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Girl’s Basketball “B” Team
MVP: Nina Bessolo
Coaches Award: Kate Sorel
Coaches Award: Brittany Wright
Girl’s Basketball
MVP – Alyssa Arace
MVP – Kayla Friersen
MVP – Madison Andres
JH Girls Basketball 2010 Standings
Head Coach-
Dave Johnson
Assistant Coach-
Christian Kurth
Team Mom-
Melanie Arace
League Statistics Central Division | Tied for 1st Place BASCAL | 1st Place
JH girls “B” Basketball
Head Coach-
James Bessolo
Team Mom-
Renee Yates
League Statistics Tri-Valley Athletic League
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1/28/10
The Lady Vikings opened the BACSAL Championship’s with a 29- 19 victory over Cornerstone. Alyssa Arace scored all her game high 9 points in the first half and Kayla Frierson chipped in 2 three pointers to get the Lady Vikings off to a quick start as they rolled to a 19-3 half time lead. In the second half, Madison Andres took over netting 7 points of her own as the victory advanced the Lady Vikings into Saturday’s semi-finals.
1-30-10
In the Semi-finals against Los Gatos, The Lady Viking utilized their full-court press to their advantage as they were able to force numerous turnovers in securing a 36-17 victory that propelled them into the Championship game. Kayla Frierson got things rolling for the Lady Vikings as she scored all her six points in the first quarter helping the Lady Vikings to a 10-0 first quarter lead that they never relinquished. The Lady Vikings had balance scoring through out their roster as Alyssa Arace scored 11 points, followed by Madison Andres 8, Francesca Bartolomucci’s 5, and Madison Umidon’s 4, but no game is won with just offense. Audrey Howatt,Tia Woodson, and Madi Mascali were all integral parts of the victory as they played tough interior defense and crashed the boards relentlessly that led to numerous Lady Vikings’ fast breaks.
1-30-10
The Lady Vikings ended their season with a victory over Tabernacle 37-19 to capture the League Championship. Kayla Frierson stepped her game up a notch by scoring 15 points to lead all scorers, but it was her ball handling and big game experience that led the Lady Vikings to victory. But, it wasn’t all Frierson, as Alyssa Arace, Madison Umidon, and Madison Andres had her back scoring 15 points between them. And as usual the unsung heroes were the defense and rebounding of Audrey Howatt, Tia Woodson, and Madi Mascali. Toss in the solid effort off the bench from Kamila Nowicki, Shelsea Herbert, and Francesca Bartolomucci and it spells out Champions. But, the biggest moment in the game came with 30 seconds left on the clock when Frierson spotted Herbert sneaking underneath the basket. Frierson whipped a pass inside and Herbert kissed it off the glass to score her first basket of the season sending the crowd and the Lady Viking’s bench into a frenzy. It was a fitting way to end a fine season for the Lady Vikings.
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The Valley Christian Lady Vikings captured the league championship with a 25-19 win over the previous undefeated SRVCA. The Lady Vikings had a sluggish beginning as SRVCA opened the game with a full court press and took a quick six point lead, but buckets by Madison Umidon, Kayla Frierson and a 3 pointer by Alyssa Arace shifted the momentum. Valley ended the first quarter out in front by the score of 11-9. Midway, through the third with the score 16-13 the Lady Vikings finally got their track shoes on and had two consecutive break away baskets by Umidon and Madison Andres that gave the Valley girls some breathing room. In the fourth, the Vikings finished off SRVCA from the foul line as Frierson nailed four shots and Andres added one of her own. Defense played a prominent role in the game as Frierson, Audrey Howatt, Tia Woodson and Madi Mascali controlled the paint for the visiting Vikings and together the foursome collected 15 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Frierson ended the game with a game high 11 points while Arace pitched in 5.
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Wed (1-20-10) was a rematch of the previous week's game against Harvest Park Middle School. The game was played at Mendenhall Middle School in Livermore. We outscored Harvest Park.
Sat (1-23-10) we played two games both at Fremont Christian's gym:
We won the 9:30am game against Fremont Christian 25-17.
We won the noon game against North Hills 44-26.
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This year the Junior High School athletic program added a sixth grade girls' basketball team. This younger team will complement the perenially tough 7th/8th grade team. This team is playing in the 6th grade division of the Tri Valley League, consisting primarily of public schools from Pleasanton and Livermore. Additionally the team is playing in a new Christian school league in Fremont. They began practicing in November and are off to a strong start in their game schedule.
Wed 1-13-10: The 6th grade girls outscored Harvest Park Middle School in a game played at Pleasanton Middle School.
Sat 1-16-10: The 6th grade girls defeated San Jose Christian 26-16 in a game played at Fremont Christian.
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Jan. 6, 2010
The (6-1) Lady Vikings bounced back from there first lost of the season to beat Northcreek 43 – 7 to open the New Year on the right foot. The game was a lot closer than the score indicates as Northcreek came out pumped up and gave the Lady Vikings a handful, but was soon overcome by the depth of The Lady Vikings. The Lady Vikings dominated with a solid team effort on both sides of the court. Offensively, Kamila Nowicki led the Vikings with 10 points, hitting two threes in the process. She was followed by Kayla Frierson who added 8 points, Madison Umidon, Alyssa Arace, and Madison Andres, who all tallied six points respectively. Defensively, the trio of Madi Mascali, Audrey Howatt, and Shelsea Herbert finished off Northcreek with their harassing defense and strong board play.
Jan. 7, 2010
Alyssa Arace got her groove back as she hit three 3 pointers to score a team high 15 points in a 44-21 victory over Fremont Christian upping their record to (7-1). Kayla Frierson and Madison Andres also worked on their groove as they added 9 and 8 points apiece. Frierson also added five rebounds and two steals to go with her offensive work. Francessa Bartolomucci had her best offensive game of the year scoring 5 points while continuing her stellar play on defense.
Jan. 13, 2010
The Lady Vikings continued their success on the hardwood with a 24-17 victory over Redwood that improved their record to (8-1). Alyssa Arace continued to shine as she again laid the Vikings offensively with 10 points. She was followed by Tia Woodson who hit two long range threes that helped her score a total of 8 points for the night.
Jan 14, 2010
Alyssa Arace shook off early foul trouble and continued her fine season hitting for 17 points that led the way to a 35-22 victory against Community Christian of Fremont. The victory pushed the Lady Vikings record to a 9-1 and a Thursday show down with unbeaten San Ramon Christian Academy. Arace was followed by Kayla Frierson’s 8 points while Madison Umidon and Tia Woodson added four.
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The 6th grade girls basketball team enjoyed a strong start to their season on Wed 1-6-10 by outscoring a team from Christensen MS of Livermore. The game was played at Harvest Park MS in Pleasanton. The team is comprised of six 6th graders (Amber Leyva, Ashley Barker, Brittany Wright, Kate Sorel, Mikaela Yates, Nina Bessolo) and two 5th graders (Katie Lucas, Samantha Lai).
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The Jr. High Lady Vikings upped their record to 3-0 with a 36-24 victory over Community Christen School of Fremont. In the hard fought battle Kayla Frierson led the way with 13 points. Tia Woodson hit two three pointers to finish with 6 points while Alyssa Arace and Kamila Nowicki added 5 followed by Madison Umidon's 4. The highlight of the game was Madison Mascali scoring her first goal of the season.
After finishing off Redwood of Castro Valley that moved their record to 4-0 The Lady Vikings entertained another undefeated team in San Ramon Valley Christian Academy. In a defensive first quarter struggle SRVCA led 3-1. It did not get any better for the Lady Vikings as they battled a full court press and a half court trap the entire game and never did get into any offensive rhythm and lost for the first time this season 22-9. Kayla Frierson was the only bright spot on offense as she led the Lady Vikings with 5 points and Francesca Bartolomucci's tough defense and Madi Mascali's rebounding were a pleasant surprise.
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On Tuesday, the Valley Christian Jr. High Lady Vikings opened their season with a convincing 36-4 victory over Northcreek Academy. Madison Andres was the spark that ignited the team as she came off the bench and immediately got three of her team high five steals and all of her 5 points in the first quarter. If Andres was the spark, then Alyssa Arace was the fire as she scored a game high 17 points on an assortment of layups, jump shots, and foul shots. But, it wasn't all the Andres and Arace show as Audrey Howatt and Kayla Frierson through out the game combined to dominate the paint with solid defense and strong rebounding.
This past Thursday, Kayla Frierson scored 12 of her game high 18 points in the first quarter to set the stage for a 50 - 14 win over visiting Fremont Christian as the Jr. High Lady Vikings improved their record to 2-0 in league play. Alyssa Arace fresh off an impressive start in the first league game shined in this one also with another 17 point performance. Although Frierson and Arace did most of the scoring it was a total team effort as the Lady Vikings ( Francessca Bartolomucci, Kamila Nowicki, Madi Mascali, Shelsea Herbert, Madison Umidon, Tia Woodson, Audrey Howatt, and Madison Andres) all played solid defense that sealed the victory.
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December 2nd – Junior High winter sports pictures
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Girls basketball tryouts: 11/12 & 13 from 3:15-5:00
High School Gym. Coach Dave Johnson, Practice starts Nov. 16th, 3:15-5PM M-TH
*Basketball Final Tournament will be Saturday January 30th.
*All team players (JH & HS) must have a “sport physical” turned in at tryouts.
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Junior High Sports