Comets collect pair of victories

The East Huntington Beach Comets went on a 7-0 tear in the final 1:50

of Sunday’s game against Irvine and pulled away for a 42-33 victory in

National Junior Basketball girls’ eighth-grade White Conference game.

Kay-Dee Lane made six of eight free throw attempts and Kayla Morgan

added another free throw down the stretch to complete the Comets’ 7-0

run. Lane finished with a game-high 18 points and Megan Choate added 10

points.

The Comets also posted a 37-21 victory over host Tustin at Tustin High

as Lane had 12 points, Morgan had 11 points and Denise Willan grabbed 20

rebounds and had five assists.

In other games:

Division I

South HB 64, Santa Ana 13

South Huntington Beach ran out to a 20-2 first quarter lead and never

looked back.

Wahine Kepilino led the Chargers with 18 points, Elyse VanLeer posted

16 points and Wendy Blyth scored 12.