LAKEPORT — Kyle Donald did the damage from the outside while Adrian Perez worked over Anderson Valley down low Tuesday night as the Clear Lake Cardinals opened a new varsity boys” basketball season with a 82-48 victory in non-league action at Lakeport.
“Kyle Donald shot the ball very well,” Clear Lake coach Glenn Wienke said of Donald”s team-leading 23-point effort. “Adrian Perez (18 points) played a really strong inside game.”
Clear Lake led 26-9 after one quarter and put the game away with a 22-12 third quarter.
Gabe Strong, a 6-foot-5 sophomore center, scored nine points in his varsity debut.
“He came out and did a good job,” Wienke said.
All 10 Cardinals scored in the season opener.
“We had a lot of transition baskets,” Wienke said. “Anderson Valley had more than 20 turnovers.”
Clear Lake plays Round Valley tonight at 6 p.m. in the opening round of the Potter Valley Tournament.
In other boys” action Tuesday:
Piedmont 77, Lower Lake 48
At Piedmont, Lower Lake played tough for a half before the Piedmont Highlanders ran away in the final two quarters in a non-league game.
“I was feeling pretty good at half trailing by only 10 or so, but in the second half they just ran us out of the gym,” Lower Lake coach David Graham said. “They were bigger, stronger and more athletic than we were.”
Alphonzos Daniels scored 16 points to lead the Trojans (0-4), Jesse Meldrum added 11 and Richard Tucker had seven.
Lower Lake plays tournament host Healdsburg tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the opening round of the Redwood Empire Invitational.
Girls” basketball
El Molino 41, Middletown 31
At Forestville, despite committing 20 turnovers and going just 6-for-18 at the free-throw line, the Middletown Mustangs managed to make a game of it with the El Molino Lions before falling in non-league action.
The difference in the game was a 19-11 third quarter by the Lions, who play man-to-man pressure defense.
“We made a few mistakes in that quarter that cost us,” Middletown coach Tony Hart said.
Middletown (0-2) closed to within six points of El Molino in the final minutes but couldn”t overtake the Lions on their home floor.
El Molino led 15-14 at the half.
Amber Hart”s 10 points paced the Mustangs and she also had eight rebounds. Rachel Sutton finished with nine points and Kristiana Outen added five points and a team-best 12 rebounds.
“We played tough and didn”t give up,” Hart said.
Middletown plays Ukiah tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the opening round of the Redwood Empire Invitational at Healdsburg.
