April 20, 2024

OC Sports Zone: Community First

Portola, Woodbridge, Uni and Crean Lutheran girls basketball teams win league openers

Portola’s girls basketball team opened Pacific Coast League play Tuesday night, defeating Beckman 50-42 at Portola.

The Bulldogs (11-5, 1-0) were led by Moka Saiki, who scored 14 points and Allyson Tabayoyong and Maddy Noh who had 11 points each and Donia Maymoun, who had 10 points.

Beckman (10-6, 0-1) was led by Alyssa Braunstein and Kellie Yada, who each had eight points.

Woodbridge 46, Irvine 28: The Warriors won their Pacific Coast League opener. Erika Maggard scored 31 points and Ashley Cheng six points to lead the Warriors (10-7, 1-0).

University 47, Northwood 27: The Trojans (6-13, 1-0) were led by Claire Kawata, who had 19 points. University broke the game open by outscoring Northwood 13-4 in the third quarter. Aryn Press had 10 rebounds for University.

Crean Lutheran 61, Kennedy 55: The Saints (16-2, 1-0) were led by Taylor Feldman, who had 19 points in the Empire League opener. Shannon O’Malley, Trinity Cha and Daelyn Johnson scored 11 points each.

(This story will be updated as more results come in)