Ladies Basketball falls to Shafter
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Alyssa Garcia scored a team high 20 points, including two three-pointers and six steals in last Friday night's loss against Shafter, 58-48. The Lady Warriors are currently in second place in the league standings with a 6-2 SSL record.
In a battle for league supremacy last Friday night, the Lady Generals clawed their way to a 58-48 victory over the Lady Warriors to take a two-game lead in the SSL title race.
Tehachapi (16-6; 6-2 SSL) was led in scoring by Alyssa Garcia, who had 20 points, two three-pointers and six steals, followed by Paige Bennett with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists, Sarah Breen with six points and three rebounds, Meagan Kilchrist and Danielle Simpson each with four points and Rheanna Cowee with a basket and five rebounds.
Shafter (20-8; 8-0 SSL) built a big lead to start the game, up 19-10 at one point in the first half before Tehachapi rallied to tie the game at 21-21.
Mountain Basketball also had another six-point run late in the game to pull within six points at 51-45, but Shafter closed out the rest of the contest at the free-throw line to record the 10 point win.
Earlier in the week, Tehachapi had a 57-44 victory over Arvin behind a 14 point, nine rebound and six steal game from Bennett and eight points and 11 rebounds from Simpson.
AJ Snider also had eight points and 12 rebounds in the win, while Cowee had eight points and eight rebounds. Alexis Schoenberg also had four points.
The Lady Warriors will have two away games against Taft and BCHS this week before starting the CIF Division III playoffs next Wednesday.
Junior Varsity
The Lady Braves (16-4; 7-1 SSL) avenged their only league loss on the season this past week by recording a 32-22 victory over Shafter.
Kayla Trevino had 10 points in the win, followed by Kelsey Vance with eight points, Lexi Garrett with five points, Brooke Hurt with three points, and Shelby Ricker, Maddie Cass and Brandi Davidson each with two points.
The SSL co-leading Lady Braves also had a win over Arvin 42-21, with eight points from Trevino, seven points from Davidson and six points each from Laney Ricker and Garrett.
Brittany Roach and Maddie Cass also had four points each, while Kiera Peck had three points and Alexxis Silva had a basket.
Freshmen
The Lady Indians recorded an SSL season high in points last Thursday afternoon in a 27-15 win over Shafter.
Tehachapi (7-9; 3-5 SSL) was led in scoring by Daisy Moran with six points, 11 rebounds and five steals, followed by Brooke Boyd with five points, and Kaitlyn Johnson and Leja Jakstaite with four points each.
Bailey Clark, Megan Stout, Brooke Langston and Kathleen Phillips also all recorded a basket, while Clark also had four steals.
Tehachapi also had two earlier league contests against Wasco and Arvin, falling 23-19 and 27-25 in each game, respectively.
Moran had a game high eight rebounds in the loss over Wasco and nine points and 11 rebounds in the defeat against Arvin, while Phillips and Boyd both had six rebounds against the Lady Bears.
