{"id":5195,"date":"2026-01-09T18:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=5195"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:21:15","slug":"llhs-varsity-jv-boys-defeat-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=5195","title":{"rendered":"LLHS varsity, JV boys defeat Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Trojans square overall record at 7-7 with 67-45 victory at Lower Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOWER LAKE &gt;&gt; The Lower Lake Trojans pulled away with a 23-9 second quarter and beat Williams 67-45 in non-league varsity boys basketball action Thursday night at Lower Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lower Lake (7-7) held a 16-15 lead after one quarter before pulling away from the Yellowjackets (3-10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe played some pry good defense and were able to get some steals and run the floor,\u201d Lower Lake head coach Jay Jakubowski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brody Shields and Kaimelo Connolly led a balanced Lower Lake attack with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Shields also had three 3-pointers. Adrian Negrete and Noah Hakala added 11 points apiece while Tucker Benson and Steven Rich each had six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were able to play everybody,\u201d Jakubowski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lower Lake is home again Friday to play St. Helena in a North Central League I game that is part of a four-game set between the two schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In JV action Thursday, Lower Lake beat Williams 54-44, bouncing back from a 59-15 league loss Tuesday at home to Middletown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter a very difficult loss to Middletown Tuesday, we needed a reminder of who we really are as a team,\u201d Lower Lake head coach Latoya Fortino said. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult in trying to get players to believe in themselves and trust the process when we suffer a loss like we did, but they did it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Added Fortino, \u201cThey came out tonight and listened. They executed moving the ball, played defense and finished strong. Williams didn\u2019t give up. They played a great game and had some really great outside shots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With point guard Adrian Guzman setting up the offense, Aiden Osorio went on to score a team-best 14 points, including three 3-pointers. Roy Percoats added 12 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur point guard, Adrian Guzman, created some opportunities for his teammates to score,\u201d Fortino said. \u201cHe finished some difficult entry drives and hit his free throws.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Added Fortino, \u201cEveryone contributed to tonight\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trojans square overall record at 7-7 with 67-45 victory at Lower Lake Lake County Sports on Facebook LOWER LAKE &gt;&gt; The Lower Lake Trojans pulled away with a 23-9 second quarter and beat Williams 67-45 in non-league varsity boys basketball action Thursday night at Lower Lake. Lower Lake (7-7) held a 16-15 lead after one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195\/revisions\/5196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}