KELSEYVILLE >> The Kelseyville Knights dominated inside and outside while beating the Clear Lake Cardinals 59-41 in a North Central League I junior varsity boys’ basketball game on Tuesday night in Kelseyville.
The win keeps Kelseyville undefeated in league play at 5-0 and the seventh straight victory overall pushes the Knights’ record to 13-4.
In the third meeting between the two teams this season, the Knights notched their first victory behind five 3-pointers from Randy Pfann, who finished with a team-leading 17 points overall, and the rebounding of Johnny Mendonca.
“He always does a great job on the boards for us,” Kelseyville coach Rich Facey said of the sophomore. “They (Cardinals) usually got only one shot.”
Kelseyville moved out to a 27-17 halftime and kept on adding to its lead in the second half. Two factors working in the Knights’ favor were their shooting and defense, according to Facey.
“We didn’t shoot very well in our last game but we had a good shooting night tonight,” Facey said.
Adrian Villalobos and Scott Sanchez joined teammate Pfann in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively, while Sanchez also teamed with Mendonca to control the offensive and defensive boards.
Kelseyville also threw a new wrinkle Clear Lake’s way in the form of a matchup zone defense.
“We played sound defense the whole way,” Facey said.
Jacob Elsa and Tanner Cole had nine points apiece to lead Clear Lake, now 3-2.
Kelseyville travels to Middletown on Friday while Clear Lake visits Willits. Tip-off at both locations is 6 p.m.
In other JV boys’ action Friday:
Lower Lake 48, Willits 39
At Lower Lake, the Lower Lake Trojans (3-2) snapped a two-game league losing streak behind 16 points from Jermaine Watson, nine from Bobby Cruz and eight from Guido Boyd.
The win didn’t come easy as the Trojans trailed 28-18 at the half.
“We were down by as many as 12 or 13 points,” Lower Lake coach Jeremy Jakubowski said. “We got a little more pressure on them in the second half.”
Lower Lake dominated the final two quarters, including a 14-2 third quarter that gave the Trojans the lead entering the final period.
The Trojans are home on Friday to play Cloverdale at 6 p.m.
Upper Lake 48, Son. Academy 41
At Santa Rosa, Robert Neils kept the red-hot Upper Lake Cougars rolling in the right direction as they beat the Sonoma Academy Coyotes in NCL II action.
Not even the loss of J.T. Claunch, who was promoted to the varsity team on Tuesday, could slow down the Cougars much as they improved to 4-0 in the league standings.
Robert Neils led Upper Lake with 18 points and Nathan Snead and Kenny Hodges both added nine.
Upper Lake is home Friday to play Roseland Prep at 5 p.m.
Girls’ basketball
Clear Lake 35, Kelseyville 29
At Kelseyville, the Clear Lake Cardinals upped their NCL I record to 5-0 and their overall mark to 15-1 with a victory over archrival Kelseyville.
Kortnie Reynolds led the Cardinals with 14 points while Grace Davidson had nine.
For Kelseyville (3-2), Bailey Couey led the way with 12 points.
Clear Lake hosts Willits and Kelseyville is home against Middletown on Friday at 6 p.m.
Lower Lake 52, Willits 33
At Willits, Lower Lake (5-0) kept pace with Clear Lake atop the NCL I standings behind a 22-point night from Vanessa Hughes. Catie Pesonen added 14 points in the victory.
Lower Lake plays at Cloverdale on Friday at 6 p.m.
Son. Academy 25, Upper Lake 22
At Santa Rosa, the Upper Lake Cougars fell to Sonoma Academy in NCL II action, dropping to 3-2 in the league standings.
Cheyanne Obedoza and Nastasia Cullen led the Cougars with five points apiece.
Upper Lake hosts Roseland Prep on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
