TC and LeGrand (37-52) squared off in a battle of the Southern League's best teams and the game was well worth the admission price. The teams battled back and forth throughout the first half, unlike the last time the two teams played. In that game the contest was all but over by half time with LeGrand leading 34-14. This week's meeting between these two teams was evenly matched. LeGrand pulled out to a 14-9 led after the first quarter but the Eagles fought back with a 11-9 2nd quarter to trail by only 23-20 at halftime. Many in the stands started to think upset. LeGrand pulled away in the second half on the strength of their full court press, forcing a total of 27 turnovers, excellent free throw shooting, 14-20 and a bizzare "medical timeout" when one of the LeGrand players was hurt and the Bulldog coach took "forever" to get out on the court to check on her and when he got to her he did nothing. Our own Randy Hopkins checked on the player, helped her up and walked her to her bench while the LeGrand coach appeared to have either forgotten his compassion on the bench or figured this was a way to cool the TC players down by moving as slow as possible. This was a different way for him to distract LeGrand opponents, usually he is screaming at the officials until they stop calling fouls on his team. It had to be one of the strangest reactions to a player's injury that I personally have seen and I coached high school basketball for 16 years. Both teams were far below their normal steal numbers and only 8 of the Lady Eagles turnovers were actual steals by LeGrand, meaning that violations, errant passes and basic "freaking out" resulted in 19 turnovers. The Eagles held the Bulldogs shooting to only 30%, 9% below the team average, and out rebounded them by 24. LeGrand won the game by making 11 more free throws and forcing all those turnovers. The girls played an excellent game.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES included:
Points; Erin Santiago (12 points and 71% from the floor)
Rebounds: Erin (12) and Molly Farrar (11)
Steals: Kaisa Spycher (3)
Assists: Erin (4) and Molly F. (2)
Blocks: Kaisa and Erin (4), Amy Wright (2)
Last week I mentioned TC's chances of a Southern League championship was very slim, well slim has turned to impossible. We are now fighting for 2nd place with Mariposa. If the Lady Eagles can beat Mariposa on Thursday then they will be in 2nd place all by themselves.
TURLOCK CHRISTIAN SEEDED 6th
The first CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Power Ratings came out on Monday and the Lady Eagles are currently seeded 6th in Division V. If the play-offs began today the Eagles would play Victory Christian, a team they played and beat in the Bradshaw tournament. The ratings could change as Southern League play concludes.
Just click "Power Rating" to see the complete section seeding. The Division V ratings are the last page.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Waterford Falls to the Eagles
Varisty Continues to Win
The Lady Eagles beat the Wildcats 51-14 at the Waterford gym. TC was led by 3 players in double figures. Erin Santiago was the top scorer with 16 points, including a 3 pointer, while Amy Wright scored 11 points and Kaisa Spycher had 10 points with a 5 for 10 shooting night. The team as a whole struggled from the floor only shooting 27% for the night. TC continued to play aggressive man-to-man defense which resulted in 15 steals, 5 for Erin and 2 for Candice, 14 blocked shots, Kaisa with 6, and 30 defensive rebounds with Kaisa having 6 and Emily Bruess with 5. Way to go Eagles:-)
JV Stays Strong
The JV Eaglets continued to dominate the Southern League. With a record of 10 wins and 0 losses the Baby Birds are only 3 wins away from their second straight league championship.
What's Next?
Tomorrow's Games:
vs LeGrand @ Calvary Baptist
JV: 6:00 PM
Varsity: 7:30 PM
The Lady Eagles beat the Wildcats 51-14 at the Waterford gym. TC was led by 3 players in double figures. Erin Santiago was the top scorer with 16 points, including a 3 pointer, while Amy Wright scored 11 points and Kaisa Spycher had 10 points with a 5 for 10 shooting night. The team as a whole struggled from the floor only shooting 27% for the night. TC continued to play aggressive man-to-man defense which resulted in 15 steals, 5 for Erin and 2 for Candice, 14 blocked shots, Kaisa with 6, and 30 defensive rebounds with Kaisa having 6 and Emily Bruess with 5. Way to go Eagles:-)
JV Stays Strong
The JV Eaglets continued to dominate the Southern League. With a record of 10 wins and 0 losses the Baby Birds are only 3 wins away from their second straight league championship.
What's Next?
Tomorrow's Games:
vs LeGrand @ Calvary Baptist
JV: 6:00 PM
Varsity: 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Turlock Christian Beats Arch Rival Denair
Lady Eagles beat Denair.
There's something about Denair, maybe the colors, maybe the mascot, maybe the 2 mile distance between the schools, but the Eagles and the Coyotes relish beating each other.
Was the Super Bowl on Thursday this year, because there were a lot of tackles and hits that apparently are legal in basketball this year that were considered fouls in the past:-) Turlock Christian and Denair continued their rivalry with the Eagles winning the contest 65-35. The game seemed much closer as the two teams battled it out on the court like two heavy weight boxers. The officials seemed to call the game in streaks of bad and worst. Setting aside the tone set by the inconsistent officiating the Lady Eagles played a very good game. The man-to-man defense continued to be very effective as the team collected 12 blocked shots (Molly Zuhlke 5), dished out 17 steals (Erin Santiago 7) and pulled down 35 defensive rebounds (Erin 10). Offensively the girls had one of their best nights of the year shooting 47% from the floor and dishing out 17 assists, 7 each for Molly Farrar and Erin.
JV wins again.
The JV Girl Eaglets beat the Denair Coyotes for their 9th straight Southern League victory. Way to go Baby Birds:-)
The girls play at Waterford on Monday, Feburary 2 @ 6:00 (JV) and 7:30 (Varsity) come out and support the team.
See the article below from theTurlock Journal, January 30, 2008 (Click on the score to go to the actual article)
Turlock Christian 63, Denair 33
Thursday, Jan. 29
"The Turlock Christian girls varsity basketball team (6-3 SL, 15-6 overall) hosted the Denair Coyotes girls varsity basketball team (2-7 SL, 8-13 overall) on Thursday night in a physical match up. Erin Santiago led the Eagles in scoring and rebounds on the night putting up 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Santiago also had 7 steals and 7 assists. Kara Gabrielson and Kaisa Spycher scored 8 points each. Emily Breuss, Amy Wright and Molly Farrar each scored 6 points for TC. Farrar contributed 7 assists. Molly Zulhke led the Eagles in blocked shots with 5 and scored 5 points. Santiago nailed two buckets from 3-pointland.
Annie Anderson led in scoring for Denair with 9 points, followed by Shelbi Tschantz with 7. Mallorie Gallardo added another 6 points for the Coyotes. Tschantz hit one shot from 3-point territory."
There's something about Denair, maybe the colors, maybe the mascot, maybe the 2 mile distance between the schools, but the Eagles and the Coyotes relish beating each other.
Was the Super Bowl on Thursday this year, because there were a lot of tackles and hits that apparently are legal in basketball this year that were considered fouls in the past:-) Turlock Christian and Denair continued their rivalry with the Eagles winning the contest 65-35. The game seemed much closer as the two teams battled it out on the court like two heavy weight boxers. The officials seemed to call the game in streaks of bad and worst. Setting aside the tone set by the inconsistent officiating the Lady Eagles played a very good game. The man-to-man defense continued to be very effective as the team collected 12 blocked shots (Molly Zuhlke 5), dished out 17 steals (Erin Santiago 7) and pulled down 35 defensive rebounds (Erin 10). Offensively the girls had one of their best nights of the year shooting 47% from the floor and dishing out 17 assists, 7 each for Molly Farrar and Erin.
JV wins again.
The JV Girl Eaglets beat the Denair Coyotes for their 9th straight Southern League victory. Way to go Baby Birds:-)
The girls play at Waterford on Monday, Feburary 2 @ 6:00 (JV) and 7:30 (Varsity) come out and support the team.
See the article below from theTurlock Journal, January 30, 2008 (Click on the score to go to the actual article)
Turlock Christian 63, Denair 33
Thursday, Jan. 29
"The Turlock Christian girls varsity basketball team (6-3 SL, 15-6 overall) hosted the Denair Coyotes girls varsity basketball team (2-7 SL, 8-13 overall) on Thursday night in a physical match up. Erin Santiago led the Eagles in scoring and rebounds on the night putting up 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Santiago also had 7 steals and 7 assists. Kara Gabrielson and Kaisa Spycher scored 8 points each. Emily Breuss, Amy Wright and Molly Farrar each scored 6 points for TC. Farrar contributed 7 assists. Molly Zulhke led the Eagles in blocked shots with 5 and scored 5 points. Santiago nailed two buckets from 3-pointland.
Annie Anderson led in scoring for Denair with 9 points, followed by Shelbi Tschantz with 7. Mallorie Gallardo added another 6 points for the Coyotes. Tschantz hit one shot from 3-point territory."
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