Boys and Girls Basketball pick up NorCal victories
The SHP Girls Basketball team defeated San Leandro 56-52, while the Boys beat Alameda 61-40. Both teams will continue on to the 2nd round of the CIF NorCal Playoffs.
Girls Basketball
No. 10 Sacred Heart Prep, which finished third in the West Bay Athletic League, went on the road and beat host No. 7 San Leandro 56-52 in the first round of the NorCal playoffs.
The Gators (16-9) get back on the road for a trip to Clovis (22-9) in the second round Thursday at 7 p.m.
The teams have two common opponents. Both lost to Pinewood and both beat San Leandro.
Megan Norris leads SHP with a 10.1 scoring average and 7.5 rebounds a game. Denise Stine is the team leader in assists (2.7) and steals (3.7) and Charlotte Levison leads the team in blocks (1.0).
Boys Basketball
Sacred Heart Prep broke loose in the second half of its 61-40 victory over Alameda in the first round of its NorCal basketball playoff opener on Tuesday.
After spotting their visitors a 24-22 halftime advantage, the Gators outscored No. 14th-seeded Alameda 39-16 to run away with the contest.
Charlie Selna scored 16 points to lead No. 3 seed Sacred Heart Prep (22-5), which hosts a second-round game against Branson at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Jai Deshpande added 10 points, Aidan Braccia had nine and Emmer Nichols and Everett Banks each added eight.
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton
Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, SHS is a Catholic, independent, co-ed day school for students in preschool through grade 12
