MIDDLETOWN — D.J. Brookshire led the way with 17 points and six steals and the Middletown High School junior varsity boys” basketball team rolled past the Lower Lake Trojans 60-16 in a North Central League I North contest on Tuesday in Middletown.
Middletown improved to 2-0 in the North standings and 16-2 overall, its only losses coming to Napa County teams St. Helena and Justin-Siena.
Nick Dellia added a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds and Blaine Amos finished with eight points and eight rebounds.
Middletown led 32-9 at halftime.
The Mustangs are home Friday to play Willits at 6 p.m.
In other boys” action Tuesday:
St. Helena 44, Clear Lake 34
At Lakeport, unable to find their shooting touch in either half, the Clear Lake Cardinals lost for the third time this season to the St. Helena Saints, this time in a NCL I South junior varsity boys” basketball game.
“We keep getting closer each time,” Clear Lake coach Jeremy Hopkins said of the three losses to St. Helena. “Hopefully we can get them next time.”
Clear Lake and St. Helena closes out the regular season Feb. 11 in St. Helena.
While the Cardinals (2-2, 12-9) led 15-13 at halftime, the Saints come alive on offense in the second half.
“We played great defense, we just couldn”t score,” Hopkins said. “We have to get reliable scoring.”
Steven Edwards and Omar Vazquez led the Saints with 11 points apiece.
Girls” basketball
Middletown 38, Lower Lake 29
At Lower Lake, Ashley Lescher and Amber Hart led the way with 15 and 10 points, respectively, and the Middletown Mustangs beat the struggling Lower Lake Trojans in NCL I North girls” action.
Jasmine Viley and Shadae White led the Trojans with eight points apiece and Viley also pulled down nine rebounds.
“I”m beginning to feel like the little engine that almost could,” Lower Lake coach Ray Silva said. “We just couldn”t get over the top.”
Lower Lake fell to 1-3 in league play while Middletown improved to 1-1.
Middletown led 20-17 at halftime and bumped its advantage to 28-22 after three quarters.
Lower Lake closed to within two points of the Mustangs in the fourth quarter before Middletown put the game away.
Clear Lake 31, St. Helena 13
At St. Helena, though a 9-6 first half held little in the way of excitement and even less in the way of scoring, the Clear Lake Cardinals ratcheted up the intensity in the second half in their NCL I South win over the St. Helena Saints.
“The biggest difference was just getting the ball inside (to Kim Asbury and Briana Campbell),” Clear Lake coach Kory Reynolds said.
Asbury scored eight of her 10 points in the second half as the Cardinals completed the first half of their league schedule at 3-1. They trail only Cloverdale (3-0).
“The kids are kind of excited,” Reynolds said with an eye toward his team”s rematch with Cloverdale on Tuesday in Cloverdale. “We”re preparing for Cloverdale. Hopefully we can go down there and surprise them a little bit.”
Morgan Psalmonds also scored 10 points for the Cardinals, including a 3-pointer in the third quarter.
Clear Lake travels to Lower Lake on Friday for an NCL I interlock game with the Trojans. Tip-off is 6 p.m.
