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St. Helena forges three-way tie atop standings with 62-60 win; Knights, Cougars prevail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ST. HELENA >> St. Helena used a 24-13 third quarter to erase a seven-point halftime deficit and beat the Middletown Mustangs 62-60 in North Central League I varsity boys basketball action Tuesday night in St. Helena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown (4-1 league, 12-5 overall) was the only undefeated team remaining in the league standings entering Tuesday\u2019s action. Combined with Kelseyville\u2019s 70-57 win over Clear Lake on Tuesday in Kelseyville, the Mustangs now find themselves in a three-way tie for first with Kelseyville and St. Helena, last year\u2019s league co-champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had too many turnovers in the second half to be successful,\u201d Middletown head coach Jake Diehl said of the Mustangs\u2019 second loss to the Saints this season (they fell 62-54 to St. Helena in the championship game of the St. Helena Tournament on Dec. 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHats off to St. Helena,\u201d Diehl added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown snapped a 13-all tie after one quarter with a 19-12 second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bodhi Moore\u2019s 20 points led the Mustangs. Jon Hawkins added 19 points and seven rebounds, Anthony Bowerman had nine points and Jasiah Pike eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown hosts Upper Lake on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other NCL I varsity action Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville 70, Clear Lake 57<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Kelseyville, Kelseyville fell behind 8-2 and trailed 8-7 after one quarter, but the Knights dominated the rest of the way, knocking off the Clear Lake Cardinals and pulling into a three-way tie for first place atop the NCL I standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe kind of got wrapped up in the rivalry,\u201d Kelseyville head coach Oscar Lopez said of his team\u2019s slow start. \u201cOnce we put our heads on straight, we did just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big individual efforts from Brock Barrick in the second quarter and Sebastian Chavez in the third quarter helped the Knights (4-1, 9-8) move out to a 54-40 lead entering the final period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got out in transition and were getting shots,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrick scored 18 of his team-leading 22 points during the Knights\u2019 24-point second quarter, including all four of his 3-pointers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrock was on,\u201d Lopez said of the senior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chavez scored all 12 of his points, including three 3-pointers, in the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe had his best game of the season tonight,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is usual when these two archrivals square off, there were plenty of back-and-forth verbal exchange on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was pretty chippy,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was nice to see use return to the team that plays aggressive with a full head of steam, which is our game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Watkins joined Barrick and Chavez in double figures with 15 points while Gene Holdenried added nine more and Ryder Leary eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zane McAuley\u2019s 15 points sparked the Cardinals (3-2, 8-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe boys played really hard, stayed after it the whole game,\u201d Clear Lake head coach Mark Cory said. \u201cThe second quarter decided the game. Kelseyville got some run-out hoops and made some 3s. They took a 10-point lead that we could not overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse Hayes scored 11 points and Sawyer Smith had nine for the Cardinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood lessons learned for our guys tonight,\u201d Cory said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were a little more physical than we anticipated,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville is on the road Friday in Cloverdale while Clear Lake returns home to play Lower Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper Lake 65, Lower Lake 47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Upper Lake, James Beaux Stiritz scored 20 points, and Delaney Allison contributed another 12 as the Upper Lake Cougars snapped a three-game league losing streak with a victory over the Lower Lake Trojans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe decided to experiment with the starting five today, giving Wyatt Hallman and Delaney Allison the start,\u201d Upper Lake head coach Tony Arroyo said. \u201cWyatt started off the game hot for us, hitting back-to-back 3s. Delaney dominated the offensive boards, bringing energy to the rest of the team. With these two starting, Beaux came off the bench, having a great night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arroyo also credit Landen Robinson with a strong game on defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLanden Robinson continues to be our steady, go-to player on the defensive side,\u201d Arroyo said. \u201cHe causes a lot of steals and fastbreak points for us. Lower Lake is a young team and they\u2019re starting to really develop. The (final) score might show 18 points difference, but we couldn\u2019t shake them. They worked hard and caused us a lot of issues in the paint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hallman and Gage Faalelea finished with nine points apiece as Upper Lake improved to 2-3 in league and 5-6 overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raijhier McKneeley\u2019s 10 points led a balanced Lower Lake attack. Steven Rich finished with nine, Luke Campbell and Noah Hakala each had eight and Brody Shields seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur team played a great first half, but for the third quarter we struggled to keep up our focus and continue to play intense ball, and that results in the Cougars getting a number of easy rebounds and easy two-point shots in the paint,\u201d Lower Lake head coach Anthony Farrington said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper Lake took a 28-23 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur team continues to struggle with confidence, and as a result our shooting percentages have dropped,\u201d Farrington said. \u201cHowever, in an effort to build some confidence we mixed up tonight\u2019s offense a bit, and it was effective in getting a well-rounded score from all of our players, but it just was not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Farrington, \u201cCongrats to coach Arroyo and the Cougars for their well-balanced win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake is now 0-5 in league play and 2-13 overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper Lake travels to Middletown on Friday while Lower Lake visits Clear Lake in Lakeport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Middletown’s Anthony Bowerman sets up for a free throw during league action Tuesday in St. Helena. (Photo courtesy of Geri Costlow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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