Ladies Basketball earns high seed in D2 playoffs

After securing the South Yosemite Mountain League championship with an undefeated record, the Lady Warriors learned their fate for the CIF Central Section playoffs, earning the no. 4 seed in the Division II bracket; their first game was slated for Tuesday.

Tehachapi (23-1; 8-0 SYML) will face off against no. 13 Clovis North (10-17) of the Tri-River Athletic Conference. The Broncos play in what many consider the top league in the state, featuring perennial state powers Clovis West and Clovis. The game against Clovis North tippedoff at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the THS gym.

Mountain Basketball closed out their regular season in impressive fashion last week with a victory over West (68-32) and Arvin (58-40). All 12 Lady Warriors scored against West and leading the way was Laura LaMonte (14 points, nine rebounds), Michelle Orellana (10 points), Kennedy Perkins (eight points), Jamie Neaderbaomer (seven points), Koree Rodden (nine rebounds) and Trista Diefenderer (seven rebounds). Against Arvin, Riley Walden (14 points), Orellana (13 points), Rodden (eight points, seven rebounds, five assists, four blocks), Camille Foster (eight rebounds) and Diefenderfer (seven rebounds) had strong performances.

In the junior varsity ranks, the Lady Warriors also secured a league title with an 8-0 record, defeating West (55-5) in their final SYML game. Highlights of the Lady Warriors jayvee championship season will be featured in a future edition of the Tehachapi News.

BOYS BASKETBALL CLOSES WITH VICTORY OVER ARVIN

The Warriors ended their season with a strong nonleague finish, defeating

Arvin (81-54).

Leading the way was Corey Perkins with 34 points, which included

eight three-pointers. Other leaders were Iven Sandholdt with 12 points, Karson Tiewater with 10 points and

Turtle Thomson with eight points. Hunter Kuithe also had a basket for Tehachapi (7-18; 1-7 SYML) to end the

game.

In junior varsity action, Tehachapi (8-13; 3-5 SYML) defeated Arvin (39-35) and West (46-26). Adrian Pina had 16 points against Arvin and Carter Kolesar had 17 points against West to lead all

scorers.

In the frosh-soph ranks, Tehachapi (11-4; 6-2 SYML) closed the season with victory over Arvin (32-16) and West (32-16). Thaddeus Dyer was the leading scorer with 12 points over the Bears.

PHOTO BY VICKY SHEA Michelle Orellana looks to score a layup in league action against West. Orellana had 10 points to help Tehachapi to a 68-32 victory, clinching an undefeated league title (23-1; 8-0 SYML).

PHOTO BY VICKY SHEA Koree Rodden (5) had stifling defense all night long against West, finishing with nine rebounds. Also in background is Annie Loken (13).