ever as they won the Southern League championship for the first time in the school's history with 14 wins against only 1 loss.  Some say they were the best ever despite the next year's JV team going 15-0, the reasoning being that almost all the quality players in the Southern League moved up to varsity for the 2009 season.

The statistic leaders included:

Scoring:  Molly Farrar 1st and Molly Zuhlke 2nd leading scorers.
Rebounding:  Molly Zuhlke 1st and Kara Gabrielson 3rd leading rebounders.
Blocked Shots:  Molly Zuhlke with an amazing 4 blocks a game.

One can only imagine what they would have been like if Kaisa had played on JV that 1st year, maybe the league would have given them double wins as they pounded their over-matched Southern League foes.  That JV team included 3 freshman starters in Molly Z, Molly F, and Kara G. who were moved up to varsity as sophomores.

2009

In 2009 they got the old band together and the tour was impressive.  The Lady Eagles took second place in the Southern League with an 11-4 records and ended the season ranked 4th in the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section - Division 5.  They concluded the year with a 3rd round loss to Bradshaw Christian at Galt High School.  It was the deepest a TC team had ever gone in the Section tournament.

Kara G

The team was a defensive power house at they were the #2 rebounding team in the entire state with 51 rebounds per game without a dominate rebounder and #15 in blocked shots at 7.6 per game.

Kaisa S

Individual Statistical Leaders included:
  Assists per game:  Molly Farrar (2nd / 2.3)
  Blocks per game:  Kaisa Spycher (1st / 2.3) & Molly Zuhlke (2nd / 1.5)
  Rebounds per game: Kaisa (1st / 8.6), Molly F (3.9), Molly Z (3.5) & Kara Gabrielson (3.2).
  Steals per game:  Molly F (2.4), Kara (1.9) & Kaisa (1.3).

Molly F

The Lady Eagles ended the season with a 22-8 records and ranked 4th in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 5.

Molly Z

2010

This team rose to new heights reaching the section finals at Arco Arena and host the 1st round of the California State Tournament.

Tough Girls Rule

The team had a very tough per-season schedule that included 3 tournaments.  Bradshaw, West Coast Jamboree, and TC's own.  They won the Bradshaw and TC tournaments and play some really good teams in Brentwood at the West Coast Tournament.

The Southern League was dominated by the Eagles as they won the league for the first time.  TC had won league titles before but never the Southern League.

Outstanding Team Stats:
* 4th in the state with 53.2 rebounds per game.
* 6th in the state with 9.4 blocks per game.

Team Stat Leaders (per game):
* Scoring: Kaisa (9.5) & Molly F (9.3)
* Rebounds: Kaisa (11.0), Molly F (6.3), Molly Z (4.5) and Kara G (3.7)
* Assists: Molly F (4.5)
* Blocked Shots: Kaisa (1.9) & Molly Z. (1.1)
* Steals: Molly F (3.7)


Molly Z skies for the rebound in the section play-offs.


Kara drives to the hoop in Arco

Farrar vs Bradshaw - No contest

TC Fans Rock the Arena

Kaisa snags the RB





The team went 26-6 over-all and 14-1 in the Southern League.  They were rated 2nd in the section.

2011

The 2011 Lady Eagles

This season the team upgraded its pre-season again, playing to of the top teams in the Oakland area as they traveled to Head-Royce and St. Joesph Prep.  They ended the season with an undefeated Southern League season, 14-0.  They went to the semi-finals of the Sac-Joaquin and then travel to Santa Rosa to play Rincon Christian in the 1st round of the state tournament.  It was a great year.

The Senior Eagles

Statistic Leaders per game:

Points:  Molly Farrar (12.2), Kaisa Spycher (10.2) and Kara Gabrielson (6.2)

Rebounds: Kaisa (8.0), Kara (7.0), Molly Zuhlke (5.6), and Molly F. (5.5)

Assists: Molly F (4.4), Kara (1.7) and Kaisa (1.4)

Steals:  Molly F (3.9), Kara (2.5) and Kaisa (1.8)

Blocks: Kaisa (1.4) and Molly Z (1.0)

Team Statistics

Sac-Joaquin Sections

* Blocks - 7th - 7.4

* Rebounds - 1st - 47.8

* Steals - 10th - 15.9

* Assists - 9th - 13.7

California

* Blocks - 9th in California / Division 5

* Rebounds - 3rd / Division 5 and 7th in all divisions in California

The Seniors Go Out in Style