Eagles finish with perfect league mark

A perfect ending for the Elliot Christian High boys basketball team.

Entertaing Stone Ridge Christian in a Central California Athletic Allianace on Tuesday, the Eagles soared to a 98-30 win over the Knights. That victory helps Elliot overthrow Brookside Christian, which had won the CCAA title for the last five seasons. Elliot is 14-0 in the CCAA and 23-4.

“The boys did a great job this year,” said Elliot coach Jason Hitt. “It was good for the boys to get the monkey off their backs.”

Elliot jumped out to a 32-4 first quarter lead, and expanded it to 55-15 at halftime.

The Eagles had five players scoring in double figures against the Knights. Leading the way was guard Jimmy Beltz with 22 points, including six 3-pointers. Jalen Valverde and Giovanni Bulleri had 17 points each, Nate Bond 15 and Amari Jacobs 13. Onkar Sidhu had nine points and 11 assists and Cody Doell two points. Valverde also had eight assists and eight rebounds. The Eagles made 20 treys in the game.

Varsity

BOYS SOCCER

The Hawks mounted a 2-0 lead in the first half and then cruised, putting up more than 20 shots but coming away empty after the break.

Anthony Chavez scored both goals, with both assisted by Nathan Ginni. Edwin Cisneros (one save) and Devin Ramirez (four saves) combined for the shutout at goalkeeper.

The win secured second place in the Sierra Valley Conference for the Hawks at 12-3-5 overall and 5-1-4 in the SVC. Galt won the league title at 8-0-2 SVC (16-0-2 overall), with both ties coming against Liberty Ranch.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Varsity Three Elliot players scored in double figures in Tuesday’s CCAA game against Stone Ridge.

Tayton McCorstin had 15 points for the Eagles. Charis Guerzo followed with 14 points, plus eight rebounds and three steals and Lexis Juelch had 11 points.

Other Elliot (3-7 in the CCAA, 7-12) players who scored were Joanne Butler with seven points and eight rebounds, and Kinsey Archer with 12 rebounds and five points. Frosh-soph

Shelby Yarbrough led the Flames with seven points in Tuesday’s win to help Lodi finish with a 21-4 record (6-2 in the Tri-City Athletic League).

Halle Faulkner added six points, along with five each from Nikki Barajas and Kennedy McCorstin, four each from Ashley Vasquez, Emily Johnson, Rachel Avellar and Maddy Ridgway, three from Isabella Fugazi and two each from Calista Morita, Karli Aki and Genesis Ramirez.