Lady Vikings hit 4-0

Sowers Middle School basketball team improved to 4-0 at both the

eighth- and seventh-grade levels by defeating Costa Mesa.

Sowers 42, Costa Mesa 13

Sowers led the eighth-grade contest, 21-10, in the third period of

play before running away to victory.

Dalia Webb scored 14 points and Leslie De Jesus scored 12 as the

two combine on 13 of 18 shooting from the field.

Also supporting the Lady Vikings’ effort was Kelsey Hwang with

five assists and Bree Williston with four points and six rebounds.

Sowers 32, Costa Mesa 5

Using a stifling, full-court defense from the start, Sowers’

seventh-grade team opened the contest with a 14-0 run en route to a

rout of the Mustangs.

Seven different Lady Vikings broke into the scoring column, with

Kelly Peterson leading the way with 10 points.

Mary Madden added eight points and also had eight rebounds and

three assists.

“It’s rare that you have a post player who can bang around the

inside but can handle the ball, pass and shoot, like Mary,” Sowers

Coach Kyle Morita said. “She’s really developed into a complete

player.”

Point guard Michelle Yamasaki matched four points with four

assists and Danielle Miller had four points and five rebounds to add

to the Sowers cause.

In other games:

Grace Lutheran 20, St. John’s 13

Grace Lutheran’s victory over St. John’s of Orange, which came

despite the absence of several key players due to injury, improved

the team’s record to 5-0 in Lutheran School League play.

Devon Shinn led all scorers with 18 of Grace Lutheran’s 20 points

and Chloe Kaneko scored a late basket to protect the lead.

Brianna Ferguson, Emily Janio and Stephanie Schmidt played well at

both ends of the court and Katie Glavinic and Megan Rahman came up

with key steals near the end of the game.

Grace Lutheran 20, Abiding Savior 4

Grace Lutheran used a balanced scoring attack and smothering

defense to down Abiding Savior of Lake Forest for its sixth league

victory.

Tori Smith led all scorers with eight points and added four

rebounds and three steals. Devon Shinn scored six points and have

five assists and 12 steals, Kelsey Hollenbeck scored four points with

four rebounds and Allison Middleton scored a basket and had three

steals.

Emily Janio and Brianna Ferguson each had five rebounds and three

steals, Chloe Kaneko had a pair of rebounds and three steals.

In limiting Abiding Savior to just four points, Grace’s tough

defense received contributions from Stephanie Schmidt, Kate Jensen,

Kayln Lipps, Amanda Garske, Jasmine Simonian, Katie Glavinic, Jadie

Page and Christine Cacho-Negrete.