With many of the players returning from last year’s team, the 8th grade PMS girls expect to have a strong team this year. If their first game is any indication, they are picking up where they left off last year – winning! Their first game of this season was against Martinez Junior High, final score Piedmont 36 – Martinez 31. The teams were well matched but Piedmont was in the lead throughout the game once they got on the board. Martinez was the first to score but then Kelsey Fennell sunk her first basket of the night and the team was off. Piedmont’s players shared fairly evenly in the scoring, Fennell with 10 points, followed closely by Caroline James (9) and Malorie Han (8) and Sydney Boxer (7). Hana Elabed added a basket for 2. The third quarter was the highlight of the game with first Boxer and then James hitting back to back 3 pointers. Boxer added another three-pointer later in the quarter as well. The team worked the ball well, played strong defense and Fennell dominated on the boards with excellent rebounding although she quickly had to tone her game down drawing 3 fouls early on.
Continuing their winning ways, the girls beat Moraga 43 to 18. Highlights of this game included a shoot, tuck and roll slam into the back wall by James for two points in the second quarter. Caroline also continued her three point shooting; hitting one in the third quarter, she finished the game with 9 points, followed by Boxer who contributed 9 points. Point guards Mika Lee and Tess Olcott (2 points) were sharp with multiple steals each. Caroline Welch was on fire contributing excellent defense and rebounding including racking up 6 points for the team. Cate Selna (4 points) put her first two baskets on the boards for the season. Elabed just missed a three pointer and ended the night with four points. Fennell was high scorer (13 points), including a left handed drift away shot that was just beautiful to watch.
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