Lady Dragons hammer Healdsburg

Sonoma girls top nonleague Terra Nova, host SCL rival Petaluma tonight|

Returning from a nail-biting Sonoma County League opening road victory over the defending champions, the Sonoma Valley High School varsity basketball girls began a three-game SCL home stand last Thursday with a tension-easing, total-team, command performance in front of an appreciative Pfeiffer Gym crowd.

After their one-point win over Analy in Sebastopol last Tuesday, the Lady Dragons quickly fell behind visiting league foe Healdsburg 5-0, but they didn’t waste any time in taking control of the action, going on a 14-2 run to close the first quarter with a seven point edge, that they turned into a 25-13 halftime advantage.

Continuing its dominance in the second half behind steadfast defense and productive offense, Sonoma started the third quarter with a 12-3 burst that saw junior Jenny Eggers and sophomore Grace Cutting combine to score the dozen points, and the Greyhound girls trailed 39-21 and faced a major uphill climb entering the fourth quarter.

With everyone on the roster seeing action, the Lady Dragons never missed a beat and glided to a 50-29 triumph.

Leading the Sonoma girls were Eggers’ double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds; Cutting’s 13 points and four rebounds; junior Sami Von Gober’s 10 points, 12 rebounds and one blocked shot; sophomore Kayla Field’s four points, four steals and three rebounds; junior Renee O’Donnell’s three points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block; senior Sierra Lilly’s three points; junior Bella Bollman’s two points and three assists; senior Alexa Hall’s two points; junior Emma Stanfield’s four rebounds and two steals; and senior Shelby Camilleri’s three rebounds.

On Saturday, the Lady Dragons traveled to Pacifica for a final nonleague game and used a second-half surge en route to a 51-41 victory and an 11-4 overall record.

Sonoma was led by Eggers’ second straight double-double of a game-high 16 points to go with 10 rebounds, two steals and two assists; Cutting’s double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds to go with two steals; Von Gober’s nine points, a game-high 15 rebounds, three steals, two assists and one block; Field’s five points, four steals and two assists; O’Donnell’s four points; Camilleri’s three points, three assists and two steals; Bollman’s two points and three rebounds; and Stanfield’s one point and three rebounds.

One setback that the Sonoma girls suffered was the loss of all-league long-distance shooting standout Hall to an ankle sprain, which will keep her out of action for at least a week.

The Lady Dragons host back-to-back SCL clashes in Pfeiffer Gym this week, with longtime rival Petaluma coming to town tonight, and El Molino visiting on Thursday, Jan. 15, with the junior varsity starting at 6, and the varsity tipping off at 7:30 p.m. both nights.

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