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Lower Lake girls salvage seventh place; K’ville JVs win tourney title<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KELSEYVILLE >> The Kelseyville Knights did everything they could to hang with the St. Bernard\u2019s Crusaders, defending state champions, for the first half Saturday evening in the girls championship game of the annual Stokes Tournament at Kelseyville High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville (6-6) actually held a 19-17 lead after one quarter against the undefeated Crusaders (9-0), who are coming off a 30-win season in 2023-24, but St. Bernard\u2019s scored a combined 48 points in the second and third quarters and wore down the Knights with plenty of pressure defense to take the Stokes title 75-39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe gave the defending state champions everything we had and everything they wanted for the first 14 minutes of the game,\u201d Kelseyville head coach Tim Conrad said. \u201cWe played free with nothing to lose. We talked pregame about some team goals for the game and making sure we tried to play with them for as long as we could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe girls came out unafraid, aggressive and confident,\u201d Conrad added. \u201cWe had a big home crowd, and our fans fed off of our start. The place was rocking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Bernard\u2019s pulled in front by halftime, 37-27, and then pulled away with a 28-5 third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSt. Bernard\u2019s is very talented and deep,\u201d Conrad said. \u201cThey have a lot of girls who can play. We just flat ran out of gas. I don\u2019t care about the final score. We consider the first half, for us, a win. We reached every goal that we had set in pregame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nyejzniya Krohn and Matisyn Mateer scored seven points apiece to lead Kelseyville, which had a four-game win streak snapped. Mateer also had five rebounds, four steals, four blocks and two assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur girls care about each other,\u201d Conrad said. \u201cThey play for each other. And they want to do well for each other. I can\u2019t say enough about how much I am enjoying being a par of this group of young ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laila Florvilus, a junior point guard, led the Crusaders with 24 points and was named tournament most valuable player. Joining her on the All-Tourney team were teammates Aliyah Vigil and Samantha Sundberg. Kelseyville\u2019s All-Tourney picks were Ashlyn Wurm and Cali Schnabl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights are off until a Jan. 7 league game at St. Helena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other Stokes girls action Saturday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake 35, Oroville 34<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aly Aguirre scored all seven of her points in the fourth quarter as the Lower Lake Trojans held off Oroville to win the seventh-place game. All-Tournament selection Jamiya Lee-Ayers also had seven points for Lower Lake (5-7), which had to survive a last-second Oroville comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oroville cut a late four-point lead by the Trojans to just one with 20 seconds remaining. Lower Lake turned the ball over, but the Tigers couldn\u2019t take advantage. With just five seconds to go, a jump-ball possession also went to Oroville, but Lower Lake\u2019s defense held again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I had at least three heart attacks after halftime,\u201d Lower Lake head coach Shannon Tubbs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake led 18-6 after one quarter and 24-14 at halftime, but the Tigers used a 14-2 third quarter to grab a 28-26 lead going to the final period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe played our best quarter of the season to start the game offensively and defensively,\u201d Tubbs said of the first quarter. \u201cThe rest of the game we didn\u2019t take car of the ball (with 35 turnovers).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Tubbs of his team\u2019s sluggish second-half play, \u201cWe scored two points in 12 minutes. I subbed in the last rotation, and they turned up the defense and created opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Watson and Brooke Benson each had five points for Lower Lake. Benson also led the Trojans with nine rebounds and five steals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake returns to action Jan. 4 with a non-league away game against Ygnacio Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinole Valley 52, Healdsburg 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinole Valley won the third-place game with a win over Healdsburg. Pinole Valley\u2019s Dannyae Turner was named to the All-Tourney team along with Healdsburg\u2019s Allie Espinoza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ferndale 46, Cloverdale 41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ferndale repeated as the Stokes Tournament consolation champion after winning back-to-back Stokes titles in 2021-22. Tinnley Pidgeon was named to the All-Tourney team along with Cloverdale\u2019s Amara Galvan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville 36, Analy 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Santa Rosa, the Kelseyville High School junior varsity girls basketball team won the Jeff Paul Tournament at Maria Carrillo High School with a victory over the Analy Tigers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All-Tournament selection Grace Hobbs led the undefeated Knights (11-0) with 16 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Aubree Sperber added 10 points and Jordyn Wurm had five points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say enough good things about this team,\u201d Kelseyville head coach Liz Berry said. \u201cEvery game we come out focused on playing strong fundamental basketball, and the girls continue to show up and put in the work. My girls coming off the bench have never failed to pick up our intensity and put points on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville returns to action Jan. 7 with an away league game at St. Helena.
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Kelseyville High School finished as Stokes Tournament runner-up after a 75-39 loss to St. Bernard’s on Saturday night in Kelseyville. (Photos courtesy of Ed Oswalt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The St. Bernard’s Crusaders improved to 9-0 on the season with a 75-39 win over Kelseyville in the Stokes Tournament championship game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Kelseyville High School junior varsity girls basketball team beat Analy 36-16 to win the Jeff Paul Tournament on Saturday at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa. The Knights are 11-0 on the season. (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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