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Lady Dragons tear past Terra Linda, face San Marin in today’s 5:30 p.m. tourney semifinal

Monty, Northgate faceoff in tonight’s other Dragon Classic semifinal

Wanting to get their 17th annual Dragon Classic basketball tournament off to a good start, the hosting Sonoma Valley High School varsity basketball girls made sure they got what they wanted by posting a rousing first-round victory in the nightcap of four tourney opening-round games last night in Pfeiffer Gym.

Facing Terra Linda, the Lady Dragons quickly took command of the action at both ends of the court behind the all-around play of senior Kendall Ashe and sophomore Mackenzie Albrecht, and the scoring of senior Ali Romano and sophomore Delaney Swanson, and built up 17-6 and 38-12 first-quarter and halftime leads, respectively.

Sonoma kept its big double-digit advantage over the Trojan girls through the third quarter and expanded on it down the fourth-period stretch en route to a one-sided 64-20 triumph.

With the win the Sonoma girls reached one of this evening’s semifinal games and will battle defending champion San Marin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a Montgomery versus Northgate semifinal at 7 p.m. Tonight’s consolation bracket games are at 4 and 8:30 p.m.

In their Dragon Classic first-round games, San Marin, led by Kaleah Williams’ game-high 14 points, defeated Vintage 48-26, which was paced by Julia Grimm’s seven points; Northgate, led by Drew Chase’s game-high-tying 14 points, nipped Analy, paced by McKenna Martin and Jeana Petray’s game-high-tying 14 points each, 48-45; and Montgomery, led by Ashlee Wilson’s game-high 15 points, routed Menlo-Atherton, paced by Sarah Howell’s six points, 59-18.

Both of tonight’s semifinal winners will play in tomorrow’s, Saturday, Dec. 1,  Dragon Classic title game at 6 p.m., which is preceded by the seventh-place game at 1:30, the consolation championship at 3, and the third-place showdown at 4:30 p.m.